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  1. Re:This is news? on Cybernetic System to Allow Physical Interaction · · Score: 1
    Quote: touching and feeling of animals or other humans..

    So are they an "animal" or "other human"?

  2. Re:Diluting its strengths? on Trackerless BitTorrent Beta Posted · · Score: 4, Funny
    Is it legal to post only in questions?

    Yes, Yes it is. The Independent Thought Police have been dispatched.

    Have a nice day.

  3. Re:Bah on CMU Professor's Rebuttal Against RIAA Propaganda · · Score: 2, Funny

    Aw, people can come up with statistics to prove anything. Fourfty percent of all people know that.

  4. Re:Church steeples are a good spot on NYT on Cell Phone Tower Controversy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Improves ones reception to God too.

  5. Re:Adopt a spreadsheet today, for the children. on $10B Annual Tab for Spreadsheet Errors? · · Score: 0, Troll
    Get your barely legal shreadsheets HERE today!

    All the hottest math this side of a database, including SUM, AVERAGE, MAX and SIN. Don't forget for this week only we are having a special on STDEV.

  6. Re:You know who is interested in this? on Intel to Release WiMax Chip · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You mean like Cringely outlined back in November.

  7. Re:Why do people still deny the moon landing? on 35th Anniversary of Apollo 13 Splashdown · · Score: 1
    Because they can make a lot of money out of it.

    Conspiracy sells especially to lameOs.

  8. Re:Country size matters on America's Not So Up to Speed · · Score: 1
    Why not, because it is not just a matter of geography and population spread. Its also a matter of technological development, economic wealth, and infrastructure.

    While the point, which is often made, that the US should not be compared to such countries as Japan and South Korea is a valid point, comparing the US to China or India fails to recognise that the US should be far out in front of these countries based on technological and infrastructure development.

  9. Re:I can't believe this wasn't mentioned on Resurrection Ecology Gives Life to Old Eggs · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is a Unix system. I know this.

  10. Re:Whaaa? on Wikipedia Planning a DVD Version · · Score: 1
    Yes but as it states on that page:

    Raw database dumps

    Last dump made: 2005-03-09 (30 days ago) Total size 50503MB (1460MB for just current revisions)

    Unless you are refering to the TomeRaider archives

  11. Re:"WTF, mate" on Music Piracy Unit Raids ISP in BitTorrent Assault · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Of course that is after piracy = terrorism, which isn't far off I imagine...
    Yeah not far at all.
  12. Re:That sounds a lot like... on Fallout From Japanese Patent On Help Icon · · Score: 2, Informative
    Its contextual help. Applications can also have it in the help menu and on toolbars.

    See msdn for more information

  13. Re:Who's Bob Cringely anyway? on Bob Cringely's Predictions For 2005 · · Score: 3, Informative

    easy, read about him on his site.

  14. ASIMO on Honda Updates ASIMO · · Score: 2, Interesting
    in case anyone was wondering is, Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility
    see here although It may just be a name now.

    There is also a time line for ASIMO at Honda.co.jp(japanese) but you can see a graphical history of it here

  15. Another recent story on recovery from nerve damage on New Treatment Helps Cure Spinal Injuries · · Score: 3, Interesting
    The other day there was a Sciencedaily article on a guy who recoved from nerve damage after a liver transplant.

    Although his problem was due to "a 20-year history of drinking more than 100g of alcohol per day who had end-stage liver disease and weakness in both legs."

  16. Re:Why is Sydney oden that list? on Cities Without Borders · · Score: 2, Informative
    Sydney ("the gateway to Woomera")

    firstly, what a snide and useless remark.

    It is quite easy to find information that supports Sydney as a global business city.

    Australia is the 11th largest economy in the world and Sydney its largest, most international city and the economic capital. Set on Port Jackson Harbour, the city has a long history of trade, commerce and finance.

    Many multinationals have their Asian-Pacific headquarters in the city, including Price Waterhouse Coopers, Compuserve and BT. Others such as IBM, Coca-Cola and Unilever have offices here.
    Taken from here

    Sydney is often included along with other noted business cites such as singapore.

    Sydney is attractive for its language diversity, and Morgan Stanley has located some of its back-office operations there. Tokyo and Hong Kong are both a bit too expensive for such operations

    it is becoming increasingly common for Chinese companies to raise money not just on the Hong Kong market, but also in other markets such as Sydney or Singapore.
    Taken from here

    And other information from NSW.gov site.

    # the most multicultural city in the Asia Pacific
    # 70% of the nation's top 250 IT&T companies are headquartered in Sydney
    # base for 44% of regional call centres in the Asia Pacific
    # lowest unemployment rate in Australia
    # major Asia Pacific financial centre
    # information communications technology capital of Australia

    link

    And
    Australia is once again among the leading nations in terms of economic growth. For the second year running, the worldwide executive opinion survey conducted for the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook considered Australia's economy as the most resilient in the world.

    Of the 53 authorised banks with operations in Australia, 40 are based in Sydney. This includes nine of the 11 foreign subsidiary banks in Australia and the 10 largest investment banking groups. Major foreign banks with operations in Sydney include JPMorgan Chase, ABN Amro, Citibank, and Deutsche Bank. Other global banks have established highly successful back office operations in Sydney. These foreign banks benefit from Sydney's time zone advantage, spanning the close of business in the United States and the opening of the European trading day.

    Taken from here and here

    Cheers

  17. Re:Smoking is actually nice... on Battery-powered Cigarettes? · · Score: 2, Informative
    Yeah, nicotine isn't GOOD for you, but neither is alcohol and people still do that

    But alcohol can be good for you.

    also see:
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    3

  18. Fortunately... on Harvard to Clone Human Embryos? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...this is the beginning of a Brave New World

  19. The Stellar Acting Career of Troy McClure on The Last Starfighter--The Musical! · · Score: 2, Informative
    see here

    or here

    or google

    Oh and I need more characters per line

  20. Re:Can these really be called moons? on Two New Saturnian Moons · · Score: 5, Informative
    How about natural satellite

  21. Re:A.I. artificial intelligence (spielberg's turd) on What's the Worst Movie You've Ever Seen? · · Score: 1

    I second this. A truly crap movie

  22. Re:Girls?? Where!? on Gentoo 2004.2 Released · · Score: 1
    "Guys" can represent males and females.

    Def: guys

  23. Re:USA? on World Computer Chess Championships Underway · · Score: 1
    yeah!

    Where is John Redcorn.

  24. Re:The Microsoft mentality on Cut-Rate Windows 'XP Starter Edition' in Thailand · · Score: 4, Interesting
    This also from the New Straits Times reveals the mentality:
    Microsoft offered the discounts in Thailand so it could join the government's People's PC programme, after the Thai government began offering Linux through it.
  25. Re:Great idea! on Hybrid Fleet Vehicles · · Score: -1

    2. ???
    3. Profit!