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  1. Re:Wouldn't this make it harder to move? on Power Generating Spacesuits · · Score: 1

    1. Grammar nazi: moot, not mute

    2. Physics nazi: if a normal person wouldn't notice the resistance it isn't generating any useful power.

  2. Re:Algernon on Mice Cured of Autism · · Score: 1

    Beurk. Don't read the book, read the short story (Novella?) it's way better.

  3. Re:We Hate France on French Kids Get OSS on USB Sticks · · Score: 1

    But France didn't use it's veto.

    And France is quite likely to elect an even bigger idiot than Segolene - Nicholas Sarkozy, who is trying to climb up Bush'n'Blairs arse at just exactly the moment they're on the way out - with luck he'll be elected just in time to get in on the forthcoming Iranian cockup.

    (By the way Ms Royale has never called the Israelis Nazis (she was accused of "not reacting" when a Hezbollah MP said "French resistence against occupation inspired us", although nobody in the room at the time heard him say it), never said Hamas were "freedom fighters" and all French politicians have said that Quebec should have independance if the population wants it).

  4. Re:sum zero gain on Water From Wind · · Score: 1

    when man plays with mother nature, we almost inevitably come out on the losing end.
    This is about the dumbest thing I've ever heard said on slashdot. Fuck, it's about the dumbest thing I've ever heard anywhere.
  5. Re:Wrong on On Electricity (Generation) · · Score: 1

    for trucks - electric trains - see Europe
    Yup, you're right. Lots of trucks, almost no goods on electric trains here.

    This is not a joke - I'm in France, the country with probably the best train service in the world - for passengers. The freight part of the SNCF is a disaster.

    (disclosure - my company provides EDI services for the trucking industry.)
  6. Re:Plant waste heat is trivial on On Electricity (Generation) · · Score: 2, Informative

    Quad quad quad - what is this quad of which you speak?

    Oh 1E15 BTU, about 1E18 Joules, or 230 megatons if you prefer it in one go.

  7. Re:Reserve Not Yet Met on How eBay Sellers Fix Auctions · · Score: 1

    So just drop out earlier each time :-)

  8. Re:realities? on Running Your Electric Meter Backwards · · Score: 1
    Nuclear will take many years to get on line and there's still too many problems to make it a major source of power.

    I'm glad nobody ever told the EDF that or I wouldn't be getting 80% of my power from nukes. Or don't you cound 80% as "major"?
  9. Re:Look at it this way on Is it Time for Open Office? · · Score: 1
    I agree, apart from the last point. "Free" means nothing to corporate employees. They don't pay for software anyway.

    That's why we have profit sharing in my company.
  10. Re:How long until... on Chinese Prof Cracks SHA-1 Data Encryption Scheme · · Score: 1
    The continued existence and even growth of the NSA is proof that they have ways to break open all that encrypted information they're gathering.

    Huh? Please name all the government agencies that have ceased to exist in the last 50 years.

    Continued existence of a bureaucracy proves nothing except that it knows what buttons to press to get more cash. For example, see NASA.
  11. Re:Please don't do this on Council of the EU Says "We Cannot Support Linux" · · Score: 1

    Oh go on then, give us an example, must be easy if the EU is "famous" for that.

  12. Re:No point in the search on New Telescope Hunts for Earth Sized Planets · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Because he, unlike you, had a sense of humour.

  13. Re:Russia is thriving... on New Telescope Hunts for Earth Sized Planets · · Score: 1

    Idiot, it was a soyuz/fregat, not an ICBM.

  14. Re:Clotheslines are not allowed on Appliances Hog More Energy Than High-Tech Gadgets · · Score: 1

    America is such a class obsessed country.

  15. Re:Clotheslines are not allowed on Appliances Hog More Energy Than High-Tech Gadgets · · Score: 1

    Continuing to be obtuse, but why would you sign such a contract?

  16. Re:Clotheslines are not allowed on Appliances Hog More Energy Than High-Tech Gadgets · · Score: 1

    Could you explain to us poor furriners what a "homeowners association" is, and how it could control what I put in my back yard?

  17. Re:Clotheslines are not allowed on Appliances Hog More Energy Than High-Tech Gadgets · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And Americans fondly imagine they live in a free country.

  18. Re:Give Bibles on Give an Internet Freedom Disk · · Score: 1

    Uh, you think that overuse of Deus ex-Machina disqualifies him from writing the Bible?

  19. Re:Spectacle vs Results on Liquid Terror Charges Dropped · · Score: 1

    You see, in the English language "killers" means "people who kill people".

    You seem to want it to mean "people I don't like who kill people".

    The largest group of killers in Iraq are the American forces, who, I presume, mostly have Army or Marine training.

  20. Re:This liquid bomb this is such a joke on Liquid Terror Charges Dropped · · Score: 1

    Uh, maybe you don't "de-plane", but when did you get into the boat that you're getting out of?

    Pity there isn't a train line.

  21. Re:Spectacle vs Results on Liquid Terror Charges Dropped · · Score: 1

    Who said terrorists? We were talking about killers.

  22. Re:"Safe" on Liquid Terror Charges Dropped · · Score: 1

    I couldn't agree more. Now who exactly is the "them" in your message?

  23. Re:Spectacle vs Results on Liquid Terror Charges Dropped · · Score: 1

    Who said random? Who said religious reasons?

  24. Re:My Suggestion to OO Developers on OpenOffice.org 2.1 Released With New Templates · · Score: 1

    Moglen speaks in a "Boring RMS Voice"?

  25. Re:Spectacle vs Results on Liquid Terror Charges Dropped · · Score: 1

    Oh, I don't know, maybe not CIA training but almost all the killers in Iraq and Afghanistan have either Army or Marine training. Not many of them are muslims either.