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  1. Re:It's in all those funny looking headlights on Where Has All the Xenon Gone? · · Score: 1

    The high temperature look is actually worse for the driver as shorter wavelengths scatter more easily in fog or dust. Not sure what you mean by 'QUALITY' but HID is poser all around.

  2. Re:Cryogenics on Half-Life of DNA is 521 Years, Jurassic Park Impossible After All · · Score: 1

    A general rule of thumb is that every 10C change in temperature halves/doubles a chemical reaction.

  3. Re:Nothing will change on A Day in Your Life, Fifteen Years From Now · · Score: 2

    ... and it will be the year of the Linux desktop!

  4. Re:I got them off my lawn, but . . . on Russian Officials Consider Ban On Wi-Fi Use For Kids · · Score: 2

    Not to joke but this was my first thought- if you have open wi-fi out of your home would you be at risk for criminal charges?

  5. Re:yep, it's stupid on Hiring Smokers Banned In South Florida City · · Score: 1

    Everyone has been forced into Cadillac HMOs that lets the insurance company get it's vig for every aspect of health care. Smokers should be given the option of buying disaster insurance and pay for their chronic issues out of pocket.

  6. Re:Still need a big data drive in most uses on Most SSDs Now Under a Dollar Per Gigabyte · · Score: 0

    Most uses? What's that? I would suggest a minority.

  7. Effictive miles per gallon? on Electric Car Environmental Impact: Power Source Matters · · Score: 2

    One thing that I have wondered is if 'effective miles per gallon' takes into account line losses and the intrinsic efficiency of the power plant. If not than '80 empg' is more like 20mpg....(at least in a carbon sense)

  8. Re:While... on Earthquakes Correlated With Texan Fracking Sites · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Yes, small earthquakes relieve stress in fault lines. They may actually be doing these communities a favor.

  9. Re:Misleading headline on Super Bacteria Create Gold · · Score: 1

    Gold is the end goal. Large gold nuggets have never been found in a mineral matrix but very large ones have been found loose in a substrate. Many people have theorized that large gold nuggets have a biological origin, which is probably why this researcher is doing this study.

  10. Re:Optical fiber link to every desk on Ask Slashdot: What Would You Include In a New Building? · · Score: 3, Funny

    I would suggest that a secure wireless strategy would be better

  11. Re:appease jihadists on Innocence of Muslims Filmmaker Arrested, Jailed · · Score: 1

    I think that's baloney. If you are on probation and get into the press in a big way don't be surprised if your probation officer goes through your activities with a fine tooth comb.

  12. Re:Daily Mail fail on The Text Message Typo That Landed a Man In Jail · · Score: 1

    The context of the recipient matters too. Since the girls were strictly platonic with the coach they would react with 'uuggg gross'. Nothing sexual was 'incited'

  13. Re:Simple on Ask Slashdot: Actual Best-in-Show For Free Anti Virus? · · Score: 2

    Not sure if it was AVG but I had to reformat a SSD drive after it started hanging while trying to boot a certain AVG file.

  14. Re:Cows eat Grass on Sweet Times For Cows As Gummy Worms Replace Corn Feed · · Score: 1

    My uncle was a pro- he took pride in the fact that the alcohol content was high enough to have a noticeable calming effect on the herd. It always had a pleasant smell- I am sure some silage is nastier than others.

  15. Re:Cows eat Grass on Sweet Times For Cows As Gummy Worms Replace Corn Feed · · Score: 1

    We were kids. It beats eating dirt or dog biscuits!

  16. Re:Self-driving cars will come before all-electric on Toyota Abandons Plans For All-Electric Vehicle Rollout · · Score: 1

    That wouldn't work unless companies stagger their business hours.

  17. Re:Practical in some, but not all, applications. on Toyota Abandons Plans For All-Electric Vehicle Rollout · · Score: 1

    Price has to make sense too. People that want to save money on their 12.6 mile commute aren't going to shell out 30 or 40 grand for a small car that can only go 100 miles- no matter how many gizmos you put inside. You are better off buying a 5 yo economy car for a fraction of that cost. They don't want to sell a 15 thousand dollar electric car because it will undercut the rest of their line.

  18. Re:Cows eat Grass on Sweet Times For Cows As Gummy Worms Replace Corn Feed · · Score: 3, Informative

    The prime food for dairy cows in the east is 'silage' which are the entire corn plant chopped up and fermented in the silo. You could pick kernels of corn out of the silage and if you chewed it a little alcohol would come out.

  19. Re:Hybrid Drives on Are SSDs Finally Worth the Money? · · Score: 2

    Open Office comes up instantly- pretty significant for a Java app.

  20. Re:Hybrid Drives on Are SSDs Finally Worth the Money? · · Score: 1

    Compile a project on SSD and you will never want to go back....

  21. Re:Unionize on Ask Slashdot: When Does Time Tracking at Work Go Too Far? · · Score: 1

    Tariffs are the one tax specifically endorsed by the Constitution.

  22. Re:woz is a great guy on Wozniak On the Samsung Patent Verdict · · Score: 1

    The guy became a multimillionaire without selling his soul to the devil. Maybe he's just smart?

  23. Re:Meme overload on University Team Builds Lego and Raspberry Pi Cluster · · Score: 1

    In Korea only old people eat raspberry pie....

  24. Re:Now... on Injured Bald Eagle Gets New 3-D Printed Beak · · Score: 0

    I was going to suggest hunting it down with a 3d printed gun. Which is funnier?

  25. Re:Not in my experience on Is a Computer Science Degree Worth Getting Anymore? · · Score: 1

    It take a bunch of types to make up a team.... use the CS guy for difficult problems and the coders for the 'shovel the dirt' stuff.