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  1. Re:Turning CO2 into carbonates? on Australian University Unveils New Carbon-Trapping Bricks · · Score: 1

    We already do this process now by the megaton- limestone is converted into cement, which absorbs co2 from the air when it cures. Too bad the process is CO2 positive.... There is no free lunch.

  2. Re:Steve Jobs Still A Better CEO on Ballmer To Retire · · Score: 1

    You forgot about the proprietary dog food and having it's ears and tails rounded off....

  3. Re:Still funny as hell on Ballmer To Retire · · Score: 4, Interesting
  4. Re:The future of driverless cars looks like a bus on Concern Mounts Over Self-Driving Cars Taking Away Freedom · · Score: 1

    Maybe- but you won't have to worry about them doing donuts or getting you sued because of them hurting someone.

  5. Who did they ask? on Concern Mounts Over Self-Driving Cars Taking Away Freedom · · Score: 0

    With an aging demographic, I am sure there are many older people who would gladly use a self driven car. The rest of us would be glad about this too ;-)

  6. Wouldn't cloning Lenin be more interesting?

  7. Re:Speculation on New Drug Mimics the Beneficial Effects of Exercise · · Score: 1

    I am not optimistic- gains in bone mass for instance are caused by micro-cracks that develop from impacts. It's pretty easy to see how a pill could create well muscled people with a fragile frame, cartilage and tendons.

  8. Re:Processed food is NOT the same on What's Causing the Rise In Obesity? Everything. · · Score: 1

    Bad choice of words- unprocessed, or 'whole foods' is better than 'organic'

  9. Re:They ruined what made it successful already. on LinkedIn Now Targeting Universities, 14-Year-Olds · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I have found exactly the opposite- people endorsing me that know nothing about my skills, which makes me very suspicious of other peoples endorsements.

  10. Re:Student loans are not forgiven in bankrupcy. on The College-Loan Scandal · · Score: 2

    Make college loans private and dischargable. Then you will see banks doing due diligence...

  11. oblig. haiku on The First 'Practical' Jetpack May Be On Sale In Two Years · · Score: 2

    floating above earth
    ariel shriek of mower
    meet a grassy death

  12. A study on self serving on Larry Ellison Believes Apple Is Doomed · · Score: 1

    I am sure Larry promotes data capture of any sort, as it very likely stored with one of his products. And buying into the cult of the 'Super CEO'? Most likely a wink to his own narcissism....

  13. IF you RTFA on Request to Falsify Data Published In Chemistry Journal · · Score: 4, Informative

    None of the data talked about in the note was used in the final journal submission and the compound the author was referring to was what he claimed was a theoretical intermediate. I am leaning toward a misunderstanding in a hastily written note.

  14. Re:Their loss on Several Western Govts. Ban Lenovo Equipment From Sensitive Networks · · Score: 1

    What about all the drivers that come with the usually very custom hardware that is on a laptop?

  15. Re:Not in my experience on Hybrid Hard Drives Just Need 8GB of NAND · · Score: 1

    What I would like to see is some sort of software 'raid' solution where you could buy your own pure SSD and a separate hard drive to configure your own set up, perhaps with some mirroring of the SSD data on the HD to deal with corruption issues.

  16. Re: Leadership on Ask Slashdot: Is Development Leadership Overvalued? · · Score: 1

    Thank you for providing the recipe for 'building consensus'

  17. Re:So answer the question on Ask Slashdot: Is Development Leadership Overvalued? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I would argue that any senior developer must have leadership skills- if you think your ideas will be taken up by other members of the team based purely on technical merit, you are sadly mistaken.

  18. Re: Leadership on Ask Slashdot: Is Development Leadership Overvalued? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    We always have 'project leads' that are there to help guide development on common path and to break ties between competing ideas. It is more than just telling people what to do, it is about building consensus. That's what leadership is.

  19. Re:Screw You Obama on Snowden Gave 15,000 Documents to Glenn Greenwald; Obama Cancels Russia Summit · · Score: 1

    Isn't that what a summit is for, to resolve issues? The summit is cancelled because there are too many issues?

  20. Re:I don't get it. on Version 2.0 of 3D-Printed Rifle Successfully Fires 14 Rounds · · Score: 4, Insightful

    My guess is it is really a statement about gun rights- if they become trivially easy to manufacture than banning the sale and ownership of guns will be pointless.

  21. Re:Not that I disagree... on Qualcomm Says Eight-Core Processors Are Dumb · · Score: 2

    He's talking about cpus used in tablets and phones. By the time operating systems and applications are available to use these efficiently these devices will be in the trash.

  22. Octomom on Qualcomm Says Eight-Core Processors Are Dumb · · Score: 1

    Is she eight times the mother of a woman with one kid?

  23. FIFY on A Climate of Violence? · · Score: 1

    Change increases violence....

  24. Re:Mario Kart Wii 2 on Wii Outselling Wii U, Only 160,000 Units Shipped Last Quarter · · Score: 1

    Kids and I always joke about them bringing back the Game Cube controller, which was their favorite.

  25. Bad Price Point on Wii Outselling Wii U, Only 160,000 Units Shipped Last Quarter · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Nintendo has always had a cost niche that set them apart from xbox and ps3. Why would they want to go head to head? My kids are older now and I am not going to shell out that much money because they want to play a few titles that they liked when they were younger.