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Comment Re:Hahaha have some crow (Score 1) 237

by penguinrecorder on Friday May 13, 2011 @10:26AM (#36117652) Attached to: Comcast Helps Fix Pirate Bay Connection Problems

Anyway, we'll see if I keep the cable TV (the largest portion of the bill) once the deal is over.

I've had the same "9 month" promotion price from Comcast for about 2 years now. Not quite sure why, but I'm not complaining.

Comment Re:Obama acomplishments (Score 1) 639

by penguinrecorder on Thursday April 07, 2011 @09:01PM (#35752408) Attached to: Obama Administration Wants Your Old Email

Yeah! http://whatthefuckhasobamadonesofar.com/

Comment Re:Archimedes, again? Really? (Score 1) 795

by penguinrecorder on Monday October 18, 2010 @04:28PM (#33938106) Attached to: President Obama To Appear On Mythbusters

They're doing Archimedes solar ray AGAIN? Aren't we up to three already (the original myth and two revisits)? Obviously I think it is fun that Obama will be on the show but frankly aside from that I really don't want to see that same tired Myth for a third time...

Perhaps they're reviving it in light of the fact an Archimedes ray was accidentally invented recently? http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/las-vegas-hotel-pool-sunlight-swimming-tourists/story?id=11739234

Comment 0.9998... (Score 1) 1260

by penguinrecorder on Thursday October 14, 2010 @12:04PM (#33895552) Attached to: Proving 0.999... Is Equal To 1

Does 0.9998... also =1?

Comment Forum RPGs (Score 1) 248

by penguinrecorder on Wednesday January 20, 2010 @03:53PM (#30836498) Attached to: Genre Wars — the Downside of the RPG Takeover

Let's face it, RPG elements are creeping into everything. They've already crept into slashdot (Karma points, achievements). I can't wait for the day when I can check a calculator to see how many times I have to make chicken stir fry before I can level up my cooking skill.

Submission + - Sound Generator Lethal from 10 Meters (gizmodo.com)

Submitted by penguinrecorder on Tuesday January 19, 2010 @06:51PM

penguinrecorder writes: The Thunder Generator uses mixture of liquefied petroleum, cooking gas, and air to create explosions, which in return generate shock waves capable of stunning people from 30 to 100 meters away. At that range, the weapon is absolutely harmless, making people run in panic when they feel the sonic blast hitting their bodies. However, at less than ten meters, the Thunder Generator could either cause permanent damage or kill any person.

Submission + - How to Hide from Google (forbes.com)

Submitted by penguinrecorder on Tuesday January 19, 2010 @06:30PM

penguinrecorder writes: "Google offers Web users a simple trade-off: Let the search giant track a substantial portion of your comings and goings around the Web, and it will offer you a free, superior online experience. Now an independent security researcher who goes by the name Moxie Marlinspike is making Web users a counter-offer: Take Google's giveaways and keep your privacy too.

On Tuesday, Marlinspike launched a service he calls Googlesharing, a plug-in for Firefox designed to give users access to Google's online offerings while cloaking their identity from the company's data collection tools. By hosting a proxy server with a collection of Google "identities," the privacy software, which can be accessed at Googlesharing.net, will allow users to temporarily route their traffic through another computer that masks their identity by mixing their online actions with those of other users."

Comment Re:Did we just break heisenberg's principle? (Score 1) 266

by penguinrecorder on Tuesday January 19, 2010 @01:28AM (#30816316) Attached to: Nano-Scale Robot Arm Moves Atoms With 100% Accuracy

The article didn't say anything about how fast it placed the molecules. No uncertainty about position but 100% uncertainty about velocity. We're still okay.

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