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  1. Offload the capacitor? on MIT Electric Car May Outperform Rival Gas Models · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm sure the smart folks have already considered this option for "fast charging", but why not have a big capacitor that stays plugged into your wall at home and builds charge slowly, but when you connect it to your car, it can very rapidly transfer the charge to your own capacitor. You'd basically be off-loading the slow-charge step to a place that doesn't move around anyway.

  2. 'Child Killer' would be an awesome tag.... on On the Moral Consequences of Gaming · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Anyone who has played with average gamers today knows that having tags like "Child Killer" attached to their names would be seen as "awesome", not a deterrent. I'm sure this would inspire a race to collect as many "bad-ass" tags as possible rather than prevent immoral behavior. It's only when your choices actually affect gameplay that morality will be considered.

  3. Re:Comcast is doing this too on AT&T Arbitration Clause Ruled Unconscionable · · Score: 1

    I was going to say the exact same thing! I just looked at a shiny Comcast pamphlet about this yesterday, which caused my eyes to glaze over at the sea of legal jargon.

  4. Re:This may be a really ignorant question, but... on MIT Engineers World's First Schizophrenic Mice · · Score: 5, Informative

    Not a bad question. This article title is actually misleading - this is NOT the first model of a 'schizophrenic mouse'; it is the first one to identify a specific gene involved.
    Animal models of these complex psychiatric diseases are always a bit questionable. This one seems to have bad memory formation, attention problems, and poor social skills. The researchers believe that's enough to call it a model of schizophrenia, but that's very difficult to say for sure.

  5. Solution without a problem? on Ergonomic Software Eliminates Mouse Clicking · · Score: 1

    While it may prevent the act of clicking, it will more than double the amount of time to accomplish the same action. And is mouse clicking really that much of a problem when compared to the amount of finger movements done while typing?