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  1. Why Organic Is Chemistry So Difficult For Pre-Med? on Why Organic Chemistry Is So Difficult For Pre-Med Students · · Score: 1

    >>Why Organic Is Chemistry So Difficult For Pre-Med? Cuz it's hard. Duh. Physical Chemistry was my hardest class in getting a ChE.

  2. " But "Is the peer review process at open-access journals acceptable?" is not a scientific question, but one of values and personal preference. Most people would decide that a 50% failure rate is not acceptable, control or no control." The only inference is that the ones that accepted the paper are crap. This says little about the ones who rejected. Your implication is that since 50% failed the group failed.

  3. Re:What else do you expect? on Student Arrested For Using Phone App To 'Shoot' Classmates · · Score: 1

    I didn't need to read any further than this to know that what follows is not worth reading. "America is a country which values the right to have high capacity magazines for assault weapons over the freedom of speech." How about we value both as the second protects the first, amendments, that is.

  4. desk as a mouse on $5 Sensor Turns LCD Monitors Into Touchscreens · · Score: 1

    To assuage the gorilla arm issue it seems this tech could be configured to make your desktop a large touch pad. A piece of desk glass and some thin wires.....

  5. RTFA on al-Qaeda's 22 Tips and Tricks To Dodge Drones · · Score: 1

    They must have some awfully good snipers.

  6. Not true. on New Largest Known Prime Number: 2^57,885,161-1 · · Score: 2

    Optimus Prime is bigger.

  7. fixed it for you. on Hello, I'm a Mac. And I'm a $248 Win8 PC. · · Score: 1

    "I actually like [new_windows-1] - it was a shame what they did to it in [new_windows]."

  8. the left has done a good job in the US. on Ask Slashdot: When Does Time Tracking at Work Go Too Far? · · Score: 1

    After reading through much of the posts I see what a good job the US divisive left has done in fulminating class warfare where classes do not exist. Well played left. Well played.

  9. Re:One click for $235 on Calculating the Cost of Full Disk Encryption · · Score: 1

    "lock on the frontdoor but also a fire extinquisher in the hallway" I would have preferred a car analogy.

  10. thinking on Ask Slashdot: How Many of You Actually Use Math? · · Score: 2

    Learning math teaches you to think. It is very worthwhile.

  11. Re:Income inequality. on Mathematician Predicts Wave of Violence In 2020 · · Score: 1

    Actually, poverty is the result of crime. Research it. Think.

  12. Re:12 posts in on New Mineral Found In Meteorite · · Score: 2

    adenabtuun

  13. Hidden in the video on Biochemist Creates CO2-Eating Light That Runs On Algae · · Score: 1

    Hidden in the video is the lamp cord running to the wall.

  14. such problems. on The Digital Differences In Americans · · Score: 1

    first world problem.

  15. Re:Features on Apple Under Fire For Backing Off IPv6 Support · · Score: 1

    >>With IPv6 likely to become mainstream soon, About the same time the last corp is off IE6

  16. America-centric world view on Apple May Need To Rethink 4G Claims (and Pay Refunds) In More Countries · · Score: 2

    America IS the center of the world and, barring the current administration, is unashamed of the fact. Sheesh. Get over it.

  17. end of life. on White House CIO Describes His 'Worst Day' Ever · · Score: 1

    >> Over 82% of the White House's technology had reached its end of life. And all keyboards were missing the W.

  18. Re:Incentivized likes on Facebook, Washington State Sue Firm Over Clickjacking · · Score: 1

    NASCAR is safer than F1. Also, more interesting cuz they can pass. They also use quite a bit of brake. It depends on the track. They also, which may be surprising to you, have a peddle that is used for acceleration. You will find that cars that don't have acceleration don't go very fast.

  19. No promise. on How the US Lost Out On iPhone Work · · Score: 1

    Apple made no promise to "Do no evil."

  20. Re:The US navy is a floating death trap on Iran Tests Naval Cruise Missile During War Games · · Score: 1

    The carriers are last war's weapons. They are only useful if they can keep out of missile range and launch aircraft....The carrier is an obsolete strategy;

    The carrier, as is all war, is a political tool. It is a very effective political tool, so, not "obsolete."

  21. Re:The future of battle tech on The Future of Battle Tech · · Score: 1

    "...all it served to do..." was take the wall down, disassemble the soviet union....

  22. His last words. on Christopher Hitchens Dies At 62 · · Score: 1

    "I DO NOT believe in God. I hope God doesn't mind."

  23. 1 in a million on Is the Earth Special? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If our solar system is so special that it is one in a million then there are about 200,000 systems that are as special as ours in the Milky Way. Multiply this by 100 billion to one trillion galaxies and we are really not that special.

  24. Last lizard guy. on How a Computer Game Is Reinventing the Science of Expertise · · Score: 1

    When the lizard guy comes to recruit you, don't go. It's not Hollywood out there.

  25. OK. I'll say it. on TV Ownership Declines For Second Time Since 1970 · · Score: 1

    I don't own a TV. I'm better than you.