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  1. FLP Sales on Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol. 1 Released in HTML Format · · Score: 1

    . . .

    I guess it also helps that it isn't a book that's been published recently - being an older title, sales are probably thin to begin with. An online copy can easily be a good marketing mechanism in that case.

    Still is #55,812 rank in Amazon book sales and that is just for the 2011 3-book commemorative set! I'm sure that this clear and somewhat comprehensive physics treatise will sell well long after I'm gone!

  2. Blackbird Auction on Own the Controversy! Blackbird DDWFTTW Up For Auction! · · Score: 1

    Not only can I Travel DDWFTTW.

    But I can get 2% back and have 6 months to pay with BillMeLater!

  3. Re:Windows Live Photo Gallery on A File-Centric Photo Manager? · · Score: 1

    One should be very careful to distinguish between free and "included" the second includes that which you have paid for with other goods.

  4. Re:FP on Earliest "Writing" On 60,000-Year-Old Eggshells · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hello World

  5. Less Security on Bruce Schneier On Airport Security · · Score: 1

    I would pay more for less security and less waiting/lines when I travel domestically by air.

  6. Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of those on Fifth Anniversary of a Cosmic Onslaught · · Score: 1

    Imagine what you could do with a Beowulf Cluster of them there Magnetars

  7. If it is so enery efficient, what will we sell? on Alternative Energy Policies a Boon For Inflatable Electric Car · · Score: 1

    Phase 3 -> Profit

    I guess we will have to charge for the air to inflate the vehicle's parts!

    -PIT

  8. Re:Go old school on Where Does a Geek Find a Social Life? · · Score: 1

    Assuming guy looking for women: church, craft stores and shows, classical music concerts (musicians), amateur theater, Mac computer organizations have more women, Word SIGs, camera clubs, community college night courses. Married co-workers' wives have single friends. Volunteer groups, food banks, Salvation Army,

    I sort of like the married co-workers' wives idea :-) I sure that they are not all the best of partners.

  9. Compare and contrast Comp Sci & Comp Eng on How Software Engineering Differs From Computer Science · · Score: 2, Funny

    One is not engineering. The other is not science.

  10. Re:Creating A Problem. on ZigBee Pro, the New Home Automation Standard? · · Score: 1

    But 36 million electrical meters? What Geek could resist?

    Can you imagine a Beowulf cluster made out of 36 million electric meters!

  11. Re:First? on World's First X-Ray Laser Goes Live · · Score: 1

    Please see Eyring, Experimental Evidence of an X-Ray Laser 1972 http://www.pnas.org/content/69/7/1744.full.pdf

  12. Re:Wait... accreditation? on Telstra Lays Down Law On Social Media · · Score: 1

    By the way, play_in_traffic is my real name and I am speaking for myself not my corporate overlord.

  13. Re:Wait... accreditation? on Telstra Lays Down Law On Social Media · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh my god! I can see it now, a corporate training class (duly tracked in the corporate training database) on how to interact with /. WOW!

  14. Re:Windows? on Card-Sniffing Malware On Diebold ATMs · · Score: 1

    Really, Windows was good enough for voting machines, shouldn't it work just as well for ATMs? Or maybe Diebold should just stick with the voting machine business!!!!

  15. Re:Like the phonograph.... The what? on Young People Prefer "Sizzle Sounds" of MP3 Format · · Score: 2, Insightful

    All I can say is Phillip Glass :-)

  16. Printer name on Why Do We Name Servers the Way We Do? · · Score: 1

    We liked our printer named "Out of Paper." We did not have much problem with others wanting to use it!

  17. Need clarification on Volvo Introduces a Collision-Proof Car · · Score: 1

    Would someone more knowledgeable please explain this for me. Maybe a simple automotive analogy would help.

  18. Software patch before 2012 on Microsoft Zunes Committing Mass Suicide · · Score: 1

    The question now is: Will Microsoft be able to get a patch out in time for the next leap year Dec 31 (12/31/2012)?. What with extensive testing and QA they might be cutting the schedule pretty close!

  19. Re:BSOD - reliability and Nuclear Deterance on British Royal Navy Submarines Now Run Windows · · Score: 1

    I have read that modeling has shown improved Nuclear Deterrence from having somewhat unreliable systems for nuclear weapons delivery

  20. Re:So, does this imply anything special? on New Class of Pulsars Discovered · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Gamma ray does not in fact imply much about energy (although they can be incredibly high energy). It is just another photon. What it does say is that it comes from a nuclear interaction rather than an electronic transition (electron mediated). This most certainly does say something about the nature of the pulsar that is generating this "beam" of ionizing radiation. Please let me know when you have a new model that accounts for this.

  21. Re:Dispsable Bosses on Fire Your IT Boss · · Score: 1

    Be very clear about the difference between leading and managing!

  22. How many managers read /.? on Fire Your IT Boss · · Score: 1

    Pandering to the Audience (Guilty as charged)

  23. Of Course the TOS are Cut & Past on The 5 Most Laughable Terms of Service On the Net · · Score: 1

    You just cut and paste TOS paragraphs that have already been approved by the legal department and then you can claim that the entire new TOS has already been approved by legal! Quicker time-to-market!

  24. Pico Electronics Ltd -- first microprocessor? on Origins of the Modern PC · · Score: 1

    In terms of the first microprocessor you should check out Pico Electronics Ltd, they work working with Sinclair and Monroe and had produced a single chip processor for calculators that was for sale in early 1971.

    http://www.xnumber.com/xnumber/microprocessor_history.htm

    The also created the X10 signaling over powerline for home automation and morphed into the eponymous company that had its short burst of infamy with its pop up advertising, before later declaring bankruptcy!

  25. Re:PGP on How Would You Prefer To Send Sensitive Data? · · Score: 1

    Um... yeah, right. Do you know of any individual, group, company, government, species, or universe with such resources? Any jealous girlfriend!