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  1. The see through design is nice but... on An Ice House Design Concept For Mars Bets Long On Liquid Water · · Score: 1

    won't it be quickly covered by dust eliminating the advantage of that portion of the design? I imagine cleaning the outer coating regularly during or after every martian sandstorm would be a pain in the butt.

  2. Re: hey, CBS doesn't promote Fox, either on Amazon To Cease Sale of Apple TV and Chromecast · · Score: 1

    Apparently Poe's law is in full force today.

  3. Re: hey, CBS doesn't promote Fox, either on Amazon To Cease Sale of Apple TV and Chromecast · · Score: 1

    Imagine if Apple didn't sell Amazon products in their Apple stores.

  4. Re:Yes! No more mandates! on Gun Rights Groups Say They Don't Oppose Smart Guns, Just Mandates · · Score: 1

    You mean like an ignition interlock device?

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I...

  5. Re:Don't we need the moon? on Moon Mining Race Under Way · · Score: 1

    But it's the only way we can be free of werewolves, and the imminent threat of Goku.

  6. Half the Arguments here are pointless... on Most Doctors Don't Think Patients Need Full Access To Med Records · · Score: 1

    At this time you can request your full medical records from your doctor or hospital. The law is that they must be provided to you, end of discussion.

  7. Re:Nullified on Stratfor Hacker Could Be Sentenced to Life, Says Judge · · Score: 1

    You do realize that majority of people receiving government "handouts" are old people who had been paying into the system for longer than you've been alive?

  8. Re:Sure it is on Atlantic Hurricane Season 30 Percent Stronger Than Normal · · Score: 1

    Thank you. I was hoping someone would point this out. Had I mod points, they would be yours.

  9. Re:Some separation is good on Would You Put a Tracking Device On Your Child? · · Score: 1

    Considering that 30% of Americans are arrested by age 23, and nearly 52% of adult males in America are arrested in their lifetime, maybe more parents should want to achieve the "doesn't get arrested" scenario.

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125851115456653127.html

    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125851115456653127.html

  10. Re:How widespread? on Is Non-Prescription ADHD Medication Use Ever Ethical? · · Score: 1

    Adderal and Ritalin just give you a boost of energy (like a couple shots of espresso) and causes you to focus on things better. If that is studying, you find yourself studying for an hour or two without realizing it or taking a break. Unfortunately it also leads to you focusing on things like reorganizing your photograph folder or CD's. Usually you take a pill for studying, and crush and snort a pill if you want a pick me up for partying.

    Negative side effects usually were similar to that of too much caffeine added with it being a real rough drug for your kidneys (don't take if you are prone to kidney stones.)

    I never noticed any memory enhancement. Though I suppose when you give things your full attention as you do under the drug, you can't help but remember them better than things you aren't giving your full attention to.

  11. Re:Cue the 1st amendment nuts on Ex-Marine Detained For Facebook Posts Deemed "Terrorist in Nature" · · Score: 1

    Sadly in Virginia detention for mental instability is legal. Here's another commenter who understands it better than me.

    http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3061057&cid=41063339

    But you're right in that the law probably should be changed.

  12. Re:Facebook and "private" -- not necessarily. on Ex-Marine Detained For Facebook Posts Deemed "Terrorist in Nature" · · Score: 1

    As far as I can tell, his wall is open for anyone to read:

    http://www.facebook.com/brandon.raub?sk=wall

  13. Re:Seems like the truthers are trying to make a st on Ex-Marine Detained For Facebook Posts Deemed "Terrorist in Nature" · · Score: 4, Informative

    There didn't need to be any monitoring, his wall was left for anyone to read.

    http://www.facebook.com/brandon.raub?sk=wall

  14. Re:Cue the 1st amendment nuts on Ex-Marine Detained For Facebook Posts Deemed "Terrorist in Nature" · · Score: 1

    I think if you read a chunk of his wall (which is open to anyone to read on FB) you'll find enough to convince you that perhaps he should talk to a psychiatrist.

    http://www.facebook.com/brandon.raub?sk=wall

  15. Re:A couple things... on Ex-Marine Detained For Facebook Posts Deemed "Terrorist in Nature" · · Score: 1

    I have a feeling it was this particular FB account that got their attention. His wall is free for anyone to peruse:

    http://www.facebook.com/brandon.raub?sk=wall

  16. Politeness leads to Overconfidence? on Overconfidence May Be a Result of Social Politeness · · Score: 1

    If that were really the case, then I suppose the Japanese must be most overconfident society that has ever existed.

  17. Re:Cloudy days on Existing Solar Tech Could Power Entire US, Says NREL · · Score: 1

    I dunno, the Andasol Solar Power Station in Spain is up and running, but it doesn't get many cloudy days. But there are several other towers of this kind elsewhere. We might already have the data you're looking for, but my interest wanes in digging it up.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andasol_Solar_Power_Station

    From what I read the molten salt idea was originally paired with nuclear energy, here's an old paper on the properties of those types of molten salt reactors, maybe you can extrapolate from there?

    http://hotfluids.com/references/static/downloads/pdf/ORNL-TM-2316.pdf

  18. Re:Solar power at night is easy on Existing Solar Tech Could Power Entire US, Says NREL · · Score: 1

    Well, I can't answer your questions. But here's a nifty little paper from 1968 that gives you a bit more info:

    Physical Properties of Molten-Salt Reactor Fuel, Coolant and Flush Salts
    http://hotfluids.com/references/static/downloads/pdf/ORNL-TM-2316.pdf

  19. Re:Loophole on Washington, D.C. Police Affirm Citizens' Right To Record Police Officers · · Score: 1

    Well maybe I was misinformed. Here's one source that I used for what I stated:
    http://www.flexyourrights.org/faq/41

  20. Re:Loophole on Washington, D.C. Police Affirm Citizens' Right To Record Police Officers · · Score: 1

    It's legal for a police dog to walk around the outside of your vehicle and smell, for example.

    This is not legal. You must give consent to a search by police dog. If you do not give consent, any evidence found as a consequence of the search is not admissible.

  21. Re:so... on Discovery Channel Telescope Snaps Inaugural Pictures · · Score: 5, Informative

    What taxpayer money was wasted? This telescope was entirely privately funded. Heck, even the summary comments on that:

    Discovery Channel teamed up with Lowell Observatory and embarked upon a $53 million adventure: the fifth largest telescope in the United States funded entirely without state or federal money

  22. It was a play on words or what one calls a bad pun. When he stated that Rodney King was armed, with two of 'em he was using armed as the alternate meaning for the word, like "the many-armed goddess Shiva".

    A bad pun, but clearly a pun.

  23. Re:is it real on Man Physically Assaulted At McDonald's For Wearing Digital Eye Glasses · · Score: 1

    And here's an earlier comment with some of that press you were looking for:

    http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2983577&cid=40671869

  24. Re:CO2? on DARPA Creates Machine Which Extinguishes Fires With Sound · · Score: 1

    How about bending and confining flames using electromagnetic waves and then weakening them? Would that help?

    FTA:

    "The electric field it emits achieved this by creating an ionic wind that displaces the combustion zone from the fuel source.

    Being able to bend flames might seem like a very cool but ultimately useless method of firefighting, however the system will come in handy when fires rage out of control in enclosed spaces "the flames can be redirected to provide safe passage, if they cannot be extinguished completely. The method also prevents the fire spreading, and thus renders it localized and easier to control."

  25. Re:CO2? on DARPA Creates Machine Which Extinguishes Fires With Sound · · Score: 1

    If you continue to read the article further you'll see that these are part of continuing research into manipulating cold plasma. It is not just using sound waves but also electromagnetic waves which they can manipulate to bend flames in the direction they want. Also, try keep in mind that a laboratory experiment is going to very different from the methods and devices that will eventually be developed from the flame behavior modeling this research produces.

    I really do recommend reading the article, it's obvious this is years away from practical application. The point is that while this science has been known at the basic level for a long time, no additional research and modelling has been done in years and they are proud of the fact that they get to advance this research significantly.

    A nice snippet from the article regarding the second parallel electromagnetic research:

    "The electric field it emits achieved this by creating an âoeionic windâ that âoedisplaces the combustion zone from the fuel source.â

    Being able to bend flames might seem like a very cool but ultimately useless method of firefighting, however the system will come in handy when fires rage out of control in enclosed spaces â" the flames can be redirected to provide safe passage, if they cannot be extinguished completely. The method also prevents the fire spreading, and thus renders it localised and easier to control."