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  1. scary on Too Easy For Bank Accounts To Spring a Leak · · Score: 1

    Does this mean that your account number is enough to make a withdrawal from it ? No secret code necessary ?????? no card required ?

  2. Re:start by caring who wins on How Can Nerds Make a Difference In November? · · Score: 1

    the nation financially "challenged", to put it mildly

    here are some numbers :
    http://www.cedarcomm.com/~stevelm1/usdebt.htm
    and
    http://www.lafn.org/gvdc/Natl_Debt_Chart.html

  3. Re:Real nerds... on How Can Nerds Make a Difference In November? · · Score: 1

    One True Solution

    die EndlÃsung?

  4. Re:Can you say publicity stunt? on New Racing Simulation Distances Itself From Gamers · · Score: 5, Informative

    Creating games is usually a whole lot more complicated and requires a lot more knowledge and experience than the average business application

    I would prefer to say different rather than harder. Creating business apps also requires some skills that are not found in games, for example : disentangling the business rules, interacting with users, making sense of the 20 year old system which consists of cobol-programs, jcl, ... all written by 20 different people which aren't there anymore, and you're stuck with a database which is a melting pot of 3 older systems ...

  5. Re:but could they carry gas anyway? on Fuel-Cell Car Racing Series Aims To Spur Green Motoring · · Score: 1

    actually, hydrogen is more explosive than petrol ...

  6. Re:Definitely would help image on Fuel-Cell Car Racing Series Aims To Spur Green Motoring · · Score: 1

    no, i care for the environment, and what i hear among like-minded people: we need an electric car that's PRACTICAL and SIMPLE, like jetta wagon/golf wagon, and if that means we only get 150 miles range, so be it. most people i know that care for the environment don't be smug about it. the ones that are smug about it, don't really care much for the environment.

  7. Re:I don't get it... on Fuel-Cell Car Racing Series Aims To Spur Green Motoring · · Score: 1

    the tgv that did 574Kph (357 mph) did use an electric motor.

  8. Re:Definitely would help image on Fuel-Cell Car Racing Series Aims To Spur Green Motoring · · Score: 4, Insightful

    cars that look like the prius don't help this.
    So if people can see electric cars with real performance that would even surpass the petrol counterpart it should make people more likely to change.

    Just a tought, but maybe the major car makers WANT this? It seems to me that they produce ugly,slow cars that won't appeal to the masses with a reason. After all, electric cars need much, MUCH less maintenance and spare parts than a petrol car ... Lets hope the smaller manufacturers see the gap in the market.

  9. Re:Why Would You Expect Otherwise? on Terror Watchlist "Crippled By Technical Flaws" · · Score: 4, Interesting

    One could wonder whether the project was set up to adress terrorism OR it was setup to generate media-attention ?

  10. Re:So what? on Linux Not Supported For Democratic Convention Video · · Score: 2, Funny

    Linux is a multi-headed hydra

    I thought it was a pinguin. Maybe we can come to a compromise; can someone paste a few heads onto Tux ?

  11. Re:Doesn't matter to me on Linux Not Supported For Democratic Convention Video · · Score: 1

    Elevate the dialogue, dammit.

    are you new to /. ?

  12. Re:Don't forget... on Linux Not Supported For Democratic Convention Video · · Score: 1

    maybe you should check your sources. In case you're feeling a bit lazy, I'll provide you with a few links:
    http://www.cedarcomm.com/~stevelm1/usdebt.htm
    and
    http://www.lafn.org/gvdc/Natl_Debt_Chart.html

  13. Re:I would but.... on LHC Fully Documented Online · · Score: 3, Insightful

    or climate scientists ?

  14. Re:Evolving? on Obama's Evolving Stance On NASA · · Score: 1, Redundant

    if we didn't flip-flop, we would still be living in caves

  15. Re:Photosynthesis is Inefficient on Mimicking Photosynthesis To Split Water · · Score: 1

    What about cost ? I'd rather have lower efficiency, if it means it's cheaper per Kwh.

  16. Re:So... what is the efficiency? on Mimicking Photosynthesis To Split Water · · Score: 1

    photosythesis in plants is no more than 6% (source:wikipedia).

  17. Re:False economics on Mimicking Photosynthesis To Split Water · · Score: 1

    If you apply this process to make homegrown hydrogen, this would be an advantage; in current conditions, we have to transport our petrol, natural gas, electricty to our houses.

  18. Re:how about nuclear power ? on Mimicking Photosynthesis To Split Water · · Score: 1

    They can't ensure 100% safety. I wouldn't want to be in the neighbourhood when a rocket with plutonium explodes. And there is nowhere enough nuclear material to provide for the whole world.

  19. Re:moral decline on Russian Invasion of Georgia Might Jeopardize Space Station · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    i know that. let's go to your "there are some who would attack you either way" ... who is behaving like that? ... IRAQ ... And all the while saying that they're the good guys ...

  20. Re:moral decline on Russian Invasion of Georgia Might Jeopardize Space Station · · Score: 0

    jeezes ... use your f-ing brain for a change ! Would you attack me if i put out my hand to shake yours ? or would you attack me if i take on a aggressive stance ?

  21. Re:moral decline on Russian Invasion of Georgia Might Jeopardize Space Station · · Score: 0

    Did i suggest disarming ? No, i suggested using diplomacy to solve problems. Battle should be used as a last resort. And even then : it NEVER has solved anything, if only works when it is followed by diplomacy.

  22. Re:moral decline on Russian Invasion of Georgia Might Jeopardize Space Station · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Compare the borders between France and germany, with the same orders in 1937

  23. Re:moral decline on Russian Invasion of Georgia Might Jeopardize Space Station · · Score: 1

    read your history a bit more careful. WWI ended after the Versailles treaty or the armistice of November 11, and WW2 ended after the surrender of 19/08/1945. this falls under DIPLOMACY. Without surrender, the battle keeps raging.

  24. Re:moral decline on Russian Invasion of Georgia Might Jeopardize Space Station · · Score: 1

    2500 years of european history TEACHES you that the ONLY time europe was in peace, was after the formation of the european union. this formation was completely voluntary, and without need of violence.

  25. Re:moral decline on Russian Invasion of Georgia Might Jeopardize Space Station · · Score: 1

    you may believe so, but the perception that the US won't keep its word, will hinder any diplomatic action. Diplomacy is the only way to keep international peace.