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Comment Re:Wonderful - everyone should try this! (Score 1) 202

Not sure about the community, but amarok 1 WAS the best player fullstop across all OSs even with the buggyness. Now it's just.. .. like all the rest which are missing the killer interface amarok 1 had - but unlike other stable players that are simple it's bugged out and looks complicated for the little features it has. Of course, I still use it.. but i'm sentimental :P

Comment Re:Non-human intelligences (Score 1) 785

That's fine logic but you're not taking it all the way. You're saying they should be held to the same actual standards. Well, when the pod excludes a dolphin - it's because it's not down with the pack. If it gang rapes a dolphin - again, punishment etc. Those are the standards; so actually they already do. You'll also find that warring and taking fems will have biological reasons. That's why rich guy gets hot anorexic girl - most guys would'nt be able to afford to coke/rehab bill :)

Comment Re:Obligatory South Park (Score 1) 785

That's retarded. Till it's pulled out of the water? Don't tell me you think dolphins are fish?? The net, if it doesn't lacerate the thing it's caught will stop it from moving, which will kill a fish. It'll also stop the dolphin (and whales, turtles etc) coming back up to the surface to get a nice gulp of what you and I take for granted .. air.. Texting while driving isn't comparable. The comparison would be like in the game called kill all humans or whatever where an alien race comes and decides it's funny to use a ray gun on you that happens to envelope you into some sort of liquid you can't breathe - then you die as you take gulps of it into your lungs.. let's call the liquid sea water.

Comment Re:Non-human intelligences (Score 1) 785

Actually that's not true. I think the justification at the time, and any slavery, is basically to see the enslaved as sub-human - or at least not as good as what ever "us" is. We fuck all animals.. in my experience most times animals are probably more deserving of "rights" than most people... but the whole thing about slavery is that it's an exploitation of people as a resource. We exploit animals as resources all the time and while we shouldn't do that, the case being put forward is that there's enough human similarity to dolphins that they should be treated accordingly.. Though potentially we should start with the great apes as well, then extend it to other animals. ... guess it means no more dolphin full tuna

Comment Re:Open? (Score 1) 189

Maybe... I routinely have over 50 on 3 computers. I often find I get into a topic and don't have the time to finish it before I'm distracted or move onto the next. On my work PC for example it's easier to open new tabs up if I'm on the phone with a customer and I need to do something for them, we use so many internal systems also that having a few open on the CRM, the helpdesk ticketing, the core system, a few supplementary pages and on the support section isn't uncommon. I find it's easier to keep a window open on the search screen in the core app and remembering by position is easier than having to re-open it (though I do that too as I'm a bit muddled up which hence means more tabs :P) At home I'm at uni so I might be browsing some things like slashdot and get sucked into a topic and end up on wikipedia 3 hours later looking at something entirely different that's caught my eye. Soon it's time to go out, clean the house, take a dump or floss my bear's teeth whatever and so I leave them open so I can return to it. Of course, I tend to think "on the spot" so I'm the type of person who rather than have folders in their emails constantly relies on searching (i.e. i start from scratch as it's easier for my brain to think on the spot than refer to memory). Each to their own .. let's just say the SSD made a huge difference to the time it took for my firefox windows to open .. (I will usually have another browser or two open too, and at work I run 2 actual computers on 3 monitors with a virtual on one .. won't mention remote sessions). Every person I've rented with or worked with always says I'm crazy 'cos of the windows - yet I know where everything is... :P .. What can I say I envy you people with memory :)

Submission + - Eliminating buzzing sound output

someonestolecc writes: I've had something annoying me about computers and sound reproduction for a while. For some reason they all seem to produce a buzz in the sound output if the volume is low enough. It's either when moving the mouse, possibly cpu usage and/or hard drive activity. This has happened to me for the last 15 years in various rigs and in varying intensities.

It's never really bothered me to the point it does recently as I'm in an apartment where sometime I need to listen to things at a low volume and I'm really into my music. I've experienced it regardless of power points used, audio cables (rca/trs/whatever), inputs (external or internal sound card, onboard or off board), motherboards, operating systems, speakers, headphones, and troubleshooted (shot?) every other which way I could think of. At the moment I'm using some pretty decent low level studio monitors and when they're not plugged into the computer they're dead quiet. As soon as they are plugged in they seem to carry electrical interference that has a buzz (on/off, disk activity whirring etc). Recently I bought even bought a Cakewalk UA-1G external sound card because I thought the motherboard might be carrying it but of course this actually didn't help (and strangely the interference is _exactly_ the same). Honestly I didn't think this was possible as the sound card is a USB card. I'm entirely lost. Of course I can turn the volume up but I shouldn't have this interference should I? Can someone explain how or why this is occurring and what I need to do to stop it? Do I need a digital output to a device that's powered differently or maybe it's the 50-60hz electricity I get in Aussieland?
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Six-legged Robot Teaches Itself To Walk 113

rabiddeity writes "An undergraduate at the University of Arizona has built a six legged robot from scratch. The robot, which is equipped with sensors on each foot, teaches itself to walk and orients itself via an onboard camera. A similar design might be used to explore unstable environments such as collapsed buildings or rocky landscapes."

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