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  1. Wait... on Signs of Subsurface 'Alien' Life Found In Antarctica · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I remember this, and it ends with me being called an ugly bag of mostly water.

  2. Re:With the best will in the world... on Audi Creates "Fuel of the Future" Using Just Carbon Dioxide and Water · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, my car has an air filter.

  3. Re:Best Solution on Audi Creates "Fuel of the Future" Using Just Carbon Dioxide and Water · · Score: 1

    In a sufficiently strong crosswind, yes.

    (Why do you think we have a grid road system, if not for tacking?)

  4. Re:Maybe so but... on USGS: Oil and Gas Operations Could Trigger Large Earthquakes · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Then again, if these are already areas of 'elevated seismic hazard', it's quite possible that inducing the plates to slip now will prevent an even larger quake in the future.

    Geoengineering is a new science with great unknowns; we should not approach it without caution, nor should we assume anything we do is bad.

  5. Re:looks like they found... on Mysterious "Cold Spot": Fingerprint of Largest Structure In the Universe? · · Score: 1

    That does not make any sense. How could a 1.8 billion light-year supervoid be anyone's mother? Furthermore how could it be a mother of someone on Earth?

    I am Groot.

  6. Define "affordable" on George Lucas Building Low-Income Housing Next Door To Millionaires · · Score: 4, Insightful

    $200 million bill

    proveide homes to 224 low-income families

    I'd like to see the low-income families that can buy $0.9M homes.

  7. Re:DICE game? on Star Wars Battlefront Game Trailer Is So Realistic It Looks Like Movie Footage · · Score: 4, Funny

    You'd be happy if Slashdot was owned by a EA subsidiary?

  8. Re:Predictable on MakerBot Lays Off 20 Percent of Its Employees · · Score: 1

    You may want to check the STL file for that sentence.

  9. Perhaps not lost on the editor... on Microsoft's Role As Accuser In the Antitrust Suit Against Google · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Fact of the day: "Satan" is the Hebrew word for "accuser".

  10. Well... on Cyanogen Partners With Microsoft To Replace Google Apps · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...at least we're out of the frying pan!

  11. Re:Larger landing area on Longer Video Shows How Incredibly Close Falcon Stage Came To Successful Landing · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Rockets are capable of incredible acceleration, especially when they're low on fuel and deprived of their payload. Under those conditions, the F9 first stage could easily go from 50MPH (~22m/s) to 0 in the space of a few meters.

    Also, you *want* to land fast, because for every second you spend in the air you lose another 10m/s of your limited delta-v (fuel), and the faster you're traveling the more aerodynamic control you have.

    Yes, I know all this from playing KSP.

  12. Re:Can we get systems with M.2 ports on the front? on Samsung SSD On a Tiny M.2 Stick Is Capable of Read Speeds Over 2GB/sec · · Score: 1

    Well, they both combine PCIe x4 and other common interfaces over a single electrical connector... they differ from an engineering standpoint, but for practical use TB is as close to an external M.2 as you'll find.

  13. Re:Can we get systems with M.2 ports on the front? on Samsung SSD On a Tiny M.2 Stick Is Capable of Read Speeds Over 2GB/sec · · Score: 2

    I'm don't think M.2 can handle ESD and hotplugging, but Thunderbolt is essentially the external version of M.2.

  14. Yeah, yeah... on Researchers Design a Self-Powered Digital Camera · · Score: 1

    But what about low light performance?

  15. Re:What? Why discriminate? on 'We the People' Petition To Revoke Scientology's Tax Exempt Status · · Score: 2

    I'm not saying you're wrong but that's probably the weakest possible argument for religious tax exemption: Minus the clever wording, Jesus in that scene is explicitly telling the Jewish religious leaders that they should pay taxes.

    The argument that churches are a form of charitable/nonprofit organization makes the most sense, though religious organization are not currently held to the same standards of accountability as other nonprofits. The other common argument that taxing churches would begin a slippery slope to regulating them, violating the principle of separation of church and state, seems specious considering (a) slippery slope arguments are always questionable, and (b) churches have no problem taking all manner of public benefits. Still, the most likely argument seems that churches have been around a long time, have many voters and lawmakers among their vast membership, and thus get the laws they want.

  16. Solution on Road To Mars: Solving the Isolation Problem · · Score: 2

    Go up with Bethesda's current RPG. You'll be back before you finish it.

    Seriously, though: cp library_of_congress /media/box_of_microsd_cards. Read books. Watch movies (and binge on TV seasons). Play games with your crewmates. Teach yourself something. Watch recordings from friends and family, record clips to send back. Invite tech companies to develop push versions of their services; they can't buy publicity like astronauts checking Facebook from Mars.

    It's hardly isolation, and six months will go by before you know it.

    I guess our biggest challenge is getting to Mars before our collective attention span has decreased to the point where we can't survive without minute-by-minute feedback from our social circle.

  17. Re:Scientists Have Cure For Colored Skin on UW Scientists, Biotech Firm May Have Cure For Colorblindness · · Score: 1

    I thought it was administered dorsally these days.

  18. Re:Stop trying to cure me. on UW Scientists, Biotech Firm May Have Cure For Colorblindness · · Score: 3, Funny

    Only when I'm writing CSS.

  19. Re:Does anybody realize on Google Battles For Better Batteries · · Score: 5, Informative

    * Batteries have far lower energy density than gasoline (and even most explosives).

    * Batteries have a maximum discharge rate, which means they can't release all their energy instantaneously under practical conditions. In other words, instead of detonating like a firecracker, they tend to just spray fire and sparks for a few minutes like a fountain.

    * "Real" explosives are not hard to acquire or manufacture, and bags of fertilizer and cans of fuel oil cost far less than an equivalent mass of Li-Ion batteries.

  20. Hmm... on Patent Case Could Shift Power Balance In Tech Industry · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Can't say I'm rooting for either party here, but I hate the idea of SEPs in general... If a method is literally the only permitted way to do a thing, should it be patentable?

  21. Sigh... on Mobile 'Deep Links' and the Fate of the Web · · Score: 1

    For a second I thought they meant these deep links.

  22. Re:Oh wonderful... on Smartphone-Enabled Replicators Are 3-5 Years Away, Caltech Professor Says · · Score: 1

    Somewhere, the NSA has a warehouse full of your genitalia.

  23. Re:What's so special in walls built in garage? on Radar That Sees Through Walls Built In Garage · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think the writer is saying on average people are more likely to build with plywood or drywall in their garage instead of less permissive materials like brick, concrete, or metal.

    So, statistically speaking, a radar system is more effective against walls built in a garage than walls built outside of a garage.

    As usual, the article may provide clarification, but I've found I can avoid the trouble of reading them by simply making wild assumptions.

  24. Re:Tweet today from Elon Musk on Stanford Develops Fast-Charging, Stable Aluminum Battery · · Score: 3, Funny

    True, but an Al-ion battery definitely has potential*, even if this team hasn't achieved it yet.

    Al also has ~5x the physical density of Li at ~1/5th the price, so even if it doesn't outperform Li's energy density for a while it will still be better for many applications.

    * groan

  25. Re:Too many pixels = slooooooow on LG Accidentally Leaks Apple iMac 8K Is Coming Later This Year · · Score: 4, Funny

    In a few years we'll have videophiles who buy 2048 DPI screens and $1000 woven silver DisplayPort cables and describe how their new baby produces such a visual canvas with airy colors and edgy lines that add presence to windows and make Chrome seem more forward.