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  1. A modest experiment on Bing Loses More Money As Microsoft Chases Google · · Score: 1

    I just Googled 'Bing'. And search Bing for 'Google'. The one time in history Bing had better results. Nobody on the intertubes cares about Bing, there's very little to find.

  2. Virtualize a workstation? on Virtualizing Workstations For Common Hardware? · · Score: 1

    Really?

  3. I miss those booms on Shuttle Reentry Over the Continental US · · Score: 1

    Shuttle sonic booms were a perk for me living in LA, whenever it landed at Vandenburg. Those in the path, set your alarms!

  4. Re:If I could do it, I would! on What the Top US Companies Pay In Taxes · · Score: 1

    Thanks, we were on the verge of one-world government, your comment stemmed the tide.

  5. Those silly French on France Bans Use of 2.0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    The problem with the French is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur

  6. Re:Paid by the tax payer .... on Lacking Buyers, NASA Cuts Prices On Shuttles and Old Engines · · Score: 2, Informative

    They are being given away. $28.8 million is the estimated "cost to complete display preparation for each Orbiter and ferry the Orbiter to its ultimate display location".

    And private collectors are not invited: "Organizations responding to this RFI must be: 1) a U.S. museum, institution, or organization dedicated to education or educational outreach, including NASA Visitor Centers; 2) a U.S. Federal agency, State, Commonwealth, or U.S. possession or any municipal corporation or political subdivision thereof; or 3) the District of Columbia."

    http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/transition/home/int_orbiter_rfi.html

  7. Re:Enterprise on Lacking Buyers, NASA Cuts Prices On Shuttles and Old Engines · · Score: 1

    I think the plan is swapping for Discovery, the Enterprise will go to some other museum.

  8. What about already submitted proposals? on Lacking Buyers, NASA Cuts Prices On Shuttles and Old Engines · · Score: 3, Informative

    Does this mean they rejected all the existing bids? I thought about 20 applied, including:
    National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton OH
    Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, NYC
    Kennedy Space Center, Florida
    Space Center Houston
    Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, Oregon
    Tulsa Air and Space Museum
    Museum of Flight, Seattle
    Columbia Memorial Space Science Learning Center, Downey CA
    Air Force Flight Test Center Museum, Edwards AFB, CA
    San Diego Air and Space Museum
    Palmdale Plant 42, CA

  9. Flu vaccine on Tower Switch-Off Embarrasses Electrosensitives · · Score: 3, Funny

    Clearly the culprit is mercury from flu vaccines

  10. Does he think comments are pseudocode? on Myths About Code Comments · · Score: 4, Informative

    When you update the code that the comment references, you usually have to update the comment as well.

    If your comments are that detailed, you're doing it wrong.

  11. How tight or loose are group policies? on How Many Admins Per User/Computer Have You Seen? · · Score: 1

    Make user an admin on their own machine if you want to increase the IT staff. Lock down group policies if you are overworked.

  12. Re:What would the world look like? on Happy Birthday, Linus · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's easy: http://www.guidebookgallery.org/screenshots/win31

    Does anyone else get queasy looking at Windows 3.1?

  13. Re:Yes on BBC Lowers HDTV Bitrate; Users Notice · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just check out the differences between say, x264 and apples encoder...

    Aren't you comparing x264 to oranges?

  14. Weird looking tails on Virgin Galactic Unveils SpaceShipTwo · · Score: 3, Interesting

    With no connection between the tails of WK2, it looks like it wants to twist apart. Wouldn't that stress the wing unnecessarily? Obviously the folks at Scaled Composites know a bit than me about building airplanes, but it doesn't look right.

  15. Re:OpenDNS and DynDNS offer more features on Google Launches Public DNS Resolver · · Score: 1

    Personally, I want my DNS server to serve the address of the host I asked for.

    Yes, if you want straight-up results, I agree.

    But the filtering is great if you want it. DynDNS offers (in ascending order by restrictiveness) phishing/malware safe, work-safe & child safe options. If the broad categories do not suit, you have dozens of yes/no options for granular control.

  16. OpenDNS and DynDNS offer more features on Google Launches Public DNS Resolver · · Score: 1

    The Google is not providing malware & phishing blocks and parental/SFW controls.
    DynDNS's redirects are honest searches, not ad-choked.
    https://www.dyndns.com/services/dynguide/
    http://www.opendns.com/

  17. Re:275,000 years? Wow. on The Technology Behind Last.fm · · Score: 3, Informative

    Last.fm has streamed 275,000 years of audio around the world.

    I'd love to know how much of that was stuff like Britney Spears

    56,904,147 plays (1,246,583 listeners)

  18. Re:Chrome OS? on Google Eliminates Gizmo5 Client For Linux · · Score: 1

    First, there's no such this as Chrome (from Google)...Maybe you should use your brain...

    Maybe you should check your facts.

    "Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier."

  19. My lawn on Microsoft's Top Devs Don't Seem To Like Own Tools · · Score: 1

    Get off it That is all

  20. Re:Reminds me of Amazon on Bing Cashback Can Cost You Money · · Score: 2, Informative

    why would Amazon need to rely on a browser's cookie to identify returning customers? In order to display the custom pricing (or whatever else they want) before you log on.

  21. That's why I use "Private Browsing" from work on Bing Cashback Can Cost You Money · · Score: 1

    No, seriously, boss. I was, ummmm, ummmm, simply using the Bing search engine. Seriously. Really. Please believe me!

  22. Re:Reminds me of Amazon on Bing Cashback Can Cost You Money · · Score: 1

    Yes, I can has remembers that. I never logged onto Amazon from my work machine, and could see different prices between work and home. This was almost 10 years ago, I have not tested recently.

  23. Re:dropbox? on Synchronize Data Between Linux, OS X, and Windows? · · Score: 1

    Of course when someone steals your laptop which is syncing to dropbox, the data is theirs.

    Which has nothing to do with Dropbox.

    Actually, on another machine synced with Dropbox, you could copy the files to another directory and empty the Dropbox folder. When online, the stolen machine will sync and delete its files, too.

  24. Re:Anonymous Coward posts on Accountability of the Scientific Stimulus Funding · · Score: 1

    I can tell you...that if this money is appropriated as Contracts & Grants monies or "Sponsored Research"...then there is A LOT of accounting going on

    And people go to prison for abusing it.... "On October 20, 2008, the former grantee was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment and 3 years probation for violating 18 USC 666, which covers theft or bribery concerning federally funded programs."

  25. Re:Tour a sub. on Two Sunken Japanese Submarines Found Off Hawaii · · Score: 2, Interesting

    USS Cobia, Manitowoc WI
    They built 28 WWII subs up there and floated them down the Mississippi.