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  1. Re:Wait, does this mean... on Quantum Teleportation Achieved Over 16 km In China · · Score: 1

    Neither does light. What's your point?

  2. Re:If your working, then yea, that should be paid. on Regulators Investigating Unpaid Internships · · Score: 1

    No, you broke something that was previously correct.

  3. Re:A false choice, of course... on Health Care Reform · · Score: 5, Funny

    One does not simply walk into Slashdot.

  4. Re:what about... on Millennium Prize Awarded For Perelman's Poincaré Proof · · Score: 4, Informative

    You can easily determine the cubic volume of a spherical cavity by using the formula: V = 4/3 PI R^3.

    However, in the case of your image, the volume would probably be better matched by a cylindrical volume: V = PI R^2 H

    On second thought, a one-sheet hyperboloid would probably be the best match.

  5. Re:FSM SAVE US! on Nearby Star Forecast To Skirt Solar System · · Score: 1

    No, the American astronomer who discovered red shift and has a space telescope named after him.

  6. Re:"Library of Congresses"? on Cisco Introduces a 322 Tbit/sec. Router · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'll stick to analog VHS. it has a warmer quality you just cant get with digital.

  7. Re:Horrible UI fonts on Steam UI Update Beta Drops IE Rendering For WebKit · · Score: 1

    I am using the new Steam UI, and it does not have this issue. All the font rendering is unsmoothed.

  8. Re:This is a random comment. on New Method for Random Number Generation Developed · · Score: 1

    That's the problem with randomness: you can never be sure

  9. Re:We need more ideas such as this on A Space Cannon That Might Actually Work · · Score: 5, Informative

    Do you realize just how far away the moon is from Earth?

    This to-scale image should give you an idea of just how ridiculous this idea is.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Speed_of_light_from_Earth_to_Moon.gif

  10. A simpler list... on France Considers 'Pirate Tax' For Online Ads · · Score: 1

    - All of your money belongs to them.

  11. Re:This is great on Living In Tokyo's Capsule Hotels · · Score: 1

    Just make them spherical.

  12. And ... on Hulu and Warner Music Sign Deal For Music Content · · Score: 1

    nothing of value was gained.

  13. Re:JPEG artifacts on AT&T Wins Gizmodo 3G Bandwidth Test · · Score: 1

    PNG will be smaller when the image contains large areas of the same color.
    Rasterized vector graphics is usually great for this.
    The the image the parent linked to is a perfect candidate for PNG compression.

  14. Re:That was pretty fast... on DARPA Network Challenge Lasts All of 9 Hours · · Score: 1

    You have made my day, thanks!

  15. Re:LyX on How To Enter Equations Quickly In Class? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I would imagine the mirror slap and shutter sounds of a DSLR will become distracting in a classroom setting.

  16. Re:I understand these modern times and all... on 1Mb Broadband Access Becomes Legal Right In Finland · · Score: 1

    Maybe he is using a Pentium 4.

  17. Re:Ohh the Pornmanity on GE Developing 1TB Hologram Disc Readable By a Modified Blu-ray Drive · · Score: 1

    Is your collection really that small?

  18. Re:Merketing trumps reason again... ;) on AMD's DX11 Radeons Can Drive Six 30 Displays · · Score: 0

    Yes there is.
    There is a horizontal border right across the center.

  19. Re:God, Not Another One on Tolkien Trust Okays Hobbit Movie · · Score: 1

    Why would you ever watch a film on broadcast television?

    They always do a huge disservice to the artistic integrity of the film. Constant interruptions with commercial breaks, cutting out portions to fit a time slot, and other shenanigans.

  20. Re:Schools dont change on The Case For Mandatory Touch-Typing In High School · · Score: 1

    I taught myself to type, from the age of 4, and I do not (repeat do NOT) use the "home keys".

    Result: 65wpm, and I've been typing for many hours a day for decades with NO TRACE of carpel tunnel.

    thus, not really a fan of the party line typing techniques, and I hope my children never learn those.

    Besides: "high school"? What the hell? Like kids won't have tons of typing experience by then?

    Better idea still: adults teaching classes where kids can learn to text.</haha>

    Same here. I taught myself how to type as a child, and it's radically different from the formal method of typing. I later became proficient in the "correct" method of typing, but still prefer mine.

    The reason is my method is much more comfortable, by far. It's slightly, slower than the "correct" method, but I can endure typing like that for hours with zero fatigue.

    Some of my fellow workers and students claim they already show signs of Repetitive Strain Injury, while I easily type 3-5x more than some of them (in time and amount) in a day and have none of these symptoms.

  21. Re:Fighting Abuse of Power on Lori Drew Cyberbullying Case Dismissed · · Score: 1

    but to have much proof that free will doesn't exist, you would have to find a way around the uncertainty principle.

    How does the uncertainty principle have anything to do with free will as you or I know it?
    Just because a system is unpredictable to an outside observer does not exclude that same system from being deterministic.

    Additionally, you would have to prove that neurons rely on QM as a major part in their function. Especially in aiding decision making.
    Unless I have been grossly misinformed, all evidence so far suggests that neurons do not rely on QM, and their behavior can be modeled using classical physics.

  22. Re:Will not work. on Personalized In-Game Advertising In Upcoming Titles · · Score: 1

    If you make your ClientRegistry.blob in the steam folder read-only, Steam will work in offline mode indefinitely. It will even work if you save a backup of it for use on other computers and in reinstalls of your OS.

  23. Re:So, on Windows 7 To Sell In UK For Half the US Price · · Score: 2, Funny

    Counter-Clockwise and up?

  24. I've suspected this for a while on Dogs As Intelligent As Average Two-Year-Old Children · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I've suspected this for a while, which is why I get especially worked up over people who get their jollies tormenting and abusing animals.

    It's basically like abusing a child, and is just as sick.

  25. Re:Too Many Free Variables on Fewer Than 10 ET Civilizations In Our Galaxy? · · Score: 1

    It's only a theory, not fact.

    *facepalm*

    That is a woefully inaccurate idea of what a theory is.