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  1. Re:Astrology is amazing on Big Bang's Smoking Gun Found · · Score: 5, Funny

    and give everything a nice, healthy glow

  2. Gravity waves from the first inch of expansion on Big Bang's Smoking Gun Found · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pretty damn cool.

  3. School is boring smart kids on The Poor Neglected Gifted Child · · Score: 5, Insightful

    By standardizing everything, and focusing on the those who are struggling, we are boring the smarter kids. They go through school with little struggle, because they pick up the content quickly. Later, when the concepts get harder, they have trouble because they were not challenged earlier in the educational process.

  4. Can't wait until the merge on Monster Hypergiant Star Discovered · · Score: 2

    and explode.

  5. Re:Hmmm... on How Do You Backup 20TB of Data? · · Score: 1

    Do they make 5 1/4 or 8" external USB drives? I don't think either one would fit in a modern home computer.

  6. Recently went to Radio Shack on RadioShack To Close 1,100 Stores · · Score: 1

    and bought a radio. Imagine that!

  7. What would we do with the real chickens? on PETA Abandons $1 Million Prize For Artificial Chicken · · Score: 1

    If we stop eating chickens, what would we do with the ones we have? No farmer is going to feed them for no purpose. There are no natural habitats for them. If you stop eating chicken and eggs, it would be species genocide.

  8. Refund on overhearing my pizza order on Government Accuses Sprint of Overcharging For Wiretapping Expenses · · Score: 1

    Sounds like sound government policy.

  9. Re:Germany lost the BoB because of Hitler's stupid on Bugatti 100P Rebuilt: The Plane That Could've Turned the Battle of Britain · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The Germans lost the battle for many reasons. They were losing aircraft fast, not just in combat but due to maintenance needed. Planes have to be pulled out of the line and refurbished every so often. They can't fight forever. Unknown to the Germans, the British were far out producing them in fighter aircraft. Almost double the production. The problem the British faced was a lack of pilots to man those aircraft, and a degradation of the support infrastructure. Same as pilots, the ground crew, maintenance and airfield engineers were wearing out. But, so were the German ones. It turned into a battle of attrition. The Germans were deeper to begin with, but the British were losing less over time. The Germans eventually broke first. Their change in tactics was to cover the wearing out of their air force.

  10. Re:Smash U.S. imperialism! on Navy Won't Investigate Nuclear Pollution At San Francisco's Treasure Island · · Score: 1

    The Soviets had one of those. They need more help cleaning up their own nuclear waste sites.

  11. Re:Did you play Doom 3? on New DOOM Game Not Dead: Beta Comes With Wolfenstein Pre-Order · · Score: 4, Informative

    Doom 3 barely resembled Doom 2. Nothing like the gameplay of the original.

  12. Re:Poor US Calvalry on 1870s Horse Flu Epidemic Brought US Economy To Its Knees · · Score: 1

    We should Sioux them.

  13. And then the trains got sick on 1870s Horse Flu Epidemic Brought US Economy To Its Knees · · Score: 1

    and that really impacted the economy.

  14. If you know you have a warrent on South Carolina Woman Jailed After Failing To Return Movie Rented Nine Years Ago · · Score: 1

    Remember that, and don't go to police stations.

  15. Re:Lorien? on Oldest Known Star In the Universe Discovered · · Score: 1

    I'd like to live just long enough to be there when they cut off your head and stick it on a pike as a warning to the next ten generations that some favors come with too high a price. I want to look up into your lifeless eyes and wave like this. Can you and your associates arrange that for me, Mr. Morden?

  16. Re:Astronomy: Astrology for Physicists on Oldest Known Star In the Universe Discovered · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Very small stars are like small cars, very fuel efficient. Large stars have a higher pressure in the core, and fusion runs faster. The core is so dense it does not convect. The amount of fuel in the core is all the star has to fuse. A red dwarf is fully convective. All the gas in the star drops down into the core, heats up, and raises back to the surface. The star can therefore fuse all the gas in the entire star, not just the gas in the core. So, it uses all its potential fuel, very conservatively. Therefore, it can last a long time.

  17. Re:Lorien? on Oldest Known Star In the Universe Discovered · · Score: 1

    What do you want?

  18. FBCB2 on What Are the Weirdest Places You've Spotted Linux? · · Score: 1

    The command and control system embedded in US Army vehicles runs Linux. It is called FBCB2, or Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below.

  19. Re: version 0.3.16. on Windows Replacement? ReactOS 0.3.16 Gets Themes, CSRSS Rewrite, and More · · Score: 2

    ReactOS is like Google. Will remain in Beta for years.

  20. Basic functionality of an OS is there on Who's Writing Linux These Days? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The constant need for change and improvement are generated by companies making software and hardware for Linux. So they are motivated to extend it. There are no longer major pieces of the OS to develop. All that code developed by companies is then reviewed and tested by part timers, who don't get the credit they deserve.

  21. You will soon recieve a stern letter on NPR Labs is Working on Emergency Alerts for the Deaf (Video) · · Score: 1

    from the law offices of Dewey, Cheatem & Howe.

  22. Wait, wait! Don't tell me on NPR Labs is Working on Emergency Alerts for the Deaf (Video) · · Score: 1

    that NPR has labs?

  23. Pipeline won't blow up small Quebec towns on Environmental Report Raises Pressure On Obama To Approve Keystone Pipeline · · Score: 2

    I think dealing with a pipeline spill will be far easier than rebuilding small Quebec towns blown up by trainloads of it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...

  24. Re:Explosive eruptions from Kirishima volcano on Astronomers Investigating Unknown Object That Hit the Earth In 773 AD · · Score: 1

    And how would a volcano create Carbon 14?

  25. Re:Wrong ration on Rome Police Use Twitter To Battle Illegal Parking · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Rome existed for thousands of years before the car was invented. Sorry that they didn't think of savings space for car parks during the bronze age.