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  1. Re:Just a hop, skip and a jump.... on Strange New 'Twin' Worlds Found · · Score: 1

    Swedish, or mammary?

  2. Challenging views? on Strange New 'Twin' Worlds Found · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I'm sorry, but what exactly does this challenge? A planet doesn't need a star to form.

    If a nebula is the right size, it may form a planet--and it doesn't care if there's any stars nearby. It is then affected by something's gravity, and goes careening off into space.

    Additionally, to make twin planets, you'd need only a nebula that's peanut-shaped, so it collapses into two bodies.

  3. Huh. on Fan-Designed Mindstorms Release Next Tuesday · · Score: 3, Informative
  4. Easier way to get something bigger on Largest Object in the Universe Discovered · · Score: 1

    I can think of something bigger rather easily. This object is 200 million light-years across, yes? That's big, right?

    Well, what's containing it? Whatever it's in must be bigger than it (non-Euclidean geometry aside), say, the universe? It's the biggest thing you can think of, right? Well, what's the universe in?

  5. In response to... on United States Cedes Control of the Internet · · Score: 2, Funny

    In response to the old joke, "ICANN, and you can't"...

    ICANN, and now you can too!

  6. Re:well on Indian Satellite Lost in Launch Explosion · · Score: 1
    This literally IS rocket science
    At least it's not brain surgery. (Wouldn't wan't anything veering and exploding there!)
  7. The only problem with this... on A Day in the Life of a Spyware Company · · Score: 1

    The only problem with this is--the companies don't care how their ads are served. They don't care if spyware or adware is installed--it gets their ads there, in the consumer's face, and they don't have to pay much. Cheap ads, and none of the parties involved (except the consumer, whose opinion doesn't matter (yet)) care how the ads are shown, as long as they bring business and they don't have to pay much.

  8. Re:DAMMIT PEOPLE!! on Louisiana Politicos Defend Game Bill · · Score: 1

    Oh, and as an afterthought: someone should go and shoot Jack Thompson and the like in the face. Repeatedly. (I do that a lot, don't I?)

  9. DAMMIT PEOPLE!! on Louisiana Politicos Defend Game Bill · · Score: 1

    DAMMIT PEOPLE, stop trying to parent for us and just tell the parents to do it themselves! This is NOT what we pay you taxes for!

  10. Late, but: Has anyone asked... on PSP Ad Draws Charges of Racism · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Ouch, I'm rather late on this, but...

    Has anyone asked a black person how they feel on this? As far as I know, the only people who get agitated over racism are white. I don't know any black people that would consider this racist (especially since there's two more ads, one with the black over the white, and one with them together).

  11. Phew! on Stolen VA Laptop Recovered · · Score: 1
    It turns out that the employee had written permission to bring the sensitive data home
    Phew! Wouldn't want anybody authorized to have and see that data to steal it.
  12. Re:Personalizing teletubbyland? Since when? on Dealing with Phishing · · Score: 1

    Small correction: it's not Teletubby Land, it's Bill Gates' front yard.

  13. Sounded interesting... on Dealing with Phishing · · Score: 1
    You know, this sounded interesting:
    If you come on a site that has the same IP but with a different key or the same key with a different IP: BIG WARNING THAT THIS SITE OR THE COMMUNICATIONS IS POSSIBLY COMPROMISED...
    Until you said this:
    ...and provide a link to customer support in case that happens.
  14. Re:Too easy to defeat. on Dealing with Phishing · · Score: 2, Informative

    We're sorry, but we've lost your site customization settings. You can go to Preferences to re-set them. In other words, yeah right.

  15. Re:Procedural gaming, in demo form on The Future of Microsoft Gaming · · Score: 1

    Actually, I was trying to be overly simplistic. After all, the Wright Brothers didn't invent Boeings, now did they?

  16. Re:Flexible/Rolled up! on Nanowires Four Times Faster Than Silicon · · Score: 2, Insightful

    See, this is where your old computer comes in. You just put it on the papers you don't want to blow away--and they don't!

    On a more serious note, the reason for having flexibility is mostly for ease of use. You can't fold up many displays now--how would you like to put one in your back pocket, forget about it, then sit down--crunch!
    With flexibility also comes easier storage. Have you ever tried storing something large and bulky? It's a pain, right? Say an old dresser. What would you give to be able to fold it up, put it under one arm, and stick it in the basement? It'd be much easier and take up mauch less space.

  17. If this is ever planning to come home... on Frozen Chip from IBM hits 500 GHz · · Score: 1

    If this is ever planning to come home, all you case modders had better start working on a cooling system that'll take it down that far.

    In other words, at these temps, it's not very practical for the end user.

  18. Re:news? on Microsoft Confirms Excel Zero-Day Attack · · Score: 1

    If you can't get it to work the way you want, why use it at all?

  19. Re:news? on Microsoft Confirms Excel Zero-Day Attack · · Score: 2, Informative
    MS makes it so difficult not to run with administrator privileges


    Actually, it's not that hard. Log in as a limited user, do whaever you need to do, and if you encounter a program that absolutely needs to run as an admin, just right-click > Run as..., enter admin account name and password, and the program will run under the admin account. I personally haven't made the permanent switch to Linux yet, but I think it's comparable to sudo.
  20. Re:Procedural gaming, in demo form on The Future of Microsoft Gaming · · Score: 1

    You know, it's extremely possible. In fact, it's been done.

  21. What... on Google Researchers Create TV Audio Analysis System · · Score: 1

    What, thay haven't patented it yet?

    Oh... I guess that would have to be a dupe^H^H^H^Hseparate story in YRO.

  22. Re:2000? And now? on Nintendo Awarded Patent for Instant Messaging · · Score: 1

    I realize that last bit wan't clear now.

    I meant that trying to communicate through text doesn't work: in order to type, you have to hit t, then type your message, which means you can't press any keys to affect the game in the meantime.

  23. Re:Waaaait a minute... on Duke Nukem Forever Due This Year? · · Score: 2, Funny
  24. 2000? And now? on Nintendo Awarded Patent for Instant Messaging · · Score: 1

    If it was filed in 2000, why haven't they done anything with it?

    They mentioned the GBC and N64 by name, yet I can't see any way this would be helpful for those systems...

    If they were going to use this for the Wii, how would they use it? There's probably no text interface, so could it mean voice? Voice coordination is much better than text, too--to use Halo as a example, try flying a Banshee or driving a Warthog into your opponent's base and simultaneously communicate. It doesn't work.

  25. Just imagine... on New Google Services Announced · · Score: 1

    Just imagine a GoogleBeowulf cluster of those things!