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  1. Re:Not downsizing nuclear on France To Reduce Reliance On Nuclear Power · · Score: 1

    They have been saying they would close reactors for a while, but in the end, they always decide to increase allowed reactor lifespan.

  2. Fermi paradox on NASA Spies Earth-Sized Exoplanet Orbiting Sun-Like Star · · Score: 1

    And perhaps there is some intelligent life form here. They are staring at us too, but since this is 1000 light-years away, they see our middle-age radio emissions, which are nil.

    They will have an opportunity to see us in 1000 years, but at that time they will have trashed their environment and it will not be compatible anymore with being able to listen to radio signals.

  3. Re:Me Too on NY Mayor Commits To Reduce Emissions 40% By 2030 · · Score: 2

    New York City is the most disgusting place in the world

    You did not travel a lot, didn't you?

  4. Not downsizing nuclear on France To Reduce Reliance On Nuclear Power · · Score: 5, Informative

    Note that Nuclear is not going to shrink, the idea is just that most new capacity will be non nuclear.

  5. Brakes are useful on How Drug Companies Seek To Exploit Rare DNA Mutations · · Score: 1

    Considering most tissues have limits on how much they can renew, removing the genetic brakes may be a bad idea: it could quickly exhaust the body part ability to regenerate, or lead to cancer. After all, programmed cellular death is the ultimate protection against cancer.

  6. Apollo on NASA Funded Study States People Could Be On the Moon By 2021 For $10 Billion · · Score: 0, Redundant

    10 billion? For something that has already been done 50 years ago?

    I wonder how much those guys would charge for inventing a method to print a book.

  7. Re:plenty of sugar on Your Body, the Battery: Powering Gadgets From Human "Biofuel" · · Score: 1

    if these technologies can actually take the sugar out of our blood before it hits the liver, that would be great

    Avoiding the liver will be difficult as bloodstream from the guts first goes through hepatic portal vein into the liver.

    However, sugar overdoses is a problem for the whole body, therefore even if it would be removed somewhere else, it would still be interesting. But in the context of fixing sugar overdose, that will make a lot of energy to deal with. We probably cannot convert everything to heat, we need to figure a way to use it (make vitamin C? Omega 3 fatty acids?) or to waste it (make acetone? lactitol? )

  8. Keynesian military on Report: US Military Is Wasting Millions On Satellite Comms · · Score: 1

    Keynesian spending in military has been an US economy booster for decades. The major drawback is that it tends to get people killed. Pooring money on military satellites seems a better way to fuel the economy.

  9. Re:their data says admissions did NOT increase on Study: Living Near Fracking Correlates With Increased Hospital Visits · · Score: 0

    I understand the overall numbers show nothing statically significant, but that some local numbers show a more interesting pattern? This is investigation, not gymnastics.

  10. Profit on A Welcome Shift: Spam Now Constitutes Less Than Half of All Email · · Score: 1

    It seems that spam gangs moved to more profitable activities. The raise of ransomwares and point of sale hacking may be a hint at why we get less spam.

  11. Re:Majoriana particle? on Antineutrino Detectors Could Be Key To Monitoring Iran's Nuclear Program · · Score: 1

    I can't wait until the religious people hear about this one!

    If you refer to the ones that invented temporary marriage to meet prostitutes without committing a sin, I guess they will be able to handle your quantum story.

  12. Re:What's a Tufte test? on Study: Living Near Fracking Correlates With Increased Hospital Visits · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They are trying hard to pull a 'correlation is causation' scam

    Except that in this case we have an intervention study, as some areas started fracking activity while other did not. Therefore looking at data versus time will tell us something.

    And I also not we have explanations for causation. I see two obvious: chemical leaks, and nocebo effect.

  13. Google setup on New RC4 Encryption Attacks Reduces Plaintext Recovery Time · · Score: 1

    Oddly, Google still uses RC4, according to Qualys test. They also still allow SSLv3 and have not yet moved to SHA2 signed certificates.

  14. Preparing TTIP on US House Committee Approves Anti-GMO Labeling Law · · Score: 1

    I guess this is to comply with secretly negociated provisions of TTIP (aka TAFTA)

  15. Re: Economic value on Most Doctors Work While Sick, Despite Knowing It's Bad For Patients · · Score: 1

    AMA won't let them

    Well, AMA is neither the Sovereign, nor even the legislator...

  16. NetBSD IPsec on Ask Slashdot: VPN Solution To Connect Mixed-Environment Households? · · Score: 1

    This is a job fo IPsec tunnels. OpenVPN could also do the job. Linux, FreeBSD and OpenBSD has been cited. NetBSD can do it too. IMO NetBSD may have the path of least resistance but that is personal opinion.

  17. Re:Greeks surrender: no restructuring on European Agreement Sets Up Third Greek Bailout · · Score: 1

    Not exactly, since EU member states never give money to Greece: they loan it and expect it to return. In fact Greece have hardly benefited from EU help, wince each package is here so that Greece can reimburse the previous loan.

  18. Re:Greeks surrender: no restructuring on European Agreement Sets Up Third Greek Bailout · · Score: 1

    What this all demonstrates is that the Eurozone needs to become a full fiscal union

    That will not happen: it has been calculated that the cost fro Germany would be around 12% of its GDP to help weaker economies in the euro zone.

  19. Blame voters on Barney Frank Defends Political Hypocrisy, Game Theory Explains It · · Score: 1

    Blame voters because they do not want liars?

    French first revolution had other fixes for liars (including the famous guillotine). I hope we will not go that wild, but carry on blaming voters and perhaps they will find the need for fixes.

  20. Flash on Computer Program Fixes Old Code Faster Than Expert Engineers · · Score: 1

    If their stuff is that smart, could they please use it to fix the Adobe Flash vulnerabilities for once?

  21. Re:Meaningful output on Towards Public-Friendly Open Science: YouTube Alongside Journal Articles? · · Score: 1

    It already does not work very well with scientific journalists, whose jobs are to make scientific information available to the masses.

    (it ate my second sentence): I do not see why it would work better if scientists were asked to do the scientific journalist's work. Being the ultimate expert does not imply any particular skill at producing meaningful information for the masses.

  22. Meaningful output on Towards Public-Friendly Open Science: YouTube Alongside Journal Articles? · · Score: 1

    It already does not work very well with scientific journalists, whose jobs are to make scientific information available to the masses.

  23. Dirty hairs on NVIDIA Shakes Its Flowing Mane With Life-Like HairWorks 1.1 Demo · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Now can they do dirty hairs dynamics?

  24. Google account required on Google Launches Gmail Postmaster Tools To Eliminate Spam · · Score: 1

    So now I need to open a Google account to make sure my outgoing e-mails reach Gmail?

    It is getting harder and harder to avoid using their services.

  25. Re: Economic value on Most Doctors Work While Sick, Despite Knowing It's Bad For Patients · · Score: 1

    Sure, but this is a personal choice within a suboptimal set of outcomes. Decisions at the political level are about collectively improve the set of personal choices. This is what I was talking about.