Comment It won't work because. . . (Score 1) 828
. . . the Singularity will stop it.
Comment And what information do they remember? (Score 1) 72
"My hippocampus hurts!"
Comment Stylus? I say, "stylish"! (Score 1) 208
nt
Comment I shook hands with Al Gore. Does that count? (Score 1) 137
nt
Comment Astroglide, perhaps? (Score 1) 145
Bada boom!
Comment Rehash of Jacobson's infamous Sci. Amer. article? (Score 1) 360
Sounds like a reworking of Jacobson's 2009 cover article in Scientific American, which was *savaged* for it's bizarre economic assumptions, as well as it's jury-rigged opposition to nuclear power. Old (and discredited) news.
Comment Re:Wow. (Score 1) 693
Or not, you dimwit.
Comment One word: McCarthy (Score 1) 841
I've known this since the '68 campaign.
Comment Re:Puns (sorry) (Score 1) 102
Did you click on the ohm page and read the actual paper? Shocking!
Comment One word answer: (Score 1) 475
Inflation
Comment Police radar gun? (Score 1) 499
Some night, drive around your neighborhood at 9:00 to see if there's any kind of law enforcement speed trap in the area. The radar gun could play havoc with nearby wireless.
Just don't drive around too fast!
Comment I'm with Andrew Tanenbaum. . . (Score 2, Funny) 51
. . . microkernel is the way to go!
Comment The best form of government. . . (Score 1) 865
I think that many, if not all, right-thinking people would agree that the best form of government is a benevolent dictatorship.
The problem is that there seems to be a shortage of benevolent dictators.
Comment Re:Here's the actual paper. (Score 1) 231
"... computing the diagonal of inverse covariance matrices..."
Oh, gotcha. Why didn't you say so in the first place?
New York State Testing Emergency Alerts Over Gaming Networks 212
An anonymous reader writes "Gamers are used to confronting invading terrorists, nuclear attacks, and natural calamities—in virtual form. But those living in New York State could soon receive warnings about real emergencies through their favorite video console. State authorities are testing a plan that would see the Emergency Management Office issue alerts over online gaming networks in addition to regular channels."
