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  1. Re:Something very wrong here. on Plowing Carbon Into the Fields · · Score: 1

    I agree with you that this seems to be a load of BS, for a few reasons:

    a) I cannot find a scientific paper on this, or any signs of proper scientific research (as a science undergraduate, I am being trained to need a proper scientific report to believe in a hypothesis)

    b) This quote from Dr. Jill Clapperton on the 'official' website: "It works, and its my job to find out how it works. We will be able to tell you exactly what's happening in the soil in 3-5 years." http://www.bioagtive.com/?s=1&p=413&op=153 (suspicious much?)

    c) The most important component of fertiliser is Nitrogen in the form of ammonium (NH4+) and Nitrate (NO3-). Diesel does not release usable amounts of nitrogen in a form that can be utilised by the plant or the nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the soil.

    d) Plants also require Potassium, Phosphorous, Calcium, Magnesium and Sulfur. Diesel does not contain all of these elements. CO2 cannot magically turn into all this!

    e) I never trust something that believes in carbon emissions trading schemes http://www.bioagtive.com/?s=1&p=143

  2. Re:Something very wrong here. on Plowing Carbon Into the Fields · · Score: 1

    No, it's an attempt to get money from the Carbon Emissions Trading Scheme! http://www.bioagtive.com/?s=1&p=143 [bioagtive.com] I agree with you that this seems to be a load of BS, as: a) I cannot find a scientific paper on this, or any signs of proper scientific research b) This quote from Dr. Jill Clapperton on the 'official' website: "It works, and its my job to find out how it works. We will be able to tell you exactly what's happening in the soil in 3-5 years." http://www.bioagtive.com/?s=1&p=413&op=153 [bioactive.com] (suspicious much?) c) The most important component of fertiliser is Nitrogen in the form of ammonium (NH4+) and Nitrate (NO3-). Diesel does not release usable amounts of nitrogen in a form that can be utilised by the plant or the nitrogen-fixing bacteria in the soil. d) Plants also require Potassium, Phosphorous, Calcium, Magnesium and Sulfur. Diesel does not contain all of these elements. CO2 cannot magically turn into all this!

  3. Re:Treating Australia like a country of criminals? on Australian Police Given Covert Search and Hacking Powers · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Some people actually paid to come to this country. Australia is full of land, something the U.K. did not have very much of.

    Politically - Australia is full of people who do not understand the internet (for example - that internet filtering thing) and will not vote for a government which understands the internet, and respects our civil liberties.

  4. Re:Competition is a problem on Raising Doubts About Australia's Broadband Upgrade Plan · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Most of us are still on ASDL 1. Anything to upgrade the country's internet!

    Telstra ...have abused their monopoly on telecommunications infrastructure in an attempt to keep competition at a minimum

    I am sick of the deals Telstra offer (poor speed, not much usage, and steep prices) telling us that they are "great deals". I'm not well read about the rest of the world, but I'm on a cap of 5Gb, which gets used up very quickly, and my parents seem to believe that that is "impossible".

    While people of the younger generations are quite smart (@ Laser iCE: Have you seen the blacklist in schools now-a-days? We can access wikipedia,the Board of studies, and that's about it, my schools own website is even blocked. 'Tis no wonder we spend all our time finding an unblocked proxy server) it's the older generations that have the money that would support the upgrade, meaning it probably won't happen until my generation can afford it :(

  5. Re:It's funny and sad... on Dutch Court Punishes Theft of Virtual Property · · Score: 1

    As far as I knew, no-one actually sits at a desk in underpayed and overworked conditions. Runescape farmers simply let their little bots go into the game, automatically get basic resources, sell it, get money. This is against their rule "RULE 7 - Third party software", introduced as the bots were taking all the resources away from the real players putting in their own time and labour.

    If you'd earnt that money yourself, then you should be able to sell it for real currency, I agree. Though it is against some games rules (like Runescape)

    These boys in Denmark took game way too far by threatening another boy give away some of his items. I would like to know how they did it though, as you cannot log 2 characters in the same world on the same computer at one time... This must have taken some effort on the attackers part.

  6. Re:It's her day so... on Any Suggestions For a Meaningful Geeky Wedding Band? · · Score: 1

    Click the link - the rings there actually say "One ring, one life, one love". I do agree that wearing the true one ring design would not be right for a wedding ring. Amazingly though - some people do use them for this purpose.

  7. Re:Queue Slashdot Reader Love Life Jokes on Smarter Teens Have Less Sex · · Score: 1

    One thing that you should also know is that the first time is memorable but it is not near perfect. Sex is all about figuring it out and having fun at the same time. We went with the theory 'practise makes perfect'. It works rather well...