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  1. I was going to say F4... on Further Details From Soyuz Mishap · · Score: 1

    Phantom II. There was a sturdy beast. A friend who was ground crew talked about picking small trees out of what landed, replacing unheard of percentages of missing wingspan and getting them back in the air.

    I've also head it reported that the sum total of criteria for certification to flight, for things going on a Soyuz, can be "did the check clear?".

  2. Re:Which do you believe? on Ben Stein's 'Expelled' - Evolution, Academia and Conformity · · Score: 1

    I didn't say he was right, I claimed he often seems insightful.

    The Nixon stuff would be the part not covered by "usually".

  3. Re:Why do you all beg? on Dell Will Offer XP Past Cutoff Date · · Score: 1

    "what drivers them"

    I think you hit the nail on the head.

  4. Re:Duct Tape on How Duct Tape Saved Apollo 17's Moon Buggy · · Score: 1

    My bad. It was too small for RhodeIslands and I didn't have a conversion to smoots. Turns out it's 0.895 smoots. (Honest to god the google search calculator did have this.)

  5. The fuel the SkyCar has been waiting for! on $1/Gallon "Green Gasoline" In Sight · · Score: 1

    The were going to run on "green" fuel, right?

  6. Re:Duct Tape on How Duct Tape Saved Apollo 17's Moon Buggy · · Score: 1

    Works on horses in a pinch. Vet wrap isn't much for a cut on the back when you're on the trail and the patient stands 15 hands. Of course we never let the rider live that one down.

  7. Re:eeeeeeek! on The Military Plans To Regrow Body Parts · · Score: 3, Informative

    Recall that: that was not a human ear (the cartilage cells were from a cow) and it was in the shape of an ear because it was molded that way, not because any genes in the structure were expressing for "human ear".

    It is a neat way to grow cartilaginous body shapes, and isn't a bad starting point.

  8. And that's why he's a general. on The Military Plans To Regrow Body Parts · · Score: 1

    "The general cited animals like salamanders that can regrow lost tails or limbs. 'Why can't a mammal do the same thing?' he asked.""

    He should have consulted a whole raft of references to find out just how much has been done and how much is known.

    This is typical PHB behavior and along the lines of "We have to build a roller coaster - why can't we just use old railroad track and some Yugos?"

    A leadership based remark would be more like "we have good reasons to believe it's possible - and for the sake of these kids, we'll find out just how."

  9. I too gave up meat for 6 months... on PETA Offers X-Prize for Artificial Meat · · Score: 1

    ...and then had to go back to eating meat for health reasons, namely the health of the people around me who were in severe danger of being flattened at the merest mention of a juicy, succulent, cast-iron-seared and oven-finished rib-eye.

  10. Good. on Free Open Source Software Is Costing Vendors $60 Billion? · · Score: 1

    Disruptive technology (OK in this case a biz model) is always a motivator for innovation.

    I'd rather the big boys were competing with $0 than within 10% of "what we choose to charge".

    I love my OSX but I want Ubuntu etc. breathing down the necks of Mac and Win. I'll either switch at some point or get a better functionality or value in an OS out of one of those.

  11. Silly. on PETA Offers X-Prize for Artificial Meat · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they're vegans for more than one narrow reason (which they seem to be) this will not make them happy.

    I can't recall the comedian, but someone once noted "Why do vegetarians need to make their food (tofu pups, veggieburgers) look like meat they simply wont eat? You don't see monks keeping blow-up dolls just hanging around."

  12. Re:Which do you believe? on Ben Stein's 'Expelled' - Evolution, Academia and Conformity · · Score: 1

    On the one hand, Ben Stein usually presents what seems to be a finely developed knack for insight. When I saw the hints of the trailer I figured he would come down on the side of rational thought and this would be an indictment of ID/CS. Then the trailer ran through to the end.

    Yikes.

    On the other hand, maybe he gets the debate on the front page in a popular vein. Could be time for him and Dawkins in a live MTV cage match.

  13. God forbid... on Ballmer Calls Vista 'A Work In Progress' · · Score: 1

    They work all those problematic details out before release.

  14. Re:Lasers again. on Laser Triggers Electrical Activity In Thunderstorm · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I won't knock it - look what Adam and Jamie have managed to cook up over so many "ya know what would be cool" / "hey, do you really think you could..." discussions.

  15. Call us when you get into the billing system... on Experts Hack Power Grid in Less Than a Day · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...then you'll have our attention.

  16. Yes, but can it get TEMPEST certified? on Concept Computer Based on a Tea Cup Design · · Score: 1

    *ducks*

  17. Bah! on The Death of the Silicon Computer Chip · · Score: 0

    There's no way my silicon based chips are on the way out, where do these people get this srtoqa sdj asfjvsv oiasfj jkkj&^$______-........... *no signal*

  18. You could always... on Large Hadron Collider Sparks 'Doomsday' Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    Show up in a wheelchair, dark glasses and a right arm with a mind of its own, und begin to tell zem how ve thought it vas a gut idea und ve haf a plan to repopulate ze earth!

  19. "offering" by "default" on Safari 3.1 For Windows Violates Its Own EULA, Vulnerable To Hacks · · Score: 1

    someone wanna 'splain the bad part of this incongruous charge?

  20. Re:That Really Is Funny on Justice Dept. Approves XM/Sirius Merger · · Score: 1

    It was a comment concerning the nature of competition, the federal role and unintended consequences.
    I don't know if there will ever be another satellite radio company and neither do you.

  21. Thank you, Justice Department! on Justice Dept. Approves XM/Sirius Merger · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're dreamy. Now there's 50% less competition for those of us who always aspired to starting up a satellite radio service.

  22. Re:No, we hated Apple from time to time on Someday You'll Hate Apple (And Google Too) · · Score: -1, Troll

    I agree. The nerve.
    How dare they not come out with Core 2 laptops and iPhones in 1998.
    How dare they establish the desktop publishing industry.
    How dare they lead the industry in legacy-free designs.

    Time to time? Yes, hindsight is 20-20, but even with the gaffs, it's a net-plus.

    Yes, sports fans, it's been quite the week for Apple users on /. - they have to sit on their hands while being regarded about as well as carriers of fulminating necrotizing hepatitis.

    Joy.

  23. HIIPA vs TSA. Hilarity ensues. on Nuclear Scanning Catches a Radioactive Cat On I-5 · · Score: 1

    Or maybe it's a bureaucratic matter-antimatter reaction.
    Yeah, please tell us how that conversation goes.
    Something tells me you won't be able to record it.

  24. You were pretty much done... on Calculating the Date of Easter · · Score: 1

    ...when you said first sunday after the first full moon after the equinox.

  25. Depends on how they market it. on In Soviet US, Comcast Watches YOU · · Score: 1

    iMacs and MacBooks all have built-in cameras which are sold as chat tools, Comcast could sell it as that too.

    Of course you usually know when your iSight is on because there's either an indicator light, or you started it.

    If Comcast wanted to do it for their own purposes, there is plenty of further opportunity for abuse.

    Of course, being Comcast they might make it look like HAL in their usual odd mix of levity and faux-creativity.