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  1. Re:This is not capitalism on H.R. 4279 Would Establish Federal IP Cops · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Firstly, Russia had communism, not socialism. (Think socialism is to communism what capitalism is to fascism).

    But yes, right-wing and left-wing policies meet in the middle when the become extreme.

  2. Re:Well on H.R. 4279 Would Establish Federal IP Cops · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Not really capitalism, more protectionism.

  3. Re:Science coverage on /. is crappy on Testing Quantum Behavior — From Earth to the ISS · · Score: 1

    ... I worked on Space Station in the early 1990s ...

    Oh well, glad they got there burgers delivered.

  4. Re:Post on Testing Quantum Behavior — From Earth to the ISS · · Score: 1

    Yeh, you can be rated +1i funny and -1i Troll at the same time.

  5. Re:In order to get to the bottom of this.... on Testing Quantum Behavior — From Earth to the ISS · · Score: 1

    they will need to enlist the help of Roger Wilco

    Actually, I'd prefer it if it was Seargant Bilco

  6. Re:Space Quest? on Testing Quantum Behavior — From Earth to the ISS · · Score: 1

    I prefer mild mannered janitors that save the world. ;-)

    (Get that reference and I can probably age you to within 5 years).

  7. Re:Could it be useful? on Testing Quantum Behavior — From Earth to the ISS · · Score: 1

    But I think the second part suggests that if you let your photon bounce around randomly, you may be able to know when it's in sync with it's pair thus knowing the phase of the paired photon.

    At the other end, once the fixed photon is in phase it moves to the next "bit" in the message and waits for the pair to be in phase again before "transmitting" the next "bit".

    Presumably this all takes place in something approaching nanoseconds.

  8. Re:Post on Testing Quantum Behavior — From Earth to the ISS · · Score: 1

    boinked!?!

    WTF???

    LOL!!!

  9. Re:I was first on Testing Quantum Behavior — From Earth to the ISS · · Score: 1

    You must be on Hotblack Desiato's black spaceship then.

  10. Re:Post on Testing Quantum Behavior — From Earth to the ISS · · Score: 1

    There's nothing to measure (until next week at least).

  11. Post on Testing Quantum Behavior — From Earth to the ISS · · Score: 5, Funny

    I posted this next week and it's still the first post.

  12. Re:Good riddance! on The SUV Is Dethroned · · Score: 1

    No mod points but lol!

  13. Re:Good riddance! on The SUV Is Dethroned · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ... And, yes, in USA the distances are further ...

    Just to be pedantic, distances are exactly the same in the US. A metre is a metre (well, a meter at least) but it's the same distance.

    I think what you meant to say is:

    ... And, yes, in USA the distance between towns is further ...
  14. Re:Good riddance! on The SUV Is Dethroned · · Score: 4, Funny

    If Mac is run over by an SUV tomorrow do you think the police would think the same thing?

  15. Re:Google is not to be trusted on Google Health Open Platform Is Great — Or Awful · · Score: 1

    People already know if someone's drunk. If you can't tell (ie can't smell any drink and behaviour unchanged) then it is probably so little as to leave work unaffected.

  16. Re:Google is not to be trusted on Google Health Open Platform Is Great — Or Awful · · Score: 1

    Alcohol use! OK, drinking(or being drunk) at work is not allowed. But they can't stop you drinking in your own time as long as you don't turn up drunk.

  17. Re:Google is not to be trusted on Google Health Open Platform Is Great — Or Awful · · Score: 1

    ... In some areas, having bad credit will prevent you from getting a job. What's the difference ...

    You can do something about bad credit. Most health problems are outwith your control (cancer, car accident, genetic problems ...)

  18. Re:you silly robotic overlords on Machine Prints 3D Copies Of Itself · · Score: 1

    Yeh yeh, then we black out the sky, then they farm us for our body heat. You know the rest.

  19. Re:Nope, don't think so... on Machine Prints 3D Copies Of Itself · · Score: 1

    ... Cutting a metal cylinder is easy with a saw. Gluing into the plastic housing is easy with a clamp. Wrapping wire for a engine is easy, as is buying one online for a few bucks. ...

    OK, but now you also have to have your machine make a saw, a clamp and a wire wrapping machine type thingy as well (not sure what type of machine wraps a wire).

    Effectively, any tools that are used, have to be made as part of the new machine as well. Also the new machine has to know how to use them and be able to build machines that have saws etc and be able to use them ... ad infinitum.

  20. Re:How did they make the first one? on Machine Prints 3D Copies Of Itself · · Score: 1

    ... but it's self-replicating machines all the way down! ...

    No No, you've got it all wrong. The first machine sits on a turtle, then it's turtles all the way down.

  21. Re:Dupe! on Machine Prints 3D Copies Of Itself · · Score: 1

    When I was a kid, I often wondered if the infinite monkeys infront of infinite keyboards could ever be done.

    Then I discovered /.

    [EDIT] OK, so not infinite (for the pedants), but many times more monkeys and keyboards than I could have imagined as a kid. [/EDIT]

  22. Google Ads on Covert BT Phorm Trial Report Leaked · · Score: 1
    • Ask BT to replace ads with my google ads
    • ...
    • profit!!!
  23. Re:Advertisers on Covert BT Phorm Trial Report Leaked · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, if it is charities they are targetting then they are the least able to fight back.

  24. Re:Advertisers on Covert BT Phorm Trial Report Leaked · · Score: 1

    Advert tend to be fairly standard image sizes(468x60 and 120x60 being the most common) and are quite often delivered in iframes. They also tend to be delivered via a very small number of advert providers.

  25. Re:For the uninitiated on Covert BT Phorm Trial Report Leaked · · Score: 2, Informative

    Over here in the UK, nobody needs to expand BT. Everyone knows what it means. (I assume you are not from the UK).

    I'm sure stavros-59 just used it out of habit.