@teotlichan: Aye, but the real problem is ionizing radiation. If only radiation propagated in rays rather than waves, then this would apply. But it does make it less likely that free radicals created by said radiation will hit important DNA.

@François Luong: Yup, the more non-coding DNA the lower the chances of a carcinogen, virus, transposon, etc. randomly hitting a coding region.

@S.. doesn't have any friends.: It separates the inside from the outside, I think.

@See you suckers later: Not quite, I'm afraid. Introns are sections within coding genes that are excised before transcription. Interestingly, it is possible for two genes to overlap some of their code, and the introns don't have to line up. A surprising number of sections of DNA that are introns for one gene…

Wait, non-coding genes as regulators is a new thing? I could have sworn that I learned about this in genetics years ago.

@minibeardeath: Yeah, that's more or less the same as two of mine, where the pins are mirrored inside-outside. Yours is much more elegant though. Dunno about the throughput thing though, USB3 has the same number of pins as USB1 and has about 214654135783218 times the throughput. That's all a matter of protocol and…

@Korrupt: The difference being, that by his method multiple people can obtain the music from the sale of a single disc. No different than buying a CD and burning it for your friends, or sharing it via P2P networks.

@Facebook: Well, it seems we're not so different after all. As noted in one of my bajillion comments above, I also support artists by going to concerts and buying merchandise. We just have differing methods of obtaining their music.

@Facebook: Sure you did. You said you make a copy of the music for yourself and then sell the original. you made a legal copy for yourself, but upon selling the original disc, your copy became bootlegged.

@Facebook: Fill me in a little more: They said it's legal to rip a CD you own to your computer for your own use, or they said it's legal to make a bootlegged copy of a CD you own and then profit from doing so?

@Facebook: Check what wagedomain said. It's not legal, and it's more expensive than other illegal means. You just don't have to worry about being caught through your network traffic.

@kzarling: Fair enough. You do what you do, and I'll do what I do. I know what I'm doing, and I know the risks and consequences that go along with it. If I get in shit over it, then that's my own fault and I won't be bitching about it.

I remember reading an article describing how the iPhone measures bars. Something along the lines of -53 to -94 dBw is five bars, -94 to -100 is four bars, -101-106 is three bars, -107 to -110 is two bars, and -111-113 is one bar.

I remember reading an article describing how the iPhone measures bars. Something along the lines of -53 to -94 dBw is five bars, -94 to -100 is four bars, -101-106 is three bars, -107 to -110 is two bars, and -111-113 is one bar.

@craigeryjohn: Right, but as noted there would have to be some sort of mechanism to allow the computer/device to know which way the cable is oriented or to be symmetrically redundant. Things I can think of:

@ImmaLion: Even for USB though, a four-ring round connector probably wouldn't be ideal. Another important thing to consider is that pretty much every cable shape was designed a long long time ago, when things like this didn't matter—not that they really make a difference now. Modern cables are crazy-complex, so the…

@broadwayblue: Only relevant to audiophiles. I'm more than happy with 192-320 kbps MP3s.

@Bill-Lee: Oh no, I just meant as a goofy little bronze dude. I've always understood the Norse gods to look just like normal men. If the media portrays vikings with fur and horns though, then Thor should have fur and horns as well so that he matches what a typical viking looks like (or is expected to look like) in…

@Facebook: How is that any different, other than the fact that it's technically legal? The artists get no profit from it and you're creating a permanent digital copy of a pre-existing file that you don't plan on owning for more than a week.

@miburo: I was exaggerating for sure, but still. If I were to buy three or four albums each for my five favorite bands (That's about the minimum I would consider reasonable), that's well into the $250 mark just to get a start on a decent collection. Not that this is a problem, really. But for somebody like me to do…