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  1. To make things interesting on Ask Bas Lansdorp About Going to Mars, One Way · · Score: 1

    will we have the ability to vote anyone off [Mars]?

  2. Rare and dying on Do Solo Black Holes Roam the Universe? · · Score: 1

    Although loner black holes may be an entity that has to be reckoned with, they would still be rare."
    Without lots of matter to use as a fuel source they would evaporate after a fashion.

  3. Re:Effect on Carbon dating? on What Struck Earth in 775? · · Score: 1

    Probably not as demeaning as condescension, however to avoid offense we could use the more accurate form "braindoggle" if you like.

  4. Re:Not virtualize on Ask Slashdot: What Type of Asset Would You Not Virtualize? · · Score: 1

    ?) laptop

  5. So whats the title of his new book? on 'Gaia' Scientist Admits Mispredicting Rate of Climate Change · · Score: 1

    I would suggest "More Climate Change in my pocketbook".

    I am not trying to start a flame war, I just think fewer people would be outright deniers if there was less doomsday and fear profiteering.

  6. This seems very elaborate on Wil Wheaton's New Show: Tabletop · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why didn't he just ask her out?

  7. Re:Onion on The Tech Behind James Cameron's Trench-Bound Submarine · · Score: 1

    I suspect what your trying to suggest is a thicker shell, approaching that which is required to withstand the pressure. I think you can dispense with putting water in it.

  8. They know your not playing Angry Birds on Building a Case For Telecommuting · · Score: 1

    ..you must be lolling about, eating bon-bons and playing Angry Birds.

    No, they think your posting to slashdot.

  9. Ya, right on Is Facebook Becoming a Central Bank? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    When people start accepting Facebook dollars as part of their salary then it will be a real currency. Until then it will be a promotional gimmick, just a bit more complicated than Marlboro boxes.

  10. Re:Oblig on The Weight of an e-Book · · Score: 1

    About 0.28 Ayn Rands by weight.

  11. Fits half the bill on Sony Hires Former Homeland Security Infrastructure Protection Chief · · Score: 1

    Sony likely sees that they now have two problems: 1) lack of security and 2) perception of lack of security

    If this guy can't help with #1 then there is a chance he fits the bill for helping with problem #2.

  12. wave power on Ask Slashdot: Classroom Eco-Projects Suited To Alaska? · · Score: 1

    Since your flying from village to village your probably looking at southeast and/or a Aleutian islands. One thing those kinds of places have in abundance is waves. Perhaps you could find or create a wave generator demonstration kit.

  13. Officer Dredd on Cop Seeks Wiretapping Charges For Woman Who Videotaped Beating · · Score: 1

    He is the law

  14. Re:Yo dawg on Windows XP In a Browser · · Score: 1

    Its a three engine power bloat

  15. Virus ruled out? on Neanderthal Genes Found In All Non-African Populations · · Score: 1

    Is there some reason why this could not have happened by way of a virus?

  16. Re:Global Warming is Over! on Big Drop In Solar Activity Could Cool Earth · · Score: 1

    10 feet of rainfall in a week is a wee bit troublesome for just about any ecosystem on the planet.

    Not really 10 feet in a week, but probably more than you imagine:

    http://www.usatoday.com/weather/news/2005-12-28-alaska-precipitation_x.htm

  17. Contract is too expensive on Unlocked iPhones in US For $649 · · Score: 1

    Its the contract thats too expensive, the phone price is appropriate.

  18. Re:and after on Legislation In the Works To Require Companies To Report Privacy Breaches · · Score: 1

    If the law is applied, what will do the governement with the tenth of notifications each days ?

    Get more funding.

  19. Re:here, have some cynicism on Book Review: The Clean Coder · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Being a manager, I am learning to hate the phrase "clean code". It seems to be a preoccupation with how code looks whilst being a distraction from what it does.

  20. Re:Cost on Judge Orders Former San Francisco Admin Terry Childs To Pay $1.5M · · Score: 1

    Your thinking of Randal Schwartz. The only thing this guy Childs tried to prove was that he is a dick that can't be trusted. At least he makes a fairly compelling argument for birth control.

  21. Re:Summary on US To Release International Cyber Strategy Today · · Score: 1

    Would it be more humble if he were to pick a side and defend the position with extremism like the majority of the vocal do?
    Anyhow IANAD but you might want to get that raw nerve looked at.

  22. Re:Summary on US To Release International Cyber Strategy Today · · Score: 1

    These panels advise people they should accept 80 years as long enough, voluntarily pull the plug, and save the government money.

    This seems slightly different than the commercial death panels that stop the checks and advise you to prove it wasn't pre-existing, and save themselves money.

  23. Re:crop circles on Search For Alien Life On 86 Planets Begins · · Score: 1

    I would first search the exoplanets pointed to by the most interesting crop circles from the global crop circles database why do the hard work when the aliens have done it for us, just draw a line from the centre of the Earth, through the crop circle to the appropriate starsystem

    I forget, is that done using Eastern Standard Time?

  24. Re:Check the timeframe... on Osama Bin Laden Reported Dead, Body In US Hands · · Score: 1

    USA took longer to find Bin Laden than they took to put a man on the moon...

    Possibly true, but the moons not dead yet...

  25. Re:Please take responsibility for your life. on 'Death By GPS' Increasing In America's Wilderness · · Score: 1

    I think he meant "disadvantaged" as in "SAT score handicapped".