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  1. Re:Intel and AMD both hope P!=NP on Polynomial Time Code For 3-SAT Released, P==NP · · Score: 1

    $10MM is cheap for a single state-of-the-art ArF immersion scanner. A fab? Try $ billions for a real sweet one.

  2. Re:Interesting... on Polynomial Time Code For 3-SAT Released, P==NP · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure you could be of above average intelligence and still fail to understand this proof. Contemporary mathematics is, as I understand it, of such a nature that even mathematicians can't understand proofs in areas outside their own particular field. (At least I hope that is the case)

  3. Re:I'll be first to say WTF on Polynomial Time Code For 3-SAT Released, P==NP · · Score: 1

    What do you know about number theory? Aren't you some kind of expert in non-Euclidean geometry?

  4. Re:Redundant on Motorola Sticks To Guns On Locking Down Android · · Score: 1

    Does that affect performance or matter some other way?

  5. Re:Redundant on Motorola Sticks To Guns On Locking Down Android · · Score: 1

    AFAIK custom ROMs do work on D2 and DX. Ask the guys over at droidforums.com. I don't get what all this is about. Is this e-fuse something that is triggered within the device or does it have to be triggered by the carrier?

  6. Re:Pipe organ on Music Really Is Intoxicating, After All · · Score: 1

    Try listening to the finale of Mahler's Second Symphony ("Resurrection') with the volume cranked up on a good system. That should blow you away.

  7. Re:Well... on Threat of Cyberwar Is Over-Hyped · · Score: 1

    Yeah, they shoulda just used rheostats and some college interns to run around and set the centrifuge speeds manually.

  8. Re:The best of grid and cloud computing on Canada Explores New Frontiers In Astroinformatics · · Score: 1

    Favorite part in all those films: shot of Gromit reading a book entitled "Electronics for Dogs".
    What does it have to do with this story though?

  9. Re:Jimmy Wins on The Biggest Hoaxes In Wikipedia's First Decade · · Score: 1

    True and insightful on both points. Wish I could mod you up but I already posted in this thread.

  10. Re:Founder Hoax on The Biggest Hoaxes In Wikipedia's First Decade · · Score: 1

    [Weasel words]

  11. Re:As opposed to on JFK Library Launches Largest Presidential Online Archive · · Score: 1

    That might have been an intentionally mistake, for humorous effect.

  12. Re:This is... on Research Suggests E-Readers Are "Too Easy" To Read · · Score: 1

    Exactly. So as long you can convert your e-books from 14 point Georgia or Baskerville to 10 point Comic Sans or Copperplate (to reduce legibility), you should have no trouble with reading comprehension or learning. (I'm not seriously suggesting that anyone do this)

  13. Re:Incompatible with Microsoft's business model on Intel Plans Windows 8 Phones · · Score: 1

    ZunePhone. Ha. The phone that squirts.

  14. Re:Meh. Windows on smartphones sucks. on Intel Plans Windows 8 Phones · · Score: 1

    Funny you should say that. Active Sync was one of the few things I liked about the WinMo 6.5 phone I had for a short while. Switched to Android and like it but now I just move files manually between PC and phone.

  15. Re:If on Are 10-11 Hour Programming Days Feasible? · · Score: 1

    No they are 10-11(=-1) hour days and he has to pay his employer to not work there -5 hours per week. His income tax withholding is an imaginary number.

  16. Re:No Thanks on Goodbye Bifocals — Electronic Glasses Change Focus · · Score: 1

    Or finally read all those books you've been waiting to read but never could because of all the people bothering you every day.

  17. Re:Much easier and better solution on Goodbye Bifocals — Electronic Glasses Change Focus · · Score: 1

    And there are environments where contacts can't be worn (around some chemicals etc.), not to mention the hassle of maintaining and changing them and discomfort.

  18. Re:No thanks, I'm fine with my $60 progressives on Goodbye Bifocals — Electronic Glasses Change Focus · · Score: 1

    I got a pair of progressive bifocals from Zenni Optical and had no problems with the anti-reflective coating, and I wash my glasses with detergent and water every day.
    I did have a problem with the frames eventually (after about two years) snapping in two right at the bridge. Especially since they were 'titanium' frames.
    I may try them again. Lasting two years at that price I really have no complaint.

  19. Re:hypocrites on Program Uses GPS To Track Sex Offenders · · Score: 1

    If you think that being a real victim of sexual abuse or rape is on par with being taken advantage of financially or being sold bad products, then I suggest you read this and reconsider: http://gizmodo.com/5726667/the-agonizing-last-words-of-bill-zeller

  20. Re:Thanks for the compliment on How Open Source Might Finally Become Mainstream · · Score: 1

    Hmm. You think WSJ articles are written by a bot?
    And what's with open-source being in "scare quotes"?

  21. Re:Oww my English on In the Google Navy · · Score: 1

    Danke schoen for the example.

    No, Americans don't like to eat *dogfood.
    That is point of the saying: "you make/sell this stuff but you don't want to eat it (or have it apply to) yourself".

    *We certainly do spend a lot on dogfood though.

  22. Re:Oww my English on In the Google Navy · · Score: 2

    You gotta problem with four nouns jammed together in a sentence, huh? You must not be German. They cram 'em into one WORD.

  23. Re:You realize Schmidt's wife's boats are sailboat on In the Google Navy · · Score: 1

    Making a carbon fiber epoxy composite uses a bunch of energy etc. I imagine that's what he referred to.
    You're not keeping carbon from being CO2, net.

  24. Re:Too soon! on Scientists Advocate Replacing Cattle With Insects · · Score: 1

    I don't even like turkey bacon. The chance that I'd like insect bacon is almost nil.

  25. Re:Or Ostrich on Scientists Advocate Replacing Cattle With Insects · · Score: 1

    I had an ostrich burger about ten years ago and I honestly could not tell it was not beef, other than having been told it wasn't.