Comment Re:And yet- (Score 1) 828
I can think of one case where a Nobel prize was awarded for simply speaking about potential future achievements.
Comment This is great and all... (Score 1) 167
And I am very excited to see they want to use this for 'learning'. Great, 'learning' from an offline dump of Wikipedia. What's going to happen when hundreds of thousands of children in developing nations get a dump with some vandalism in it? Will they learn that George W. Bush is the spawn of some underworld creature, or Barack Obama is an Islamic terrorist born in Kenya?
How will they respect the British elite military frogmen when they believe them to be half-men half-frog creatures that live in the sea?
Comment Re:SETI can't find aliens (Score -1, Offtopic) 117
So what you're saying is that we need to start putting chips in all our immigrants? Sounds like a plan!
Comment Re:Give it a rest (Score 5, Funny) 99
I think most people agree that the US does not produce the best dance music anymore, so I sort of think you're beating a dead horse.
Submission + - A Windows Phone 7 for Every Microsoftie
theodp writes: So, how can Microsoft guarantee its Windows Phone 7 devices will enjoy broader adoption than the ill-fated Kin? By giving every Microsoft employee a free one, that's how. A Microsoft spokesman confirmed the move, explaining that the idea is to thank employees for all their work, and make sure that they have experience with Windows Phone 7 devices. Microsoft has nearly 90,000 employees worldwide.
Comment Re:Localized (n.) - translated into English? (Score 1) 36
Since the article is in English, I'm going to assume it's being localized to English.
Comment Re:Is this slashdot? (Score 4, Funny) 272
Honestly, I think the correlation of correlation not being causation is simply that - a correlation. Since correlation is not causation, we can not be certain that correlation not being causation is not simply a correlation, rather than a causation.
Submission + - Saturn's Moon Spawning Moonlets (discovery.com)
astroengine writes: "For the first time ever, astronomers have witnessed the formation of celestial objects... in Saturn's rings. As the Saturnian moon Prometheus dashes through the gas giant's rings, it leaves large formations of ice behind, some as large as 12 kilometers in diameter. When the small moon makes another pass, it is not known whether these giant "snowballs" remain or get destroyed, but according to Linda Spilker, from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory: "You can think of Saturn's rings as miniature versions of the disks where planets form. The same physical processes are occurring.""
Comment Re:I don't need a "pirate" ISP (Score 1) 204
What about an ISP that considered itself a big truck that you could just dump something on?
Submission + - Bad Company 2 No Better Than MW2 After All.. (electronicarts.co.uk)
An anonymous reader writes: Remember when DICE placated Battlefield: Bad Company 2 as being better because it had dedicated servers? While it still may have dedicated servers (that are hosted by EA's partners), it appears that there will be no new map packs until Bad Company 2: Vietnam is released later this year for $30 and includes 4 maps. Quite naturally players are up in arms over it because there are still bugs that haven't been removed since the game was released back in March. That's too bad since Battlefield 1942 and Battlefield 2 were excellent games for their time.
Comment Re:It's the upcoming cuts, not the recession (Score 4, Funny) 393
Listen. The coolness of Britannia is at risk here. I can't imagine any course of action except to accelerate these iPhone app plans, unless Britannia wants to take over for France as the uncool kid on the block.
Comment Re:Equal Protection? (Score -1, Troll) 375
You must be a Beck watching Limbaugh listening Palin wanking Rand reading tea party nutjob RACIST.
Comment Re:Time for hacker bounty hunter! (Score 4, Funny) 75
In a special two hour edition of Dog the Bounty Hunter, Dog gets his first Macbook and hacks his way to take down his target!
*watches two hours of Dog learning to search for people on FaceBook*
Comment Re:No notebook in my near future. (Score 1) 430
Why would you have to keep it in your pocket? Just be awake and do the same thing! Everything will be implanted in the future!
Comment Re:Artificially Something (Score 1) 170
I prefer the term "Artificial Stupidity" or "Artificial Stupidity in Software" (ASS), but I'm afraid much of Congress wouldn't even consider funding studies in this direction for fear that they'd finally have competition.
There would be no competition. I highly doubt we could create an ASS that was as dumb as Congress.
