Comment Re:Nice! (Score 1) 282
That's not gone well!
Brilliant episode, if only to show the viability of a Reliant Robin as a re-entry capable craft.
Comment Re:Over-engineered iPods (Score 3, Informative) 410
AAC (both protected and non) support for one. Enhanced battery life, notes, contacts, calendars, and games (minor, but it's something).
It's been done. And this is only counting the updates for my first-gen 5GB iPod.
Comment Re:Wireless Mighty Mouse (Score 1) 519
Not to pile on, but, actually, 4. Left click, Right click, pressing the trackball, and squeezing the sides.
Comment Re:Yes, BUT! (Score 1) 375
Fantasy Football is still Fantasy.
Comment Re:Best attribute (Score 1) 662
I still have my floppy with the Sprynet-branded version of Mosaic. I keep it on a shelf with my copy of VisiCalc and my Geek Award.
Comment Re:So tired (Score 1) 121
Call of Duty 4 on 360 or PS3.
Put your shoes on, honey, we're at Grandma's!
How Close Were US Presidential Elections? 971
Mike Sheppard writes "I'm a graduate student in Statistics at Michigan State University and spent some time analyzing past US presidential elections to determine how close they truly were. The mathematical procedures of Linear Programming and 0-1 Integer Programming were used to find the optimal solution to the question: 'What is the smallest number of total votes that need to be switched from one candidate to another, and from which states, to affect the outcome of the election?' Because of the way the popular and electoral votes interact, the outcome of the analysis had some surprising and intriguing results. For example, in 2004, 57,787 votes would have given us President Kerry; and in 2000, 269 votes would have given us President Gore. In all there have been 12 US Presidential elections that were decided by less than a 1% margin; meaning if less than 1% of the voters in certain states had changed their mind to the other candidate the outcome of the election would have been different."
