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  1. Total Eclipse on The Best Video Games On Awful Systems · · Score: 1

    I happen to think Total Eclipse on 3DO was best game, better than Crash n' Burn. I still enjoy playing it today.

  2. Moore's Law on Industrial Marijuana Farming Approved In Oakland · · Score: 1

    Is it possible we'll also have a similar theoretical law predicting the growth in complexity of THC?

  3. Re:Dear aunt, on Open Source Transcription Software? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It's already being done in medical dictations that are also recorded and double checked by Transcriptionists. Speeds up work flow immensely even with the human verification in place.

    I even witnessed an East Indian doctor with a heavy accent dictate normally and have the software pick up everything stated. He was pleasantly surprised.

    It works.

  4. Re:The question is still absurd... on 2 In 3 Misunderstand Gas Mileage; Here's Why · · Score: 1

    I kind of get the point, but not the need for research. I certainly don't think this 'researcher' needed to waste money to build a weak case and feeble attempt at belittling Americans.

    If I have a Toyota Tundra that gets 17 MPG and a Toyota Corolla that gets 32 MPG, as an example...I have no idea what they really get nowadays. I use the Tundra for hauling stuff, including my boat for recreational purposes and I use the Corolla for regular, everyday errands, I would see more bang for my buck if I could get an extra 13 MPG out of Tundra than I would getting an additional 18 MPG from the Corolla.

    Now for the clause, and it's a big IF I actually use the Tundra most often the value exists, for example as a business vehicle that hauls materials. Switch it around and make the Tundra purely recreational or for small time projects that happen very rarely, then the Corolla would be the better value.

    I think my point is that it's completely perceptual and has nothing to do with who 'misunderstands' what.

  5. Re:The question is still absurd... on 2 In 3 Misunderstand Gas Mileage; Here's Why · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Car A gets 20 MPG and car B gets 50 MPG and both drive 100 miles. Car A uses 5 gallons of gasoline and Car B uses 2 gallons of gasoline.

    Who gives a care about % savings and if anyone misunderstands what this waste of science research reports if you ultimately understand basic facts about gasoline consumption.

    This is like saying Americans are dumb because they should realize that an SUV/Truck is more efficient than a Toyota Corolla.

  6. Re:Hey, wait a minute on Disputed Island Disappears Into Sea · · Score: 1

    It's actually pretty easy to figure out. Don't stress yourself too hard over it.
    Global warming leads to greater water evaporation which leads to greater precipitation in some areas of the world.
    Also, the extra warming in the poles pushed cold temperatures down into the Nothern Hemisphere, making it seem unseasonably cold.
    This video explains it pretty well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDTUuckNHgc

    It's all about perception. If the planet was warming in the sense that most people expect GW to be provable, then we'd all be struggling to survive on a scorched earth.

  7. Re:Pretty weak constitution on Drunk History Presents Nikola Tesla *NSFW* · · Score: 1

    I've never had Absinthe, but after I had researched it a bit it appears you're not supposed to drink it straight up but rather in small amounts mixed with very chilled water. So the story is BS anyway.

  8. Re:Cancer? on Child Receives Trachea Grown From Own Stem Cells · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It was about $2k initially w/ 12 mths interest free plans. Not super cheap but we felt it was worth it.
    We used Cord Blood Registry at www.cordblood.com
    It's $125/yr renewal but there are referral incentives.

  9. Re:Cancer? on Child Receives Trachea Grown From Own Stem Cells · · Score: 3, Informative

    I have my son's stem cells in a bank. He's alive and healthy at 1.5 yrs old. Still, it's good to know that we have them.
    They came from his cord blood. I'm pretty sure that can be considered embryonic, but I'm not a doctor or scientist. Just a happy parent.

  10. Re:Biased much? on Obama Administration Withholds FoIA Requests More Often Than Bush's · · Score: 1
    I was trying to actually figure out if the numbers were correct or not. Often times news agencies from all sides will bury the truth at the end of the article.

    Much of the Obama administration's early effort seems to have been aimed at clearing out a backlog of old cases: The number of requests still waiting past deadlines spelled out in the open-records law fell from 124,019 in budget year 2008 to 67,764 at the end of the most recent budget year.

    So are the numbers built off already backlogged numbers from the previous leadership and only count because they are finally released?
    I'm not saying that it's all bogus, because that Air Force One thing over NYC seemed to be danced around entirely, but how much different is this really from previous years?

  11. Re:Obligatory atheist flamebait on An Early Look At Civilization V · · Score: 1
    FTA

    although Civ IV's religion system (which was met with mixed reactions) won't be making a comeback, we're assured by Firaxis that the feature wasn't simply cut without any plans for other new features to replace it.

    It's more likely the religion was just merged with culture, in some manner, and no mod will be required.

  12. Re:You got the cause and effect reversed on US Gov't. Ending Its Hands-Off-the-Internet Stance · · Score: -1, Troll

    You agree w/ the Obama-rant? So this is wrong but the wire taps from the Bush era are okay?

  13. Testing Urine Converted Water on NASA Testing Breakthrough In Water Safety · · Score: 1

    Have a glass of piss to celebrate "Do we even have a machine!?"

  14. Re:Descent! on Which Game Series Would You Reboot? · · Score: 1

    I will second everything you said about all versions but also add the soundtrack rocked!! Ogre, Type O Negative, Brian Luzietti, etc...it was the icing on the cake.
    I loved that game series.

  15. Re:Product? I Thought It Was a Service! on Can Avatars Make Contracts? · · Score: 2, Informative

    "product in that particular case was for cybersex"
    I thought the same thing at first...but the case was in regards to a product used for cybersex.

  16. Re:text on Dealing With a Copyright Takedown Request? · · Score: 1

    "17.My father was a good man"

    Seems like a loaded question to me. If you father is alive and still IS a good man then you would be inclined to answer No, however that would seem that you don't think your father is (was?) a good man.

    I can only imagine that there are plenty more of these...
    I mean WTH does this even mean?!?
    "19.When I take a new, I like to be tipped off on whom should be gotten next to"

  17. Re:boy am I glad on Verizon Wants To Share Your Personal Information · · Score: 1

    Good information and thanks for sharing but I went to check mine and it was already defaulted to 'Don't Share My CPNI'. I've never opted out of this before so I'm only assuming it's defaulted this way for others.

  18. Re:Pagers are great on Where Have All the Pagers Gone? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Pretty much all doctors where I live still use them.

    Fixed that for you. I haven't seen a pager here in ages.

    You must not be in hospitals much. Every hospital I work in I see pagers in use. For most of the reasons stated by the original poster.

    3) batteries last for several months

    Cell phone batteries often last a couple years, considering I've never owned a cell phone that didn't come with a charger.

    The fact he was making is that batteries in a pager don't run out as fast as cell phone. No need to replace the single battery (in most pagers) but once a month sometimes and no need to remember to put it on a charger every night.

    4) Loud common ring tones, strong vibrate mode. Pagers tend to have common ring tones, which different phones do not. Easier to differentiate in a noisy setting if your pager is going off.

    Fail. Almost every cell phone will allow you to install your own ring tone, but I've never had a pager with that ability.

    Once again you assume too much. He was referring to more unique tones of the pager compared to the obnoxious ring tone choices on cell phones. The vibrate mode on most cell phones is very weak. At least weaker than they need to be in certain environments.

  19. Re:Rice? on Researchers Developing Cancer-Fighting Beer · · Score: 1

    Just thinking about IPAs gives me a hangover. So painful the next morning after 6 or more.

    I still love em. Cheers!

  20. Re:This is fucking cool on Google, Circa 2001 · · Score: 1

    Here are the quotes that were requested:
    "Organized by the Alaska Green Party and Hemp 2000, the trip in the alternatively powered van was aimed at bringing attention to an initiative to legalize marijuana in Alaska, and to the campaign of Anna Young, a Green party candidate running against U.S. Rep. Don Young. (The two are not related.)"
    "She drove to Wasilla hoping to convince Mayor Sarah Palin that she was wrong to introduce a city council resolution opposing Proposition 5, which would legalize pot use in Alaska for adults in private places and also legalize growing industrial hemp for products such as fuel."

    But even more interesting:
    "Palin, who has admitted to inhaling as a young woman, said little. But she repeatedly asked why, if the goal was growing hemp for clothing, did the group write the initiative to make it legal to smoke marijuana to get high? "

  21. Re:An Apple on Designing The Ultimate Netbook · · Score: 1

    If they made it out of hemp, I would buy it

  22. Re:Fist Prose on Netflix Woes Mean a Gap In Shipments · · Score: 1

    The only way to pull off three deliveries a week is to drop them at the post office the same night you receive them.
    I have the two at a time plan and can get in 6 movies a week if I'm feeling the need.
    Most the time I just hang onto them for over a month when I'm feeling like a 'fat slob' too lazy to even watch them.
    As it happens, Netflix works nicely for people like me who sometimes have the time to watch the movies and return immediately or just sit on them until I can enjoy a few relaxing days to catch up.

  23. Re:What's so funny about an illegal war? on Google News Has Russian Army Invading Savannah, GA · · Score: 1

    Georgia bombed peaceful Russians based in South Ossetia per an agreement between both nations in a treaty. Russia responded. This is not an 'invasion', just Russia putting the smackdown on an unruly neighbor. I find it very humorous that G.W. is reportedly pleading with both countries to stop their war.

  24. Re:Lucas obviously doesn't read slashdot... on Lucas Researching Concept For New Indiana Jones Film · · Score: 1

    "Indiana Jones and the Search To Understand How A Refrigerator Saves You From A Nuclear Blast" - Kinda long... *shrug*

  25. Re:that's all good, but.. on NASA Plans Test of New Plasma Drive · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm sorry but, in Soviet Russia you will propel the plasma engine.