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  1. At least 25% of the judges are idiots. on Machines Almost Pass Mass Turing Test · · Score: 1

    I just spent 2 minutes with Elbot and I had no question in my mind that it wasn't a person. It wasn't even close. If that is the best of the lot then we are further away than a single clock cycle.

  2. The kids need you... on How Do I Talk To 4th Graders About IT? · · Score: 1

    Because 4th graders don't get nap time. Some of the kids need the rest and my bet is that this will give them the opportunity for some much needed rest.

  3. Re:Cue Shark Jokes in 3 2 1 on US Congress Funds Laser Weapons · · Score: 1

    Is there a line item in the budget for training the sharks?

  4. Re:OMG someone stop the Chinese right now on China's First Spacewalk · · Score: 1

    Or it could be a reference to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_sphere but that doesn't really fit either.

  5. iSLOWphone on Apple's IPhone 3G Firmware Update Bombs · · Score: 0, Troll

    I've had an original iPhone for almost a year and have had no problems at all. When the 2.0 software loaded on it everything pauses now for a few seconds before you can do anything. Open the contacts list, wait, wait, wait scroll. Open the photos wait, wait, wait scroll. It is pissing me off.

  6. Re:Have they exceeded their authority? on How NASA Will Bomb the Moon To Find Water · · Score: 1

    Orbital Mechanics, I don't need no orbital mechanics. Just ask yourself, the last time a jumbo jet crashed did it cause the earth to change its orbit?

  7. Re:Have they exceeded their authority? on How NASA Will Bomb the Moon To Find Water · · Score: 2, Funny

    What the hell is going on here? Did all of you people click the link for stupid pills offered in a spam e-mail?

  8. Re:Currently under "Cliche Movie Plot" (CPM) testi on Scientists Closer To Invisibility Cloak · · Score: 1

    Please note that I didn't say what they should do after they wacked Saddam.

  9. Re:Currently under "Cliche Movie Plot" (CPM) testi on Scientists Closer To Invisibility Cloak · · Score: 1

    I know everyone is making with the jokes,but I for one really don't like the idea of this. Yet again,we have scientists seeing if they CAN do something,rather than if they SHOULD do something. As aggressive as the US has been lately,does anyone really want gunships,fighter jets,and whole squads of special forces rendered invisible? Not to mention what a powerful weapon for "regime change" this would be. No country would be able to protect their leaders when you could set up a sniper a couple of blocks away from them without ever being seen. All around,with such a huge potential for abuse and no positive applications that I can see,it just sounds like a giant bad idea. But as always this is my 02c,YMMV

    Very few counties could protect their leaders NOW if the USofA decided it wanted to send out snipers to kil them. And while it is morally debateable I think we would have been much better off had we sent in a team (with invisibility cloak or not) to off Saddam than invade.

  10. Re:It's good to be king... on USAF Violates DMCA, Escapes Unscathed · · Score: 1

    "Given this development..."

    You write as if sovereign immunity were a new idea this judge just pulled out of his ass. Do at least a little research before you call it the downfall of Western Civilization.

  11. Re:Oh, how user friendly! on iPhone Nano To Be Launched By Christmas? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Already out as an App. http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=284926166&mt=8 Sorry have to have iTunes to see it.

  12. Re:Lunar? on First Images of Russian-European Manned Spacecraft · · Score: 1

    "Can't" and "do not have the public support to do" are two very different things.

    The US has proven we can do it. The EU/Russia mission is still a theory. Now don't get me wrong. I'm not saying they can't do it. I just doubt that the EU has any more political will to do it than the US does. What's the driving force behind them doing it? We had the Cold War.

  13. Re:Lunar? on First Images of Russian-European Manned Spacecraft · · Score: 1

    I used the term all of Europe because TFA said Russia was involved.

    And you could be more wrong. We have lots of idiots in charge over here. Just like the EU.

  14. Re:Lunar? on First Images of Russian-European Manned Spacecraft · · Score: 1

    At the very least it'd be a huge PR coup.

    Sure it would be. I can see the slogan now. "All of Europe did what the US did over 40 years ago."

  15. Re:Liberate the Spectrum. on HD Radio Recording In the US? · · Score: 1

    Yes some XM channels have commercials. To they bother me as a subscriber? Not at all.

  16. Re:Very worrisome on Intentional GPS Jamming On the Increase · · Score: 1

    But a WAAS enabled receiver will let you know when something is screwed up. Be it from jamming or just generally screwed up.

  17. Re:Very worrisome on Intentional GPS Jamming On the Increase · · Score: 1

    Google WAAS

  18. Re:read the interview on Games and Music, the New Book Burning · · Score: 2, Informative

    Nope the same thing that is banned in the red states are banned in the blue states.

  19. Re:Should have stop at, Aren't FAXes the weirdest on Schneier Asks Why We Accept Fax Signatures · · Score: 1

    In the US it is a State by State issue. Some States have inacted legislation that provides for faxed documents being legal. The same could be said on an international level. There are US federal laws and regulations on the issue but there are many and they are usually department of the federal government specific.

  20. Re:hmmm on A Home Lab/Shop For Kids? · · Score: 1

    This catalog has bunch of experiments the whole family can enjoy. www.deltapress.com and you can pick up a copy of the Turner Diaries while you are there.

    BTW... I really wish one of you guys who are better at this stuff than I am would get a copy of "Homemade Death Ray" and see if you can really turn a microwave oven into a stand-off weapon.

  21. Re:Bean Bags on What Examples of Security Theater Have You Encountered? · · Score: 1

    You juggle enough to take the bags with you on the plane. Hell, they should have shot you.

  22. Re:The Iraq theater on What Examples of Security Theater Have You Encountered? · · Score: 1

    They did stop thinking that way back in September of 2001.

  23. Re:What were the crimes again? on Stealing From Banks One Cent at a Time · · Score: 1

    The ACH system is run by the Federal Reserve. Not that it matters If I call you are in one state and I'm in another and call you on the phone and con you into sending me money it is a violation of federal wire fraud laws.

    The wire fraud laws were written to update the postal fraud laws.

  24. Re:Sigh.. on Greenpeace Complains Game Consoles Aren't Green Enough · · Score: 1

    And/or write Greenpeace a big honking check.

  25. See & Avoid on Unmanned Aircraft Pose US Airspace Problems · · Score: 4, Informative

    See & Avoid is the process that aircraft in the US use to keep from running into one another. Only a small percentage of aircraft flying in the US at any given time are operated under positive radar control. The rest are all out there with pilots who are on the look out for other aircraft. With a UAV and a manned aircraft in the same area you have only one able to see & avoid. Cutting in half the effectivness of the process.