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  1. Take it where it is needed the most on New Jersey County Fights Landfill Odors Using Fragrant Spray Trucks · · Score: 1

    Head west, and start circling Washington, D.C.

  2. For any critical computing, on BSOD Issues On Deepwater Horizon · · Score: 1

    you'd be an idiot not to use anything but a real-time operating system (RTOS). If they use a windows, mac, or linux box for this, then they're idiots and should be held liable. Chances are it's a PLC though, especially for industrial work.

  3. So let me get this straight. on GOP Senators Move To Block FCC On Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    It's ok to oppose gov't regulation of the internet, unless a republican opposes it too, then it must be bad?

  4. Re:Perception... on Cyberwarrior Shortage Threatens US Security · · Score: 1

    Yes, the best we could come up with is Ben Affleck playing a super-computer-genius by connecting a ribbon cable to a microchip (paycheck). Do that, and you get to sleep with Uma Thurman. Ooo, big prize.

  5. I bet they're after those space Mongolians. on China Shoots Down Another Satellite · · Score: 1

    ...building a great wall of space junk...

  6. It never matters what the game is .... on RIAA Paid $16M+ In Legal Fees To Collect $391K · · Score: 1

    ... the lawyers always win.

  7. Rain... on Should Cities Install Moving Sidewalks? · · Score: 1

    I think it would hurt at 30 mph. Also, umbrellas would be unsafe at those speeds. Let's just skip the sidewalks and go right to the Futurama sucking tubes.

  8. Re:That's not even what this debate is about on Climategate's Final Days · · Score: 1

    Excellent points. I also want to add that the proposed legislation will likely cripple innovation and economic health that would eventually lead to all of these green solutions that people harp about. Hey, who doesn't want fusion power?

  9. I've seen how they draw conclusions from "data" .. on Climategate's Final Days · · Score: 1

    ... especially satellite data. The whole field of satellite data inversion is a joke (that goes for any kind of data you can think of). I wouldn't trust of these guys to properly place a land-based temperature sensor either. ... "Whoops, I left it in front of the AC radiator."

  10. Re:Good! on US Sues Oracle Over Alleged Overcharging · · Score: 1

    They'll just spend any savings on some other bologna project. So what's the difference...

  11. Re:Yes on Publishing Company Puts Warning Label on Constitution · · Score: 1

    Get some historical context on the reasoning of that figure. It wasn't because they considered blacks less worthy than whites.

  12. Re:Warning Labels OK for Evolution, not for Slaver on Publishing Company Puts Warning Label on Constitution · · Score: 1

    The difference is that the Constitution is one of the principle defining documents of this country (there is obvious proof it exists), and a biology textbook is usually what the author(s) believe to be true in a particular field of research. I don't see how they compare.

  13. "ACLU?" on House Votes To Expand National DNA Arrest Database · · Score: 1

    You can probably be sure that since this was a majority democrat effort, the "ACLU" will do nothing about it. If for some reason (and somehow) the republocrats pushed it through, it would be an outrage and suits would already be pending.

  14. Re:Terribly inaccurate - team is multidisciplinary on Obama Sends Nuclear Experts To Tackle BP Oil Spill · · Score: 1

    Of course, leave it to kdawson to sensationalize it. Too good to check the facts, you see :).