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  1. Re:Is this really beer on The Race To Beer With 50% Alcohol By Volume · · Score: 2, Informative

    Except that evaporative and freeze distilling do not necessarily remove the same non-alcohol components. There is much more in wash/mash/beer than just water and alcohol. I have no personal experience with freeze distilling so I can't say which congeners stick around, but it could, and probably does, produce a much different product.

  2. Re:Hrmmm.. on Fatal Explosion At Russian Hydroelectric Dam · · Score: 1

    Perhaps the oil level became low and the phases ceased to be insulated from one-another causing a phase-to-phase arc flash. That will certainly detonate a transformer, though I don't know how the oil behaves at the temperatures it would reach in those conditions. Inrushing water could have boiled with explosive results when exposed to an arc flash, perhaps.

  3. Opportunity on Learn a Foreign Language As an Engineer? · · Score: 1

    Don't simply look to optimize your track to graduation and a career, but use this rare chance to learn about things you'll never again have such an opportunity to encounter. If you work reasonably hard and stay reasonably focused, you'll do well with your time in school and have a good career beyond. Don't be afraid to take a couple things off your track to broaden your experience. Often, the single courses that don't necessarily directly contribute to your core path are great experiences.

  4. Re:Right, they should have followed Microsoft's le on Apple's Missed Opportunity With Leopard Delay · · Score: 1

    MS didn't release Vista on-time but feature-poor and buggy. It was late as hell!

  5. Re:Why? on Little Old Lady Hammers Comcast · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Those decisions don't appear to be benefiting me, the consumer/customer/voter. Shocking, I know.

  6. Why? on Little Old Lady Hammers Comcast · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why is Comcast still the only option for my friends who live in Arlington County? Why is Cox my only option in Fairfax County? I have endless complaints about Cox and my friends in Arlington have their's about Comcast. Wouldn't some competition between the two be likely to press these megacorps to resolve a few of the issues?

  7. Re:That's what they tried at first! WTFV! on University of Florida Student Tasered At Political Rally · · Score: 1

    Tasering him was the only way to make him stop struggling short of beating him senseless.
    You know, up until just a few years ago it seemed like the police were able to restrain struggling suspects without always having to beat them senseless.
  8. Re:Really now... on Bill Would Criminalize Attempted IP Infringement · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope so. I attempted chemistry twice in college.

  9. Re:Bank error in your favor! on Our ATM Is Broken, Go To Jail · · Score: 1

    Indeed, structuring deposits to avoid the bank reporting to the IRS is a crime. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structuring

  10. Re:One of the most frequently purchased items... on Are Marketers Abandoning Second Life? · · Score: 1

    They must have been pretty goats.

  11. Re:Didn't even try Office 07! on Warning On Office 2007 "Try-Before-You-Buy" · · Score: 1

    In the past, this company has utilized unappealing practices when offering upgraded software trails. Use caution when trying future software upgrade trials. That seems pretty relevant to me.

  12. Re:What do they all have in common? on The Man Who Went Through 11 Xbox 360s · · Score: 1

    It's not just UPS. I was appalled when while briefly working at a USPS Processing and Distribution Center I saw mailhandlers throwing boxes marked "Dell" into a cart from about 10 feet away. The items were obviously computers and monitors that shouldn't be thrown, but they didn't care. I'm amazed anything fragile doesn't arrive disastrously broken.

  13. Re:Not yet on Is the CD Becoming Obsolete? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I've only found CDs to hinder my ability to DJ now that I've experienced good software built for the purpose. The greatest single benefit is that I can choose from close to 30,000 mp3s rather than be limited by the number of CDs I can/want to carry. How many times did I scramble to cue the right track on the right machine when I was juggling CDs at the college radio station? It's a pleasure not having to worry about that in a bar or club.

  14. Middle Ground on New Copyright Alliance Formed In D.C. · · Score: 1

    a 2005 opinion piece claimed that he was 'looking for anyone who wants to join me in seeking that elusive middle ground.' Turns out the middle ground is actually money; something I've also found to be elusive.

  15. Re:Not to be naive' on Sprint Nextel Vs. 41 Schools and Non-Profits · · Score: 1

    I know nothing about what is going on except what I learned from the summary, but it sounds like schools and NPOs get spectrum by pleading public good. The FCC grants (without charge? reduced charge? prefered status?) this spectrum for educational purposes etc.. Sprint wants cheaper access to spectrum, so they file suit against people whose rights to spectrum have lapsed but who continue to hold it to try to move them off (one less competitor means cheaper access). If it happens to then cost more for these orgs to maintain compliance and they deem it too costly to hold the spectrum... One has to consider the other side of the coin is a possibility (can't just be cynical toward the big business. everyone involved is human). Perhaps these orgs are getting spectrum through their special status, then charging Sprint for access to it to make a little cash? Easy money?

  16. Re:why is this on slashdot? on 2012 Olympics Security to be Chosen by Sponsorship · · Score: 1

    Maybe you should try giving your sense of humor a workout.

  17. Re:Query on Boston Bans Boing Boing From City Wi-Fi · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Was there once such a place?

  18. Re:Open AP? on UK Man Convicted For Wi-Fi Piggybacking · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Do you think he would have gotten a 500 pound fine and 12 months probation if he had hacked into a secure network? I think the court probably used it's judgment in assessing the sentence and indeed recognized that the crime was more "trespassing" and less "breaking and entering."

  19. Re:You have to wonder on Cancer Drug Found; Scientist Annoyed · · Score: 5, Funny

    They missed one 'gina but hit millions of others.

  20. Freedom Fries and Gravy on Your House Is About To Be Photographed · · Score: 1

    Considering that an individual can be detained and questioned by the FBI for photographing a bridge in this country, why should this Canadian company get a free pass? How about we don't detain and question anyone for legal photography, Canadian or otherwise?
  21. Re:The size will be the limiting factor not DRM. on The First HD DVD Movie Hits BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    Money.

  22. Re:This article needs to be changed. on Microsoft Laptop Recipient Auctioning Laptop · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I estimate zero. All politicians lie.