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  1. Re: Lighten up on EmDrive: NASA Eagleworks' Peer-Reviwed Paper Is On Its Way (ibtimes.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Really? which law/laws and how do you know? There's no free energy involved (as far as I can see). Action and reaction seem like a possible problem for it. But, to someone who doesn't see the big picture a wheel turning against the ground doesn't LOOK like there's an opposite reaction. and I think that is why NASA decided to take a look at what this thing is doing. The TINY possibility it's doing something we don't understand. The paper may say

  2. I killed a Hyundai in Vegas... on Welcome To Alphanumeric Car Hell (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    just to watch it die. The radiator was blocking the view out the windshield. The Lexus had a slightly cracked plastic cover on it's bumper. Air bag didn't go off, wasn't needed. - Who cares - it was a Hyundai

  3. Re:I'd like to see a permanet disney 'evil counter on After Uproar, Disney Cancels Tech Worker Layoffs · · Score: 1

    I recommend a google search "disney + evil". Should be eye opening

  4. Re:Update the resume on After Uproar, Disney Cancels Tech Worker Layoffs · · Score: 1

    "It gives you a chance to get a job at a company" - who will do the same thing to you as soon as they figure out how.

  5. Re:LOL ... golf ... on The Words That Indicate Malicious Domain URLs · · Score: 1

    GORF! Ha Ha! Who remembers Gorf! Heck I was at an arcade playing Gorf just last we.. uh m.. well um... millennium. No really it was April in Vegass. WAY more fun than gambling

  6. Television and Radio on Ask Slashdot: In What Other Occupations Are IT Skills and Background Useful? · · Score: 1

    Both these are becoming more and more about the computers that actually do the work and the production people have NO idea how to get the most out of their equipment. Even the engineering staff (that's Me), frequently has problems with networking and programming for various background functions.

  7. Re:clunky software? on A Bid To Take 3D Printing Mainstream · · Score: 1

    Have you tried Sketchup? Even the pro version is relatively inexpensive and WOW! intuitive.

  8. A Good Science Series on The Ultimate Hopes For the New Cosmos Series · · Score: 2

    Check out "The Brain Scoop" on Youtube. It's not about the universe, but it IS done right. http://www.youtube.com/channel...

  9. OLED on Why You Shouldn't Buy a UHD 4K TV This Year · · Score: 3, Insightful

    OLED is the tops for image. The "depth" of the black pixels makes the OLED image SO superior to anything else, it beats pixel count no end.

  10. When are they fixing it for Win 8? on Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer 10 For Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    I don't know how many people are using the touch interface. But it doesn't work for drop down menus. Either you have to use another browser on Win 8 or you can't use the touch interface.

  11. You Gotta' be KIDDIN" me! on As 4G Seeps In, Verizon Offers Cheap(er) No-Contract 3G Plans · · Score: 2

    I get 2.5 gig data and messaging and 300min phone for $25 bucks. Of course that deal is not available now, it's gone up to $35. Oh yeah the phone cost $100.

  12. Better Mousetrap on Kinected Browser Lets You Flick Through Websites · · Score: 2

    A company called Zigfu (Zigfu.com) with five employees, has a plugin that lets Any browser work with the Kinect (through Javascript). I wonder why Monstersoft can't accomplish the same level of performance.

  13. Re:What could possibly go wrong? on Planetary Resources Confirms Plan To Mine Asteroids · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Trying to teach a pig to sing wastes your time and only annoys the pig"
    Robert A. Heinlein

  14. Re:just in time on Planetary Resources Confirms Plan To Mine Asteroids · · Score: 2

    Everyone knows the way to solve problems is to keep doing the same ineffective things 'till suddenly by magic they work!
    New efforts are NEVER helpfull.

  15. Re:More valuable if they keep it in space on Planetary Resources Confirms Plan To Mine Asteroids · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "Producing life support materials in situ is the holy grail of space exploration"
    Not to mention construction materials. This is what NASA should have been working on for the past 30 years instead of the ISS

  16. Re:Comment from the article... ? on Thousands of Blackbirds Fall From Sky Dead · · Score: 1

    I don't know about Siberian micro-tornadoes but, I have seen a Michigan version. NOT a dust devil. This was a warm summer day, I was bicycling down a country road and heard an unusual sound - sort of a rushing/sucking sound. The location was sharply defined as I rode by so I turned around and rode back to the loudest point and stopped. I couldn't see anything when I first stopped, but as I stood there the "tornado" crossed a patch of dirt and became vizable due to the dust it sucked up. I was no more than ten feet from it and felt no unusual breeze but it was forming a very nice column as high as I could see about 12 - 18 inches across. The MOST unusual thing I've ever seen.

  17. Re:Mute button on Video Adverts On the Printed Page · · Score: 1

    Plus several youtube videos. In Italian http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds3jmXnoW6E. and this site thoughtfully provided by americhip http://americhipvipconversion.com/

  18. Re:Mute button on Video Adverts On the Printed Page · · Score: 1

    Hack A Day has some useful info on this thing in the last 15 or so comments on this article. http://hackaday.com/2009/08/21/cbs-introduces-video-in-print-technology/#comments

  19. Re:Why has no one made a video game museum? on 'Old School' Arcade Still Popular In NYC · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Having been a Video game service person in the early 80's I can tell you why your dream can't come true. Many of the early games depended on short run parts that were unreliable and are now Gone. Most of them could be emulated with no trouble but then you could have the museum in your own home (MAME)

  20. Pinball Hall Of Fame on 'Old School' Arcade Still Popular In NYC · · Score: 5, Informative

    The Only place for Pinball. Over three hundred games on site, over a thousand in the worlds largest collection. The proprietor has been in the biz for almost 40 years and can tell you anything you want to know about any game you can name. http://www.pinballmuseum.org/ And for you youngsters he has twenty or so classic videos.