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That's because temperature in space is not absolute zero. Nothing ever can reach that limit. Temperature in space hovers at about 3 Kelvin.

2. The word is not a misspelling as much as it is a thinko.

So that's what it's called in English... I always called it lapsus cerebri.

Supposed to be Graphics, but totally messed up by a typical fucktarded who should go out and slit his fucking wrists. Oh, that describes all fucktarded shitdot sheeple as they can't fucking spell, have shrinking dicks, and a love of communism.

GO AHEAD FUCKING FLAME AWAY OR
WASTE YOUR GODDAMNED MOD POINTS
FUCKTARDED SHITDOT SHEEPLE!!!!

A few things come to mind.

1. The story was submitted by an anonymous coward, not a subscribed user. Just look at "An anonymous reader writes"

2. The word is not a misspelling as much as it is a thinko.

3. You seem to be very critical of what someone wrote, yet you have terrible grammar. First you wrote about a copulating retarded. A copulating retarded what? Second, those who show the constant need for profanity coupled with need to tell someone to slit their wrists shows immaturity, ignorance, and shallowness.

4. Not all on Slashdot are communists. Some are Communists while others are Capitalists. Political styles vary on Slashdot. There are leftists, conservatives, statists, libertarians, and centrists. One notable example of a libertarian on Slashdot was Bob Robertson.

URL: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-cow-catcher.htm

Guess Microsoft is just providing an updated slant on how to keep the dung out..

The part that bugs me is where Toder (defense lawyer) says that the plaintiff can't introduce evidence of the investigators downloading files from the defendant. According to TFA:

Those downloads, Toder said, cannot be considered unauthorized downloads because the RIAA authorized them.

I don't think that's going to stand up. Undercover cops buy drugs and the state doesn't have to prosecute them for buying them. Why couldn't investigators "illegally" download copyrighted material and still have it considered infringing on the part of the defendant, but not be prosecuted?...

The reason undercover cops arent charged is because they are officers of the law, and are thus believed to be pursuing the upholding of the law. See entrapement as it relates to undercover cops "selling" illegal drugs. Since the RIAA "Investigators", many of whom are not even licensed, they are not officers of the law, and thus should not face the same privilege. For similar reasons, setting up your own drug sting operation to help cleanup your neighborhood by trying to sell oregano will probably get you thrown in jail instead of any "customers" you might catch. The defense is arguing that if the investigators are not liable for downloading the content illegally, then the content must be authorized by the RIAA. In this case, its like they sent their own "Johns" out on the street to find prostitutes, and then rather than turning over their own Johns after the deed is done, only turn over the prostitutes, all while not being official law enforcement agents. They are overstepping their rights and should not be afforded the privilege they have assumed.

Tm

Just found this: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-geode.htm . It talks about one found in Spain that dwarfs the others.

Handy Libraries of Congress conversion chart

1 picture = 37052 words

1 library of congress = 28 million books = 2 ^ 42.6 bytes = 6.208375 Terabytes

The picture is that worth 5.558195779 x 10-9 libraries of congress

I believe this reasoning is flawed. I don't think products would be cheaper if you were not allowed to resell them. In fact, manufacturers usually sell to resellers at a discount.

Consider CDs. Do you honestly think the RIAA would charge less if people couldn't buy used copies?

Eliminating the resale market was attempted so they could charge everyone MORE for the product, not so they could offer some customers a lower price. The theory of "price discrimination" fails in this case.

In other words, please pay us royaltys to fix our own leaky Operating System .. :)

Go lower tech, and even tastier with a French press. Do mind the cafestol though.

You're being just as unscientific as the ones you're trying to discredit.
How about doctors getting better at diagnosing autism?
My brother wasn't diagnosed with Auspergers until he was over 18 years old. It was only recently that they started knowing what to look for.

I don't think that Thimerosal (Mercury, a heavy metal) is completely responsible for autism. My mom does because she vividly remembers the symptoms in my brother described by others of the reaction to the vaccine and the abrupt halt or even backwards development. There is most definitely a genetic component of it. This is why I think they're having such trouble tracking it down. They are still arguing over whether being cold makes you more likely to get a cold. The rest of us know they just haven't figured out what causes cold season, that it exists and just deal with it.

What is needed in this case is a real smoking gun. Something along the lines of a case study of identical twins, one that had vaccines and autism and one that didn't.

'They sent the workers an e-mail about a plan to cut their benefits and included a link to a Web site where they could find out more'

'When employees clicked on the link, they were directed to a Web server set up by Winkler and his team. The employees' machines displayed an error message, but the server downloaded malware that enabled the team to take command of the machines.

"Then we had full system control," Winkler says.

"It was effective within minutes."'

Any guess as to which Operating System this malware runs on ..

Yellow legal pads are/were yellow now due to tradition more than anything. For those that still use yellow pads.

The reason they started using yellow is still debated. I'd lean towards the money, office supplies being a business cost more than personal decision...I don't remember reading about the great worker-rights causes of the late 1800's. Wasn't child labour still huge?

Here's on googled link.
http://www.wisegeek.com/why-are-legal-pads-yellow.htm

I haven't read this fully.
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/ge/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070223005120&newsLang=en&ndmConfigId=1001109&vnsId=681

Also ...
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-an-hei-bulb.htm

IIRC, polygraph tests are illegal in most places of work because they don't work, not because of ethical concerns.

Space Elevators going up to geosynchronous orbit aren't needed, so carbon nanotubes aren't needed either. We could build a Space Pier - which is a series of towers 100km tall with an accelerator on the top - out of pressurized cylindrical columns made out of boron. (The linked article talks about diamondoid materials, but other researchers have looked into more conventional materials which would allow us to build towers 100km high.) Also, Robert Zubrin has looked into a Hypersonic Skyhook which doesn't extend all the way to the ground or out to geosynch. However, it's a lot easier to design and build a SSTO or TSTO craft that can acheive 100km altitude and 4 or 5 km/s delta-v, as opposed to 8.5 km/s needed for low earth orbit. It is rumored that Burt Rutan's White Knight Two is designed to also launch a higher performance rocket plane that could acheive this. (In addition to the Space Ship Two space tourism craft.)

Although no levels of radon gas are considered safe, it is a fact of life that radon is found everywhere in the environment. The outside air that we breathe contains approximately 0.4 pCi/L (picoCuries per liter of air).

Firewire is hardly dead. (firewire stuff.) I know people who rely on it for serious media work. But for most consumer applications, where you don't need a lot of sustained throughput, USB is just as fast, a lot cheaper, and easier to integrate into things like cameras and MP3 players.

Did somebody say "DVRs"? Those work best with eSATA.

By "worthless welfare addicts" you must mean U.S. corporations (especially, but not limited to, farming and defense companies) since that's where a much larger portion of your tax dollars go than to individuals.

The number of people on welfare has steadily diminished (by about 8-million) since 1993, while we've continued to throw ever-increasing amounts of tax dollars at industry.

There are real problems in this country -- lazy people getting a free ride on your dime isn't one of them (I actually thought this ridiculousness died out when Newt was ousted in the '90s). Education is, so at least you got that part right. The amount of tax dollars spent on social programs like welfare is barely a drop in the bucket (see food assistance and unemployment on this chart from 2005).

The amount we've already spent on Iraq is greater than the top expenditure on that chart. The amount we're expected to spend in the next 10 years is over 4 times the top expenditure on that chart. In return, we get nothing.

No, they will just find out why there were *1,099* licenses. Obviously, the government KNOWS someone will collude, and when found out, these "*collusionists*" will learn what a Form 1099 is for.

"Those who receive 1099 income come from a wide spectrum."

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-1099-form.htm

The government knows how to play poker, too...

Verizon is a CDMA network, whereas AT&T/Cingular is a GSM Network, the phones are incompatible with each other. The iPhone can only be unlocked on GSM networks. Here's an article that explaines the difference in the two types of networks: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-difference-between-gsm-and-cdma.htm

What you're saying is: don't cut off the air of the canary, it's not doing the real damage, it's just a powerless bird. But as long as the canary lives, the miners know that it's safe to keep digging. When the canary is dead, the miners get scared for their own lives and go back up.

So it's wrong to claim Bush isn't the real problem, and bashing him won't do any good. In reality, Bush needs to be bashed with prejudice in all media and political venues, because 1) it causes tactical problems for those who control the Washington agenda, 2) they might get hit in the political crossfire, and 3) the people behind the scenes with real power and wealth will get the message that it's a lot more expensive to do business.

A space qualified polymer called PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) will be used to construct the QUID's - a material widely used by space agencies because of its versatility and durability. Best known for the 'Teflon' non-stick pan coating, it can resist high temperatures and corrosive materials. Importantly, too, the currency will not emit any dangerous chemicals into the space tourists' environment.

From The Wise Geek: The nonstick coating used in DuPont's Teflon pans has been found to release one or more of 15 different toxic gases when heated to certain temperatures. Which chemicals are released depends on the temperature of the pan. This outgassing is fatal to pet birds and can cause "polymer fume flu", also known as "Teflon flu", in humans.

Teflon flu creates flu-like symptoms of chills, headache, fever and nausea. Usually, symptoms subside within a few days, and chances are many people who have experienced it mistook it for the flu. However, there are also more serious risks.

One of the main chemicals used in the manufacturing process of Teflon and other nonstick pans is perflurooctanoic acid (PFOA) also known as C-8. This chemical has led to cancer and birth defects in lab animals, and may have led to birth defects in DuPont plant workers. In 2005, an independent panel reporting to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) declared PFOA a likely human carcinogen.

Though DuPont is quick to point out the safety of Teflon and to distance it from the chemical PFOA, studies show Teflon cookware releases PFOA when heated to 680F (360C). This temperature can be reached within a few minutes if, for example, a forgotten pan is left empty preheating on a burner. DuPont acknowledges this, but points out that this is incorrect use of the cookware.

In April 2003, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) filed a petition with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take action against DuPont for what it classified as an 18-year cover-up regarding the dangers of the Teflon chemical PFOA. Factory workers exposed to PFOA inside the Teflon plants had high levels of the manmade, indestructible chemical in their blood. This included seven pregnant women and their fetuses, which also showed elevated levels of PFOA.

DuPont's own research suggested a link between PFOA and rare birth defects in animals. Of the seven pregnant women at the West Virginia plant, two of the seven babies born bore similar serious birth defects. In response to the EWG petition, the EPA fined DuPont 16.5 million US dollars (USD) in December 2005 for failing to report the dangers of PFOA.

Related chemicals used in the process of non-stick cookware are sometimes referred to as "Teflon chemicals" or perfluorinated chemicals. This family of chemicals includes fluorotelomers, used in non-stick food packaging and stain resistant products for clothing, furniture, and carpets. Fluorotelomers break down to PFOA in the environment and bloodstream, but PFOA does not break down. Studies have revealed that 95% of all men, women and children in the United States have traces of PFOA in their blood due to exposure to various industrial products that use this nonstick chemical. PFOA has also been found in the environment and in wildlife.

While DuPont remains insistent that Teflon is safe and inert with proper use, the chemical giant voluntarily pledged to substantially reduce environmental emissions and to phase PFOA out by 2015. DuPont also urges consumers to use Teflon responsibly and considers overheating or burning food abusive use of the cookware. Teflon, and all cookware that uses nonstick coatings, should not be preheated. Use low-to-medium heat and do not allow food or oil to burn. According to peer-reviewed studies as reported by the EWG, nonstick cookware, including Teflon, begins outgassing particles at 396F (202.2C).

If you own pet birds, Teflon and nonstick cookware is not recommended. Note that stovetop burner drip pans may also have nonstick coatings. These drip pans can reach very high temperatures.

From what I have read, there are no conclusive data that link Alzheimer's and smoking, and a according to a recent study pointed by that second link, there was a study debunking the studies that said smoking prevents Alzheimer's.

FWIW, my mother works in a nursing home and says that half of the Alzheimer's patients smoke and half don't, but that's, of course, hardly a representative sample.

"Apparently your belief in individual responsibility doesn't extend to the level that you refuse to post AC."

Apparently you have to resort to Ad Hominem attacks (or are you unaware that you did that?) when you can't make a coherent argument.

Referring to qualities of a speaker does not make it an ad hominem attack. In this case, I was noting a possible instance of hypocrisy in the difference between your posting AC and championing individual responsibility. To learn more about why this is not an ad hominem attack, I would suggest you read this article.

And why is it you assholes who hide behind pseudonyms think that makes you so much more credible than AC's?

And, believe it or not, even your use of 'asshole' here does not qualify as ad hominem. (See the linked article). To answer your question, I'm not claiming 'much' more credibility, but merely 'some'; I've posted a fair bit, and interested parties can at least decide if what I'm posting in this thread is consistent with what I've held elsewhere. Even that (fairly low) level of personal identity is not met by ACs.

"The government is responsible because it equipped this person with a uniform, badge, gun, and (most importantly) training, as well as giving him a mandate to enforce the law."

Except THAT IS NOT THE LEGAL TEST YOU DULLARD SO STOP PRESUMING YOUR OPINION ABOUT THE LAW HAS ANY BEARING ON THE ACTUAL LAW ITSELF.

I'm still not getting your point. Perhaps a larger font size would help?

I never said anything about a legal test. The one point that I was trying to make is that I don't find it 'sad' that the relevant government may have to offer financial restitution in this case, because it is apparently the only efficacious way to hold a government, and by extension the citizens who voted that government into office, responsible for its role in the violation of civil rights that occurred. You don't believe that the government holds any responsibility; fine. I happen to think that your opinion can't be made consistent with most reasonable ideas about government. Our disagreement, at least as I see it, is one of political philosophy, not one about the current state of law.

"But he 'arrested' someone, which is the act of a government..."

No, IT IS NOT. Citizen's arrest is an example that shows you're full of shit.

So now you're claiming that this 'individual', employed as a police officer, on duty, was actually making a citizen's arrest, because he was in error? If you read up on citizen's arrest, you will find that among the many restrictions on this concept is the requirement to turn the 'arrestee' over to proper authorities as soon as is practicable. There is no "citizen's judicial system" of which citizen's arrest is a part; it's merely a stopgap measure to hold the guy until you call a cop.

But because you're clearly too dimwittd to grasp the point, being an agent of the government DOES NOT ALWAYS AND IRREVOCABLY MAKE THE GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS.

Ah, finally an actual ad hominem! Unfortunately, your grammar makes it somewhat of a nonsequitur -- my level of dimwittedness, whatever it is, clearly has no effect on whether or not 'being an agent of the government, etc., etc. ' Further, I never claimed that it was 'always and irrevocably' so, I just was claiming that in this case -- an officer, on duty, in uniform, dispached to the scene in response to a call to the police -- was acting in his capacity as an agent of the government. I'll concede that there are many actions performed by someone who is an agent of the government for which the governm

Well, if they are dealing on the quantum level, we are talking about single atoms which don't take up a lot of space, even on a speck of dust.

In addition, quantum computing isn't concerned with a large number of bits - although more is still better. I'm not sure if the info is still accurate, but the record number of qubits so far is 7, so even a few hundred qubits would be a huge breakthrough. I guess the question is: How many qubits can spin on the head of a pin (or a speck of diamond dust)?

'The physicists, wearing hardhats, kneepads and safety harnesses

The kneepads are for when the Senators, Representatives, various goverment functionaries, and lobbyists visit.

I'd like to see that option explored with very small direct-injection two strokes, which should be a great way to further decrease weight and improve efficiency.

Two strokes are heavy polluters, so I doubt you'll ever see it.

Not to contradict you too much, but how exactly did Pakistan have democracy 6000 years ago? It was created only in 1947.... http://www.wisegeek.com/why-was-pakistan-created.h tm

I have to ask myself what sort of people would subject themselves to this sort of abuse.

two words...

Whoops! So sorry. Let's try that again.

ask no more

My guess is that it uses reflective glass beads injected into the skin with compressed air. The pattern could then be read with any electromagnetic wave that can penetrate a few millimetres of skin, eg microwaves.

People today sound sooooo 1980 - yeah, I remember the comparisons with Roman Empire, Fall of civilization, the coming nukular winter with cowboy Regan at the button, physicists preaching doom and gloom on public tv, yeah, yeah, yeah. I've been thru it all before in 1980.

They're usually called autorefractors.

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-an-autorefractor.h tm

According to my electric bills, I'm using 9KWh per day. That seems to be the U.S. average. I have five machines but only two that run continuously, the various assortments of wall warts and a 25-gallon fish tank (home of a 3-inch firemouth, 3-inch pictus catfish and six tiger barbs). As I rebuild my machines, I'm keeping an eye on reducing the energy consumption as much possible. Even though I'm an uber-geek, I find reading the electric bill to be very confusing.

It reminds me of the experiments with the first atomic bombs: they didn't know that the chain reaction wouldn't ignite the atmosphere.

This is mostly a myth. Virtually every physicist associated with the Manhattan Project came independently to the conclusion that a nuclear bomb would not ignite the atmosphere, based on what was known about the nuclear cross-sections of atmospheric atoms (which was a lot).

I guess it's possible that some unknown physics could have resulted in ignition of the atmosphere anyway, but we are always at risk from that, so it's somewhat silly to worry about it. For instance, if current physics is wrong, a passing strangelet could destroy the Earth at any moment.

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-cytokine-storm .htm
http://www.time.com/time/asia/covers/501050926/his tory.html

You get the flu, your body then reacts so much that you basically kill off your own lung tissues. Really nasty stuff.

The 1918 flu killed alot of healthy people (18-40 year olds), not because their immune system was weak but because it was strong.

>Take a Lemsip, chicken soup(no pun intended), some antibiotics, get a lot of rest and you'll be fine.

And your medical credientials are?

Do you even know that a cytokine storm is?
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-cytokine-storm .htm

>Remember SARS? Yeah, it's kind of hard to trust the doomsayers after that paticular fiasco.

Are you saying that SARS had no impact on anyone? Do you know how much economic damage it did? SARS was a test case of what a minor outbreak is (~1000 deaths worldwide). They are conserivatvely estimating ~7 million deaths if avian flu can be transmitted from human to human.

Though this is off topic, whenever I look at a Google Maps map of the world I'm always reminded of how distorted 2D maps actually are. For example, Greenland is actually quite a bit smaller than Australia (in fact, less than a third of the size). The actual country sizes definitely puts things into a better perspective than the 2D google maps.

First they have to get a VECTOR to bring those nice nuclear bomb somewhere. If this is a missile vector I can guaranteee that CHINA will start acting before those vector can reach France or UK. If this is not a missile vector, then frankly every city is a target no matter the distance and no matter the military spending (think bomb hidden in a truck). As for military spending, here is the military spending per capita GDP : military expenditure per capita

Excuse me but European country does not seem too badly placed on the list. You will note that NK is not here. And since this is per capita , multiply by the milliom of person in those country and you get another picture far from your "EU is weak and is hoping that the US will shield them" drivel. Moderator before moderating something as informative, please check the fact !!!

Yeah, megalomania.
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-megalomania.htm

There might or might not be medication for such.

ref: http://www.wisegeek.com/how-much-text-is-in-a-kilo byte-or-megabyte.htm
This was the first hit I got, but there appear to be several varying estimates for how big a library of congress (LoCbyte) is - I've seen 8 terabytes and 10 terabytes as well.