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  1. Kapton tape is just plain magical on The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Adhesive Tape (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    Sticks tight, releases with no residue, withstands soldering temperatures and insulates at multiple kV per mil. Squeeee!

  2. Another EPA failure on EPA Gave Volkswagen a Free Pass On Emissions Ten Years Ago Due To Lack of Budget · · Score: 1

    The EPA should be punished. I suggest that we cut their budget to teach them a lesson.

  3. The table in the article does not match the paper on What Non-Experts Can Learn From Experts About Real Online Security · · Score: 1

    In the paper, the authors reported that experts recommended using anti-virus software more frequently than using a password manager.

    If I were to make recommendations to a novice user, the first would be to use anti-virus software followed by anti-malware and I would guide them to Major Geeks.

  4. Re:what's the C in AC stand for? on Obama: Maybe It's Time For Mandatory Voting In US · · Score: 1

    Your first allegation about the 850 registered voters is taken from the Murdoch owned New York Post. I don't count that source as news. I allege that the rest of your statements are just as trustworthy.

  5. Re:As it was weeks ago... on MtGox's "Transaction Malleability" Claim Dismissed By Researchers · · Score: 3, Informative

    I don't know what prompted the Red Cross comment, but is is easy enough to check through Charity Navigator. The Red Cross spends 4% on administration and 5.1% on fund raising; the rest goes to programs.

  6. Re:Creationisticism on Last Week's Announcement About Gravitational Waves and Inflation May Be Wrong · · Score: 1

    Yip. If you want to know the truth you have to do the research yourself (so I've been told). http://www.davidicke.com/ is apparently the place to start.

    OK, you start there. I will start where the light of divine revelation is better.

  7. Re:And Environmentalists Just Dumped Thousands of on Meat Makes Our Planet Thirsty · · Score: 1

    "The Santa Clara Valley Water District estimates it will lose up to $20 million because of its request last month for a 10 percent voluntary reduction. L.A.'s Metropolitan district expects to lose $150 million by asking for 20 percent voluntary cutbacks." Paul Rogers, San Jose Mercury News, 2/15/14.

    The article goes on to say that some agencies have raised rates in the past to make up the difference.

  8. Re:Breaking news! on Ex-NASA Employees Accuse Agency of 'Extreme Position' On Climate Change · · Score: 1

    Yes! Why do roughly half of Americans believe this? Because, this is a result of the repetition effect. Keep repeating lies every chance you get. It is now a tactic of every group with lots of money and a vested interest in spreading fud to delay change. Especially, when change will impact profits.

    Next, tie the change to personal deprivation like jobs or gas prices.

    If that does not work, then point out that your opponents do not believe in American Exceptionalism.

  9. Re:Why do I need to add a subject? on Scientists Say People Aren't Smart Enough For Democracy To Flourish · · Score: 1

    You win the award for most opaque example. Is there someone running for president who does not profess their faith?:

    "I expect many atheists in America will vote for Obama, because they hope he lies about his faith."

  10. Re:What does being a girl have to do with it? on Do High Schools Know What 'Computer Science' Is? · · Score: 1

    Where are the research papers about how to get more men into Nursing? Or men into elementary education? How about Men into being stay at home dads? Men being "Admin Assistants"?

    Why does it seem that "gender equality" only a one way street?

    Because you haven't noticed that it is a two way street?

    http://www.minoritynurse.com/men-nursing/recruiting-men-nursing-school

    Even better, you should start singing "Let's Get More Men Into Nursing"

    Dan Goggin Digital Sheet Music

    http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdVPE.asp?ppn=MN0058742

  11. Re:Who cares? on US Supreme Court Expected Political Ad Transparency · · Score: 1

    False equivalence. Union leadership is voted on by union members. Corporate leadership is determined by voters that bought every vote they cast. You can complain and slant your analysis any way you want, but unions and corporations are not the same.

  12. Re:So? on Louisiana Federal Judge Blocks Drilling Moratorium · · Score: 1

    Just like there's no conflict of interest in the fact that the US government just loaned the Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras 2 billion dollars for offshore drilling in depths far exceeding the moratorium.

    Do I detect the sweet odor of bullshit? http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/braziloil.asp

  13. Re:As always, units matter on Louisiana Federal Judge Blocks Drilling Moratorium · · Score: 1

    3 Mile Island. Opportunity costs are a valid consequence. Of course, this won't matter to you, since you appear to think that all screw ups are created equal.

  14. Re:Disheartening on When the US Government Built Ultra-Safe Cars · · Score: 2, Informative

    A good response to Who Killed the Electric Car is a blog entry from a few years ago, Who Ignored the Facts About the Electric Car.

    Really? Here is a quote from that blog: "Although I have not seen the movie or received an advanced DVD as others have from the film’s producers, I can tell you that based on what I have heard there may be some information that the movie did not tell its viewers."

  15. Re:Oh frigid death! on NASA Concedes Defeat In Effort To Free Spirit Rover · · Score: 1

    Death by abrasion! Oh, the horror!

  16. Loading software? on First Look At Latest Ion-Infused Asus Eee PC · · Score: 1

    I have a laptop and I've only used my optical drive to load software. How do people normally get around that with netbooks that come without optical drives?

  17. Make love, not war on New Species of Worms Found To Release "Bombs" · · Score: 5, Informative

    Wrong war analogy - the worms are releasing chaff.

  18. More expensive things than hammers go missing on Using RFID Tags Around the House? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    A lot of funny comments, but I see a real need for small passive RFID tags. My father is getting on in years and he loses/misplaces small things. Like his glasses, which is a small problem. Like his hearing aids; family members are currently looking for a hearing aid that has been missing for over a week. And, like his false teeth, which he no longer has, because he/we cannot afford to continue replacing them after the first couple of times. I don't really need to identify the item uniquely, I just want a beep or proximity detection.