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  1. Re:Astronaut-booze on Powdered Alcohol Banned In Six States · · Score: 1

    If you ever been to a sporting event they check you pretty thoroughly for bottles so they can gouge you at concessions.

  2. Re:How about the Thorium on The Dystopian Lake Filled By the World's Tech Sludge · · Score: 1

    At the end of the article they mention that the radiation level of the lake is 3x background radiation.. which in the grand scheme of things isn't that much.

  3. A new rare earth? on The Dystopian Lake Filled By the World's Tech Sludge · · Score: 1

    I've never heard of Dystopium before and there is a lake full of it?

  4. Re:Unnecessary, but profitable. on The Dystopian Lake Filled By the World's Tech Sludge · · Score: 1

    I would like to know where that statistic comes from- is that just for the cost of labor? How do the costs compare when you must build a facility? Then there are disposal costs and taxes.....

  5. Re:Little-known fact on Building an NES Emulator · · Score: 1

    Maybe they were just smart and saw the writing on the wall for coin operated games.

  6. Re:Slow on World's First 1 Megawatt All-Electric Race Car · · Score: 1

    The only way to hit 160mph at Pike's Peak is vertically.

  7. Re:What does this actually solve? on Amazon Moves "Buy Now" Into the Physical World, With the Dash Button · · Score: 1

    That could be a cool app- something where you could take a picture of the UPC label and it would scan a list of stores for price and availability. I would be surprised if it doesn't already exist.

  8. Re:No they don't on Chinese Scientists Plan Solar Power Station In Space · · Score: 1

    You can envision something with an umbrella or sail like structure with carbon fiber supports. Perhaps the panels would be actually manufactured in zero-g and take advantage of novel properties of crystal growth in this environment.
    The point is the actual structures would not resemble anything we have on earth.

  9. Re:No they don't on Chinese Scientists Plan Solar Power Station In Space · · Score: 1

    The analysis seems to miss an important point about the difference of space- zero gravity. I am in the southwest and there are several solar installations in our area and the panels are mounted on some pretty elaborate framework. I wouldn't be surprised if the support structures rival the cost of the actual panels.

    In space you could use extremely thin panels with little or no support.

  10. Re:The important bits on Citizen Scientists Develop Eye Drops That Provide Night Vision · · Score: 2

    DMSO is one of the most effective solvents known and makes the solution pass readily into the eyeball.

  11. Re:a few heuristics on Ask Slashdot: What Makes Some Code Particularly Good? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Good code is boring and bland, lacking excitement and surprises.... and mostly goes unnoticed.

  12. Re:Risk Management on Germanwings Plane Crash Was No Accident · · Score: 1

    Parents and society have invested the most resources in a young adult.

  13. Re:$100,000? wtf. on Dad and Daughter Recreate Jurassic Park With $100,000 In Lego Pieces · · Score: 1

    With master builders involved I think it is likely that Lego provided the legos for the project at no cost.

  14. No laws needed! on Do Robots Need Behavioral 'Laws' For Interacting With Other Robots? · · Score: 1

    There are already laws that handle this.
    If one robot harms another robot the owner of the damaged robot will sue for damages. People will want to buy robots that aren't a liability so engineers will work safety features into the system. Insurers will not want to insure dangerous robot so robots with good safety records will cost less to insure.

    Amazing how this stuff works!

  15. True for certain database operations on No, It's Not Always Quicker To Do Things In Memory · · Score: 1

    In SQL server, large memory table objects can be slower to join with or access than temp tables due to lack of indexing. I am sure you could find other cases where memory might perform worse than file access.

  16. Re:It's all about the carbs!!! on Hacking Weight Loss: What I Learned Losing 30 Pounds · · Score: 1

    You might think that but when your blood sugar is high you retain quite a bit more fluid, so it isn't surprising to see this much immediate loss due to water retention. After switching to low carb 2 years ago I retain much less fluid and also drink less (and am hardly ever thirsty).

  17. Re:Eat less than you burn on Hacking Weight Loss: What I Learned Losing 30 Pounds · · Score: 2

    I've been on low carb for more than two years now and lost 40# without having to count calories. I am not going to say it would work for anyone but as I got older my blood sugar would swing wildly after eat starch or sugar- now I don't have to worry about it.

  18. Re:Only "Windows Runtime" APIs on Microsoft Releases Windows 10 SDK · · Score: 1

    It wouldn't make much sense to have an adaptive runtime for 32bit since tablets and phones are all 64bit.

  19. Re:One of the Grand Dumb Ideas on Obama: Maybe It's Time For Mandatory Voting In US · · Score: 1

    Read 'Starship Troopers' for the first time a week ago. I am not saying it would work, but it sure was thought provoking.

  20. Re:Personal freedom trumps software freedom on The GNU Manifesto Turns Thirty · · Score: 1

    Some people are capable of building/configuring their own PC and others aren't- so buying an off the shelf PC might be best. Or perhaps the capable person values their time too much to bother. I don't see anything wrong with this.

  21. Re:$100 Million??? on Education Company Monitors Social Media For Test References · · Score: 1

    Yeah well that is just 1 state. This is nationwide, so likely a billion dollar boondoggle...

  22. Re:Porsche station wagons not threatened on Swatch Co-Inventor Predicts Apple Will Bring an 'Ice Age' To Swiss Watch Market · · Score: 1

    I think the battery life is a deal breaker. Suppose you fall asleep with the watch on and forget to recharge it- you get on the subway the next morning and notice it is dead. Now what? It's kind of embarrassing to be walking around with a dead watch so you take it off and put it in your pocket and it falls out or you forget where it is or you sit on it and its bands are mashed up. After this happens a few times the watch will be sitting in your desk drawer.

  23. Re:This ex-Swatch guy doesn't have a clue on Swatch Co-Inventor Predicts Apple Will Bring an 'Ice Age' To Swiss Watch Market · · Score: 1

    A lot of wealthy people don't even carry a phone

  24. Re:FOIA on Clinton Regrets, But Defends, Use of Family Email Server · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the anecdote but in my last 15+ years in IT at half a dozen companies I never used personal email for business.

  25. Re:FOIA on Clinton Regrets, But Defends, Use of Family Email Server · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Millions of US citizens have work emails and the sense not to use their private email for business unless they have no other choice. This is an issue that even non-technical people should be able to understand.