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  1. Re:Caffeine on New Explanation For the Industrial Revolution · · Score: 1

    Actually it was the antiseptic properties of tea, not the boiling of the water, which was only brought to the boil not left boiling for at least ten minutes. also some of the most virulent bugs can survive up to 122 degrees C (hence the need for autoclaves to truly sterilise stuff). Both England and Japan drank tea, both had cities 1 million plus. The old adage that the British Empire was built on tea is, ironically, true, at least in part.

  2. Re:what's wrong with T1me Out on Fox News' FTP Password Anyone? · · Score: 1

    My last password was "Watmmwatdod,wblsbsbds.Wlawfowtpmg,bwatmasotwfit." So what was your question again? And no, I'm not joking, that really was my last monthly password.

  3. Re:And who can weee thank for this? on US Can't Meet The "Grand Challenges" of Physics · · Score: 1

    Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Don't worry, you have all those advances in Intelligent Design. Keep up the good work

  4. Re:Yeah I'm gonna have to go ahead and disagree on The Drive For Altruism Is Hardwired · · Score: 1

    And yet... no matter how selfish the society, or the upbringing of the individual people insist upon doing good for others, and there are numerous examples throughout history if you feel like looking them up. Darn those pesky historical facts for getting in the way of your beliefs.

  5. Re:Wishful thinking on Scientologists In Row With BBC · · Score: 1

    Whilst I agree with your point in the vast majority of cases you are incorrect factually.

    Barclays withdrawal out of South Africa pre-aparthaid was directly caused by UK student boycott lasting many years. Initially Barclays laughed, as I'm sure many of us would, then it dawned on them that students become middle managers etc. and people tend to stay with the bank they started with. Over ten years they lost millions in revenue. They withdrew from south efrica before apartheid was abolished. ;-)

  6. Re:I would love having this option on 7 Things the Boss Should Know About Telecommuting · · Score: 1

    and remote support isn't an option? My company support 12 sites from one base and it does work.

  7. Re:This was discovered in the US? on Treating the Dead · · Score: 1
    "you're probably less likely to try and take preventative measures to maintain your health since the Government will deal with it and you won't have to pay for it as heavily as you would otherwise"

    coming from that deeply healthy, non-obese, country known as the US of A that statement, of course, rings sooo true. ;-)

  8. Re:Don't knock it until you try it on Windows PowerShell in Action · · Score: 1

    I have checked both out and PowerShell has one, and only one advantage over bash, ksh, et. al. and that is it's object orientation (which is actually quite awesome). Everything else that is 'cool' about it has been out in *nix shells for, oh, maybe 20 years ;-) I expect object orientation will show up in *nix shells sometime soon ( even though it isn't trivial ). As for the memory issue, well what do you expect with MS, lean, mean, coding?