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  1. Re:I am sorry on Finnish IT Retailer Reveals Most Returned Products · · Score: 1

    I am reminded of a comment a friend's mother about how it mystified her that not everyone could speak Norwegian as it was "hard-wired into the brain". It is no great surprise you are more expressive in your first tongue.

  2. Re:"Failed" push for renewables? on Peter Thiel: We Need a New Atomic Age · · Score: 1

    Is a Dyson sphere renewable? Would that be enough power?

  3. Re:Err, petrol is currently cheaper that diesel on London's Deputy Mayor On Ditching Diesel · · Score: 1

    Did you read that article? They find more carbon than they expect so surmise it must be the fault of petrol vehicles? I'm not sure we can rely on that at all as a definitive source.

  4. Re:Vacuum tubes handle EMP's better on The Quest For the Ultimate Vacuum Tube (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    You should call NASA, I bet they're waiting for your call. You got any perpetual motion machines as well?

  5. Re: Easy solution on Why Car Salesmen Don't Want To Sell Electric Cars · · Score: 1

    Why travel because Murica?

  6. plz seed, need to crime.

  7. To be fair though, most things in physics tend to make you look like an idiot.

  8. Doesn't he know you already know everything??

  9. Re:National level? on Bill Confirming Property Rights For Asteroid Miners Passes the Senate (examiner.com) · · Score: 1

    From what I've heard whoever nicked them from NASA.

  10. Re:National level? on Bill Confirming Property Rights For Asteroid Miners Passes the Senate (examiner.com) · · Score: 1

    Exactly, and the same bunch of idiots who put this thing forward don't believe in Global Warming! It baffles the mind to think they believe they need to put this in place right now. They're must be so bored ignoring real issues they can devote an inordinate amount of time to blue sky thinking.

  11. Re:A professional IT organization? on Fury and Fear In Ohio As IT Jobs Go To India (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Look at how successful the privatisation of UK steel has been at making efficiencies and helping lower costs and increase quality.

    http://www.theprovince.com/bus...

  12. Re: Professional organization? on Fury and Fear In Ohio As IT Jobs Go To India (computerworld.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    As a manager I can assure you we're no more organised than the rest of the world.

    You certainly look like a bunch of organs to me.

  13. Re:Nailed it on Linus's Thoughts on Linux Security (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2

    This Linux sounds dangerous with all the fast and loose security risks, I'm glad I stuck with XP.

  14. Re:Summary missing information on NASA's Maven Mission Solves the Mystery of Mars' Lost Atmosphere · · Score: 1

    That man? Jesus.

  15. Re:about anonymous on Amazon Warns Employees About 'Million Mask March' On Seattle HQ Today (geekwire.com) · · Score: 1

    Your desire to apply a single viewpoint to 4chan is just as nonsensical as anyone else's attempt to assign one to Anonymous.

  16. Re:illogical summary on Analog Still Big In Japan (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd also point out they sound warm because of the even order harmonics and the ability to push a lot of bass not synaesthesia. There's a good explanation here:

    http://education.lenardaudio.c...

    I also find the article linked to about the z-vex half watt nano head being able to power a Marshall 4x12 stack pretty hilarious (it's only 20dB quieter! Don't worry about bass it's over-rated). I'm not sure engadget is a reliable source of information on this particular subject.

  17. Re:illogical summary on Analog Still Big In Japan (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    While the article is right that many devices use fake tubes it is wrong about the heater element, 12AX7 tubes use a heater voltage of 6.3 or 12.6V the HT should be over a hundred volts the exact voltage depending on your operating point. So it is entirely possible to run a valve glow from a 12 volt supply, in fact it's almost perfect.

  18. Re:let them start their own on All Editors Quit Top Linguistics Journal To Protest Elsevier's Pricing (insidehighered.com) · · Score: 1

    Are you trying to say academics know nothing about books and journals?

  19. Re:Let the Public Decide on Are Car Dealers a Business Worth Keeping? (vox.com) · · Score: 1

    You're ignoring the vast swathes of products priced at what companies think is the maximum people will pay, their margin doesn't figure into their product at all. Of course don't let reality blind you to your preconceptions, you can always rely on those.

  20. Re:Jargon on Investigating the Complexity of Academic Writing (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 2

    I have found that the amount of complexity and jargon is inversely correlated with the competence of the scientist. Great scientists, like Richard Feynman, and Albert Einstein, were famous for their clear and simple explanations.

    They may have been - WHEN THEY WERE SPEAKING TO THE PUBLIC - academic writing is different matter, maybe you should review their papers to appreciate the difference.

    http://www.academia.edu/375613...

    https://www.google.co.uk/url?s...

  21. Re:Me too! on Revisiting the Infamous Sony BMG Rootkit Scandal 10 Years Later (networkworld.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Technically the disc is a compact disc, they don't meet the standard of an audio CD-DA which the red book defines.

  22. Re:Rocking With My Sony on Revisiting the Infamous Sony BMG Rootkit Scandal 10 Years Later (networkworld.com) · · Score: 2

    Hypocrite: noun. Someone who stands by their beliefs.

    Donald where's your dictionary?

  23. Capitalism on Is Too Much Choice Stressing Us Out? (theguardian.com) · · Score: 5, Funny

    Relentless growth relies on a large subset of the buying public being able to make poor decisions on what to buy, then having to replace that item shortly thereafter. This choice reduction seems like some commie nonsense to me.

  24. Re:It all comes down to blood and money. on Why Aren't There Better Cybersecurity Regulations For Medical Devices? (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Just like after a few people have been murdered we will all have a security team escorting us everywhere we go.

  25. Re:Condolences on First Cancer Case Confirmed From Fukushima Cleanup (nhk.or.jp) · · Score: 1

    That's why you're still on the Marlboro full strength?