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  1. Re:How is it racism? on Stimulus Could Kickstart US Battery Industry · · Score: 1

    Hong Kong is just a tiny, tiny island.

    And judging from the Google Earth image, only half a city.

  2. Re:But I still don't understand... on Microsoft and Red Hat Team Up On Virtualization · · Score: 1

    I need to ladle on the sarcasm thicker next time.

  3. Re:University on How Do I Put Unused Servers To Work? · · Score: 1

    Usually tax write-offs for donations of physical goods are in the amount of the value of the goods (in this case, probably the amount that you could sell them for).

    That is my impression as well, although donating could turn out to be the better option.
    Car analogy: You might not be able to sell a car at the Kelly Blue Book value, but you might be able to get away with donating it and writing it off for that much.

  4. Re:University on How Do I Put Unused Servers To Work? · · Score: 1

    As long as the write-off isn't less, I don't see the problem here.

  5. Re:Pretty Pictures with Little to No Functionality on Spiraling Skyscraper Farms For a Future Manhattan · · Score: 1

    They have been up for grabs for over 10 years now.

  6. Re:But I still don't understand... on Microsoft and Red Hat Team Up On Virtualization · · Score: 1

    What are you talking about? Starcraft LAN play works perfectly.

  7. Re:A DRM ban clause should be added as a constitut on Draconian DRM Revealed In Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    I recently bought the first season of Stargate, and later noticed a little icon on the back of the packaging saying that the DVDs were copy-protected. This was after I finished making ISOs.

  8. Re:But I still don't understand... on Microsoft and Red Hat Team Up On Virtualization · · Score: 1

    64-bit fla... oh, wait. Nevermind.

  9. Re:Cold war icon collision series entries, please on Nuclear Subs 'Collide In Ocean' · · Score: 1

    China vs. India lunar landers.

  10. Re:Despite each being equipped with sonar? on Nuclear Subs 'Collide In Ocean' · · Score: 1

    ^- that's a troll.

    Care to elaborate? You said something stupid, and he very sarcastically corrected you on it. How is that trolling? At worst, it is flamebait to someone that has a short fuse.

  11. Re:Despite each being equipped with sonar? on Nuclear Subs 'Collide In Ocean' · · Score: 1

    Well, they want to be our friends, and I feel compelled to oblige them after that little incident in the 1700's.

  12. Re:Despite each being equipped with sonar? on Nuclear Subs 'Collide In Ocean' · · Score: 1

    Paranoia is no way to deal with nuclear risks, but neither is being glib.

    glib: Showing little thought, preparation, or concern
    cynical: Expressing jaded or scornful skepticism or negativity

    I am favoring the second word choice.

    Allies should not be crashing nuclear reactors into each other by accident.

    Correct me if I'm wrong, but I get the impression that we don't keep very close tabs on the exact locations of our own subs, for security reasons. Much less advertise them to our allies.

    If extra precautions are necessary to prevent a recurrence, then they should at least be considered, even if there is some impact on e.g. the realism of training exercises.

    The only thing I want impairing realism in an exercise is a self-handicap on our listening ability. Which would make it harder to prevent collisions.

    There is a history of nuclear warheads being lost due to crashed subs and bombers, and it's definitely something we want to avoid.

    There is. But better passive sonar is a much better solution, if you ask me.

  13. Re:Subs don't always use SONAR on Nuclear Subs 'Collide In Ocean' · · Score: 1

    Given that they where both SSBNs it seems somewhat unlikely one would be tracking the other.

    Why not? One submarine stumbling onto and following another sub is probably the best form of practice outside of war itself.

  14. Re:Euphemism? on Nuclear Subs 'Collide In Ocean' · · Score: 1

    Read his post again. Satellites colliding in space is a much more likely event than SSNs colliding in midair.

  15. Re:Whoops on Nuclear Subs 'Collide In Ocean' · · Score: 1

    You were supposed to Whoosh! him.

  16. Re:Interesting... on Acquired Characteristics May Be Inheritable · · Score: 3, Informative

    a suggested mechanism for this sort of inheritance

    Epigenetics?

  17. Re:Single media on Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 "Lenny" Released · · Score: 1

    A single disc.

  18. Re:remember on Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 "Lenny" Released · · Score: 1

    "Lenny" was the wind-up, walking pair of toy binoculars.

  19. Re:What open source health technology systems? on Open Source Study Included In US Stimulus Package · · Score: 2, Informative
    Ubuntu has in it's Add/Remove Programs:
  20. Re:Sure, until you get nailed. on Automation May Make Toll Roads More Common · · Score: 1

    Because of course as soon as they bill you and find out you don't exist then they have a description of the car.

    Better than that. They have the number of the fake plate you are using. Unless you intend to switch plates every time they check to see if you exist, they can have the system alert them the next time that number passes through the gate, and have a police cruiser standing by to catch such violators.

  21. Re:Yeah, it would be cool in an ideal world... on Automation May Make Toll Roads More Common · · Score: 1

    Yes, and the license-plate reading system couldn't possibly be used for that purpose.

  22. Re:Yeah, it would be cool in an ideal world... on Automation May Make Toll Roads More Common · · Score: 1

    Central California doesn't have toll roads for many hundreds of miles, either. If it did, they would look like this (but without the snow or green)

  23. Re:Good work. on Reverse Engineering a Missile Launcher Toy's Interface · · Score: 1

    Surely your laser isn't so busy keeping squirrels off the bird feeder that it doesn't have time to shoot the occasional deer near the porch.

  24. Re:let be the first to say on New Bill Would Repeal NIH Open Access Policy · · Score: 1

    Conyers is African American/Black/Colored, whatever term you want to use.

    Suprisingly, AC is correct

  25. Re:Earlier examples? on Red Hat Enlists Community Help To Fight Patent Trolls · · Score: 1

    it's not prior art for anything.

    Prior art, it is
    For quite important project
    Project called Haiku

    (is "called" one sylable or two?)