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  1. Re:California wants $30B from Feds for itself on Is a US High-Speed Railway Economically Feasible? · · Score: 1

    In Florida high speed rail was voted in as a state constitutional amendment... So appearantly having high speed rail is a Floridian's RIGHT.

  2. Re:The amount of replies to this story on What Happens To a Football Player's Neurons? · · Score: 1

    I have 6 concussions to my name. The only bone I have ever broken is my head. I now have brain cancer... perhaps there is a connection. ???

  3. Re:American Football is not Football on What Happens To a Football Player's Neurons? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, footballers almost die from a slight tap on the side of their foot. Surely a concussion would kill them outright.

    That is why in the USA it is a womans game. They have a higher pain threshold (sp?)

  4. Re:Too close to the subject... on How Can I Make Testing Software More Stimulating? · · Score: 1

    ...they are too close to the subject to test every angle....

    Even experieced users testing a minor upgrade will do something unexpected. NEVER test your own work. Even developers testing others software should be frowned upon.

  5. Re:HA HA on HP CEO's Browsing History Used Against Him · · Score: 1

    A truckers cab is normally a privately owned space. The often sleep there. I would certainly draw a distinction between that an a corporate LAN/Office.

  6. Am there, doing that on Preserving Memories of a Loved One? · · Score: 1

    I have a 10 year old son and twin 7 year old daughters. I also have an inoperable brain tumor. I like to say that I am 28 months into a 12 month prognosis.

    I have written letters to my kids for their 16th birthdays. I plan on writing one for their 18th birthday.
    I engage them as much as possible.
    I have a policy that they can interupt anything I am doing in order to talk with me, even if I am asleep. I am available for them 24/7.
    I have also purchased some birthday and some Christmas presents for them for the future. They include small notes with them. (I have even wrapped them already).
    My wife is home schooling them and I participate in some of their lessons.

    These are just some of the things I do for my kids. I feal investing in them is kind of my legacy.

  7. Re:Don't make them smaller on How Much Smaller Can Chips Go? · · Score: 1

    Can you say "Borg Cube?"

    Now bow to your new overlord chips.

  8. Re:SUV trunks? on New Spacecraft Set For Dangerous Jupiter Trip · · Score: 1

    Has the US population degraded to the point that we can't figure out what a square meter is? Do we need to measure volume in terms of SUV trunks?...

    The short answer is "yes."

    The long answer is that too many Americans (read USA occupants) would more likely understand volume to be a reference to sound levels (i.e. 1-10 or 11 for some more fortunate rockers)

  9. Re:Intelligent Design tag? on Artificial Life Forms Evolve Basic Memory, Strategy · · Score: 1

    It is not that soccer sucks so much as the fact that a primordial level of intelligence is capable of playing it.

  10. Re:PSA on Highly Directional Terahertz Laser Demonstrated · · Score: 1

    ...It would be pretty silly to insist on a separate word for each frequency band.

    Especially since the frequency bands are somewhat arbitrary to nature. What is the "Visible" Spectrum? There are just a few life forms that may argue with us.

  11. Re:Mind-numbing computational outsourcing on 5 Trillion Digits of Pi — a New World Record · · Score: 1

    But at least Neo will have great Pi after the uprising.

  12. Re:Gibbons on Swinging Robot Excels At Wall-Climbing · · Score: 1

    Just like Mario riding Yoshi using his(?) tongue to swing around floating flowers.

  13. When life hands you lemons on Portland Health Inspector Shuts Down Lemonade Stand · · Score: 1

    DO NOT MAKE LEMONADE!

    It Is not about authority, it is about liability.

  14. These are the days of lasers in the jungle on The Second Age of Airships · · Score: 1

    Don't fly them over the ocean, they look particularly vulnerable to sharks.

  15. Re:Great idea but seems tough to gamify problems on Gamers Beat Algorithms At Finding Protein Structures · · Score: 1

    Project schedule optomization by algorithm is probably ok for most jobs, but humans are still faster and better than most if not all.

  16. PMP on How Can an Old-School Coder Regain His Chops? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I transformed my skills into project management. It is certainly not for every old ptogrammer, but I found the transition easier than keeping up with the new development tools/languages.

    I took a 1 week class (actually 4 days M-T) followed by the PMI Cert Test on the Friday. If you have spent decades developing, you will have a good shot at passing the first time around. You may find it interesting and close enough to your experience for it to be useful. Being PMP coupled with experience and an interview suit should land you in a good spot.

  17. Re:Conditions Apply on Nuclear Energy Now More Expensive Than Solar · · Score: 1

    I read somewhere that 40% of the French live in 20% of the land. That would help in power distribution costs a lot.

  18. Re:Space sized bin bag on NASA's Top 10 Space Junk Missions · · Score: 1

    Sounds a bit like Red Dwarf.

  19. Re:SCIB on Long In Development, Toshiba 'SCiB' Battery Debuts · · Score: 1

    Aren't all batteries 'Ion Batteries'?
    Where would voltage come from otherwise?

  20. Re:Article says to do it in-house? on How Cyber Spies Infiltrate Business Systems · · Score: 1

    It is not the developed software, it is the data, particularly data related to bids and development.

  21. Re:Cool on Buckyballs Detected In Space · · Score: 1

    Space is big. Reminiscent of the infinite monkeys with an infinite number of typewriters.

  22. Re:The Big B finally weighs in. on Boeing Shows Off First Commercial Spacecraft · · Score: 1

    Every thing is worth what its purchaser will pay for it. Feds are willing to pay Boieing and the US taxpayers (and creditors) are willing to pay them so... they do. There is nothing mysterious or different in the aerospace market than there is between kids on a playground, or monkeys in a tree for that matter.

  23. Re:Very troubling on US Deploys 'Heat-Ray' In Afghanistan · · Score: 1

    The victor writes those history books. Even the ones in braile that are made for those cataracted (??? Would this be the right word for it?) losers.

  24. Why are there no posts yet? on 'Frustration-Venting' Shop For Women Opens · · Score: 1

    Because /. is mostly males who are afraid of women (See Dr. Rajesh Koothrappali).

  25. Using Pink on Man Repairs Crumbling Walls With Legos · · Score: 2, Funny

    All in all, its just a-nother brick in the wall...