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  1. Pre 1990 Telephones on Is the Game Boy the Toughest Product Ever Made? · · Score: 1

    Built like tanks. Just as heavy.

  2. I've taunted many a pararie dog at the zoo on Physicist Calculates Trajectory of Tiger At SF Zoo · · Score: 1

    and never had a problem. Sheesh!

  3. "...soon... low-cost, ubiquitous..." on TV White Space & The Future of Wireless Broadband · · Score: 1

    You get to pick two.

  4. So publish every CDL on Court Says You Can Copyright a Cease-And-Desist Letter · · Score: 1

    Everyone publish every CDL you recieve. Would this stop the courts from enforcing copyright claims on CDL (an huge influx of such claims)? I am definately not a lawyer. Thank god.

  5. No you didn't on Failed Avionics a Possible Cause of BA038 Crash · · Score: 1


    -- The 777 software was written in Ada...

    if (engines = OFF) then
        PrepareForCrash();
    end if;

  6. Re:This is America, guy... on Do Any Companies Power Down at Night? · · Score: 1

    One would think that checking the door badge access logs would be simpler... but in reality they are going to be looking at who (not upper management mind you) is paid the most.

  7. Re:Can you charge a supplier $2? on Wal-Mart Pushing Suppliers For RFID · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It would have if you were responsible for a large fraction of global celluar activity.

    Love em or hate em, Walmart has the clout to do so.

  8. Entertaining, unoriginal, overdone camera shake on Cloverfield Discussion · · Score: 1

    Basically that sums up the flick right there.

    Various elements of the film have been done before.

    That chick popping - werd up!

    The camera shake was completely overworked. We get it: guy holding his personal camera... thanks for drilling that in for two hours.

  9. Re:Cloverfield Explanation on Cloverfield Discussion · · Score: 1

    Then what was that thing hitting the water at the end of the movie?

  10. Re:Sugarcane: Brazilian experience on Switchgrass Makes Better Ethanol Than Corn · · Score: 1

    The deforestation point is not bogus - regardless of when the fields were razed. Growth in this sector is going to exacerbate the problem.

    Water issues are also paramount: Hawaii is the wettest place on earth so no issues there. That state will see a resurgence of its sugar industry soon - Kauai already is experiencing this. Despite its small size they can really churn some sugar out. The water issue is always overlooked when ethanol is discussed.

    My main point is that with its sugar producing states, along with the sugar beet production, the US really doesn't need Brazilian cane - should we go the ethanol route. We have our own. As pointed out we could use switchgrass, which is basically a weed.

    Oh well. We will end up using corn anyway - the worst possible route.

    BTW I recently read that China is now #1 when it comes to greenhouse gasses.

  11. Well, it beats blowing each other to hell... on Why Space Exploration Is Worth the Cost · · Score: 1

    ...not that people will ever stop doing that. But on the bright side - we just might find someone else to blow up. Or have sex with.

    Or eat.

  12. Re:All dead if we can not get out of solar system on Why Space Exploration Is Worth the Cost · · Score: 1

    You (and I) are going to die no matter where we are. The individual has little value for the collective survival in this regard.

  13. Re:Not in New Hampshire! on National ID Cards Mandated in the US, If You're Under 50 · · Score: 1

    That's great news.... if you are catching a flight from Manchester to Concord.

  14. Re:5 years? on Switchgrass Makes Better Ethanol Than Corn · · Score: 1

    Well, in Baltimore they want to build a new subway line. They state that the various studies will be done in 2015, and ground breaking by 2035. This plan has already been on the books for 25+ years.

    ??

    I love America - but it saddens me to see that we are no longer a nation of do-ers. Jesus Christ people, just build the god-damn (road/freeway/builing/orbiter/bridge/whatever). Just f-ing do it!

  15. Re:Sugarcane: Brazilian experience on Switchgrass Makes Better Ethanol Than Corn · · Score: 1

    Sugar cane is perhaps the best plant to use for this purpose. However the deforestation that accompanies Brazil's 'success' in this field perhaps offsets many environmental benefits that it provides. (Also, I always thought that Brazil produced ethanol and methanol).

    Sugar cane requires insane amounts of water to grow also. In same US states (Hawaii, Louisiana, Florida) this is not an issue - but in most it is. Besides, the US sugar industry (beet and cane) compares with Brazil's any way you look at it. Why use Brazil's when we can use ours... or for that matter simply process a wild grass?

  16. Re:President George W. Bush Was Right? on Switchgrass Makes Better Ethanol Than Corn · · Score: 1

    That is the most obtuse and halfassed justification for (the media) being wrong that I have read this year. But the year is young, so take heart.

    Look - I don't like the man's poli(ies/tics) either. But cut him some slack on this one: he said sawgrass, he was mocked. Turns out his point was viable.

  17. Re:Autism Isn't Rising on Thimerosal Does Not Cause Autism · · Score: 1

    Actually, it is true in many counties in the US where special education services are provided. Regardless of a medical diagnosis, a label (not always autism) will be applied by the serving department - usually a Board of Education - so thay they can justify certain services for a certain child.

    This type of thing is a bureaucracy at work, not a medical practitioner.

  18. Re:Trigger, not cause on Thimerosal Does Not Cause Autism · · Score: 1

    If this were true, would not the article report *lower* rates of autism b/c the (or better yet, "a very common") trigger was removed?

  19. Re:Age and volume vs. thimerisol on Thimerosal Does Not Cause Autism · · Score: 1

    This explain explains your case as well.

  20. Re:Don't count the vaccines out yet on Thimerosal Does Not Cause Autism · · Score: 1

    "...you're clueless."

    So are you (as are the neurologists for that matter).

    All the article stated was that there is strong evidence to suggest that one often accused ingredient of many vaccines is not to blame for the rising rates of autism.

    Said ingredient was eliminated, autism rates continue to rise.

    This is not proof of anything, but an observation/supposition that should be validated (my opinion is that after reading the two articles this supposition probably will be.)

    True words about the "I told you so crowd" I will note.

  21. "They're available and didn't cost anything extra" on Thimerosal Does Not Cause Autism · · Score: 1

    Not only is this statement true, but side from flu vaccines it is hard to find a vaccine with thiemerasol these days (which incidentally is the point of the article).

  22. Re:it's an easy debate on Thimerosal Does Not Cause Autism · · Score: 1

    Measles? Mumps? Rubella? Polio?

    Are these are 'upsides' or 'downsides' to you?

    Assuming you don't vaccinate and (s)he has autism anyway. What then?

  23. No military track record on Anti-Missile Technology To Be Tested on Commercial Jets · · Score: 1

    Neither of the systems mentioned in subsequent research has ever been fielded in a combat environment.

    Long and short of it: it is unproven.

    Never mind the fact that there has never been an airliner downed by a MANPAD in the US.

    Regardless, consumers will refuse to fund AA in this venture. If AA's costs rise, they will just fly on another airline.

  24. Re:What the hell is the Western style voting? on Western-Style Voting 'A Loser' · · Score: 1

    That would refer to voting for multiple candidates with ballots, as opposed to with bullets, machetes, or divine edict.

  25. Re:The USA is not the world on Western-Style Voting 'A Loser' · · Score: 1

    Hint: your quote "The USA is not the world, or even "the west" (unless you compare it exclusively to the people east of you)" is one of geography, not of political concept.

    What point, precisely did I miss? Please refrain from enumerating points that you wanted to make, but did not. Only include points that you made.

    Your points that I read were

    1)that the US is not "the west" statement made in a geographic context (regardless of your back pedaling)

    and

    2) that the US presidential elections are a single election where the winner takes all (this is incorrect as well: there is a series of causcuses and primary elections, not to mention political party conventions where the final candidates for POTUS that are listed on the general election ballot are selected).

    JACK ASS.

    (pwned)