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  1. Re:Human greed... on Cautious Steps Toward Seabed Mining (maritime-executive.com) · · Score: 1

    I predict this will not happen.

  2. Even scientists won't want to go to mars. How many scientific opportunities would be there vs if you stayed on Earth? Unless you think dying from gamma radiation is an experiment.

  3. hydroponic horticulture on Dutch Researchers Grow Crops In Simulated Lunar and Martian Soil (blastingnews.com) · · Score: 1

    I am not not going to go it WHAT they have been growing, but people have been using volcanic pumice for decades.

  4. How was this marked in informative? By definition botnets depend on being installed unwittingly on peoples machines- so what does activation keys have to do with a botnet? Are you suggesting it re installs windows?

  5. Re:Tooth longevity on How Sliced Meat May Have Driven Human Evolution (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    When I talk about bad teeth I mean irregular/crooked etc. which is why I mention orthodontics. I am not talking about dental caries....

  6. Re:Tooth longevity on How Sliced Meat May Have Driven Human Evolution (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    And they have- which allows them to reproduce and pass on their crappy teeth to their children. Not sure why evolution/devolution is so hard to understand.

  7. Re:Tooth longevity on How Sliced Meat May Have Driven Human Evolution (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 0

    It's easy to argue exactly the opposite. Tools and fire have let us get away with having crappy teeth resulting in devolution- look how ugly and crooked human teeth (without orthodontics) are compared to the rest of the animal kingdom. You never see bad teeth in a chimp, wolf or lion.

  8. Re:Can anyone explain that speed in football field on Seagate Debuts World's Fastest NVMe SSD With 10GBps Throughput (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    If you break a cookie into 10 pieces that each represent a GB and drop them from 4.9 meters into a box in the middle of a football field, it is like that.

  9. Re:Can anyone explain that speed in football field on Seagate Debuts World's Fastest NVMe SSD With 10GBps Throughput (hothardware.com) · · Score: 0

    Could you please convert that to parsecs per kilogram?

  10. Actually I think they have extended it to the half life of protons.

  11. Re:Well, don't HIRE the guy, morons. on Pow! With Supreme Court Rebuff, DC Comics Wins Batmobile Copyright Case (newsoxy.com) · · Score: 1

    Or they could work out some licensing deal with the guy for a nominal fee- this would help protect their copyright and the guy could continue to make cool cars.

  12. Re:But what I want in Linux is MS Access on Microsoft Brings SQL Server To Linux (betanews.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Oh god... please end it now. As someone that has had to deal with end user generated 'applications' spreading Access is both a crime against humanity and nature.

  13. Re:Problem with script kiddies running websites on Facebook Fixes Bug That Allowed Users To Set Other Users' Passwords · · Score: 1

    Script kiddies wouldn't have chosen a professional language like PHP!

  14. Re:Better question: why running prod data in beta? on Facebook Fixes Bug That Allowed Users To Set Other Users' Passwords · · Score: 1

    Yes that is pretty funny. They were giving their advertisers the opportunity to test that all the advertising and data mining was working.

  15. Re:Gold is the only real money on Bitcoin's Nightmare Scenario Has Come To Pass · · Score: 1

    Very few rich people have cash sitting around.

  16. Re:And Nothing Of Value Was Lost on Bitcoin's Nightmare Scenario Has Come To Pass · · Score: 1

    Actually tin in fairly expensive, like 10$ a pound (much higher than copper). You are probably thinking of zinc.

  17. Miniaturization and railguns don't really go together. Not really sure why research on compulsator power sources has stalled....

  18. Or maybe I agree? Are we talking about the same thing :-)

  19. I have to disagree- the research on limited yield 'bunker buster' missiles is much more import. Aside from disagreements about using nuclear weapons, it seems that it would be much more important to destroy them before they were launched. In addition, anyone familiar with the tunnels at the north/south border and the conventional artillery pointed at Seoul would understand their utility.

  20. Re:Work-Speak [Re:FFS, just indict her] on Justice Dept. Grants Immunity To Staffer Who Set Up Clinton Email Server (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    Well that is kind of why you wouldn't want to be responsible for the server your emails are stored and sent from. It's a serious lack of judgment at the very least.

  21. Re:Can confirm on The Case Against Algebra · · Score: 1

    Actually I have a somewhat funny story about that- while I do agree any engineer needs a strong math background. Used to work in the chemical industry and every piece of equipment in the place came with charts for heat loads, cooldown rates etc. so the chemical engineers never did any math other than basic arithmetic- they just extrapolated everything from the charts.

  22. Coffee?

  23. Re:2.5 hdd in 19" racks aren't new... on Samsung Ships 15.38TB SSD With Up To 1,200MBps Performance (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I know this is a 'funny', but putting a drive into a rack is trivial compared to getting a requisition approved in most organizations ;-)

  24. Re:Can confirm on The Case Against Algebra · · Score: 1

    They are specifically talking about Algebra 2/Pre-Calculus in the article.

  25. Re:I suppose that breaks Canada's record on South Korea Breaks Filibuster Record Fighting New Surveillance Bill (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Be sure not to chew on ice, that is a filling buster and soon you will be visiting the dentist looking form more amalgam.