User: mac1235

Money

On: Automated Migration From Cobol To Java On Linux

3 millions Euros a year can hire some good Java programmers. Hey Strawberryfrog, you doing anything right now?

Re:Why not real trees?

On: DoE Considers Artificial Trees To Remove CO2

It's time we recreated the Sahara Forest...

Re:Who asked that question...?

On: Could We Beam Broadband Internet Into Iran?

It's the press. What the person actually believes would not stand in the way of a soundbite

Yes, W.H.O. could possibly reccomend this

On: NIH Spends $400K To Figure Out Why Men Don't Like Condoms

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2007/pr10/en/index.html

Not so!

On: Mayo Clinic Reports Dramatic Outcomes In Prostate Cancer Treatment

Actually, our immune system changed a lot once we started living in cities. I don't know how good it is compared to other creatures, but it's improved a lot recently.

Not in the USA?

On: White House Panel Considers New Paths To Space

Mass drivers work best on or near the equator. This is why me and my army of robots will take over Australia, not the USA!

Re:Bad article.

On: Inflatable Tower Could Climb To the Edge of Space

We don't talk about the paper machete incident!

Re:Bad article.

On: Inflatable Tower Could Climb To the Edge of Space

Plasma curtain?

The old saying

On: "Colossal Magnetic Effect" Could Lead To Another Breakthrough In Storage Tech

Don't underestimate the bandwidth of station wagon full of magnetic tapes, could be updated: Don't underestimate the bandwidth of a briefcase full of Colossal(Tm) hard disks? Don't underestimate the size of my portable drive, I've got every song that made it into the charts in every country on this Colossal(Tm) thing. Jenna Jameson 2010, 200Mb/sec required for ColossalVision(Tm)

Fixed it for you

On: Radiation-Resistant Plants Could Be Used In Space

It's called robotics.

What about the parrots!

On: Remote Kill Flags Surface In Kindle

True, you can't line the bottom of a parrot cage with a Kindle. Well, maybe once.

Master of Magic

On: DOSBox Sees Continued Success

I use dosbox to replay MOM every two years!

Re:Surprising

On: RIAA Filed 62 New Cases In April Alone

NYCL is that you?

Hey! I'm an informed adult,

On: IP Enforcement Treaty Still Being Kept Secret

and I don't know the difference between them. Mind you, I'm not American.

No KAD?

On: USB-Based NIC Torrents While Your PC Sleeps

Call me when eMule is installed!

Faster CPUs anyone?

On: World's First X-Ray Laser Goes Live

Semiconductor circuit size is related to the wavelength used in photo-lithography. Smaller circuit sizes?

New Business model

On: Legends of Zork Goes Live

Kingdom of Loathing anyone?

Confusion

On: ATI, Nvidia Reveal New $250 Graphics Cards

Hardware site 1 disagrees with hardware site 2! Who can we trust!

OpenCL?

On: NVidia Considering Porting PhysX To OpenCL

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenCL

That much?

On: Companies Waste $2.8 Billion Per Year Powering Unused PCs

Only $2.8 billion? I was worried for a second there.

Because Xwindows is such a good gaming platform

On: New Service Aims To Replace Consoles With Cloud Gaming

Not!

Re:Algae-Biodiesel Could Turn Into Global Turmoil

On: Start-Up Genetically Modifies a Better Biofuel Bug

As long as we are not using all our corn to make ethanol....

Re:Algae-Biodiesel Could Turn Into Global Turmoil

On: Start-Up Genetically Modifies a Better Biofuel Bug

No. Oil will always be useful for plastics and other chemicals

Meh

On: Collaborative Academic Writing Software?

You're gonna have to write it yourself..

Re:Of course there's a Facebook group for it

On: Wife of Harried Pirate Bay Witness Gets Buried in Internet Love

No, there's more than one.