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  1. Re:Technolog on Huge Pool of Ice-Free Water Discovered Under Greenland Ice · · Score: 1

    Not to mention this.

  2. Re:Huh? on Goodbye, California? Tim Draper Proposes a 6-Way Split · · Score: 1

    Apparently he's not familiar with the Connecticut Compromise. We've been through this before. (Well, we haven't, but previous Americans have.)

  3. Re:1st 1st-person shooter on Doom Is Twenty Years Old · · Score: 1

    Battlezone ate a LOT of my quarters when I was a kid. I absolutely loved that game. I was convinced that eventually I could get to those damn mountains...

  4. Re:That's news to me!! on EV Owner Arrested Over 5 Cents Worth of Electricity From School's Outlet · · Score: 2
  5. Re:couple of thoughts on RF Safe-Stop Shuts Down Car Engines With Radio Pulse · · Score: 2

    I'm sure they would tell you that if you like your shielding, you can keep your shielding.

  6. Re:If central bankers are like rats... on Bitcoin Tops $1,000 For the First Time · · Score: 1

    Not saying I necessarily agree, but you may want to read this.

  7. Re:I have to agree on Sex Offender Gets New Hearing After Hearing Officer Rants Against Arial Font · · Score: 1

    Either that, or Comic Sans MS.

  8. Re:Pretty easy to speculate... on MAVEN Ready To Launch Today · · Score: 3, Informative

    There is a theory that early in the Earth's history it was struck by a Mars-sized body, blasting off a large portion of the crust and mantle (incidentally forming the moon) and leaving behind a relatively large metal-rich core.

  9. Re:... w ... t ... f ... on US Wary of Allowing Russian Electronic Monitoring Stations Inside US · · Score: 1

    No. The USA has stations scattered around the world in multiple locations, but none are in Russia.

  10. 7.3V of energy? USB provides 5V of power? Arggh. I think my head just asploded.

  11. Re:Level 7 on modified Saffir scale on Largest and Most Intense Tropical Cyclone On Record Hits the Philippines · · Score: 1

    And as the wind power increases as the cube of the wind speed, a level 5 can do substantially more damage than a level 4.

  12. Well, there's a simple explanation, really. on Bizarre Six-Tailed Asteroid Dumbfounds Scientists · · Score: 5, Funny

    They're thrusters.

  13. Re:Trust me on Cold War Spoils: Amateur Builds Telescope With 70-Inch Lens · · Score: 2

    No, but oriented in the proper way, you can start fires at random locations all over their property, causing them to believe that they have poltergeists.

  14. Re:S&H is taxable in NJ on Amazon Botches Sales Tax, Overcharges NJ · · Score: 1

    So go make your purchase in Delaware.

  15. Re:USA Today on Exploiting Tomorrow's Solar Eclipse To Help Understand Sea Levels · · Score: 1

    Hmmm. No, I don't see a logo. NoScript must block it.

  16. Who needs D-Wave anyway? on D-Wave Quantum Computing Solution Raises More Questions · · Score: 1

    We have Google.

  17. Re:On the other hand on Windows RT 8.1 Update Pulled From Windows Store · · Score: 5, Funny

    My Surface Pro (not RT) update went swimmingly.

    Its faster than it was before. Oddly, I now have two voice recorder apps. ? But everything I previously had on the machine works perfectly.

    Apparently the update inadvertently exposed the previously hidden voice recorder app placed there by the NSA. Oops!

  18. Re:Hmmmm .... on Yeti Bears Up Under Scrutiny · · Score: 1

    Maybe he's watched a few too many episodes of Lost...

  19. Re:making a big splash with bad science on Most Cave Paintings Were Painted By Women, Says Penn State Researcher · · Score: 3, Interesting

    In most males, the ring finger is longer than the index finger. In most females, it's the opposite. Seems like all they would have to do is look at some hand prints to tell for sure.

  20. Re:practical uses plzkthx on Fusion Reactor Breaks Even · · Score: 1

    Sure. You use it to power another, bigger fusion reactor. :)

  21. There could be a more mundane explanation. on 'Alien Life' Story of Dubious Provenance Goes Viral · · Score: 5, Interesting
  22. Re:A me too case? on Japan's L-Zero Maglev Train Reaches 310 mph In Trials · · Score: 1

    Part of the reason trains are relatively uncramped is because travel takes longer. It's not because the companies that run them are just nicer. You can't smash people in like sardines if they're going to be traveling for days. If you could travel by train at airplane speeds, you'd get airplane type seating because that will maximize the number of people that can fit in the cars and the profit. If someone invented a ship that could travel from NYC to London in 6 hours, do you think everyone would still get their own stateroom?

  23. Re:Sigh on California Legislature Approves Trial Program For Electronic Plates · · Score: 1

    I guess that brings up one interesting thing, though. Have all vehicles built from the factory with these plates as an integral part of the car. When you purchase a new vehicle, you log in to the Secretary of State Website, purchase a tag with CC or Paypal, and by the time you get out to your vehicle it's displayed and ready to drive.

    Oh yeah, and the left third could be reserved by individual states for advertising revenue...

  24. Re:The problem... on Qcloud Puts Quantum Chip In the Cloud For Coders To Experiment · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You have both until someone makes a measurement.

  25. Re:Let me get this straight on Goldman Suspends 4 Senior Tech Specialists After Trading Glitch · · Score: 5, Informative

    This didn't cause the market to shut down. It may have caused GS to lose some money.