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  1. Re:Disney cloned Neuschwanstein on China Secretly Clones Austrian Village · · Score: 1

    without asking Neuschwanstein.

    You sure about that?

  2. Re:priacy 2.0 on China Secretly Clones Austrian Village · · Score: 1

    The EPCOT pavilions were all built with the participation of the countries which they represent.

  3. Re:priacy 2.0 on China Secretly Clones Austrian Village · · Score: 1

    The Tokyo Tower doesn't really pass muster as an Eiffel tower recreation, what with it being painted orange and white to meet aircraft safety laws. Whether it was intended to or not.

  4. Re:Yeah, yeah, racist rants, again ! on China Secretly Clones Austrian Village · · Score: 1

    But how many of those 20 are copied from somewhere else?

  5. Re:Yeah, yeah, racist rants, again ! on China Secretly Clones Austrian Village · · Score: 1

    A town's look and layout is not "IP". IMO, you can not like this, but I don't think there is any basis to say it is wrong.

  6. Re:Obligatory question on South Korea Surrenders To Creationist Demands On Evolution Textbooks · · Score: 1

    Because it explains the origin of Man, and since they believe Man was created wholesale in his present form, and the universe for his use, and is the only life that really matters to them, it contradicts a tenet of their faith.

  7. Re:No sine and cosine theorems on Taking Issue With Claims That American Science Education is 'Dismal' · · Score: 1

    Most geometry classes do an intro to that, but it is more fully covered in pre-calc/trig 2 years after (11th grade in most schools in my area).

  8. Re:Effect on Carbon dating? on What Struck Earth in 775? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Carbon 14 dating assumes that the half-life is fairly constant,

    No it doesn't. It accounts for events like this.

  9. Re:Effect on Carbon dating? on What Struck Earth in 775? · · Score: 1

    They'd also need a large spoon-like shovel to effectively twirl him into submission.

  10. Re:Effect on Carbon dating? on What Struck Earth in 775? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Curious why you posit a difference between modern religions vs. older Greek religions that leads you to label the latter unequivocally as myths? Maybe I am reading a distinction you did not intend, but I would have said "makes one think of older Greek religions which are now accepted as myths".

  11. Re:Quite Obvious, Even to Me on What Struck Earth in 775? · · Score: 1

    Like the All Spark crash landing?

  12. Whack-a-Mole? on How Chemistry Stymies Attempts To Regulate Synthetic Drugs · · Score: 1

    Surely that ought to have read Whack-a-Molecule.

  13. Re:Fuck 'em. on Facebook, Zuckerberg Sued Over IPO · · Score: 1

    Thanks.

    Oh, and whoosh.

  14. Re:Dear USA on US Ordered To Hand Over Megaupload Documents · · Score: 1

    Our US "elected representation" are the ones who pressured theirs into this idiotic mess, so that responsibility is surely shared.

  15. Re:Cool tech, but on LG Aims To Beat Apple's Retina Display · · Score: 2

    Also, the LCD panels Apple' displays are made from are available to all other phone manufacturers as well. They don't seem interested in that, so why would they go for something that is likely a higher component cost?

  16. Re:Really? on Higher Hard Drive Prices Are the New Normal · · Score: 4, Informative

    When there are only two or three competitors in a market, actual collusion is no longer necessary. They simply have an unwritten and unspoken agreement to keep prices where they are

    Ummm ... isn't that what collusion means

    No, to collude, they would need to communicate in some form, written or spoken. Just guessing that the other party thinks like you and acting on that assumption is NOT collusion.

  17. Re:Whiners on Facebook, Zuckerberg Sued Over IPO · · Score: 1

    No, the banks scammed only the stock buying public instead of both them and FB.

  18. Re:Fuck 'em. on Facebook, Zuckerberg Sued Over IPO · · Score: 2

    The apostrophe denotes a contraction, not the possessive.

  19. Re:Don't blame Amazon on Amazon Poised To Get Cut of CA Sales Taxes · · Score: 1

    It's sort of a difficult question. Amazon is going to build the fulfillment centers in the location most advantageous to it. In the absence of these type negotiations, that location would be predicated on centrality of the area it will serve, available employee base, utility costs, (unaltered) tax rates, etc. There would be some small number of locations on the list with more or less equal advantages from which they would have to choose.

    The cities offering these tax refunds are either not on that list, or not willing to chance not being the winner. If it is not in their interests, why would they try and do this? A few reasons I can conceive: Corruption (some kickbacks or development deals in play), PR useful for re-election, etc.

    Given the way politics is played, which seems to be virtually never for the interests of the public, something along the lines of the latter two seem far more likely to me.

  20. Re:It really isn't sugar, that is just one avenue on The Mathematics of Obesity · · Score: 1

    Have to echo that. Curious if the study looked at different levels of exercise.

      I am fast approaching 50, and in my mid 40s had pit one probably 15-20 pounds, depending on which year you look at. I scaled back my food intake from probably 3000 calories a day to 2000, but didn't really change my amount of exercise, which was low to medium, including activity at work. Probably dropped 4-6 pounds.

    About 10 months ago, started doing actually strenuous workouts, although only 2-3 times a week on average, about 60-90 minutes each, and actually began eating more again, probably back up to 2500 or more, and I am down below the 20 pound loss mark, back to what I weighed in my late 20s. My metabolism is significantly higher.

    I don't think moderate exercise like walking or light aerobics or things like that have the same effect.

  21. Re:Dear Magical Fantasy Wish Granting Congress on Ask Slashdot: What If Intellectual Property Expired After Five Years? · · Score: 1

    Doesn't sound like it's me you want to play with.

  22. Re:Trade Secrets on Ask Slashdot: What If Intellectual Property Expired After Five Years? · · Score: 1

    Copyright would not have that problem, as you would have to file a copy of the IP being copyrighted.

  23. Re:Try to think sometimes on Ask Slashdot: What If Intellectual Property Expired After Five Years? · · Score: 1

    In the U.S., not probably. The copyright absolutely belongs to the photographer. Barring a signed agreement that says otherwise.

  24. Re:Math and Taxation on Ask Slashdot: What If Intellectual Property Expired After Five Years? · · Score: 1

    Bingo. Everyone bags on people in California for prop 13 and its limits on property taxes when our screwed up state budget is discussed. Well, if all this IP is actual property, it should be no more exempt from taxes than anything else. Would help the national deficit immensely. And the **AA's claims about its value to the economy would become partially true.

  25. Re:Windows XP on Ask Slashdot: What If Intellectual Property Expired After Five Years? · · Score: 1

    Assume you meant to say NOT necessarily, came to say the same thing myself.