Comment: Re:So... (Score 1) 591
Piracy is just the new socially acceptable temper tantrum.
Well said. That sums it up better than anything else I've heard.
Comment: Heisenbergian (Score 1) 750
I can't tell if it's boredom or excitement, but there isn't much of it.
Comment: Processing power (Score 2, Funny) 63
The performance of a 512-node Anton machine is over 17,000 nanoseconds of simulated time per day for a protein-water system consisting of 23,558 atoms
So... how many libraries of congress per second??
Comment: Yet more evidence... (Score 4, Funny) 104
... that our universe is some kid's kitchen science experiment.
Comment: Rest in peace (Score 1) 131
.. and thanks for all the fractals.
Comment: Finally! (Score 1) 221
Now they can enforce the no cell phone usage while driving! Even those pesky key presses won't be able to hide!
Comment: Re:This is how train and air travel began, too. (Score 2, Funny) 164
We need some targets out there (space stations, moon base, mars base, something) before traveling in space makes any financial sense.
Just release the next ishiny on the moon. They will come.
Comment: To the early adopters - Thank you (Score 5, Insightful) 164
Please excuse the others saying how going first is wasteful/stupid/reckless, they do not understand.
Thanks for helping to push us forward.
Comment: Re:Norton (Score 1) 366
You missed a requirement: easy for the students to remove by hand
He didn't say what that hand was holding...
Comment: Norton (Score 3, Insightful) 366
I don't even know if I'm joking.