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  1. Re:Summary is wrong yet again on Lab Produces 3.6 Billion Degree Gas · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's 15 million Kelvin, not 15 million degrees Kelvin

  2. Re:Building Hearts And Minds on Using Liquid Crystals to Guide Stem Cells · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Technically, life even begins before fertilization since eggs and sperm are living entities.

  3. Re:Lets get this out of they way on Using Liquid Crystals to Guide Stem Cells · · Score: -1, Troll

    Don't tell that to the people who still believe that stem cells are people, although a link to the passage would be nice. How about this one? Speaking of passages, this one seems a little confusing to me. Must we practice cannibalism now?

    Soylent green, on the other hand...

  4. Re:ask public? on Japan's New Supercomputing Toy · · Score: 1

    Yes, hopefully the response won't be something like "Prove that creationism is true." Boy that be a fun one to calculate...

    Also, what's the point in having the Hitachi around when the IBM sitting right next to it is 25 times faster?

  5. There's always Linux... on Computer 'Worms' Turn on Macs · · Score: 1

    ...but I digress. Regular updates, safe web browsing, and not clicking email links should be the norm anyway regardless of operating system. Of course "safe web browsing" means different things to different people.

  6. Re:Apple... on Woz On Apple's Success · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That doesn't mean they aren't trying in the business field. Xserves come to mind.

  7. Re:Linux? on Windows Bumps Unix as Top Server OS · · Score: 1

    Perhaps they mean machines with Linux on them?

  8. geek's overcompensating for something? on How Does Your Personal Data Center Measure Up? · · Score: 1

    I don't understand why someone would need this much computer equipment. It's like the guy with the Armani suit and Rolex watch driving a Lamborghini - he's compensating for something. Well, at least the Lamborghini guy probably gets some play... But then again, my own philosophy on life is to live within my means with as few material possessions as i can possibly get away with because inevitably i'll be moving, and i hate moving things.

    Anyways, here's the networked equipment I have in my 380 square feet of apartment space:
    1) Sempron 64 running Debian 3.1
    2) Power Macintosh G3 (Blue and White) running Mac OS X 10.4.5
    3) CompUSA router
    4) DSL modem

  9. Re:I love Linux but... on Linux beats Windows to Intel iMac · · Score: 1

    Because it is there. What's the point of climbing Mt. Everest? It's just another mountain...

  10. Re:Trojan? on First Mac OS X Virus? · · Score: 1

    Once the media gets a hold of a blanket term, we're stuck with it. Yes, it's technically a trojan. But nowadays malware that's not adware gets lumped into the virus category. Take a look at the term "hacker." "Cracker" would be the preferred term for a bad hacker, but the media still uses "hacker."

  11. That's why I don't click html links... on Phishing Site Using Valid SSL Certificates · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...and also why I hate html email and use pine as my mail client. Unfortunately, most people don't know enough to not click html links sent to their email account. As a result, this is especially worrisome because it looks legit.

  12. Re:IS this really FUSION? on Team Confirms UCLA Tabletop Fusion · · Score: 2, Informative

    That is fusion. Moving neutrons from one atom to another increases the atomic weight of the recipient atom. You don't necessarily need to fuse atoms together to call something "fusion."

  13. this is interesting... on RFID Injection Required for Datacenter Access · · Score: 1

    Ironically, the extra security sought may be offset by a recent discovery of Jonathan Westhues, where the security researcher showed the VeriChip can be skimmed and cloned, duplicating an implant's authentication. When contacted, those at CityWatcher were unaware of the chip's security issue, according to the spychips.com release.

    hahaha! Now implanting RFID tags is somewhat scary. How do you get it out without taking out a chunk of your biceps?

  14. Re:hardware abstraction? on IBM to use Cell in Blade Servers · · Score: 1

    These guys use your computer's GPU to process audio. The GPU on modern video cards are basically massive SIMD engines. It should be theoretically possibel to write an OS that runs on one of these things.

  15. Sounds like a good deal... on Apple Launches 1 GB nano, Slashes shuffle · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ...but right now Apple is selling a refurbished 20GB iPod for $189. I think I'd rather go for that one (if I was in a market for iPods).

  16. Why doesn't Dell have one? on Precision Mobile Workstations with Core Duo Coming · · Score: 1

    Or at least I haven't been able to find a Dell machine with core duo as the processor(s). Aren't they Intel's preferred customer?

  17. Has this happened before? on NASA Science Under Attack · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The article doesn't mention whether this has happenend in previous administrations. Although I guess I'm not quite that surprised that it is happening now. It's really too bad.

  18. Re:Common misconception on Apple Surpasses Dell in EU Education Market · · Score: 2, Informative

    Well, Apple's global share is around 1.9% as of 2004. Dell's market share is around 18% as of 2004. So that means, Apple has about 1/9th of Dell's market share. In terms of number of computers sold, they're still smaller than Acer. I mean, you could also rephrase your statement to say that Apple has nearly 2/3 of Acer's marketshare (or 66%). That makes Apple even larger, right?

  19. Re:Either way... on Apple Surpasses Dell in EU Education Market · · Score: 1

    Although Dell currently does sell individual AMD processors, all of their systems currently use only Intel's processors.

  20. Either way... on Apple Surpasses Dell in EU Education Market · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...it's a win for Intel!

  21. I'm so confused on Cinematics Do Matter? · · Score: 1

    Am I supposed to like cinematics and cut scenes or not?

  22. Hari Seldon? on The Human Mind is a Bayes Logic Machine · · Score: 4, Funny

    I call prior art on psychohistory

  23. Re:Patent stupidity? on RIM - The Whole Story · · Score: 1

    More like redundency

  24. Re:Otellini, Grove, and Jobs on MacWorld MacBook Only a Prototype? · · Score: 1

    Well, to be fair, Jobs had a really benign pancreatic endocrine tumor (people with ductal tumors tend to live less than 1 year). Grove had prostate cancer. I can't find a source detailing what grade it was, but he did have a prostatectomy. Assuming that it was low grade, he's practically cured. More people die of heart disease than the types of cancer Jobs and Grove had.

  25. Re:Newsflash! on Intel Mac Performance Behind Hype · · Score: 1

    That never stopped Apple from publicly bashing the architecture whenver they could.