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  1. Why does this exclude battery to battery connect? on MS Design Lets You Put Batteries In Any Way You Want · · Score: 0

    The only way I see battery to battery not working is if you put + to + or - to -, which won't work in any context. Using + to - should work as well as providing separate contacts for each battery.

  2. Re:Old technology more lasting on 80-Year-Old Edison Recording Resurrected · · Score: 0

    But really, the chances of something of any importance being stuck in an attic somewhere and not backed up somewhere are pretty low, too.

    Like recordings made by one of the more influential inventors of a century?

  3. Re:How could I have possibly on Google Street View Wi-Fi Data Includes Passwords, Email Content · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    gotten first post on this subject? Maybe every one else is RFTA?

    Never mind.

  4. How could I have possibly on Google Street View Wi-Fi Data Includes Passwords, Email Content · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    gotten first post on this subject? Maybe every one else is RFTA?

  5. Re:Top kill on BP's Final "Top Kill" Procedure For Gulf Oil Spill · · Score: 1

    You've been reading Slashdot too much. :-P

  6. Re:One Would Think... on Second Inquiry Exonerates Climatic Research Unit · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It actually took four full posts for this thread to degrade into name calling. That's longer than I expected for this subject.

  7. What about upload? on Researchers Beam 230Mb/sec Wireless Internet WIth LEDs · · Score: 1

    TFA only mentions download rates. Where's the other half of the communication equation?

  8. Re:What a Tragedy and No Charges? on Accidental Wii Suicide · · Score: 1

    I expect you don't have any children. If you do, I'm very concerned for them.

  9. Re:Dumb Government Abuse of Power on Officials Sue Couple Who Removed Their Lawn · · Score: 1

    While it may be true that it is known that rules will be broken, it scares me to think that any public policy is based on the idea that rules/laws are put in place with the intent that they be broken. There's a big difference.

  10. Re:haha on Target.com's Aggressive SEO Tactic Spams Google · · Score: 1

    IANAL

    And U.S. law generally(?) treats the organization as a gestalt with many of the rights/privileges of individuals. I wonder how British law handles things? Are companies treated more as a collection of individuals?

  11. The cool ride didn't have pollution controls on Dymaxion Car Being Restored · · Score: 1

    Nothing against Bucky, but I wonder what kind of mileage you'd get if your car didn't have all the various emission and safety features that decrease mileage.

  12. I agree, if... on Alan Turing Gets an Apology From Prime Minister Brown · · Score: 1

    physical death closes the window for justice. If there's something beyond, then, I'm not sure..

  13. Cell phones banned in our district on School System Considers Jamming Students' Phones · · Score: 1

    If a teacher sees a student with a cell phone, they confiscate it for the day. If it happens again, the school holds it until a parent comes in to retrieve it. Works for me. There's no education-relation reason a student needs a cell phone while in class.

  14. Re:What about the new Wii Sports? on Wii Boosts Parkinson's Treatments · · Score: 1

    someone mod this parent up.

  15. I'm older than unix? on Unix Turns 40 · · Score: 1

    I know I'm older than most things in computers, but *unix*? Wow.

  16. Here you go on World's First Battery Fueled By Air · · Score: 1, Insightful

    News to me too. Oxygen and photosynthesis With respect to oxygen and photosynthesis, there are two important concepts. * Plant and cyanobacterial (blue-green algae) cells also use oxygen for cellular respiration, although they have a net output of oxygen since much more is produced during photosynthesis. * Oxygen is a product of the light-driven water-oxidation reaction catalyzed by photosystem II; it is not generated by the fixation of carbon dioxide. Consequently, the source of oxygen during photosynthesis is water, not carbon dioxide.

  17. Re:They asked for it on Remote Kill Flags Surface In Kindle · · Score: 1, Funny

    Steve Jobs name is Apple?

  18. Re:google running our government IT? on America's New CIO Loves Google · · Score: 1

    No, they don't have a "never goes down" forcefield. They have an SEP field.

  19. Large retailer tests all applicants on Personality Testing For Employment · · Score: 1

    A coworker recently worked at a very large retail company. ALL prospective employees take a test like this (cashiers, back office and IT). It has a big impact on what kinds of jobs they consider you for and how far up the ladder you can advance.