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  1. Re:Next step: Tetrachromatism on Gene Therapy Cures Color-Blind Monkeys · · Score: 1

    "Why would a picture of a real scene trigger different signals in her brain than the scene itself?" Because the paint/ink/leds/whatever that're used may be different from the real thing for her, but perfectly on-spot in the eyes of the photo company.

  2. Re:Next step: Tetrachromatism on Gene Therapy Cures Color-Blind Monkeys · · Score: 1

    I doubt extra colors would do a person much good. Your brain wouldn't know how to handle it and you couldn't describe normal colors anymore... And you couldn't sleep because of all that infrared from your eyelids. Maybe it would work with babies growing up with it. And think of the goths wearing all kinds of colorful black! Cop: "Sir, you ignored an octarine traffic light. I'll have to give you a fine for that."

  3. Re:Be firm.. on How Do IT Guys Get Respect and Not Become BOFHs? · · Score: 1

    "MY request more important than those others. do mine first." That one's nice! Let them decide the order in which the tickets are handled, and automatically send notifications to the owners of tickets who just got moved down the list. "Selfish co-worker X just lowered the priority of your problem"

  4. Re:disgusting on FTC Offput by Offsets · · Score: 1


    Biomass.

    The tree consists of carbon for a large part. That's carbon that the tree absorbed out of the atmosphere.

  5. Re:Not fair! on Scientists Create Di-positronium Molecules · · Score: 0

    Don't worry.
    Hitler and his Nazis are here to save the day.

  6. Re:Same situation on Marketing Yourself as an IT Jack-of-All-Trades? · · Score: 1

    You're a web designer. That's just one trade.

  7. Re:Bombula on Deathbed Confession Says Aliens Were at Roswell · · Score: 1

    The octopus wouldn't be the first water creature to leave the water.

  8. At least it's better than on Pentagon Developed 'Laughing Bullets' · · Score: 1

    ...than te gay bomb they also worked on.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/4174519.stm

  9. Re:So... on Black Hole Information Loss Paradox Solution Proposed · · Score: 1

    So...If you jump in, time slows down for you compared to the "outside"?
    So...You instantly hop into the "end of the universe"?
    So...Nothing reaches the center as long as anyone on the "outside" can watch?

    Question:
    Where does the radiation come from? Did anything ever reach the center?

    I'm getting kind of confused here...

    Is a black hole a portal to what comes beyond (or after) the universe?
    Does a black hole indicate that there will be an end to it?
    Does a black hole indicate that there will never be an end to it?
    If the whole universe gets sucked in, will we notice? (guess not, cause if time itself slows down so do we)
    Will the universe end when all matter has been sucked in?
    What are the forces near a black hole if you take into account the devaluation of the second?

  10. Re:alternate theories on Perfect Silicon Sphere to Redefine the Kilogram · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Yeah, but to know the known mass you'll need the silicon sfere cause that's the most precise known mass.

  11. calculate this on Can Statistics Predict the Outcome of a War? · · Score: 1

    What did the formula make of the "war on terror"?
    Or RIAA vs piracy?

  12. Re:Hardly Insightful! Nice Try Clever Lad on RIAA Uses Local Cops In Oregon Raid · · Score: 1

    Corporations have more rights than citizens. In the US at least.

  13. Re:Atlantis on Self-Healing Plastic Skin · · Score: 1

    I bet NASA'll wish they'd put that stuff on Atlantis.

  14. Simple! on US's Slow Embrace of Information Technology · · Score: 1

    The amish of course!

  15. Re:Tool safety on PHP Application Insecurity - PHP or Devs Fault? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    4. Every virtual user has his own (limited) ini, logs, etc.

    PHP is much more powerfull and versatile then everybody seems to think.
    The only problem is that it seems so easy to master.

  16. Games no argument? on Why Does Everyone Hate Microsoft? · · Score: 1

    "Hey here's a thought. Play games on your consoles, and stop using that as a reason for using Windows."

    As soon as they start supplying the mouse for those, all RTS, FPS etc are PC-only.

  17. Re:Question yourself on How Do Developers Handle Moral Dilemmas? · · Score: 1

    Then you arn't wise anymore. You're just old.

  18. Re:Arctic on Emissions of Key Greenhouse Gas Stabilize · · Score: 1

    Dude, even if the total amount of ice was growing, it STILL would release massive amounts of methane that's been stacked there for millions of years.

  19. Re:Reward for Open Source? on Thai IT Minister Slams Open Source · · Score: 2, Insightful


    Work on a project for a long time and you'll become an expert.
    Be an expert and you've got something someone else hasn't got: expertise.

    Not just in programming in general but also in the workings of the project. Then you can sell support like MySQL does. Or build modules for bounty. Or write a book about the software.

    Contributing to something that becomes a standard makes you a guru and a celebrity. Guru's sell advice, support, books, even short talks at seminars for big $$$.

  20. Re:Kiss your career goodbye on Did Humans Get Their Big Brains From Neanderthals? · · Score: 1

    They can always say that size doesn't matter.

  21. Re:anything to do with that "bump" on Did Humans Get Their Big Brains From Neanderthals? · · Score: 1

    It's German and it's about being more intelligent.

    Probably something with über...

    Whoops, there goes Godwin!

  22. Re:The Netherlands on If Not America, Then Where? · · Score: 1


    Crime:
    http://www.ad.nl/misdaadmeter/
    (Good luck translating everyone!)

    The traffic jams are caused by lefties who think less asphalt will stop traffic jams. Most of the budget goes to the street lights. Compared to other countries NL is one big street light.

  23. Re:Spectacularly bad science on TV Really Might Cause Autism · · Score: 0, Troll

    There's even more space for debate:

    Maybe the increased number of autism cases results from bored doctors who had their midlife crisis earlier cause they watched so much TV all their lives?
    Maybe autists just like to watch TV so they don't have to socially interact with other kids?
    Maybe the hyping omega fat stuff causes both autism and TV-watching?
    Maybe stupid diagnoses causes children to watch stupid TV?

    Nowadays every kid has ADD as soon as you tell him/her that.

  24. Deflation of discoveries on When a Tech 'Breakthrough' Isn't Really · · Score: 1

    I gues nowadays more breakthroughs are needed to produce something new...

  25. time spending, pricing, doesn't play in car stereo on Does File-Sharing Really Hurt the Music Biz? · · Score: 1

    They probably forgot about those, didn't they?

    - CD prices doubled during those years
    - mainstream producers do not try anything new, so all the offline stores have is crappy or old
    - As you said: games already have background music
    - Normal CD's don't always play right. If you download and burn you have more certainty of quality
    - Et cetera

    I believe that if downloading wasn't there most lables and indies simply wouldn't be here anymore.