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  1. Re:Courts are supposed to be predictable on Predicting US Supreme Court Justice Votes · · Score: 1

    Had Gore demanded a Statewide recount, instead of the piecemeal recounts he did request, he might have won.

  2. Re:Models are always right! on World Emissions of Carbon Dioxide Outpace Worst-Case Scenario · · Score: 4, Informative

    CO2(ppm) Warming
    340 1K
    430 2K
    540 3K
    670 4K
    840 5K
    1000 6K
    2000 9K

    Note that there are massive error bars associated with the concentrations, and the scenarios are merely likely. It may take hundred of years to equilibrate to the new higher global average.
    Source

  3. Re:K machine technology on Japanese Supercomputer K Hits 10.51 Petaflops · · Score: 1

    Be patient. Transcomputational problems take time.

  4. Re:Engineer in top spot? on Libya Elects Engineer To Acting Prime Minister Post · · Score: 3, Informative
  5. Re:What could possibly go wrong on Weaponizable Police UAV Now Operational In Texas · · Score: 1

    Ah, but what if he isn't a criminal? We want proof, not leads!

  6. Re:What could possibly go wrong on Weaponizable Police UAV Now Operational In Texas · · Score: 1

    Ah, but that's just to get us used to the idea. Once the appropriate legal precedents have been set, and the pigs immunized against mistakes, it'll be a valuable tool for ensuring compliance.

  7. Re:How about eradicating PDFs instead? on Meet Firefox's Built-In PDF Reader · · Score: 5, Insightful

    PDFs are great for scientific papers. The equations and footnotes are formatted correctly, I can cross reference 30 or 40 pages at once, without trying to click back and forth through ad laden pages, and I can see two pages at once on my wide screen monitor, or go back to a single page if I want to make Preview.app's window smaller.

    The alternatives based on Flash are horrible-- the anti-aliasing is subpar, the window can't be resized and so on.

  8. Re:Ron Paul should give away his money on Ron Paul Wants To End the Federal Student Loan Program · · Score: 1

    His pension (Ronald E Paul MD Defined Benefit plan) provides him with an earned income of $91,185, And, of course, he owns lots of GOLD. Gold, Glorious Gold! source His Net worth is between 2.2 and 5 million.

  9. Re:Garmin already does this on Why Computer Voices Are Mostly Female · · Score: 1

    Are you sure that you didn't mean to write MacLeod?

  10. Re:Puts me in mind of something else on When Political Mapping Leaks Into Science Research · · Score: 1

    This reminds me of the Kennewick Man's fate.

    To a proper archeologist, context is everything. To a non archeologist, context is what's standing in the way of much needed dredging operation.

  11. Re:Puts me in mind of something else on When Political Mapping Leaks Into Science Research · · Score: 2

    The prosaic interpretation is that the amphorae were commissioned for decorative purposes by Américo Santarelli, a local diver, and placed in the bay in order to age them.

  12. Re:Puts me in mind of something else on When Political Mapping Leaks Into Science Research · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Underwater Exploring Is Banned In Brazil, New York Times (25 June 1985)

    RIO DE JANEIRO— A DISPUTE between the Brazilian Navy and an American marine archeologist has led Brazil to bar the diver from entering the country and to place a ban on all underwater exploration.

    The dispute involves Robert Marx, a Florida author and treasure hunter, who asserts that the Brazilian Navy dumped a thick layer of silt on the remains of a Roman vessel that he discovered inside Rio de Janeiro's bay.

  13. Re:In other words, we should give up. on Ron Paul Suggests Axing 5 U.S. Federal Departments (and Budgets) · · Score: 1

    The interstate highway system is deeply flawed. If it was regulated on a local, and state level, and had actual stoplights, the local economy would boom. Instead, we're forced to subsidize the economic habits of total strangers.

  14. Re:Wow, he saves $12 billion, so 1% less deficit.. on Ron Paul Suggests Axing 5 U.S. Federal Departments (and Budgets) · · Score: 1

    Imagine, if we had 500 hundred departments we could strip from the Federal Government. Too bad that so many cutable agencies were consolidated under the Homeland Security Department.

  15. Re:Who handles the nukes then? on Ron Paul Suggests Axing 5 U.S. Federal Departments (and Budgets) · · Score: 1

    But the savings associated with "zeroing out" entire departments would go bye bye. It's easier if we don't think about this and CUT CUT CUT.

    Speaking of which, Yosemite probably is of enormous value to the timber industry!

  16. Re:" NaCl — table salt" on Table Salt Could Help Boost HDD Storage Density By a Factor of 5 · · Score: 1

    In my experience, Kosher Salt is a coarse salt that's especially useful for Koshering meats-- the removal of liquid blood through osmosis. Bakers sometimes prefer it, because the coarse grains can be visually distinguished from grains of sugar.

    Now, go forth, and desiccate!

  17. Re:Cheap fast and good enough beats state of the a on Thunderbolt vs. SuperSpeed USB · · Score: 1

    10 GB/s vs 4.8 GBs? Those are theoretical. What really matters is practical, real life speeds, or failing that, benchmarks.

  18. Re:Hauppauge 486 + 860 on Intel's RISC-y Business · · Score: 1

    The i860 and the i960 were entirely different chips.

    Famously, the i860 was described as a Cray on a chip

  19. Re:finally??? on Intel's RISC-y Business · · Score: 1

    I thought the Paragon used the i860-- a different, later chip.

  20. Re:Global warming has become hopelessly politicize on Atlas Takes Heat For Melting Glacier Claim · · Score: 1

    . A 1 or 2 degree average temperature increase over the next 100 years

    Would that be Celsius or Fahrenheit?

  21. Re:Tax planning and rich people on White House Proposes "Wealthy Tax" · · Score: 4, Informative

    Apparently Obama will propose that people earning more than $1 million a year pay at least the same tax rate as middle-class earners. That's aiming mighty low.
    America's median income is about $50,000. The typical taxpayer at that level pays approximately 20 percent in taxes.
    Granted, that's a higher rate than most of today's super rich pay because of countless deductions, credits, and loopholes -- including, especially, their ability to take their incomes in the form of capital gains, taxed at 15 percent. That's a big reason Buffett's hundreds of millions a year are taxed at just over 17 percent -- a lower rate than his secretary faces, as Buffett often says.
    But a 20 percent rate is still ridiculously low compared to what millionaires and billionaires ought to be paying. Officially, income over $379,150 is supposed to be taxed at 35 percent....

    Robert Reich

    So there you have it. Somehow Obama will end up proposing a tax change that will have the millionaires paying a proportionally equivalent share of income, and the Republicans will scream that this qualifies as "redistribution of wealth", and in the end, Buffet will end up with a massive windfall. Warren's a canny one, I'll grant you that.

  22. Re:Spacecraft??? Really? on Medical Billing Codes For Injury Via Turtle Among Thousands Created by New Law · · Score: 1

    Contact with hot toaster (as opposed to being hit over the head with a cold toaster, I assume)

    One involves burns, while the other does not.

  23. Re:burn due to water-skis on fire on Medical Billing Codes For Injury Via Turtle Among Thousands Created by New Law · · Score: 1

    whoosh.

  24. Re:How does it actually work? on Medical Billing Codes For Injury Via Turtle Among Thousands Created by New Law · · Score: 5, Informative

    I believe you start with the most general, such as
    C Malignant Neoplasms
    and add details
    C71 Malignant neoplasm of brain
    C71.4 Malignant neoplasm of brain, Occipital lobe

  25. Re:Flaming Skis on Medical Billing Codes For Injury Via Turtle Among Thousands Created by New Law · · Score: 1

    It's a logical continuation of

    V9022XA Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from burning fishing boat, initial encounter
    V9022XD Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from burning fishing boat, subsequent encounter
    V9022XS Drowning and submersion due to falling or jumping from burning fishing boat, sequela