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  1. Re:Cold Fusion News on Fusion Reactor Concept Could Be Cheaper Than Coal · · Score: 1

    Those wacky gullible university professors from Sweden and Italy... You should let them know how dumb they are.

  2. Re:Cost of treatment? on Texas Ebola Patient Dies · · Score: 1

    We're talking Ebola. Biohazard level 4 or safety precautions are required, but obviously wasn't available for the Dallas hospital. This guy died pretty quick, but I'm guessing the bill will be substantially more. Plus Ebola is considered a bioterrorism agent, so every drop is a controlled substance capable of being weaponized. So the Feds were called in from everywhere..

  3. Re:Cold Fusion News on Fusion Reactor Concept Could Be Cheaper Than Coal · · Score: 1

    There are dozens of groups working on low energy nuclear reactions. Google Dennis Cravens who demoed a very simple experiment that showed excess heat in one of two similar brass spheres. I agree, its maddening, that in 3 years, no one has conclusively debunked Rossi. I agree with the above poster-- if the experimental results don't jibe with theory, who ya gonna believe? Or should we close the patent office....

  4. Cost of treatment? on Texas Ebola Patient Dies · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Someone should do a FOIA request on the amount of money that was spent at the hospital and for cleanup... I assume the public taxpayer is footing the bill, we should be able to know how much one patient costs. Then we can compare that to the cost of keeping our borders open to vs. restricting some "tourist" visas.

  5. Re:Cold Fusion News on Fusion Reactor Concept Could Be Cheaper Than Coal · · Score: 4, Informative
    Ni -> Cu is no longer claimed.. Now what is claimed is that the secret ingredient, Lithium is the core of the reaction... and might be more accurately called a lithium neutron transfer. (Ni58->Ni62 and Li7->Li6) ? But don't quote me..

    Read the report..
    http://www.sifferkoll.se/siffe...

    There are open source replication attempts going on now. Time will tell.

    But my hope meter has gone up again... and this appears to be a new nuclear process.

  6. Cold Fusion News on Fusion Reactor Concept Could Be Cheaper Than Coal · · Score: 4, Funny

    A new analysis and report on Andrea Rossi's E-Cat reactor suggests a new type of nuclear reaction may be real. http://matslew.wordpress.com/2... A new Hydrogen-Nickel-Lithium fuel source may be in our future...

  7. Operation Repo ? on Miss a Payment? Your Car Stops Running · · Score: 1

    It ain't no joke... if you don't pay that note!!

  8. Re:Amazon Glacier on Ask Slashdot: What To Do After Digitizing VHS Tapes? · · Score: 1

    Agree. Having had an unexplained crash wipe out all 4 drives in a NAS... I now back everything up to S3 Glacier. Yes, I might try Crash Plan with a friend to do it for me and vice versa, but.. Amazon is hard to beat.

  9. don't they already vent hydrocarbon gasses? on Solar Powered Technology Enhances Oil Recovery · · Score: 2

    My understanding is that many oil wells vent large quantities of natural gas that are unprofitable to collect as a product, but could be used for on-site purposes. Solar panels are great if you have a ton of room, can keep them clean, and don't need continuous power, and want to appear "green." But for oil fields, using natural gas and processed fuels is the way to keep prices competitive.

  10. TeamViewer on Turning the Tables On "Phone Tech Support" Scammers · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I had a "Microsoft" guy walk me through installing TeamViewer. After twenty minutes of goofing with him, I said it was installed (which it already was).. When he asked for my team viewer ID, I asked for him to give me his ID first. They didn't and were mad I wasted their time. But.. it makes me think that the TeamViewer company might be able help track down these jerks.

  11. Re:Audible on Ask Slashdot: Best Phone Apps? · · Score: 1

    Great recommendation on Librivox! Listening to a classic now..

  12. Audible on Ask Slashdot: Best Phone Apps? · · Score: 2

    I love listening to books... So Audible is where a lot of my entertainment money goes. Great for car trips or commuting. Goodreads is a good app for logging and rating books you've read. Unfortunately, the two are not merged, so buying a book on audible doesn't add it to good reads.. Audible has a free trial.. You really should pick out a good book and give it a listen.

  13. Re: Models may differ from reality on Climate Damage 'Irreversible' According Leaked Climate Report · · Score: 1

    If you have cash, going green is easy and wonderful. If you're working poor, you're screwed. The US government can pretend to "invest" in green technology, but eventually the tens of trillions in debt and unfunded mandates will catch up with reality.

  14. Re: Models may differ from reality on Climate Damage 'Irreversible' According Leaked Climate Report · · Score: 1

    You give up using energy first. Let me know how it goes. (For what its worth, I drive an electric car and have 10KW solar panels on my house.)

  15. Models may differ from reality on Climate Damage 'Irreversible' According Leaked Climate Report · · Score: 0

    Do these studies properly account for ALL animal flatulence? Including whales? I didn't think so.

  16. Re:This will be a thoughtful, productive discussio on Cause of Global Warming 'Hiatus' Found Deep In the Atlantic · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Funny you call them denialists for being.... right! What do you call Al Gore? Good intentioned?

  17. Re:Better ways to do it. on Ask Slashdot: Corporate Open Source Policy? · · Score: 1

    Quite simple. BSD avoids legal problems that releasing code under GPL might create in the future. Plus, most (proprietary) software companies prefer BSD and altogether avoid GPL. So if a corporation is going to "give back" to the open source community, they'll do it under a license they most agree with. Anyone open sourcing code will want to do so with an eye towards future uses and whether it will be good or bad if used by a competitor.

  18. Re:Wrong problem to focus on on Sniffing Out Billions In US Currency Smuggled Across the Border To Mexico · · Score: 1
    I haven't been impacted by illegal drug lords in Mexico, either here in the states or while traveling in Mexico. I have been impacted by getting stopped by the border patrol and their sniffing dogs. Sounds like money going to Mexican drug lords is a Mexican problem.

    On the other hand, millions of American's are impacted by illegal immigration. From honest business owners who compete with businesses that hire illegal labor, to underfunded schools and social services, and of course the victims of crimes committed by the undocumented -- from hit and run, drunk driving accidents, to rape and strong armed robbery and petty thievery.

    We have laws on the books that were not here when my ancestors came to America. America still has more legal immigration than all other countries combined.

    A country without laws, borders, or a common language is doomed to fail.

  19. Wrong problem to focus on on Sniffing Out Billions In US Currency Smuggled Across the Border To Mexico · · Score: -1

    I vote we focus on stopping illegal immigration going into the US and less about US currency going across the border. There is not a lot of problems associated with drug money going to the Mexico. On the other hand, waves of unskilled, poor, desperate people and who can't legally work here is a recipe for social problems that will last generations.

  20. Ya get what you pay for on Ask Slashdot: What To Do About the Sorry State of FOSS Documentation? · · Score: 1

    Hire someone who knows the product (a starving developer?) to help you.

  21. Blame Islam, not Israel on Gaza's Only Power Plant Knocked Offline · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Trying to blame Israel for very real world-wide problem of Muslim-on-neighbor violence is missing the root cause. The Palestinians and most Muslims have been taught from age zero to hate the Jews because of the lunatic ravings of their "prophet." Their Qur'an is filled with war tactics and how to treat the enemy, which is everyone who doesn't believe in their god. And the vast majority of Muslims believe in Sharia law that enforces these barbaric 8th century laws. Browse thereligionofpeace.com for a few insights into the real source of the problem.

  22. Hurry up on Firefox 33 Integrates Cisco's OpenH264 · · Score: 1

    This split between supported formats on various browsers is ridiculous. Embed it into the next FireFox so that video tags support H.264. Make it something you can disable if you're paranoid. There will be plenty of time to examine it and make sure there isn't a back door (which would be a stupid thing for Cisco to attempt!)

  23. Engineering on Ask Slashdot: Future-Proof Jobs? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Engineering has a strong future: Robots. Nanotechnology. Advanced materials. Hydrogen storage. Fuel cells. Automation technology. Rapid building techniques. Vertical farming. Take any industry she likes, then work with a company that is going to do it better with technology, using fewer humans to do the work.

  24. Home 3D printing has two problems for consumers... 1. Most consumers don't need to print widgets more than once in a while.
    2. The software to create and modify 3D objects has a learning curve (requires time and effort to learn.)
    Sure its fun to create little plastic toys, chains, balls, and cases.. Interesting, but not particularly money-making. A nice skill to have, perhaps. But owning the printer isn't required to learn the skill or take part in the revolution. Save your cash and send your designs to a 3D print shop. Disclosure: I have a very cool but underutilized Makerbot I rented for the summer.

  25. The Sword and the Shield on Thousands of Leaked KGB Files Are Now Open To the Public · · Score: 2

    The Sword and the Shield was written in 2000 and covered a lot of the information about the Mitrokhin archive. It is 700 pages and is an interesting read. The actual archive is probably only of interest to the serious student that can read and understand Russian and really loves cold war history.