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  1. Re:I hearby pledged my oath and rifle... on Yahoo CEO Says It Would Be Treason To Decline To Cooperate With the NSA · · Score: 1

    With friends like this, who needs enemies?

  2. Re:Fascinating ... on RMS Urges W3C To Reject On Principle DRM In HTML5 · · Score: 2

    "Not being able to figure out the difference is what will doom you."

    Thinking there is a difference, or that you have choice, will doom us all.

  3. Re:temperature in celsius on Researchers Use Lasers For Cooling · · Score: 2

    A proper scale? Shouldn't it be in Kelvin then?

    Researchers in Singapore were able to cool the semiconductor cadmium sulfide from 290 Kelvin to 250 Kelvin

    Fixed it for myself

    Fcuk, I shouldn't comment after flying (Kelvin are absolute units)

  4. Re:temperature in celsius on Researchers Use Lasers For Cooling · · Score: 1

    A proper scale? Shouldn't it be in Kelvin then?

    Researchers in Singapore were able to cool the semiconductor cadmium sulfide from 290 degrees Kelvin to 250 degrees Kelvin

    Fixed it for myself

  5. Re:temperature in celsius on Researchers Use Lasers For Cooling · · Score: 1
    A proper scale? Shouldn't it be in Kalvin then?

    Researchers in Singapore were able to cool the semiconductor cadmium sulfide from 290 degrees Kalvin to 250 degrees Kalvin

  6. Re:Not 60 C or 140 F on Ask Slashdot: Keeping Personal Tech Cool In Extreme Heat? · · Score: 1

    Temperature extremes for the USA are strangely absent from that list.

  7. In the mail? on Australian Gov't Loses Privacy Alert Subscription Information In the Mail · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why were they taking information, which they have electronically, and putting it on a physical medium where it loses its usability, presumably so someone could use it. And they used regular mail? Seriously? Is this April fools or something, this is just too much fail to be real.

  8. Re:No child left... on Florida Thinks Their Students Are Too Stupid To Know the Right Answers · · Score: 1

    At least they are using the metric system.

  9. Re:A better name on Canadian Mint To Create Digital Currency · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Nova Scotia, you mean near where the french colonized what would become Canada? Where people still speak Acadian French... yeah, no french history there.

  10. Re:Read a comment by a US naval commander on Muslim Medical Students Boycott Darwin Lectures · · Score: 1

    You lose for spelling lose incorrectly too many times. Losing! (homage to the antonym of Charlie Sheen). There is a great period in the last millennium where muslim scholars contributed greatly to the advancement of science. I think there are parts of your discourse that are missing a sarcasm quote.

  11. Solar vs Skylights on Walmart Goes Solar In California · · Score: 1

    I wonder what the return would have been if they had installed skylights instead. Surely skylight provide more usable light then converting solar energy into usable AC. Sure, one could say that skylights don't allow you to store power, or return power to the grid and get something like a Feed in Terrif (Ontario, Canada). Even compared to solar on a overcast or rainy day, I would assume they would still be more efficient. Maybe I shouldn't assume.

  12. Re:Programmable Number Plates on California Wants To Put E-Ads On License Plates · · Score: 1

    There is no way all of that would fit on the license plate. Unless it scrolled across a long flat, UK-styled, plate.

  13. Re: Economical hypersonic transport on Air Force Sets Date To Fly Mach-6 Scramjet · · Score: 1

    I do believe that used to exist. For over thirty years the Concorde jet flew passengers at Mach 2 over the Atlantic. FYI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concorde

  14. Re:More like a translation error on Flaw In Emergency Response System May Have Killed Hundreds · · Score: 1

    Well the US built software didn't quite fit with the SI units they used; when they turned the 6 foot fall into a 1.8288 metre fall there was a slight disconnect in the statement of the problem. So basically it is a translation error, instead of crashing into a planet, they just sent less prioritized help. I kinda also want to point out that there is no sure way to say that the downgrade of the call was directly linked to the death of the patient.

  15. It's like they know me on Insomniacs, the Phantoms of the Internet · · Score: 1

    As a university student my sleep patterns aren't really patterns, in fact sleep is something I barely recognize anymore. Bed time; does that count time in bed with laptop or other reading material? Oh, if you want really awesome dreams, on like 4 hours of sleep, eat peanutbutter before bed. Best Dreams EVER!

  16. Re:Metric Everywhere on Astronauts Having Trouble With Tranquility Module · · Score: 1

    Grocery store patrons would take all of a week to need to order 2kg instead of 1lb

    Hmm, there might be lots of stock left on the shelf after the first week. 1lb roughly 500g or .5kg. It is actually 453g per pound, but who's counting anyways?