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  1. Re:Kudos to him! on Shuttleworth Suggests 1-Way Valve For User Experience Testing · · Score: 1

    Something something, your name is the devil. Thats generally what i get from RMS anyways.

  2. Re:Stress on Firefox To Replace Menus With Office Ribbon · · Score: 1

    I don't get the complaint about the awesomebar. It adds functionality near invisibly takes nil resources and no screenspace. It is pretty intuitive... And i'm sure you can shut it off.

  3. Does it matter? on Firefox To Replace Menus With Office Ribbon · · Score: 1

    I rarely use Firefox's actual menus for anything. I have an addon to hide the entire menu bar to one button. It saves on viewable browser space. I know the hotkey for history and I have my top bookmarks available as icons on the hotbar any rarer bookmarks i access through the awesomebar. I doubt I'll be needing more than this so I will hide the ribbon layout as well which takes even more space than a menu bar.

    Pic of my menu bar

  4. Re:Energy crops for green fuel on Alabama Wages War Against the Perfect Weed · · Score: 1

    It also naturally grows fairly thick and 3m high. W/ genetic engineering I'm sure we could get the stuff 2stories tall.

  5. Re:Win? on Delay, Renegotiation Sought For Google Books Settlement · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Google spent tons of money and work scanning several million books. And they are willing to share all of this with their competitors to open this market up they are so confident they'll blow away MS and whoever anyways. Seems more than fair.

  6. Re:What did Google do wrong? on Delay, Renegotiation Sought For Google Books Settlement · · Score: 2, Informative

    Limited edition runs would still be valuable since google's print is not an original. Ontop of that authors defending their copyright can opt out.

  7. Re:Swastika on Wolfenstein Being Recalled In Germany · · Score: 1

    Go to Germany, they are quite aware of their history and it is no way an attempt to hide their past. They are just ashamed of it and destroy the symbol wherever they can. They are a bit overzealous but still. Like in the US if you are a neo nazi you might annoy the cops. In germany you are likely to be imprisoned.

  8. Re:Felonwii or misdewiinor? on Cops Play Wii During Undercover Drug Raid · · Score: 1

    Unless it gets a jury in which case it goes to people seriously worse than the /. average.

  9. Re:Least of our problems on Cops Play Wii During Undercover Drug Raid · · Score: 1

    Not a problem on a global scale which /. would be...

  10. Re:oh noes genetically engineer food!!1!! on Judge Rejects Approval of Engineered Sugar Beets · · Score: 1

    The labels are confusing and not at all unified. You yourself got it wrong.

  11. Re:Most food we eat is genetically modified on Judge Rejects Approval of Engineered Sugar Beets · · Score: 1

    Romans also genetically modified themselves. They often threw out babies that were not up to standards and they held orgies amongst people they considered high class; aristocrats(of course), war heros, inventors, the very rich. Clearly a type of unnatural selection and the romans didn't nearly have the science for evolution back then.

  12. Time to move up on AMD Radeon HD 5870 Adds DX11, Multi-Monitor Gaming · · Score: 1

    Time to move up from 1280x1024 displays finally? My hardrive size and processor speeds have gone up 10x in the last 10 years. My screen resolution is unchanged. I think for games, doubling pixel density would be more than noticeable. From their screen sizes could increase 15~21inch standard over 15 years is a pretty sad change for the computer industry.

  13. Re:The technology isn't important on Carbon Nanotube Solar Cells On the Horizon · · Score: 1

    Ok god, if it was 1000430985109581095x as much it wouldn't matter then. God I thought it was a simple point but I was wrong. Price always matters. Saying it doesn't is stupid. It is like saying human lives are invaluable. Well if ya were it'd cost infinite money to raise a child. You can't use black and white answers was all I was trying to say. Soulsucking /.ers T_T

  14. Re:Somebody drain this weasel. on US Wants UK Hacker To Pay To Fix Holes He Exposed · · Score: 1

    Oh I know, I'm sure the million dollar figure is on the table legally as well. I just think it's stupid. Sorry about the miscommunication.

  15. Re:Somebody drain this weasel. on US Wants UK Hacker To Pay To Fix Holes He Exposed · · Score: 1

    Agreed, it is like trespassing if they don't lock the door. Now do you think anyone would ever get charged on multiple offenses be in fear of extradition and have to pay many hundreds of thousands, possibly more than a million dollars for trespassing?

    There is a difference between breaking and entering and trespassing. Opening a gate doesn't constitute trespassing neither does lifting a latch. To charge someone on break and enter you need to have adequately protected the house. This generally means a locked door. The US gov I hear had default passwords which is an unlocked door, no special tools are needed. If a moderately smart 10yr old can get in I wouldn't call that adequate protection for something on the internet. This guy should be getting 1000$ charges tops. not 1000x that.

  16. Re:The technology isn't important on Carbon Nanotube Solar Cells On the Horizon · · Score: 1

    no.... if it costs 10x current solar prices to ramp it up to 99% then it doesn't really help does it. I mean maybe for some weird science use but not for energy production.

  17. Re:Not the "Japanese Miracle" on E. Coli Can Be Used To Clean Up Nuclear Waste · · Score: 1

    I dont know how helpful crop dusting all the victims of a nuclear explosion with Ecoli would be. I think that might constitute a further war crime.

  18. Investments on French Deputies Want Labels On Photo-Altered Models · · Score: 1

    I'd be investing in makeup, beauty surgery, facelifts, w/e the crap they do at spas, creams, lotions, oils, exercise equipment, drugs.

    Given enough free time and money models can look better than regular humans anyways without the need to photoshop. Or the notice will become so passe that it will be invisible and it wont change a thing. Perhaps pushing for some education in school? Maybe make everyone in school watch that dove commercial, it is cool short and holds even kids attention.

  19. Re:On the Horizon? Really on Carbon Nanotube Solar Cells On the Horizon · · Score: 1

    Really, when was the last time you actually MADE it to the horizon, I think the title is maybe cruel but true.

  20. Re:Again with the #$##%# solar cells on Carbon Nanotube Solar Cells On the Horizon · · Score: 1

    Firstly, 2006 p/w was 8$ (Before gov rebate). Next, it sounds like a logistic graph though i doubt you could ascribe a curve to it. With much more points I bet you would find big drops followed by period of relatively little change. This may be bounded by a logistic curve.

    But solar panels are physically limited. Even if they grab 99% of the energy that hits them and they transfer it cheaply we will still have to make they for almost the same price as sheets of hard plastic. At best solar cells can become what 3.5x more efficient from in use ones (physical limitation) and maybe halve in price (more variable). After you take away government rebate then I think in 50?(huge range with diminishing returns) years we could make solar power cost 1/4~1/5th as much.

    Current nuclear technology price per watt is nearing that now. It has much much more room to drop in price. And it is better for the environment than current solar panels. The amount of materials raped from the earth is less. The footprint is much less. Uranium is more common than tin. And there is no hard physical limitation on 'plant' style energy production.

    I do think that solar will have its place. But saying it will be our number one if folly. Perhaps is we find a rugged cheap version we could eventually replace shingles with them but I don't expect that any time soon. Use in mobile devices sure... if it is paint-able we could be it more widespread. But they will never replace power plants. In the next 50 years, energy demands are going to spike as people leave gas and maybe coal as well. Nuclear is the only technology that can keep pace with that. Plain and simple.

  21. Re:The technology isn't important on Carbon Nanotube Solar Cells On the Horizon · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yes... that's stupid. Of course it matters what it cost.

  22. Re:Link Warning! on Brian Eno Releases Second iPhone App · · Score: 1

    So there is a bias of incompetence against PDFs? I think not, I think the format is to blame. BTW for the size comparison I was checking forms with no images.

  23. Re:We have a 300 Mac exclusive network on Large-Scale Mac Deployment? · · Score: 1

    Obligatory: Mac exclusive network? Because compatibility is so bad you don't have another choice.

  24. Re:It's about time on Jack Kirby Heirs Reclaim Marvel/Disney Rights · · Score: 5, Informative

    Jack kirby died in 94 this only works out badly for us.

  25. Re:Breach of privacy on "Going Google" Exposes Students' Email · · Score: 1

    Works doubly if they had them insured against theft...