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Comment I quickly scrolled through and couldn't believe (Score 1) 245

by kidblast on Tuesday November 10, 2009 @07:27PM (#30053318) Attached to: Chicago Court Throwing Out LIDAR Speeding Tickets

Not one comment about it being called LIE-dar?

Comment Re:This should be interesting... (Score 2, Insightful) 111

by kidblast on Tuesday November 10, 2009 @07:19PM (#30053230) Attached to: Intel's New E-Reader For the Visually Impaired

The braille on the drive through bank ATMs is because it would be more expensive to create two types of buttons (braille and without) and know ahead of time where the ATM would be installed.

This was discussed in Freakonomics IIRC.

Comment Re:Obligatory George Carlin Quote (Score 1) 513

by kidblast on Friday November 06, 2009 @08:24PM (#30011498) Attached to: What Does Google Suggest Suggest About Humanity?

. . .Note that, by several estimates, that intermediate range contains the average IQ (or peak of the curve if you will ) for people the US has in prison for violent crimes. People with IQs between 70 and 90 have higher crime rates than people with IQs below or above this range, but it depends on whether you look at mean or median values whether the peak is in the gap range or just above it. So not only don't we know what to call the gap, we aren't sure whether that might be important for understanding violent crime or not.

So the smart violent criminals get away with it more?

Comment Obligatory George Carlin Quote (Score 5, Funny) 513

by kidblast on Friday November 06, 2009 @03:48PM (#30008604) Attached to: What Does Google Suggest Suggest About Humanity?

"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that."

Comment Why can't ghosts have babies? (Score 1) 709

by kidblast on Tuesday October 27, 2009 @07:56AM (#29882237) Attached to: This Hallowe'en ...

Because they have Hallow-weenies!

Comment Internet Poker (Score 1) 260

by kidblast on Wednesday October 14, 2009 @10:52PM (#29752905) Attached to: Device Protects Day Traders From Emotional Trading

This would be great for internet poker!

Comment Re:Full Version Anywhere (Score 1) 120

by kidblast on Monday September 28, 2009 @11:18PM (#29576011) Attached to: The Night Sky In 800 Million Pixels

So it seems from other comments it might be in the range of a few gigs, I won't be holding my breath searching for it!

Comment Full Version Anywhere (Score 1) 120

by kidblast on Monday September 28, 2009 @11:13PM (#29575985) Attached to: The Night Sky In 800 Million Pixels

Does anyone have a link to the full version somewhere?

I'll have to do some digging to see if I can find it . . .

Comment Absolute Zero (Score 1) 459

by kidblast on Thursday September 24, 2009 @09:15AM (#29527699) Attached to: Microsoft Says Google Chrome Frame Makes IE Less Secure

Did anyone else who read the headline think how is that possible?

Comment Re:No Calendar-app, no SyncML (Score 3, Informative) 69

by kidblast on Wednesday September 16, 2009 @08:24PM (#29448633) Attached to: Google Releases the SDK For Version 1.6 of Android

Not only BT is missing. There's no calendar-app, and still no SyncML. Why? Even the Siemens S55 I bought in 2003 had a really pleasing set of Bluetooth-profiles, had SyncML, a calendar and J2ME... In my book, these are default, but required features. (ok, J2ME not so, since there's an alternative)

Google calendar was available on the G1 by default.

Comment Ouch (Score 1) 403

by kidblast on Sunday September 13, 2009 @08:04PM (#29408803) Attached to: New York Times Site Pop-Up Says Your Computer Is Infected

Ouch for all those who are de facto family computer technical support.

Comment This game exists already on the Playstation 3 (Score 1) 152

by kidblast on Saturday January 10, 2009 @05:14PM (#26401499) Attached to: Nintendo Files Patent For Game That Plays Itself

It's called Metal Gear Solid 4

Comment Re:that's why (Score 1) 136

by WCguru42 on Friday December 12, 2008 @01:47PM (#26092869) Attached to: Android Susceptible To Apps That Turn On Roaming

Amen. Wish I had mod points because you put it well. Software EULA statements are the most outrageous things in the world. We click accept because we want to use the programs and there doesn't really seem to be an alternative. But if people understood the language in these I think there would be more of a backlash to them. It's like a car company saying that they're not liable if their transmission falls off the chassis, it's just insane.

Comment Re:The units! (Score 1) 551

by evanbd on Friday December 12, 2008 @01:13PM (#26092373) Attached to: Five PC Power Myths Debunked

Yep, everyone else has it right. I found it a little odd when driving in Europe, simply because it was unfamiliar, but even so the math was easier.

Comment Re:Bright vs. Hard Workers (Score 2, Insightful) 962

by Firehed on Wednesday December 10, 2008 @11:11PM (#26069907) Attached to: Best Introduction To Programming For Bright 11-14-Year-Olds?

Talent doesn't disappear due to a bad system, though it certainly may be wasted in such an environment. Either you're able to pick up on new concepts and ideas easily or you're not. And if you are able (as the best and brightest tend to be), you'll pick it up somewhere. With the entire knowledge of the human race seconds away, having teachers cram facts down your throat isn't the way that the gifted will be getting ahead. If they don't understand something, they'll look for the answer, and learn along the way.

It's much more a matter of motivation than one of the learning environment.

(having said that, I'll definitely agree with anyone claiming that our educational system is in desperate need of an overhaul)

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