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  1. Re:Well of course on Wind and Sun Beat Other Energy Alternatives · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If you are planning on driving turbines to generate energy, the amount of space used up by mirrors and positioning machinery would be quite prohibitive. If all you care about is some hot water or solar cooker, you can get by with a square metre worth of space which quite feasible.

  2. Re:Novell? on Boycott Novell Protesters Manhandled In India · · Score: 1

    What? What am I missing here? Isn't novell the maker of openSuse? Isn't openSuse uh... free?

    Isn't novell the maker of openSuse? Isn't openSuse uh... free?

    Novell isn't the maker of anything. They sponsor the project. But OpenSuse is different from SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE). You have to buy SLE licenses from Novell.

  3. Re:No walking on the submarines of tomorrow! on Scientists Discover Why Sharks Can Swim So Fast · · Score: 3, Insightful

    My guess is it would require a thicker sheet of metal to achieve this. This would result in added weight and thus lower efficiency.

  4. Re:Am I the only one? on Malaysia Frees "Anti-Islamic" Blogger · · Score: 1

    National Security is a loose term and can encompass enforcement of several worldviews. However one common outcome of National Security is erosion of civil liberties and YMMV.

  5. Re:Life under the thumb of cellular phone companie on Bug In Android Passes Keystrokes To Root Shell · · Score: 5, Funny

    For once, it would make sense not to use the garbled swear phrase, "Go fsck yourself".

  6. Re:Fascinating photos on Chandrayaan Enters Lunar Orbit · · Score: 1

    I was expecting to see a cloud pattern that spelled "HOPE" or "YES WE CAN" over North America.

  7. Re:Force Apple?! on iTunes On OS X Finally Has Competition · · Score: 3, Informative

    specially if the competition can't play Protected AAC?

    As the most overused phrase of 2008 says, "Yes we can."

    Two words and a hyphen love; in Linux world we call it

    libxine-extracodecs

  8. Re:does size matter? on The Pocket-Sized Projector Has Arrived · · Score: 1

    Hmmm, the summary says 65 inches. Less than three meters, but a hair more than two.

    [citation needed]

    Please provide the math by which you arrived at hair more than 2m.

  9. Re:The lamp is non-replaceable? on The Pocket-Sized Projector Has Arrived · · Score: 1

    He obviously didn't use the decimal system. Stop thinking in terms of base 10!

  10. Re:Meh on Researchers Crack WPA Wi-Fi Encryption · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of course you can.

    If you want to take it to its logical conclusion, you can make that person hand you all his passwords and personal information if you storm into his house swinging a baseball bat or a samurai sword. I have seen some hollywood movies where the the president hands over the codes to national treasury to criminal masterminds who threaten to detonate nuclear bombs in metropolitan areas during some ceremonial parade -- that is until the retarded hero (usually Bruce Willis) shows up.

  11. Re:God, you're good! on Linux Supports More Devices Than Any Other OS · · Score: 5, Funny
    run

    # lslimo > output.txt

    and post the output.txt file.

  12. Re:Just imagine what could be there on Cassini Could Find Signs of Life on Enceladus · · Score: 1

    At -175C on the outer rings, its got to be even colder on the surface. If at all there is water on the surface, its frozen solid for gazillion years.

  13. Re:Jurisdiction... on Air Force To Rewrite the Rules of the Internet · · Score: 1

    Would be fun if the threat turns out to be the NSA.

  14. Re:Such a high bar ... on Ubuntu 8.10 Outperforms Windows Vista · · Score: 1

    In Soviet Russia, Vista outperforms a slug and also Linux.

  15. Re:Brightness on Hands-On With the New MacBooks · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Bright displays might be a necessity, given the glossy screens. Though I'm not quite sure if bright back light can offset reflection of bright objects.

  16. Re:So... on YouTube Yanks Free Tibet Video After IOC Pressure · · Score: 1

    This means that any chemical compound with five connecting benzene rings will have to be put out of production as their chemical structures represent the Olympics logo.

  17. Re:So... on YouTube Yanks Free Tibet Video After IOC Pressure · · Score: 1

    They call themselves the IOC but can't be good sports themselves. The irony!

  18. Re:Well, you gotta hand it to the guy... on 8 People Buy "I Am Rich" iPhone App For $1,000 · · Score: 1

    They can't exactly let just anyone start charging a huge markup for trendy, stylish crap.

    Isn't that what Apple is all about? Macbooks and iMacs fall well within the realm of stylish, trendy crap.

  19. Re:For How Long? on Linux Pre-Installs In the UK Hit 2.8% · · Score: 1

    $bash head here &

  20. Re:Ocean of Acid on Global Warming Stopped By Adding Lime To Sea · · Score: 0

    With every new hypothesis suggesting "So and so would reduce CO2...", the idea of nuking out humanity from the planet sounds more and more attractive AND eco-friendly.

  21. Re:Heh, heh, heh. on GPS Tracking Device Beats Radar Gun in Court · · Score: 5, Funny

    All of this doesn't resonate with what I have learned in Hollywood movies. Malone should be the cops name. Its just doesn't sound right.

  22. Re:Clear your cookies on Logged In or Out, Facebook Is Watching You · · Score: 1

    You can clear the cookies when you have navigated away from Facebook, but you need to accept FB issued cookies if you want to browse their pages. So as long as you are a visiting Facebook you have consented to being tracked.

  23. Re:Built-in on Logged In or Out, Facebook Is Watching You · · Score: 5, Funny

    In_Soviet_Russia jokes are never so long.

  24. Built-in on Logged In or Out, Facebook Is Watching You · · Score: 5, Funny

    The title has a built-in "In Soviet Russia joke.

  25. Re:I've been wondering.. on Apple Climbs Into Third Place In U.S. PC Market · · Score: 1

    In terminal, just type in-

    sudo apt-get install mac mac-restricted-extras mac-plugins-ugly