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  1. Re:Hello Rama! on Study of Recent Interstellar Asteroid Reveals Bizarre Shape (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    It did come from the direction of Vega. I think the coincidences are lining up too well. Get Clarke on the line, he needs to answer some questions.

  2. Turn CO2 back into coal on UCLA Researchers Use Solar To Create and Store Hydrogen (phys.org) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    How about inventing one that takes CO2 out of the air, and turns it back into coal? Then we can employ all the out of work coal miners to put it back where it came from.

  3. Re:Did I understand this right? on UCLA Researchers Use Solar To Create and Store Hydrogen (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    But wait, there's more!

  4. What color do you want that OS? on Google Is Working On Fuchsia OS Support For Apple's Swift Programming Language (androidpolice.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think mauve has the most RAM.

  5. Re:generates four times the energy of nuclear fiss on Could a Helium-Resistant Material Usher In an Age of Nuclear Fusion? (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 2

    Sure you can. That is what E=mc^2 means. You can convert mass into energy.

  6. Re:Lot's of issues with this truck on Walmart Says It's Preordered 15 of Tesla' New Semi Trucks (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Walmart is looking to replace the trucks it uses to run from warehouses to stores and back. Trucks that never stop in a truck stop, because they never travel far enough to need to.

  7. Re:Longtime FF user here on Is Firefox 57 Faster Than Chrome? (mashable.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Well, that is what FF 57 fixes.

  8. Hide out in the Ecuadorian embassy on A Hacker 'Hero' Has Been Banned From Cyber Conferences After Decades Of Inappropriate Behavior (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    It worked for another hacker hero.

  9. Virgin Hyperloop? on Virgin Hyperloop One Eyes India For Possible High-Speed Routes (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    How long do you think it will remain virgin?

  10. Re:Watch the timer, step on the train on Apology After Japanese Train Departs 20 Seconds Early (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Or people committing suicide by train.

  11. Make a movie about it on Hollywood Strikes Back Against Illegal Streaming Kodi Add-ons (engadget.com) · · Score: 0

    Call it "The Empire Strikes Back".

  12. Watch the timer, step on the train on Apology After Japanese Train Departs 20 Seconds Early (bbc.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I've ridden these trains. There are marks on the platform showing where the doors will be. There is a timer counting down until arrival. You can stand at the mark, and when the timer hits zero, step forward onto the train. It will be there with the door open right on that mark. Not even German trains are as punctual as Japanese trains.

  13. The English called the sport "soccer" up through World War II. Soccer is an Oxford "er" word, a shortening of Association Football. Only the English shorten words and add "er", like calling the Five Pound note a "fiver". This is where the US, Canada, Australia and such got the word soccer. When the English introduced the rules for Association Football to these other countries, they called it soccer. Suddenly, after WWII, they dropped the word and went with just football.

  14. Re:"dedicated minority" meaning African Americans? on 'Black Friday Is Dying' (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Minority, as in a small part of a population. Not defined by any other parameter except number. The topic is about percentage of the populations, so yes, I was using the mathematical term.

  15. Re: British English? on Is American English Going To Take Over British English Completely? (scroll.in) · · Score: 2

    English units are the units used in England back when the US were still colonies. The US still uses them. The British moved to the Imperial unit standard later, and the US did not follow suit.

  16. Not a very good poll on 'Black Friday Is Dying' (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    Black Friday was never a majority event. It was always a dedicated minority who were either looking for great deals or just had nothing better to do that day. I think most people always hated it. Online shopping just gave them another way to shop, instead of just avoiding the mall that day.

  17. Re:It's quantized so it's not continuous anymore on Firefox Quantum Arrives With Faster Browser Engine, Major Visual Overhaul (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Very probably, I'm afraid

  18. Now that I am using it, it does have an ugly interface. Seems very quick.

  19. Re:Why is this on Slashdot? on Fedora 27 Released (fedoramagazine.org) · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's a technology story. Far more relevant than the story about Germany burning too much coal.

  20. Re: Federal Government is Monetarily Sovereign on Study Finds SpaceX Investment Saved NASA Hundreds of Millions (popularmechanics.com) · · Score: 1

    Hyperinflation is almost always caused by the creation of too much currency. This is the definition of Hyperinflation from Wikipedia, notice the reference to money creation: "Economists believe that hyperinflations are caused by large persistent government deficits financed primarily by money creation (rather than by borrowing or by increasing taxation). As such, hyperinflation is often associated with some stress to the government budget, such as wars or their aftermath, sociopolitical upheavals, a collapse in export prices, or other crises that make it difficult for the government to collect tax revenue. A sharp decrease in real tax revenue coupled with a strong need to maintain government spending, together with an inability or unwillingness to borrow, can lead a country into hyperinflation."

  21. Strange, I have been waiting for this with anticipation. I don't give a crap about how ugly software is. I want it to work. If your extension can't be converted, it doesn't have the support it truly needs.

  22. Re:It's quantized so it's not continuous anymore on Firefox Quantum Arrives With Faster Browser Engine, Major Visual Overhaul (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    A Quantum is a single unit. A leap is an action. So a quantum leap is an action taken by a quantum, and has no limit on distance, just probability.

  23. Re:Federal Government is Monetarily Sovereign on Study Finds SpaceX Investment Saved NASA Hundreds of Millions (popularmechanics.com) · · Score: 1

    The US Government does not just print its own money. That would cause rampant inflation and all money would become useless. Fiat money is made to transfer value from one transaction to another. Someone has to make the item or service that has value first. Bitcoin does print its own money, and its value is totally dependent on people giving fiat money to obtain it. Good question: where does that real money go in the bitcoin universe? Do they destroy it, or did they just double the amount of money available?

  24. 50,000 coal miners order cease and desist on More Than 15,000 Scientists From 184 Countries Issue 'Warning To Humanity' (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 0, Troll

    The 15,000 scientists are overruled by the 50,000 US coal miners.

  25. Re:Not in Munich though on Firefox 57 Brings Better Sandboxing on Linux (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 1

    Year of the Windows desktop!