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This is true, though you still have to be lucky enough for a civilization to be existing at your destination in both space and time. Perhaps a civilization could exist at your dest…

Extraterrestrial life may not just be separated from us by space -- time is also a huge issue here. Long ago I heard an explanation from Neil DeGrasse Tyson on this, though my goog…

This is the project that convinced me to enroll in Systems Design Engineering at University of Waterloo!

Adam Sandler really shines in Reign Over Me.

This isn't my field at all, and to be honest I have a very shaky understanding of what's communicated in the article. I find it extremely interesting, though my lack of knowledge l…

Another discussion here http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2847028

Didn't freeze for my Opera 11.50. Great job, I like musical tools this this a lot!

Does anyone here remember the Mozilla Seabird concept? If not, here is an overview video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG3tLxEQEdg Think it could be related to this?

Hopefully this sort of technology is expanded upon, with two directions possible. The first is creating more self-diagnosis tools for smartphones (more relevant to those who are li…

This could easily mangle the original meaning of the message, as www.translationparty.com gracefully demonstrates. I suppose that the user could take a second to approve the recycl…

Homeopathy?

How many generations have you seen?

The aim here isn't to bow to the demands of users, but to maintain the quality of discussion on the site. Seeing comment scores can easily lead to disproportionate scores as the on…

The article neglects that facebook is always looking to expand its feature set, with things like email (on top of existing chat) and music [1]. Also neglected are statistics pertai…

I think that's the joke...

On Grooveshark though, attribution to the artist is actually unavoidable.

Thanks for this, much more informative.

I realized this while typing, but decided to go with it just because it was in the spirit of mocking the comment I was replying to. Interesting bit about jail times being increased…

Indeed, if these entrepreneurs moved to the US then they could coerce the parking tickets with firearms. Efficiency would skyrocket! Take the internet tough guy act somewhere else.…

"Compared to other illegal activities they might have engaged in such as selling drugs..." The author didn't really assume they would be dealing drugs, he just wanted to show the a…

Listening along with a friend who appreciates music as much as you do is great. Sometimes you don't have the liberty of be with them physically, so facebook is ready to provide the…

I think that leasing plans (such as the $20/mo student plan) and the fact that all your data is stored on the cloud are bigger factors here. There's more to Google's new approach t…

Turns out the most spectacular part of it was how dedicated he was to it, with apparently hundreds of flash drives full of emails. Even that isn't so spectacular though, considerin…

I wonder how the second chart would look if all countries were split into four economic groups, not just the US.