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  1. Re:Issues with such networks generalize to Mars on The Tech Aboard the International Space Station · · Score: 1

    In the very long run, after we colonize Mars and possibly the Moon, latency issues will become even more severe. It will be interesting to see whether we will simply give them separate networks or have those networks as part of the internet. If the second occurs, we may need new protocols to deal with the large latency and related issues.

    Quantum entanglement, baby!

  2. Re:What could possibly go wrong...? on Toyota Develops New Flower Species To Reduce Pollution · · Score: 2, Informative

    Feed me, Seymour... :-/

    Actually, if the plant eats pets, it'll save the environment!

  3. Re:It's "Niels" on Physics Rebel Aims To Shake Up the Video Game World · · Score: 1

    "HogFarmer Niels" has a nice ring to it.

  4. Finally on Xerox Claims Printable Electronics Breakthrough · · Score: 3, Funny

    I can replace my racks with a three-ring binder!

  5. Re:We're looking to AUSTRALIA for advice on broadb on Obama Looks Down Under For Broadband Plan · · Score: 1

    Because Japan doesn't have the landmass... they have fewer lines to lay and less overhead.

    Secession by the States. Fixed.

  6. Re:And In Related News: on No Hand-Held Devices In Ontario Cars · · Score: 1

    Heck, I used to ROLL cigarettes while driving (steering with my knee), with no adverse consequences.

  7. Re:I can see plenty of uses for it. on Apple Blurs the Server Line With Mac Mini Server · · Score: 1

    If you're going to put Debian or Ubuntu on it, you might as well get an Asus Eee Box and save yourself several hundred bucks. For light server roles, the Atom CPU is fine. Works for me!

    NSLU2 works for me...and oh, GET OFF MY LAWN!

  8. Greenwich... mmmm on 125 Years of Longitude 0 0' 00" At Greenwich · · Score: 1

    And as always, I think grandpa Simpson's classic comment really sums up the attitude behind why so many Americans are reluctant to switching; “My car gets forty rods to the hogshead, and that's the way I likes it!”

    /Mikael

    Homer himself would say: Greenwich... mmmm.. pizza!

  9. Must-have accessory on Student Designs Cardboard Computer Case · · Score: 1

    MUJI speakers!

  10. Re:Structured Legislation Language on HR 3200 Considered As Software · · Score: 1

    Take a look at the Copyright Act of 1976. You'll be astonished to discover that: -it starts with definitions

    It defines quite a number of terms ("derivative work", "anonymous work"), but strangely enough there is no definition for "work" which is the very thing that copyright applies to!

  11. Re:Even Stranger...... on Microsoft Poland Photoshops Black Guy To White One · · Score: 1

    is the white macbook in the picture......

    They should've photoshopped it black for a more "enterprisey" look".

  12. Prior art on Scientists Create Artificial Bones From Wood · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'll be claiming me mateys...arr!

  13. Re:Cheap? on Nicotine Improves Brain Function In Schizophrenics · · Score: 1

    It is estimated that a human would have to consume the equivalent of 15 lbs of marijuana in 15 minutes in order to overdose, a feat which is clearly impossible.

    Two words: Joey Chestnut

  14. Analysed Use of Intelligent Models on a Cloud NSFW on NSA To Use Cloud Model For Intelligence Analysis · · Score: 1

    Geez, don't they teach editors to come up with snappy headlines anymore?

  15. Re:What about fire? on 7-Story Wooden Condo Survives 7.5 Magnitude Quake · · Score: 1

    What a country!

    My nick ain't "srussia" for nothin'!

  16. Re:Keep in mind... on Study Catches Birds Splitting Into Separate Species · · Score: 1

    How does that make any sense? Not that I disagree, but it seems to me that removing 'species' from scientific discourse completely removes any space in scientific discourse for evolution as an accepted part of the scientific establishment. Evolution as a science depends on species and their granular definition.

    I think biologists (especially taxonomists) should become more familiar with set theory, beginning at least with the Principia and type theory (and thus avoid the Russell's Paradox they keep running into). They can deal with Goedel and Wittgenstein later ;-)

  17. Re:Great idea on The Geek Atlas · · Score: 1

    I see your Kennedy Space Center (included BTW) and raise you a Baikonur Cosmodrome, which I'm planning to visit in October ! I hope to witness a Proton launch (exact date TBD) or at least see the rocket!

  18. Re:Orwellian on 7-Story Wooden Condo Survives 7.5 Magnitude Quake · · Score: 1

    seven-story earthquake-proof wooden building

    There! Are! Six! Floors!

    It's actually seven. Linked video from TFA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2XMfOXVOvo) shows where the shake table level is.

  19. Re:What about fire? on 7-Story Wooden Condo Survives 7.5 Magnitude Quake · · Score: 3, Informative

    Oddly enough (and assuming you meant to write "flammable" instead of "inflammable")...

    Oddly enough, "flammable" and "inflammable" mean the same thing.

  20. Re:Keep in mind... on Study Catches Birds Splitting Into Separate Species · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Keep in mind that the criteria for speciation is, itself, somewhat arbitrary and there exist few fine borders in nature for classifying things.

    Exactly. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species_problem. The concept of "species" is so poorly defined that it deserves no place in scientific discourse.

  21. Dewey Decimal System on The Amazing World of Software Version Numbers · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oddly enough, the Dewey Decimal System is at v22, no decimal.

  22. Re:64-128 GB of RAM?! on What To Expect From Apple's Rumored MacPad · · Score: 2, Funny

    More space than a Nomad! Not lame!

  23. Roomba on Carnivorous Clock Eats Bugs · · Score: 1

    I guess I could mount the bug module as an auxiliary power source for my Roomba which has already been modified to run on pizza crumbs and Mountain Dew spills.

  24. Re:I bet it's lupus.. on Doctors Baffled, Intrigued By Girl Who Doesn't Age · · Score: 1

    Except for the one time where it was lupus.

    You're just crying wolf.

  25. Re:Freedom or terrorism on Best Handset For Freedom? · · Score: 1

    The best handset for freedom will also be the best handset for terrorism.

    That's because one man's freedom fighter is someone else's terrorist.