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  1. My goodness! on Electricity From Salty Water · · Score: 1

    This could spell the condemnation of every species that have evolved to live in brackish water...

  2. Re:Rate is far too low for this on People Emit Visible Light · · Score: 1

    Apparently the rods of a human eye can detect that intensity level approximately once every 15 minutes... http://www.ronen.net/physics/Quantum/see_a_photon.html

  3. Do it yourself! on Cable Management To Defeat Clutter? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I would recommend you design and build your own desk. Nothing beats being able to locate features fit to your own requirements and workspace. Mmmmm cables and oak.

  4. Sooo Excited... on First Electronic Quantum Processor Created · · Score: 1

    Wow. I'm very excited for the future of computing right now. I hope when I'm 65 and this technology is finally implemented I'll still know how to use computers. If my parents are any indication...unlikely...

  5. Who uses Pandora anymore? on Licensing Issues Shut Down Pandora Outside US · · Score: 1

    I remember trying this website only to realize that what they promised really only worked about 5% of the time. Then I found the light of hypem.com and I never returned to that terrible place...

  6. Re:Dumb question... on Intel Demos Wireless "Resonant" Recharging · · Score: 1

    Lazy people can be even lazier? I.E. no more bending over to reach that last inconvieniently placed outlet...

  7. Re:Really? on Where Does a Geek Find a Social Life? · · Score: 1

    Get an undergraduate degree in physics at a university on the west coast of North America. Discussions of super symmetry have has naively stumbled me into more than a few types of the situations you seem to be looking for...

  8. Hank: on Batman Discussion · · Score: 2, Funny

    I am the Bat! ... The night is mine.

  9. In other words, on Global Warming Stopped By Adding Lime To Sea · · Score: 1

    Shell promotes quick fix to combat global warming. Still treating the symptoms and not the cause. Best case scenario: the effects of global warming are halted for a little while. Shell sells more oil... Worst case scenario: introduce another sudden environmental change thus componding new unforseen problems onto old ones...Shell sells more oil... At least its win-win for someone.

  10. Re:Gasoline on Mercedes To Phase Out Gasoline By 2015 · · Score: 1

    Honestly, that statement was a compromise on my part. Vehicles that depend on any type other than manpower for the sole purpose of transportation are the real crutches of the lazy.

    There is an illusion of self-importance that wealthy people who can afford to travel often use to justify the gross expenditures involved in long distance travel. On that note, do starving baby orphans in Africa take yearly roadtrips to visit their relatives in France? Maybe the issue of refueling over long distances shouldn't be an issue...

    Alternatively, you could just employ a couple minutes of trip planning.

  11. Re:Gasoline on Mercedes To Phase Out Gasoline By 2015 · · Score: 1

    A brazen argument.

    Automobiles only take advantage of 30-38% of the energy available in the fuel. Alternatively, utility power plants can convert between 50-60% of the fuel into usable energy. Transmission losses make the two comparable fairly comparable. Energy consumed in the transportation of the fuel to the distribution centers is lessened in the latter because there are fewer distribution centers.

    These facts only seems to be an argument for decentralized co-generation systems which can in many cases convert 80-90% of the available energy into useful energy. Fuel is delivered in natural gas pipelines from major distribution centers.

    The "5 minute convienience" of gasoline is a superficial crutch of the lazy who can't be bothered to plug their can in while at work or at home.

    These facts lead me to believe that there are already better alternatives to using gasoline directly for transportation...