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  1. I've found it for them! on Dutch City Fears Loss of Pornography Archive · · Score: 1
  2. Re:Like maybe residuals and royalties on How To Encourage Workers To Suggest Innovation? · · Score: 1

    That's a good idea until the creative accountants (a la the music industry) rig the books to show that the idea has been losing money. There goes the retirement.

  3. Re:Hmm on US Senate & House Create YouTube Channels · · Score: 1

    Exactly.

    I won't be impressed until every meeting that doesn't involve state secrets is recorded and shown on youtube. Then it'll be interesting to see what kind of back-room shenanigans our "representatives" are involved in.

  4. Re:Obligatory review comment on The Mouse Turns 40 · · Score: 1

    jesus christ. it's been 40 years and the mouse still ONLY has 2 buttons? wtf?

  5. Re:Is this a good idea? on New Nanotech Fabric Never Gets Wet · · Score: 3, Informative

    The new coating is produced in a one-step process, in which silicone in gas form condenses onto the fibres to form nanofilaments. The coating can also be added to other textiles, including wool, viscose and cotton, although polyester currently gives the best results.

    I dunno, the article's description makes it sound suspiciously like a coating to me

  6. Re:criticize all you want... on Google Book Search Settlement Receiving Criticism · · Score: 2, Insightful

    not to be a google-apologist, but to be fair, why is this google's fault? i would bet that the one-google-terminal-per-library is a stipulation that the publishers insisted on.

    google could have gone to court with this and lost and we'd have ... nothing. at least now, there's SOME access to all these out of print books.

    i'm just sayin'...

  7. Re:Easy on Commerce Department Pushing For New "Copyright Czar" · · Score: 1

    Brilliant. That would also reverse this trend nicely.

    GO McCain/Palin!

  8. Re:Woot, more disagree mail! on Slashdot's Disagree Mail · · Score: 1

    While these emails have been of better quality than previous disagree mail posts, how do any of the current batch, you know... disagree? All three seem to be requests. Maybe they should just rename the entire section to "Feedback" or "Reader Mail".

  9. Re:Wow, those are ugly on Telecom Rollouts Raise Ire Over Utility Boxes · · Score: 1

    Here in Ann Arbor, city development officials have asked local schools and artists to paint fire hydrants and traffic control boxes.

    There's no reason that these utility boxes can't improve the aesthetics of the landscape. AT&T and the like should just sponsor local artists to decorate these boxes. I don't know how well this kind of camouflage will work for neighborhoods, but for around town, it's actually pretty neat to see these little works of art on otherwise utilitarian objects.

  10. Re:*Sigh* on Craigslist Prankster Sued, Argues DMCA Abuse · · Score: 1

    What about the unmarried and otherwise single men? Should there be any sympathy for them? What about the plaintiff? Nowhere in the article does it say that he was married.

  11. easy "solution" on NASA Contractor Needs Urine · · Score: 1

    So why not just set up some porta-potty type collection units in a few restrooms, with the urinal draining to a refrigerated storage unit? Why ask people to pee into a bottle?

  12. Re:Captain Obvious Strikes Again on Studies Confirm That Bad Boys Get More Girls · · Score: 1

    TFA doesn't say if women actually preferred, even subconsciously, these "bad" traits, or if the study just found that guys who exhibit these traits had more relationships. I wonder if it's a minority of women who gravitated to these guys.

    And since these "bad guys" lean towards short-term relationships, I wonder if it just means that these bad guys are all sleeping with a smaller subset of women since they don't seem to form lasting relationships anyway.

    Misleading article? Misleading conclusion? I'd like to see the study. Not all the women I've known and dated have had this tendency. The ones that I HAVE come across don't get any sympathy from me when they come complaining.

  13. Oblivion on Register, Others Call Plagiarism in "Limbo of the Lost" Game · · Score: 3, Funny

    Looks just like Oblivion
    Except much shittier... Oh... and YES, I quoted myself!
  14. Re:Several Suggestions on Computer Art For a CS Dept Office? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Or you can combine traditional artwork but redone in a "geeky" way. Take something famous and recognizable and Rasterbate it.

  15. Re:Which is not much... on Paper Stronger Than Cast Iron · · Score: 5, Funny

    but where does this leave me?

  16. Re:Not Google. on Is Google Making Us Stupid? · · Score: 1
  17. Re:Show off that gesture recognition on HoloVizio 3D, Holodeck 1.0 to Some, Makes Its Debut · · Score: 2, Informative

    according to their site the 3D effect works for multiple views. whether or not each viewer sees a different perspective is unclear, but wasn't the Wii hack for a single view?

  18. yes but... on Cell-based "Roadrunner" Tops Elusive Petaflop Mark · · Score: 1

    if all six billion people on earth used hand calculators and performed calculations 24 hours a day and seven days a week, it would take them 46 years to do what the Roadrunner can in one day.

    if those calculators were RPN, it would take only 32 years.
  19. Re:I Wonder on Laptops Can Be Searched At the Border · · Score: 1

    dang. didn't see the "oh wait" line until too late.

  20. Re:I Wonder on Laptops Can Be Searched At the Border · · Score: 1
  21. Re:Whoa there Nelly! on Unique Broadband Over Powerline Project Planned For Mosques · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The US still has better internet access than much of the third world. Comparing our internet access to third world countries is pathetic. Why don't we have better internet access than ALL of the third world, if not the best internet access, period?
  22. I love the smell of space on Outer Space has a Smell · · Score: 1

    I love the smell of space in the morning. It smells like ... victory.

  23. Re:How they make children on Command Line Life Partner Wanted · · Score: 1

    PPS - I only set emacs mode for my ksh session. I only edit files using vi. Just wanted to clear that up. And I'm looking to raise the child(ren) as a dedicated couple...

    He's already alluded to the making of children function. But if I were a potential mate, I'd like to see his child(ren) function before marrying. What is REN that is being passed in and what is being returned?

    But seriously, unless SHELL is his passion, I think as a couple, he'd better off looking for another criterion for a mate. I've personally found that being too similar to my mate makes for a stale relationship in the long run. But that's just me. :)

  24. Re:what "90 times more powerful means" on Upgraded Hubble To Be 90 Times As Powerful · · Score: 1

    It's almost as vague as saying strength of ten men or something like that.

  25. Re:How do they expect to detect this ? on NCAA Puts Severe Limits On Sport Event Blogging · · Score: 1