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  1. TV is okay vs. Movies & Music is not on New Video Venture from Skype Creators · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The evolution of TV on the Web isn't likely to look like a rerun of the legal battles over film and music on the Web.

    What's the difference, anyway?
    They are both media being distributed on the internet, you can buy TV shows in stores and online just like movies and music DVDs/CDs.
    So all media should be treated the same and the lawsuits should stop, correct?

  2. Re:Meromonics on Intel Launching 'Merom' Notebook Processor · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Every time I hear "Celeron" I think celery, thats about as boring as it can get!

    That's exactly what everyone I know calls them.
    Even adding the ubiquitous 'X' to form 'XCeleron' would have been better ;)

  3. Leader Helmet Cam on High Tech Tour de France · · Score: 1

    A streaming helmet cam of the leader of the race would be cool.

  4. Meromonics on Intel Launching 'Merom' Notebook Processor · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess the 'Moron' processor name was already taken

  5. Solar Roof Powers the H2o Pump, Steam Engine on Solar Power Minus the Light · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How about recycling the gathered water back to the steam engine with energy collected by solar roof shingles, then you have both heat and light-powered A/C.

    This house would be the best of both worlds.

  6. lost in translation on HOPE Speaker Rombom Charged with Witness Tampering · · Score: 1, Troll

    "The government alleges that Santoro hired Rombom to locate a government confidential informant whom Santoro accuses of entrapment, and that Rombom visited the informant's in-laws under the guise of an FBI agent and tried to convince them tha their son-in-law was a danger to their daughter and grandkids."

    It's an enigma wrapped up in a paradox made into a riddle.
    If anyone can figure out exactly what he is being charged with, please call his lawyers immediately.

  7. Solar Cells? on Power Scheme for OLPC Project Falling Into Place · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I am not sure if something like this is powerful enough or even cost-effective, but what about solar cell technology to power these laptops?
    Was this even considered?

  8. Re:Correction to the Correction on Sophos Reveals Latest Spam-Relaying Countries · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    The vast majority of this spam is relayed by 'zombies,' also known as american citizens.

    Dude, you meant British citizens.
    Have you forgotten about Shaun of the Dead??

  9. pump n dump scams on Sophos Reveals Latest Spam-Relaying Countries · · Score: 0, Redundant

    And I thought pump & dump scams were primarily concocted around 2am at Frat parties.

    Sophos recommends that computer users ensure they keep their security software up-to-date, as well as using a properly configured firewall and installing the latest operating system security patches.
    ----How long, how long must we sing this song?

  10. /. Ranked 9 out of 10 on The Google Toolbar PageRank Demystified · · Score: 1

    /. was a 10 out of 10 - until they posted this article.

    digg.com gets a 7 out of 10, so that ends it, /. is more important than digg!

  11. Hasta La Vista, La Manzana on Inside Vista's Image-Based Install Process · · Score: 4, Funny

    Some say Vista's image is tarnished, but I think we should wait until the next Apple commercial to see if it really works or not.

  12. How Chimpanzees React to Snakes - Very Interested on Fear of Snakes May Have Driven Pre-Human Evolution · · Score: 2, Insightful

    From: http://www.janegoodall.org/chimp_central/chimpanze es/behavior/rain_dance.asp

    An excellent example of a respect and intense curiosity of chimpanzees to an animate object is in their reaction to snakes, particularly pythons. Pythons could pose a threat to young chimpanzees, but it is not likely that any snake would take on an adult. However, when a single individual or group of chimpanzees encounters a python (even a small one), the reaction is remarkable. One would expect the chimps to issue alarm calls to warn others and as an expression of their fear, but then to move well out of harms way as soon as possible. Predictably, the chimpanzees do issue a specific vocalization called a snake wraa, but when it is uttered, the group often draws near, to stare at the snake. Some climb above if possible for a better look. Typical facial expressions are those of fear and curiosity. Physical reassurance contact is often made (especially mutual embracing), and eye contact among individuals is frequent. After tens of minutes, members finally begin to disperse. Some individuals however, (Skosha and Apollo, for instance) show exaggerated and prolonged interest. Both call time and again even after the other individuals have moved well away. I have seen both stay and stare and call for as long as 30 minutes.
    It is difficult to explain why chimpanzees react to pythons in this way. It appears to be much more than keeping a close eye on a possible threat, as many species do. It also seems a great waste of energy and time. If pythons are dangerous, it would make much more sense to alarm call and move away as quickly as possible.

  13. Re:AMD & ATI on It's Official - AMD Buys ATI · · Score: 1

    Never saw that thread before, but alike minds think great!

  14. BIG SITE WIPEOUTS on Gotuit Launches Broadband Video Portal · · Score: 1

    BIG WAVE WIPEOUTS
    See some of the top surfers in the world bite it on some of the biggest waves. Watch the Big Wave Wipeout playlist in Gotuit Sports...

    ---Amazing, a blank screen!

    The technology is more advanced than their Internet competition currently, it so advanced your PC can not even display it!
    Gotuit has instantaneous video delivery - it is streamed directly to the user's PC, it happens so fast that there's no buffering or download, or even a picture!

  15. CrySpace on MySpace Down Due To Power Surge · · Score: 5, Funny

    Obi-Tom: I felt a great disturbance in MySpace, as if millions of emo kids suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced.

  16. AMD & ATI on It's Official - AMD Buys ATI · · Score: 5, Funny

    AMD combines with ATI and has announced a new name for their company:

    DAAMIT!

  17. Re:Copying Music in General on EFF Calls RIAA Tactics 'Reign of Terror' · · Score: 1

    Gary Lee Weinrib is doing fine, I bought the first-release CD & the newly remastered CD.

    In essence, I bought the Signals CD twice. Who says downloading/taping is killing the music industry?

  18. Re:Powerful, Long-Running Electric Cars Can Be Mad on Electric Cars and Their Discontents · · Score: 1

    Now, we still need to solve that pesky problem of from where is the energy actually going to come? Nuclear?

    Solar-cell roof shingles will collect the Sun's energy, then store it in massive batteries in your basement which will lead to a charging station in your garage.

    Either that, or go buy some peanuts and hang them on strings just out of the reach of squirrels on conveyor belts.

  19. Re:Neanderthal Man went extinct because... on Deciphering the DNA Code of Neanderthal Man · · Score: 1

    I guess it is up to scientific speculation...

    From Wikipedia...
    Their brain sizes have been estimated as larger than modern humans, but their brains may in fact have been approximately the same as those of modern humans.

    I stand (upright) corrected.

  20. Powerful, Long-Running Electric Cars Can Be Made on Electric Cars and Their Discontents · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Just like we wanted to put a man on the Moon and orbiters on Mars, if we want to accomplish a scientific feat badly enough, we will find a way to do it.

    We already have the resources, technology and brains to make practical electric vehicles, we just have to have the willpower, patience and know-how to make them.

    Does anyone really believe that a practical electric car or truck is an impossibility?

  21. Apparently the MySpace Ecosystem... on The MySpace Ecosystem · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...comes complete with phishing, worms, and viruses.

    If I wanted a community like that, I could have just thrown my PC to the bottom of the ocean.

  22. Re:Bad day on EFF Calls RIAA Tactics 'Reign of Terror' · · Score: 1

    Will that be cash or charge?

    If I can't pay, do you guys have a debter's prison I can attend?

  23. Re:Neanderthal Man went extinct because... on Deciphering the DNA Code of Neanderthal Man · · Score: 1

    So, basically they would have sounded (or will sound) like this [Richard Simmons].

    Yes, they also had a collection of hunting/gathering songs called - 'Sweatin' to the Ancients'

  24. Neanderthal Man went extinct because... on Deciphering the DNA Code of Neanderthal Man · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...the evolution of DNA in Homo Sapiens gave them a larger and more complex brain, as well as a larger larynx in order for them to speak deeply, clearly and forcefully.
    Neanderthal man, on the contrary, sounded wimpy and nasal.
    Neanderthals were hated by other humanoids, and were killed off due to their annoying, high-pitched voices.

    See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neandertal
    A recent study conducted on the Neanderthal hyoid found that due to the physical characteristics of Neanderthals and the fact that their larynx would have been stouter than that of the modern human, the average note emitted by Neanderthals would have been high pitched and sharper than that of modern man, contrary to the media stereotype of Neanderthals having ape-like grunts.
    The base of the Neanderthal tongue was positioned higher in the throat, crowding the mouth somewhat. As a result, Neanderthal speech would most likely have been nasalized.

  25. But can this RoboProfessor... on The Robot Professor · · Score: 1

    ...detect your Crackberry that has all the test answers sent to you remotely by your friends?

    If so, that would be an ingenious invention.