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  1. Re:Let's blow this popsicle stand on Scientists Discover Exoplanet Less Than Twice the Mass of Earth · · Score: 1

    It's actually a cookbook.

  2. Re:What is it with these organizations lately on Consortium To Share Ad Revenue From Stolen Stories · · Score: 1

    Aggregators provide the service of aggregation. That's not getting something for nothing. The question is, how much should an aggregator get for this service?

  3. Re:sounds like a very reasonable solution on Consortium To Share Ad Revenue From Stolen Stories · · Score: 1

    You just have to get enough bloggers to join, and the ability for members to have a say on the affairs of the organization. At least when it comes down to the important issues, the mob of bloggers will be heard. Or even if bloggers get marginalized within the structure of the organization, if they suddenly leave or threaten to leave in protest, it will diminish the legitimacy of the organization. It should be fairly obvious that bloggers can organize and take action pretty damn quickly.

    However, if there were no bloggers in the organization, or too few, to begin with, it wouldn't be an effective tactic. So this is reliant on the number of bloggers participating reaching a critical mass.

  4. Re:OH yes.. on Ballmer, IBM Surprised By Oracle-Sun Deal · · Score: 1

    I didn't know there was a quota on the number of chairs that could be thrown per news item.

  5. Re:So... on India Launches Its First All-Weather Spy Satellite · · Score: 1

    With the implication being that the operations of certain other spy satellites are subject to present weather conditions in space. And I supposed since this is an all-weather spy satellite, they've solved the problem of getting hit by space rocks.

  6. Re:Fun with acronyms. on Next-Gen Nuclear Power Plant Breaks Ground In China · · Score: 1

    A number of the evacuees from that time have probably died by now. And somebody's sure to bring to light that a few of those probably were of cancer.

    But the real conspiracy is that nobody's mentioned that more people have probably died from DiMO overdose in this year alone than from nuclear fallout. And to make matters more interesting, DiMO is used heavily (no pun intended) in nuclear reactors.

  7. Re:Troll? Really? on Why Republicans Won't Retake Silicon Valley · · Score: 1

    See? It should've been modded informative or interesting instead.

  8. Re:Machiavelli on Philosophies and Programming Languages · · Score: 1

    Why? Did he talk with a lisp?

    *ducks*

  9. Re:Philosophy and language on Philosophies and Programming Languages · · Score: 1

    The pointers vs. references debate is like having sexual words vs. using innuendo (e.g. "masturbate" vs. "play with oneself").

  10. Re:IT is a customer service group on Why IT Won't Power Down PCs · · Score: 1

    At the CxO level, there are confidential documents that are either for exectives' eyes only, or for the eyes of a select few only. Those documents may be high-level negotiations with major clients, legal documents, etc. They will not, and you cannot expect them to, place such documents in a central repository.

  11. Re:IT is a customer service group on Why IT Won't Power Down PCs · · Score: 1

    Not quite. You can force reboots, you can force shutdowns, you cannot force power-ups without specialized electrical equipment. Think about it for a minute.

    What you're looking for is "Wake on LAN" but then you're not turning the computer off, you're putting it into suspend mode, which is an entirely different beast.

  12. Re:Let me be the first one to say it ... on Pirate Bay Trial Ends In Jail Sentences · · Score: 1

    No, only in America (and other parts of Western society).

    Peoples' priorities aren't where they used to be. Instead of being free, people are more interested in being comfortable, which being free is decidedly not. We talk of civil liberties and inalienable rights, but most people only care if they can see the latest American Idol and if they can send a text message to vote in it.

    And we sit here wondering why we're neck-deep in shit while the real crooks run circles above us shovelling more into our faces with each pass. It'll only be a matter of time before there's enough to cover our heads, and then, well, dying by drowning in shit isn't particularly pleasant, but that's where we're all headed if this apathy continues.

  13. Re:In other news... on Quantum Theory May Explain Wishful Thinking · · Score: 1

    That may be true when interacting with a man. But when two women get together, empowered or not, they start doing womanly things like gossip forming cliques and start drama. Not sure why this is.

    Chris Rock (I think it was him anyawy) seemed to have put the differences between men and women the best (and I'm paraphrasing):

    When a man sees his best friend get a good girlfriend, the man thinks, "That's an awesome girlfriend you have. I'm going to get one just like her."

    When a woman sees her best friend get a good boyfriend, the woman things, "That's an awesome boyfriend. I'm going to get him."

    It seems empowered or not, women can't get away from that mentality.

  14. Re:explanation here on NASA Names Space Station Treadmill After Colbert · · Score: 1

    That patch is absolutely hilarous. The only thing that would've made it even better is if a bear was behind him.

  15. Re:You do want to start a flame war. on Obama Taps a 5th Lawyer From the RIAA · · Score: 1

    That's probably why the mafia does things the way they do 'em. If you're dead, there's not even a remote chance of a get-out-of-jail-free card for you.

  16. Re:Propaganda as Nebulous as Apple's or Microsoft' on He's a Mac, He's a PC, But We're Linux! · · Score: 1

    I don't think Linux needs this kind of advertising.

    Actually, it does. Not to promote Linux as a product, but to create mindshare. That is, when people think of PC's, they think of Windows and Microsoft, and when they think of Macs, they think of Apple. This despite the fact that PC stands for "Personal Computer," of which Macs are a part. The key is to start getting people to think "Windows or Linux" when they thing PC. Even better to get people to think "Windows, Linux, or OSX." Once people recognize Linux has something to do with a computer, that's when you can let its merits and drawbacks speak for themselves.

    Heck, just getting the word Linux out is important. Most people haven't even heard of it, much less know what it is about. And I think this ad really does a good job of that. Though, admittedly, I would have like to see that "O" turn into fancier things, like a computer, or cell phone, or whatnot.

  17. Re:i know ill get bitched at for this on China Denies Role In US Grid Hacks · · Score: 1

    Not sure what you're referencing to in that source you linked. However, under the Foreign Ownership section, it lists China as the largest holder of US Treasury securities, at 24%, with Japan a 2nd at not-quite-21%. That 24% of foreign ownership might equal 1/16 of the total debt (I haven't done the math yet), but China clearly holds the bulk of foreign-owned debt. Which makes GP correct.

  18. Re:"along with several other countries" on China Denies Role In US Grid Hacks · · Score: 1

    Not necessarily. Israel, France, Britain, and a few other such "allies" all have active intelligence operations in the US, for various reasons. I wouldn't be surprised if hacking into critical infrustructure systems was among the activities of one such country.

  19. Re:Look at that another way... on Facebook Users Get Lower Grades In College · · Score: 1

    I'd be interested to see the same study done with /. instead of Facebook.

  20. Re:Good! Grind will die! on Game Developers On Gold Selling · · Score: 1

    But you can't get that comfortable steady stream of income on a fun MMO where people play for a few months and then quit. You can on an addictive MMO though.

    At the end of the day, nobody makes a fun MMO, because a fun MMO isn't as profitable as an addictive one. Fun MMO's are, well essentially the multiplayer portion of any regular game.

  21. Re:Why???? on Grad Student Project Uses Wikis To Stash Data, Miffs Admins · · Score: 1

    Use TOR to put the encrypted data onto the sites, making sure each chunk is randomly inserted by a different exit node, and you wouldn't even be able to figure out who put what pieces online.

  22. Re:Big difference between virtual and real worlds. on Grad Student Project Uses Wikis To Stash Data, Miffs Admins · · Score: 1
  23. Re:Anyone else surprised... on "Tweenbots" Test NYC Pedestrian-Robot Relations · · Score: 4, Insightful

    When tourists see it, they say, "New York City." and take pictures.
    When natives see it, they say, "New York City." and move on.

  24. Re:magnetic on Gecko-Inspired Dry Adhesive Set For Space · · Score: 1

    The easy way to do that would've been to have given her a funny name. For example:

    Alison Wanda or Ivana Mandy or just Siloh.

    It would be even better if you could make it work with your surname, the way Jack Abramoff works well.

  25. Re:Flaws in our democracy on EFF Says Obama Warrantless Wiretap Defense Is Worse than Bush · · Score: 1

    Maybe there wouldn't be so many lawsuits if there weren't so many laws.

    Soverign immunity is dangerous. Period. The question is, what can we replace it with that works better than is less prone to abuse?