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  1. Re:Followup to Menuet on Behind Menuet, an OS Written Entirely In Assembly · · Score: 2, Informative

    macguiver, is that you?

    Actually, that would be Mr. Spock (to Edith Keeler), from TOS episode, "The City on the Edge of Forever":

    I am endeavoring, Madam, to construct a mnemonic memory circuit using stone knives and bearskins.

    Please turn in your Geek card :-)

  2. I need to score some internet... on The Biochemistry of Searching the Internet · · Score: 1

    So good does it feel that we seek out activities, or substances, that keep this system aroused -- cocaine and amphetamines...

    So true. But I doubt chopping up a search-engine with a credit-card and snorting it through a rolled-up $100 off you girlfriend's ass will tingle your "dopamine circuits" in quite the same way -- although that voice on the old Yahoo! ads always seemed pretty excited.

  3. Not living the dream - yet. on Airborne Laser Successfully Tracks, Hits Missile · · Score: 2, Funny

    Looks like the Real Genius fans out there are finally living the dream.

    Sigh. Not until I can hammer a six inch spike through a board with my penis.

  4. Large Hadron Collider Struggling on Large Hadron Collider Struggling · · Score: 5, Funny

    For now, it will only be able to collide small and medium Hadrons...

  5. Re:Depressing, but not uncommon on Student Sues University Because She's Unemployable · · Score: 1

    It's got to be more pleasant working on algorithms than being elbow deep in somebody's toilet.

    That, sir, depends entirely on the algorithm.

  6. Not to be a snob... on Student Sues University Because She's Unemployable · · Score: 1

    ...or, at least, a big snob, but she's a recent grad with a C average and a "bachelor of business administration degree in information technology". She has no experience and a degree of questionable merit (field and GPA). Seriously. So she can do ... what? Why would someone want to hire her? For her "solid attendance"? Not a chance. And certainly not now.

  7. Re:Helpimtrappedintheisbndatabase on xkcd To Be Released In Book Form · · Score: 1

    In all likelyhood, the UPC barcode will be a compressed xkcd comic only revealed under a magnifying glass...

  8. Just great. on Laser Ignition May Replace the Spark Plug · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I just patented a device to control sharks through attached spark plugs. How am I suppose to use a laser? Sharks and fiber-optics don't mix well. Besides their lasers are busy with other matters... Sigh.

  9. Q: So how's their uptime? on A Server Farm Powered By a Wind Farm · · Score: 1

    A: It blows.

  10. Perhaps not dead, but... on Company Denies Its Robots Feed On the Dead · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... tired and all shagged out from a long walk would be fair game.
    [My apologies to Monty Python.]

  11. In related news... on Something May Have Just Hit Jupiter · · Score: 0, Redundant
    As the small dark spots on Jupiter continue to grow in number and size, a repeating radio message is now being received from the vicinity of this, solar system's largest, planet:

    ALL THESE WORLDS ARE YOURS EXCEPT EUROPA. ATTEMPT NO LANDINGS THERE.

  12. Assignment scope. on India To Issue Over a Billion Biometric ID Cards · · Score: 1

    ...charged with assigning every living Indian an exclusive number and biometric ID card...

    Only the "living" Indians - well that's a relief. Of course, they believe in re-incarnation, so ...

  13. Alternate explaination... on Expanding the Electricity Grid May Be a Mistake · · Score: 2, Interesting

    which could prove a cheaper way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions than transmitting power from North Dakota to New York City

    Or, according to this NY Times article:

    An influential coalition of East Coast governors and power companies fears that building wind and solar sites in the Midwest would cause their region to miss out on jobs and other economic benefits. The coalition is therefore trying to block a mandate for transcontinental lines.

  14. Low Bandwidth X on Google Releases Open Source NX Server · · Score: 1

    Congratulations Google, you've re-invented Low Bandwidth X!
    Also see, An LBX Postmortem.

  15. Re:I just got sweaty palms... on Windows 7 Hits Build 7600 (Possible RTM) · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just got sweaty palms and fell out of my chair.

    Then, clearly, you're either masturbating incorrectly, or having a heart attack (or both). Unfortunately, the corrective actions for each are contradictory...

  16. Re:Just 0.037 Volts... on Can Urine Rescue Hydrogen-Powered Cars? · · Score: 1

    There is simply not enough urea made in the entire country on a daily bases to produce enough H2 for fuel for even a small city.

    Apparently, you've never been to Boston on St. Patrick's Day. :-)

  17. Just 0.037 Volts... on Can Urine Rescue Hydrogen-Powered Cars? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Because urea's four hydrogen atoms are less tightly bound to nitrogen than the hydrogen bound to oxygen in water molecules, it takes less energy to break them apart."

    Apparently, a lot less. From TFA: "Just 0.037 Volts need to be applied across the cell, against the 1.23 Volts needed to break down water."

  18. Re:The web is NOT the OS on Google Announces Chrome OS, For Release Mid-2010 · · Score: 1

    But watching a video on YouTube is part of the web, and sending an email with Gmail is part of the web, and downloading drivers from Dell is part of the web, and chatting with someone on MySpace is part of the web - regardless of what underlying protocols actually make it happen.

    Granted, of course, but the parent listed things like email, ftp, instant messaging, all of which are NOT part of the web. Yes they can be accessed via the web, but they are not a part of and, in fact, pre-date "the web". Furthermore, not everyone prefers to access those things via a browser -- for example, I generally use Thunderbird, not Gmail.

    Yes the "web" is a collection of things, but I would hesitate to roll everything into that collection and call it all the web. In keeping with the original post, the web is not the OS, nor is it the Internet. Perhaps many (most?) people interact with the Internet solely via their browser, and protocols that can be *also* used via a browser (like FTP), but I don't. As a long, long (damn, I'm old) time Unix SA I often view things not just through a rose-colored browser window...

    I see your point, but am personally reluctant to generalize to that extent.

  19. Re:The web is NOT the OS on Google Announces Chrome OS, For Release Mid-2010 · · Score: 1

    The web is email, ftp, live video, instant messaging, word processing, photo galleries, forums, flash, games, television... You get the idea.

    Close. Technically all that is the Internet, of which the "web" is a part. Now many parts of the Internet (a small number you enumerated) may be accessable via the web, but most are still separate parts. I've used the Internet since it was the ARPAnet, and while the great majority of its users now interact with it mainly via their browser, the "web" is but a small part of the whole in actuality.

  20. Re:Ok? on Gaze-Tracking Software Protects Computer Privacy · · Score: 5, Funny

    typing and listening to music, you head is swinging back and forth to the beat

    Exactly! This is gonna be a big problem for Stevie Wonder - oh wait...

  21. Toxicity at 6g. on FDA Considers Banning Acetaminophen-Based Pain Killers · · Score: 1

    can easily damage or destroy a patient's liver if more than 2000 mg are used per day

    I heard doctors discussing this on NPR this morning state toxicity was 6 grams for a single dose (or narrow window), and 4 grams daily over a longer period.

  22. Re:Advantages vs. traditional rotating wing? on Flapping NAV Performs Controlled Hovering Flight · · Score: 0

    What I don't understand is why a normal helicopter design couldn't suit all of these needs better and cheaper.

    I imagine it has to do with potential mechanical problems in feathering or hinging the blades as the scale gets really small. A speck of sand could muck things up quite nicely.

  23. Never before achieved? on Flapping NAV Performs Controlled Hovering Flight · · Score: 1, Interesting

    As part of this program AV has accomplished a technical milestone never before achieved: the controlled hovering flight of an air vehicle system with two flapping wings that carries its own energy source and uses only the flapping wings for propulsion and control.

    By man or something man-made perhaps. Now if you'll excuse me, my Hummingbird is bored...

  24. Re:Law is bullshit on Of Catty Rants and Copyrights · · Score: 1

    I'm a computer-engineer-turned-patent-attorney.

    I wonder how often this happens. I have a friend in CA who went the same route (is that you Dan?) though I hear he likes Grey Goose, not Absolut :-)

  25. ... "On a Stick" on OLPC Fork Sugar On a Stick Goes 1.0 · · Score: 1

    At first I thought "Sugar on a Stick" was a new Jeff Dunham puppet to go with José Jalapeño on a Stick. I was simultaneously pleased and disappointed that I was wrong.