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  1. Re:The Alienware slogan... on It's Official Dell Acquired Alienware · · Score: 1

    Saturn, the same kind of company, the same kind of car.

  2. Re:Ajax is a flash in the pan on Microsoft Releases Atlas · · Score: 1

    There is really no reason that you have to use XML. It can be plain text in any format you want that is passed back from the server.

  3. You've got it! on No More Next Big Thing? · · Score: 1

    The next big thing is directly controlling matter with our minds!

  4. The ideal future home will obviously be EVIL!!! on What Would Be Your Ideal Futuristic Home? · · Score: 1

    It will be constructed either under the ocean or inside a live volcano. And of course there will be a pit containing sharks with FREAKIN LASERS!!

  5. Re:Quick Fix, Instant-Oatmeal One-Hour photo answe on 'No Quick Fix' From Nuclear Power · · Score: 1

    There is more to a good workout than just burning calories. Building huge muscle mass is not it either. A balance of the two is the best way to get into shape along with a good diet. But this is an entirely different discussion.

  6. Re:Quick Fix, Instant-Oatmeal One-Hour photo answe on 'No Quick Fix' From Nuclear Power · · Score: 1
    How many people have the property/climate to grown their own fruit? Yeah, those city dwellers are screwed.
    Exactly. Not to mention that if everyone lives close enough to work to ride their bicycle there will not be space for people to have yards to grow trees.
  7. INCREASE gas prices on 'No Quick Fix' From Nuclear Power · · Score: 1

    If you increase gas prices/energy costs that will make a lot of people think about trading in their SUVs for bicycles and adjusting their thermostats and adding more insulation to their houses, etc..

  8. Re:Don't switch to VB.Net - Switch to C# on Visual Basic 2005 Jumpstart · · Score: 1

    Now that's funny. My comment actually applies to this thread too.

  9. Re:Don't switch to VB.Net - Switch to C# on Visual Basic 2005 Jumpstart · · Score: 1

    Damn, I hit reply on the wrong thread.

  10. Re:Don't switch to VB.Net - Switch to C# on Visual Basic 2005 Jumpstart · · Score: 1

    I disagree. Either vb.net or c# are virtually the same thing. If you've learned one you can pick up the other in a few days pretty easily. Remember the vb.net to c#.net conversion software works pretty well. If a computer can convert it that easily then it's also pretty easy for a person to learn the other.

    The main reasons to learn C# over vb.net is that the samples available are usually written in C#, and the jobs available usually have a snobby attitude that C# developers are somehow superior because it says C* in the name of the language, so it must be WAY betterer right?!? Therefore, C# jobs pay more and seem to be more abundant. Even though its the exact same stuff with the names changed to protect the innocent.

  11. Re:Don't switch to VB.Net - Switch to C# on Visual Basic 2005 Jumpstart · · Score: 1

    mono

  12. Re:20 years of Moores Law on George Lucas Predicts Death of Big Budget Movies · · Score: 1

    You will probably be able to have a full cast of virtual actors at that point too.

  13. Re:Listen to reason on The Impact of Violent Gaming · · Score: 1

    That's right. It turns you into John Madden.

  14. Re:Do we have evidence that Intel coerced... on AMD Subpoenas Skype · · Score: 1

    I think you have to take it on a case by case nature. If one company has 99% market share with their product and is making exclusive deals to lock out any remaining competitors, then it falls under anti-compete/monopoly laws in my opinion. Any other time it may be perfectly fine, but you still have to check into it if one company feels they are being treated unfairly.

  15. Re:Quiet Engines? on Future of Maglev in the US Military · · Score: 1

    No, I wasn't talking about your post.

  16. Re:Quiet Engines? on Future of Maglev in the US Military · · Score: 1
    How is this...
    War never solved anything. Every war has its roots in previous hostility and violence and disrespect for others. World War II for instance, was largely a result of World War 1. Also, it can be argued that it was predicted over a hundred years before, because of other actions at that time (start reading on wikipedia if you want to know more on this).
    an ontopic discussion of this...
    This is all very interesting, but it seems like a roundabout solution. If the problem to begin with is isolating noise at the source and preventing noise / vibrations from getting transferred to the hull of a ship then the ultimate solution would be quiet engines.
    I'm sorry, but the whole thread should be moved. You just posted there because it was at the top.
  17. Re:Quiet Engines? on Future of Maglev in the US Military · · Score: 1

    I understand that, I'm just saying that it seems offtopic. /. is not supposed to be a political message board. We are supposed to be discussing the technology.

    Anyway, there have been many inventions that were created as a result of military or wartime research. Boycott *ALL* of those inventions then you can talk about this.

  18. Re:Not a solution at all on Future of Maglev in the US Military · · Score: 1

    What does war have to do with making quiet engines?

  19. Re:Check? on RadioShack CEO Resigns · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's pretty surprising considering that Radio Shack normally requires background screenings in order to buy some freakin batteries.

  20. Re:What about electrolysis? on RX-8 Hydrogen RE a Dual Fuel Car · · Score: 1

    WTF is up with all these crazy people using batteries? Why should anyone be required to have electricity and water to convert it into hydrogen when they can just use batteries if they are plugging in the car anyway?
    You don't have to pressurize batteries.
    You can get batteries pretty much anywhere.
    All these crazy fuckers converting their Prius to have additional batteries must be *NUTS*. Hydrogen power from electrolysis is clearly better!

    I'm sorry, but hydrogen power just sucks and it is not going to catch on. What we need at the moment is 85 percent ethanol 15 gas combined with hybrid technology. Easy conversion for the cars we already have, can be delivered through a regular gas pump, reduces our dependency on middle east oil.

  21. Re:What about electrolysis? on RX-8 Hydrogen RE a Dual Fuel Car · · Score: 1

    Alright, dumbass, anytime you convert one form of energy into another there is some energy loss. You are using electricity anyway, why not just store the electricity?

  22. Re:What about electrolysis? on RX-8 Hydrogen RE a Dual Fuel Car · · Score: 1

    You would probably be getting the electricity to power the electrolysis from a power station that gets power from fossil fuels. And you would probably be using more power to create the hydrogen than it's worth. It would be cool to do, just to do it though.

  23. But it's just a license to use it right? on RIAA: Ripping CDs to iPod not 'Fair Use' · · Score: 1

    If I'm just paying for a license to *use* the music, if my method of using it becomes damaged, why do I have to pay for the license to use it again? Why does it matter what method I'm using to use this music if it's CD, MP3, iTunes as long as it has been paid for?

  24. Re:Good for Them on Advanced Requests and Responses in Ajax · · Score: 1

    It's nice that you have commercial "enterprise class" software that updates web pages without reloading the whole thing. What is it you use for that?

  25. Re:Solution for lazy people on Microsoft Officially Announces Anti-Virus Product · · Score: 1

    You forgot the "Profit!!!" after "Produce crap OS".