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Comment Re:What were the earlier estimates? (Score 1) 263

by jobsagoodun on Thursday May 20, 2010 @02:28AM (#32275558) Attached to: New Estimates Say Earth's Oceans Smaller Than Once Believed

Now to convert to units we all understand!

http://www.loc.gov/about/facts.html claims 745 miles of bookshelves in the Library of Congress Assuming they're 1' deep by 2' high we get 1 LOC = 0.000053 cubic miles (puny library!) therefore the oceans occupy 5,987,307,382,550.34 Libraries of Congress.

Comment Re:This is what is being done now... (Score 1) 334

by jobsagoodun on Thursday July 02, 2009 @06:07PM (#28565213) Attached to: Secrets of Schizophrenia and Depression "Unlocked"

> Psychiatry is evil.

Would you like to talk about it?

Comment Re: Thanks NYCL (Score 4, Insightful) 117

by jobsagoodun on Sunday June 28, 2009 @04:37PM (#28506757) Attached to: RIAA Defendant Moves For Summary Judgment

Thanks NewYorkCountryLawyer for your posts and followups. I for one greatly enjoy reading them.

Comment Re:Neat... (Score 1) 291

by jobsagoodun on Sunday May 24, 2009 @04:10AM (#28072941) Attached to: Towards Artificial Consciousness

Indeed. Once we create something as intelligent as we are, it'll have the capability to be as self determined and as lazy as we are too.

"Hey Robot! Can you fix me some coffee"

"How about no, puny human. I'm busy looking at the pictures on ebuyer!"

Submission + - Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed Against Red Hat

Submitted by 1shooter on Friday October 12, 2007 @08:45AM

1shooter writes: In the article titled "Patent Infringement Lawsuit Filed Against Red Hat & Novell- Just Like Ballmer Predicted" are details the first lawsuit against Linux vendors Red Hat and Novell. Groklaw link to article: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20071011205044141

The patent appears to cover the use of multiple virtual desktops like in KDE and Gnome. Lots of prior art and surprise, Microsoft finger prints discovered behind the scenes.

SCO Given NASDAQ Delisting Notice 116

Posted by Zonk on Saturday April 28, 2007 @02:41AM from the vultures-are-circling dept.

SCO Delenda Est writes "The SEC has given SCO notice that they will be delisted from the NASDAQ if they cannot keep their share price above $1 sometime in the next 180 days. Although they may be able to avoid delisting for a while, their small market capitalization will hinder their efforts. Given their other financials, this just goes to show how desperate their current financial situation is."

Vendor New Intel Core 2 Duo Chips with P Socket 5

Submitted by OSTG Marketing Dept. on Thursday February 01, 2007 @06:31PM

You can expect to see the new Socket P Core 2 Duo chips from Intel in the near future. The new chips, T7700, T7500, T7300 and T7100 models, will be optimized for the Santa Rosa platform. "Intel's Santa Rosa platform is said to be out in the 2nd Quarter of this year. Santa Rosa will use the 965 Express and ICH8 chipset and updated graphics engine - GMA X3000. The platform will also come in two versions: Centrino Duo and Centr

Submission + - Wii is 'impulse buy', says Sony

Submitted by bigdady92 on Thursday February 01, 2007 @05:15PM

bigdady92 writes: http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid= 22506

With millions of Wii's sold, every household clammering to have one, sales are still going steady on ebay while PS3's have dropped and are sitting on the floor of retail merchant stores, Sony claims:

"Karraker went on to compare the PS3 and the Wii, suggesting that Sony's console is much more powerful and should therefore be regarded as being in a different category. "Wii could be considered an impulse by more than anything else," he said."

A $250 impulse buy? Who's got that much floating around to do that?

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