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  1. Bearforce Schneier? on Now From Bruce Schneier, the Skein Hash Function · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one that looks at Bruce and thinks Bearforce1?

  2. Same thing with the World Series on Streaming Election Night Broadcast TV? · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I know this is offtopic, but I'll post non-anon to take my punishment.
    I am wondering the same thing about tonight's World Series game on Fox. Anyone answer that question?

  3. Re:Border Patrol checkpoints on ACLU Creates Map of US "Constitution-Free Zone" · · Score: 1

    Like the parent said, that is what happens if you are white. At least that is what happened to me at points between Nogales and Tucson. Calling it harassment (as the parent does) is, I'd say, an exaggeration.

  4. Re:Chomskian!? on A Wikipedia Conspiracy and the Wall Street Meltdown · · Score: 1

    I remain deeply unconvinced, mind you, that Mantanmoreland's version of the naked short selling article was wrong. His tactics clearly were. That the article was? Less clear.

    Of course you don't understand the article. You are an English grad student...

  5. See also, Mercury Computers on Cell Chip Coming To the PC Via a PCI Express Card · · Score: 1

    Mercury Computers has had a card with a cell on it for quite some time. It is, I believe, very expensive (~$10k?).
    Link to the card.

  6. Re:My experience that day on Fossett's Plane Found · · Score: 3, Funny

    because...
    Haikus are easy
    but sometimes they don't make sense
    Refrigerator

  7. Re:If only all companies had this vision on Roku To Go Open Source · · Score: 1

    I'm watching it from my couch on my (SD) TV. When you click full screen with Netflix, it is not apparent that you are watching via a computer. All the other ones are the same, better or worse. The point of my post is that there is a lot of free and easily accessible content out there. This is pretty important if you are hoping to be able to ditch paying for cable.

  8. Re:If only all companies had this vision on Roku To Go Open Source · · Score: 1

    What are you watching? I haven't had cable for 3 months now and am doing okay. You can watch a lot on Hulu (Colbert Report, Daily Show, Battlestar Galactica) and NBC.com (Heroes, The Office). Netflix has some shows, too, as part of their instant view. Hulu and NBC have ads, but are free. Netflix has no ads and starts at ~$8 a month.
    There is a lot out there and am not referring to torrents.

  9. Re:Disgusting-working with scale. on Data Centers Crucial To Lehman Sale · · Score: 2, Informative
  10. Re:Hmmm.... on Objective-J and Cappuccino Released · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think most people have heard of J. I have never used J and know nothing about J, but I have heard of it. So, even though Objective-J was just released, I am as proficient in Objective-J as in J. Again, I think most people reading this are now in the same situation :)

  11. Re:Relative of the proton =? baryon on Physicists Discover "Doubly Strange" Particle · · Score: 1

    The charge on the new one is -1, the charge on a proton is +1.

    So that would make O_b more a relative of the antiproton, right?

    No more so than an electron is an antiproton. Antiprotons are made of antiquarks (anti-up, anti-up, anti-down).

  12. Relative of the proton =? baryon on Physicists Discover "Doubly Strange" Particle · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Hmm, I think that this is only a relative of the proton in that it too is a baryon (3 quarks). A proton is up-up-down, and this is strange-strange-bottom.
    The charge on the new one is -1, the charge on a proton is +1.

  13. Re:The Pandora on Gamepark Holdings Officially Announces the WIZ Handheld · · Score: 5, Informative

    Pandora specs:
    * ARM® Cortex(TM)-A8 600Mhz+ CPU running Linux
    * 430-MHz TMS320C64x+(TM) DSP Core
    * PowerVR SGX OpenGL 2.0 ES compliant 3D hardware
    * 800x480 4.3" 16.7 million colours touchscreen LCD
    * Wifi 802.11b/g, Bluetooth & High Speed USB 2.0 Host
    * Dual SDHC card slots & SVideo TV output
    * Dual Analogue and Digital gaming controls
    * 43 button QWERTY and numeric keypad
    * Around 10+ Hours battery life

  14. What does this do (for graphics) better than GPU? on Intel Reveals More Larrabee Architecture Details · · Score: 1

    Larrabee looks very interesting for scientific computing, but what makes it better for graphics than a ATi/nVIDIA GPU?

  15. Re:The bubble is back! on Cuil Proves the Bubble Is Back · · Score: 1

    For an interest, why wouldn't anyone? Basically, it would be a two-way bet: short seller bets on falling rate higher then interest rate, lender bets on stocks at least not falling at rate higher then interest rate (but if they rise, lender scored even more, so there is motivation to lend).

    Because if you lend your stock to someone, you can't sell it (close out your position) until you get it back. It inhibits your ability to trade freely. If you *have* to sell but can't, that would probably suck. The rates go up as the stock becomes less and less available to sell short (they are called "hard to borrow").

  16. Re:The bubble is back! on Cuil Proves the Bubble Is Back · · Score: 1

    I think it is overly complex because people want to be very precise with their money. As for "Don't worry, you'll get it back," the short seller's broker maintains a margin account which is adjusted based on the gain/loss of the short sale. There is collateral on the loan.

  17. Re:The bubble is back! on Cuil Proves the Bubble Is Back · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's not messy (as in complicated) and it isn't strange. It is just a way to bet that a stock will go down. No stranger than a put option.
    I am not sure where the terms "long" and "short" come from, but I don't think that short has any relation to what you are saying. You borrow the stock for an indeterminate amount of time. The entity loaning you the stock has the ability to ask for it back at any time.
    It is uncommon because, unlike owning a stock/being "long", you have unlimited downside risk. If the stock keeps going up, you lose more and more money. Also, there has to be someone willing to lend the stock.
    As always, Wikipedia:
    Short selling
    Put option

  18. Re:200MB? on Delivering 8K VFX Shots For the Dark Knight · · Score: 1

    100 TB = 100 million MB, not 100 thousand.
    So, 500,000 frames in the movie. 70 fps for 120 minutes.

  19. Re:As soon as I can jam BSD on it on $250 Freescale-Based "Green" "Cloud" Computer · · Score: 1

    It'll make a nice firewall. Otherwise, not so much.

    It only has one ethernet port.

  20. Re:Then we'd need to train a bunch of people... on You, Too, Could Be Batman In 10 To 12 Years · · Score: 0
    You made a couple of errors:

    That would be an insane morale buster for the bad guys. Say you knife the Batman -- actually see your knife tear into his guts -- but he shoots his BatRope and BatDisappears for ten minutes. When he comes back he's Batreplaced and as Batstrong as ever, but you don't know that. All you know is that the Batman can't be killed....

  21. OT: Pan's Labyrinth on Movie Review, Hellboy II · · Score: 1

    So, CmdrTaco says that Pan's Labyrinth is a "detailed, intricate, subtle work." If you've seen it, do you think the fantasy stuff is "real" or not? If it is real, the little girl's experiences are a ray of light in a dreadful time. If it's not real (maybe she's taking some of that morphine) then her death is really quite tragic and awful, even compared to all the other events.
    If you've seen it, what do you think? I think "not real" and my wife thinks "real".

  22. Beard required? on Ask Aubrey de Grey About Longevity Research · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is the beard a requirement for working with the Methuselah Foundation?

  23. Algo source code on Algorithm Names Powell 'Ideal' Vice President Candidate · · Score: 4, Funny
    It isn't that surprising of a result if you know Java.

    ...
    public static String pickIdealVP(Party party)
    {
    String s = "Colin Powell";
    return s;
    }
    ...

  24. Re:We're gonna need CUDA benchmarks on Hands On With Nvidia's New GTX 280 Card · · Score: 1

    The CUDA SDK includes dozens (maybe more than 100) of sample programs. Use these.

  25. Re:Not available? on Canonical Talks Netbook Remix Details · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I wonder how long it will take for a CentUbuntu to pop up and make ISOs for those who don't want to install from .debs.