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  1. Re:Already debunked. on NIH Study Finds That Coffee Drinkers Have Lower Risk of Death · · Score: 1

    Fantastic argument there. I'm sure the Lancet will print your letter in full!

  2. Re:I think most people want to be "green" but... on Americans Happy To Pay More For Clean Energy, But Only a Little More · · Score: 1

    I've gone for 7W LED spotlights to replace the 50W GU10 halogen thingys. All good so far here; but check with one bulb for colour and dispersion angle though before you shell out for all the fixtures. I like mine whiter, but some people don't, and the spots are close enough together that beam angle doesn't matter too much here.

  3. Fortunately, it is only a little bit more expensiv on Americans Happy To Pay More For Clean Energy, But Only a Little More · · Score: 2
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_of_electricity_by_source

    Here in UK, our DoE-equivalent have computed on-shore wind as being close enough to coal - and we're running out of coal, so I'm guessing it will be marginally cheaper in few years.

  4. Re:US and UK, best friends forever on UK In Danger From Electromagnetic Bomb, Says Defense Secretary · · Score: 1

    Er, Tibet? Oh, wait. That's an internal matter NOW. Don't worry then!

  5. Re:ordinary people can see the games in FTA HD on Britain Bringing Out 'Sonic Gun' For Olympics Security · · Score: 1

    aye; cheaper than the Iraq war though I think, and of slightly more utility.

  6. Re:Hadrian built in the wrong place on Jimmy Wales Backs UK Government Bid To Free Academic Data · · Score: 1

    we did put up a bridge and now charge the English £5.70 to get in. Welsh people travel free, all though we'll deny that if you raise subject.

  7. Govt don't need no Jimmy Wales on Jimmy Wales Backs UK Government Bid To Free Academic Data · · Score: 1
  8. Re:Last bastion on Last Bastion For Climate Dissenters Crumbling · · Score: 0

    No - they're looking for reasons not to believe it. First, it wasn't happening. Then we cycled through a whole bunch of variables (solar output, etc) which don't explain it. Then we had the "it's happened forever". Yes, but not this quickly. Most of these alternate hypotheses don't bear a couple minutes scrutiny. You're late to the party. The "controversy" happened in the mid to late 80s. The theory has only been gathering evidence since then, and nothing has really come along to disprove it. You say it's raining, but you're pissing down my back.

  9. Re:Boooo Airbus.... USA! USA! on Fly-By-Wire Contributed To Air France 447 Disaster · · Score: 1

    The Telegraph likes to bash Europeans at every opportunity.

  10. Re:happens all the time on Company Accidentally Fires Entire Staff Via Email · · Score: 1
    We had a similar incident when some poor bloke sent his CV to foobar@barfoo.co,uk - note the comma instead of a full stop. Turns out "uk" expanded to our UK employees and the other part got discarded as undeliverable.

    Lessons are I guess: don't send CVs from your work email, and don't have email aliases which are close to elements of email addresses.

  11. Re:Eh... on $60 Light Bulb Debuts On Earth Day · · Score: 1
    Same here - all my spotlights replaced with LEDs so gone from 50W GU10s to 3 or 7W LEDs. Dispersion angle is a little narrower, but that doesn't matter here and no LED failures at all in over a year. Light is actually preferable (for me) in terms of colour temperature as it's whiter rather than the yellow of incandescent.

    It's worth changing, even if it's just cos you won't have to go and replace your awkward light fittings so often. If you're unsure, swap one out and see how you get on with it initially.

  12. Re:Ice age on Losing the Public Debate On Global Warming · · Score: 2
    "Also in the 1970s these same climatologists were claiming that the ice age was right around the corner."

    No, they FUCKING WEREN'T.

  13. Re:LOLWUT??? on US Unhappy With Australians Storing Data On Australian Shores · · Score: 2

    And to be fair, the Poles broke the 3 rotor version, before anyone else even bothered trying.

  14. Re:Want a ship? on Japanese Tsunami Ghost Ship Spotted Off Canadian Coast · · Score: 1

    Best advert *ever*!

  15. Please sign Open Rights Group petition on UK Proposing Real-Time Monitoring of All Communications · · Score: 2
  16. Re:No Source? on VISA, MasterCard Warn of 'Massive' Breach At Credit Card Processor · · Score: 1

    but he's not as it turns out. It's a little over the top to say "it's shit like this..." - unless you KNOW he's wrong. http://it.slashdot.org/story/12/04/02/1248252/up-to-15-million-visa-mastercard-credit-card-numbers-stolen

  17. Re:Robert Bales is a fall boy on Army Reviews Controversial Drug After Afghan Massacre · · Score: 1

    Are you saying justice was done after Haditha, or are you just whining?

  18. Re:No Source? on VISA, MasterCard Warn of 'Massive' Breach At Credit Card Processor · · Score: 1

    You should do your homework before sounding off. Mr Krebs knows his stuff - he's a journalist, not some guy sitting round in his pants writing the first thing that comes into his head.

  19. Re:Robert Bales is a fall boy on Army Reviews Controversial Drug After Afghan Massacre · · Score: 2

    Usually I'd say this was paranoia, but given what they did after Haditha, I've really got no trust left in justice meted out by the US army.

  20. Re:Also prohibits hacking tools. on European Law Could Give Hackers Mimimum Two-Year Sentence · · Score: 1

    Er, don't think so. I'm a pen-tester in the UK. The usual clause is "access a computer system without authorisation" - which generally means logging in and doing stuff without permission. There might be something about possessing hacking tools "with intent" - but that's just the same as e.g. lockpicks. It's more of an aggravating factor, because it's easy to trace back once you've been caught, but very hard to prove intent without an action having taken place.

  21. Re:InfoWorld at it again on Getting the Most Out of SSH · · Score: 1

    That's dated September 1999. Anything current and sane has root login turned off by default.

  22. Re:Not entirely true on Windows Remote Desktop Exploit In the Wild · · Score: 1
    Not defending MS here, but W^X is not a panacea.

    Also, VPN is always a good idea for access to administrative services - I don't like any kind of admin login from outside without 2-factor auth being involved.

  23. Re:e^(tau i) = 1 on Pi Day Is Coming — But Tau Day Is Better · · Score: 1

    My first degree was in maths, my Erds number is 4. The "fuck off" stands.

  24. e^(pi i) = -1 on Pi Day Is Coming — But Tau Day Is Better · · Score: 1
    now, FUCK OFF.

    yours,
    a mathematician and coder, with frankly better things to worry about.

  25. Re:Oh please on Employers Need Wind Power Technicians · · Score: 2

    Watch this and tell me that 20 bucks/hour is enough for working on those sort of structures. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A_h2AjJaMw