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  1. insightful my ass. on Violating A Patent As Moral Choice · · Score: 1

    normal flu kills more people absolutely. but the mortality rate is about 4%.
    bird flu has killed 70 people, yes. and only 140 people had it. mortality rate 50% and potentially even higher.

    the only reason because you must not worry yet is that bird flu can only spread to people having very close contact with birds. yet. but if a person gets bird flu and normal flu at the same time the two viruses could combine their genomes and you get a flu which can be spreaded from human to human like the human flu but has a mortality rate of 50% like the bird flu.

    now let's talk about some figures. in germany alone there are 6 millions of human flu patients every year (and not nearly everybody sees a doctor when he catches a flu). with the 50% and more mortality rate millions will die every year. kind of reincarnation of the black death.

    do you still think there is nothing we need to be worrying about?

  2. Re:PDAs are lame, expensive, and passe on Why Have PDAs Failed In The iPod Era? · · Score: 1

    pdas are much more useful than cellphones.

    i have an o2 xda 2 and this device is really nice. full size win ce pda with cell phone functions. ever tried to for example reading books on a cell phone? no fun. reading books on a pda is much better. plus, with a gps receiver you can use it as a navigation system. with headphones as an mp3 player, can watch videos on it, modify pictures i have taken with my digicam, play games when i am bored and write software for it.

    won't ever go back to a standard cellphone.

  3. similar systems already there on Army Eyes Anti-Sniper Robot · · Score: 1

    the current systems try to detect reflections on the scope and laser them, instantly blinding the sniper.

  4. mods: funny?! on New Legal Threat To GMail · · Score: 4, Informative

    it is not funny, it is sad truth here in germany

  5. Re:UNMANNED? on Russian Cargo Ship Docks At ISS, Preps For Tourist · · Score: 1

    as far as i know the f-117 was downed by a mig-21 which has neared the f-117 without being seen.

  6. Re:MSN messenger IS NOT Windows Messenger on 20 Things They Don't Want You to Know · · Score: 1

    germany here
    we are still using icq

  7. Re:Random test ... on New Algorithm for Learning Languages · · Score: 2, Funny

    in my opinion it is not impressive at all (i speak english and german myself). try translate.ru

    english to german

    Ich weiß, dass es ziemlich genau ist, weil ich meine spanischen sprechenden Freunde sobald in einem IM Gespräch zum Narren gehalten habe. Ich sagte ihnen, dass ich Spanisch über Hypnose lernte und grundsätzlich gerade alles Spanisch in IM kopieren/aufkleben. Das Gespräch ging seit ähnlichen 15 Minuten volles Spanisch weiter, bevor ich ihnen sagte, dass ich die Website verwendete. Sie waren pissing ihre Hosen.

    the result back to english

    I know that it is quite precise because I have held my Spanish speaking friends as soon as in one in the conversation to the fool. I said to them that I learned Spanish about hypnosis and basically just all Spanish in IN copy / stick. The conversation went on since similar 15 minutes of full Spanish, before I said to them that I used the website. They were pissing her trousers.

  8. Re:Win95 OSR2.1 had it first. :-) on Windows 95 Turns 10 · · Score: 1

    of course you could.
    ie installation was *after* the windows install. i always just killed the ie installer and had win95c without ie.

  9. powerline dead in germany for years on Web Access Over Power Lines · · Score: 4, Informative

    RWE, a very big electricity company in Germany used to sell powerline internet access in towns Essen and Muelheim an der Ruhr in july 2001. It only lasted until september 2002.

    According to RWE it was shut down because some frequencies used by powerline were reserved for security services. The real reason was though that almost nobody used it - RWE had only some 200 paying customers - because internet access via ADSL was much cheaper and in both Muelheim (I used to live there back then) and Essen widely availiable.

  10. Re:Nice try.. but no Hendrix on Guitarists, your Days are Numbered · · Score: 1

    whammy bar is only the lever. the whole vibrato brigde is sometimes called whammy.

    but you can also do vibrato with your fingers.

  11. Re:No. on Minimalist Cell Phones? · · Score: 1

    just show me a freakin camera in this nokia 3210 and then we talk

  12. Re:machine gun protection???? on How to Become A Real-World Superhero · · Score: 1

    excuse me but even an old pistol (except such things like liberator) is an automatic weapon

    if you mean full automatic then there are quite a lot possibilities

    1) full automatic pistols (stechkin)
    2) submachine guns
    3) assault rifles
    4) light machine guns
    5) machine guns
    6) heavy machine guns
    7) machine cannons

    rpk is a light machine gun (lmg), actually a modified assault rifle. m249 (fn minimi) is also a light machine gun.

  13. Re:machine gun protection???? on How to Become A Real-World Superhero · · Score: 1

    7.62x39 isn't even a machine gun, it is only an assault rifle.

    7.62x51 or 7.62x54R are current standard machine gun calibers, steel core of course. there's no way of making a human-wearable bulletproof vest against a machine gun. and this bat suit is also knife proof.

  14. how is that news? on How to Build Your Own Linux Distribution · · Score: -1, Redundant

    i have read about lfs on slashdot years ago

  15. solid state? on Cheap Solid State Computers Could Kill Microsoft · · Score: 4, Funny

    you mean like... no tubes anymore?

  16. Re:Two Questions on Airport Screeners could see X-rated X-rays · · Score: 1

    try kfc?

  17. in germany on eBay sellers Told to Include GST · · Score: 1

    if gst is the same thing as vat, every price which is not on b2b price lists has to include vat

    so you always know how much you have to pay.

  18. Re:Not working correctly on Linux and OpenOffice save Microsoft Presentation · · Score: 2, Informative

    this is definitely russian and not ukrainian. open office is also in russian.

  19. Re:Privacy and copyright in German law on Lycos Germany to No Longer Store IP Data · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yep.

    And the worst thing is, Schily backs those antiterror laws about like that:

    Schily stands somewhere in the wood and repeatly hits a drum.
    The Germans ask: why are you doing this?
    Schily answers: to keep the elephants... err... terrorists away
    Germans: but there are no terrorists in Germany
    Schily: see, it's working!

  20. Re:mod parent funny!!! on Burnout and Depression Among IT Workers? · · Score: 1

    i prefer working 38 hours a week and even that relaxed. my lifestyle definitely allows this

  21. Re:Even Ebert acknowledges we may see SW 7-9 ... on Ebert Gives 'Sith' Positive Review · · Score: 1

    hmm i don't know. as i was 15 i liked the zahn trilogy very much but now when i read the books they seem quite childish.

  22. Re:He thinks trek always sucked on No Need For Trek Anymore · · Score: 1

    yep, or something written by stephen baxter. now that's hardcore sf

  23. Re:beating the dead horse on High-Speed Trains in the US? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ugh. 87 octane. this one is for some pretty inefficient engines

  24. look at russia on High-Speed Trains in the US? · · Score: 1

    you can go by train almost everywhere there. and people go everywhere by train, even if they need to stay in a train for a week.

  25. Re:Good finaly compete with HP phones on Dell to Get Into Cell Phones in 2006 · · Score: 1

    there are already other phones. o2 xda 2 or 3 for example (htc himalaya/magician)