Comment Re:That's ambitious (Score 1) 53

by snookerhog on Friday April 06, 2012 @12:08PM (#39598179) Attached to: Humanoid Robots For the Next DARPA Grand Challenge?

but is it NP hard?

Comment DRM Free? It's like Magic! (Score 1) 196

by snookerhog on Wednesday March 28, 2012 @03:53PM (#39500049) Attached to: What Book Publishers Should Learn From <em>Harry Potter</em>

*ducks*

Comment Recall Recall (Score 1) 185

by snookerhog on Thursday March 22, 2012 @09:36PM (#39447071) Attached to: Researchers May Have Discovered How Memories Are Encoded In the Brain

those brain butchers?

Comment not a new idea (Score 3, Interesting) 173

by snookerhog on Friday January 27, 2012 @09:21AM (#38838427) Attached to: Pentagon Drafts Kids To Build Drones and Robots

somebody watched Toys

Comment Re:And Yet (Score 2) 336

by snookerhog on Thursday January 05, 2012 @02:14PM (#38599718) Attached to: China Cuts 'Excessive Entertainment' From TV

Thanks for sharing your experience. I totally agree with what you said about uncertainty. School kids in Shanghai were disciplined for not crying. That is first hand experience.

Comment Re:And Yet (Score 1) 336

by snookerhog on Thursday January 05, 2012 @10:03AM (#38595292) Attached to: China Cuts 'Excessive Entertainment' From TV

Exactly. That is what happened when Mao died. Everyone HAD to cry.

Comment Re:What's it got to do with LEDs (Score 1) 55

by snookerhog on Wednesday November 23, 2011 @03:02PM (#38151004) Attached to: MIT Researchers Make Advance Toward Photonic Circuits

furthermore, they may want to rethink the name if "diode for light" is going to become DFL

Submission + - Ancient Krakens making self-portraits? (tgdaily.com)

Submitted by Sanoj on Tuesday October 11, 2011 @08:34AM

Sanoj writes: Strange patterns of ichthyosaur bones have been found on an ancient deep-water seabed. One paleontologist has put forward the theory that these could have been the work of giant cephalopods who were eating the swimming dinosaurs and then arranging the vertebrae to resemble their own tentacles. Sound far-fetched? Apparently, the modern octopus also does this.

Comment Re:California Uber Alles! (Score 1) 462

by snookerhog on Monday October 10, 2011 @09:50PM (#37674020) Attached to: California Governor Vetoes Ban On Warrantless Phone Searches

next he'll be coming for my uncool niece.

Comment LOBO (Score 1) 409

by snookerhog on Wednesday September 21, 2011 @04:54PM (#37472684) Attached to: Designer Creates "Euthanasia Roller Coaster"

anyone else remember the LOBO comic about the suicide theme park?

Comment Pig shit (Score 1) 113

by snookerhog on Wednesday August 31, 2011 @12:16PM (#37265598) Attached to: Panda Poo Yields Key To Cheaper Biofuels

I always thought the future was going to be pig shit.

Comment Re:I wonder how many the Webb telescope would find (Score 1) 137

by snookerhog on Wednesday August 24, 2011 @01:38PM (#37193520) Attached to: NASA Discovers 7th Closest Star

never let them see you sweat.

Comment Re:Great (Score 1) 164

by snookerhog on Thursday August 04, 2011 @01:59PM (#36988344) Attached to: NASA Sends Lego Figures to Jupiter

are you speaking as the owner of LEGO A/S?

Comment Re:Cyber-Security for Owls Being Called For (Score 1) 87

by snookerhog on Wednesday August 03, 2011 @04:37PM (#36976792) Attached to: US Wants Cybersecurity Protection Plan For Cars

I have an owl rock that has protected me from owls for more than 12 years now.

Actually, I have a spare owl rock that I will sell you for $500 if you are interested.

Comment Re:This was America before "free trade". (Score 2) 138

by snookerhog on Monday August 01, 2011 @09:19AM (#36946280) Attached to: Detroit Maker Faire Was Kinda Awesome

once you graduate it only gets worse.