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  1. Starwars: the series: The Holiday Special! on Star Wars Television Series Moving Forward · · Score: 2, Funny

    If I'm subjected to another 20 minuets of wookies talking to each other as the ONLY dialog I swear to the FSM! I liked the clone wars animated series, but the TV holiday special still gives me horrible flashbacks.

  2. Historical Significance to the art world on High-Res Scan of Mona Lisa Reveals Its History · · Score: 3, Interesting

    He believes he can reconstruct the painting's original skin tones.
    There is something to be said about a painting's appeal over the ages AS it ages. If it's restored beyond a certain point won't we lose some historical context for the pieces and the methods used?
    I'm not saying I wouldn't love to see a print of what it looked like "originally" but the aging of the painting adds to the significance of the work as a whole doesn't it? If so wouldn't things like thing cheapen the priceless nature of these pieces?
  3. Big Gigi? on How to Dodge the Chinese Internet Censor · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How does watching out for a playboy and a hooker falling in love help you from being censored? Wait? Gege? Not Gigi?

  4. This is the half of the treatment on 'Bionic' Nerve To Repair Damaged Limbs and Organs · · Score: 1

    For MS (not the operating system). Because of the nerve damage that occurs in the patients. We still need to find a way to stop further attacks without daily/weekly/monthly injections but there is talk of a pill. This is really exciting! To go from near daily injections will no promise that it will stop the progression to the prospect of a daily pill that really does stop it. I for one welcome this research.

  5. It's asshats like this one on Man Hacks 911 System, Sends SWAT on Bogus Raid · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's "hackers" like this who give "hackers" a bad name! Not saying that hacker is the most glorious title to have, but it's douche bags like this one who thinks it funny to hack for this reason that makes serious security people, white and black hat alike, pissed.

  6. Re:You can't believe how sad... on TSA to Contractors - Encrypt Your Laptops · · Score: 1

    descriptive of any event or stimulus or process that has an effect on the effects of events or stimuli or process that occurred previously
    Having people start to encrypt because of stolen laptops is a retroactive solution to the problem of the wild data
  7. It's always sad on TSA to Contractors - Encrypt Your Laptops · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That these kind of measures are retroactive instead of proactive.

  8. Its not the size of the word on Swearing at Work is Bleeping Good For You · · Score: 1

    It's how you use it. Swearing in frustration when "Gosh darn it" doesn't cut it is one thing or to create a like mindedness among a team since expletives are generally the lowest common use of language. But, as the article points out, there is a time an place for it. I might tell my direct boss the project is a steaming pile of you know what but if I had to tell it to his boss I'd phrase it far more eloquently. Also, there are other people in the office, and as much as I hate political correctness we still have to take them into account even if they are grunts like us.

  9. They'll take a page from the ISPs on Yahoo! Accused of Lying to Congress about Chinese Journalist · · Score: 1, Funny

    Send a letter saying "We'd tell you, but, we don't want to make ourselves look any worse".

  10. Re:Awesome. on Mario Might Save Christmas? · · Score: 1
  11. Please let this be prior art on Microsoft Wants To Read Your Brain · · Score: 1

    Knew this seemed familiar This is a whole can of worms I don't want Microsoft in. As we've all pointed out, that we don't want ANYONE in. As soon as someone finds a generally good idea(tm) someone has to come around and make it worse...

  12. It makes sense on Saturn's Moons Harboring Water? · · Score: 1

    With Saturn being like a somewhat failed star that one of its moons would resemble a sister planet to earth with water and everything. Now life is another matter, at least in a form that we know...

  13. Re:Saturnians on Saturn's Moons Harboring Water? · · Score: 1

    I think it would be an attack by the Titans...

  14. Re:Unlocking Still Locked Up in the US on T-Mobile Phone Unlocking Lawsuit May Proceed · · Score: 1

    This is why Two different versions of the Blackberry Pearl had to be released. One for CDMA and one for GSM and even if you where able to get them unlocked I don't think it would be possible to take your AT&T Pearl to VZW and get it activated to their network.

  15. Something I don't understand on NASA Spaceship Scouts Out Prime Mars Landing Spots · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why do we need Terabytes of information about landing sites about Mars but all it took was a telescope to pick a landing site on the moon? Maybe it's a distance thing and maybe there are just more difficulties with a Mars mission that I just don't understand or was there a few fly by missions to the moon I'm not remembering...

  16. Re:You never know - look at Will Wright on Fallout From the BioWare/Pandemic Buyout · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I see this as EA is more financial backing for these creative minds. As long as they can continue to do what they've been doing EA most likely won't muck up what works. Just add a successful name to the portfolio and keep them fed.

    Then again, look at the SIMS expansion packs...

  17. Why he's not running for president on Al Gore Shares Nobel Peace Prize with UN Panel · · Score: 1

    I know there are going to be a tonne of "He should run" posts but think about it. It was no secret what Clinton was going to do in 2008. That would of divided the Clinton campaign funds and democrats in general. Gore knows he has one more good run in him. Gather your accolades (Nobel Prize, Oscar, etc) and wait till you're really needed. Hell, he has more sway as a campaigner than a candidate right now.

  18. Am I reading that right? on Mom Blasts Ballmer Over Kid's Vista Experience · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Ballmer said that Vista is bigger than XP, and 'for some people that's an issue, and it's not going to get smaller in any significant way in SP1. But machines are constantly getting bigger, and [it's] probably important to remember that as well.'
    Does that sound like they're proud to be bloat and have no plans to reduce because machines are getting bigger?
  19. I'd hate to see it on FCC Weighs Net Access Charge Decision · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Analysts say the five-member FCC is split over the issue between Republicans and Democrats. One of the three Republicans, Robert McDowell, holds the swing vote.
    I know it's too much to ask but can this be decided on merit and not on partisanship?
  20. I don't care how good it is on Cracking Go · · Score: 5, Funny
  21. Web Devs know Databases? on High Performance Web Sites · · Score: 0, Troll

    When did THAT happen? They may BLAME the database but I've seen few who understand it enough to know WHY...

  22. Re:Cmdr. Sisko wants to know -- on Fairly Realistic Flying Car Offered for 2009 Delivery · · Score: 2, Funny

    What if a German scientist said to you "I have invented the flying car and I'll give it to you under one condition"?

  23. Other neat tech from the article on Heart Corset to Reduce Congestive Heart Failure · · Score: 1

    Blink-triggering glasses About 140,000 people each year in the US alone suffer damage to the nerve that controls blinking on one side of the face or the other.
    Wink, wink, nudge, nudge, know what I mean? But given the old methods of "fixing" this the glasses seem like the better option
  24. Unsupported workaround? on Adobe Confirms Unpatched PDF Backdoor · · Score: 2, Interesting

    In a pre-patch advisory, Adobe offered a complicated (and unsupported) workaround for its customers
    So they want me to do what with my what? Isn't that like your mechanic telling you to do something but "if they ask, [they] didn't tell you"
  25. Re:Damn ads on Tivo Tries, Cancels PayPerPost Ad Strategy · · Score: 2, Informative

    They're banking on the social "word of mouth" style of advertising. It's the old psychological thing of "Oh hey! Bob's using it and he's doing well. I might as well too so I can do well!" That's why they have these "real" people give testimonials about the products. So other Sheeple will follow them off the cliffs