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  1. Re:Hard to insure on NC Planners May Be Barred From Using Speculative Sea Level Rise Predictions · · Score: 1

    Any house can be sold, but at what cost?

  2. Make A Law to Ignore Phyisical Facts? on NC Planners May Be Barred From Using Speculative Sea Level Rise Predictions · · Score: 1

    The Tea Party has more than once demonstrated their lack of comprehension at even the most trival of fact. So the next question is, "Who would benefit from this Tea Party flatulence while marching around the breakfast table?"

  3. Re:Such as? on GRAIL Probes Complete Primary Mission Ahead of Schedule · · Score: 1

    Are we having a "bad moment?" You omitted the 40 Year comment. Why?

  4. A Minor Customer Request on Sergey Brin Demos Google Glasses Prototype · · Score: 1

    Aside from looking like a confused refugee from the Borg, could someone work on some kind "styling?" There are several applications that this item, if not intrusive looking, would work nicely. I would think of it as a personal diary application.

  5. Re:Such as? on GRAIL Probes Complete Primary Mission Ahead of Schedule · · Score: 1

    Oh? I'll slow down for you. It would be amazing that the sensors on both spacecraft were not functioning when entering Lunar Orbit. It should be no mystery that certain elements have certain densities. It is stated that both craft, "have provided unprecedented detail about the interior structure." The usage of "have provided" states that the operators know what's there, and have already evaluated the data. Both craft have passed over the same surface multiple times; at this point, if anything had changed, that would be intriguing. Outside of Tralphium,(google it), there is nothing in a raw state that is cheaper to obtain from the Moon, then one can purchase on Earth, locally. So why the mystery? At this point, the results should be a Blender3D model showing various multi colored splotches indicating various elements in overall large concentrations.

    10 years to get to the Moon, and 40 years of watching re-runs. At this point, the American People should all be considered candidates for Beatification. Or another analogy I'm fond of is, "A first year Geology Major could learn more about the Moon in one day using a Bucket and a Shovel then all of humanity currently knows."

    And I think it still holds true, today.

  6. Mandatory Drug Testing for VA's Favorite Son on VA Governor Wants Military Drones For Police · · Score: 1

    ...the U.S. military and intelligence community use drones on the battlefield, which is why it should be considered in Virginia

    But wait! There's more!

    ...it will prove important to ensure the state maintains Americans' civil liberties, such as privacy

    Does the Governer of Virginia speak English?

  7. I Guess m$ New Release is Significant? on Windows 8: More EULA, Fewer Rights. · · Score: 1

    Unbuntu 12.4 is out, and looking good. Oh, and Ubuntu is FREE, as in cookies, and toasters.

  8. Re:Such as? on GRAIL Probes Complete Primary Mission Ahead of Schedule · · Score: 1

    Of course! The people that put the insturments in the craft didn't bother to create a manual so that the staff monitoring the craft would know what it's doing, or how to control it. Now the craft controllers have to figure it out on their own, makes sense to me.

    I think that if the powers that be wanted to increase spending for NASA, then telling folks what's on the Moon would be a good first step. Good time for an "Assay Office?". Maybe this would be a good use of the "Freedom of Information Act Request?"

  9. Re:Work with translators, seriously. on Ask Slashdot: Find a Job In China For Non-native Speaker? · · Score: 1

    I was reminded about a similiar situtation involving English-Hungarian translation. The interesting thing is, it might work out.

  10. Re:Check out these avenues on Ask Slashdot: Find a Job In China For Non-native Speaker? · · Score: 1

    I wish I had the points to mod you up. This is the real answer the poster needed. Not my sniper shot humor.

  11. Re:Some questions on Ask Slashdot: Find a Job In China For Non-native Speaker? · · Score: 1

    If he can't obtain an F2 Visa, he could apply for the F-ALSO Visa.

  12. Re:Tell them you want to be a spy... on Ask Slashdot: Find a Job In China For Non-native Speaker? · · Score: 1

    I don't know, anything that's a secret on the north american continent, China has copied, reversed engineered, and sold back to anyone that can make fog on a mirror. He might be refused; reason? He's over qualified.

  13. I Know Of One Thing You Could Do on Ask Slashdot: Find a Job In China For Non-native Speaker? · · Score: 2

    Help correct the web pages from China. Sometimes when I read one, my eyes have a tendency to go else where.

    And if you can pick up some Manderin, you can translate the "publically" accessable documents that some folks, in China, have recently come across, on the internet...

  14. Re:Construction or landscaping on Ask Slashdot: Find a Job In China For Non-native Speaker? · · Score: 1

    The "Twits." Some english nature show did a TV special on them years ago. The accent was a little hard to understand.

  15. The First Thing I Thought of Was on CS Professor Announces Run For VT State Senate On a Platform of Internet Polling · · Score: 1

    What if the constituents that want to voice their opinion don't have access to the 'net?

    The other thought that came to mind is, "um, do you feel compelled to sign a 'pledge'?" If so, then as a solid Republican since '71; I say, "we don't need you."

  16. All Those Helo's Look Pretty on Iran Reverse Engineers Cobra Attack Helicopter · · Score: 1

    But can they fight?

  17. Re:but all food is now GM on Battle Brewing Over Labeling of Genetically Modified Food · · Score: 1

    That's becasue Monsento and I have a "history."

  18. Re:I laught at the western countries when I look on Pollution From Asia Affects US Climate · · Score: 1

    I keep hearing alot about "clean coal energy", could its application be applied in India, and China?

  19. Re:That Moment on 350-Year-Old Newton's Puzzle Solved By 16-Year-Old · · Score: 1

    Ha! Inventing a new mathmatical system in order to solve a problem is cheating!

    But it works.

  20. Re:Can you blame them? on When Antivirus Scammers Call the Wrong Guy · · Score: 1

    I've got to get that spell checker worked on, it's killing my Ironie.

  21. Re:but all food is now GM on Battle Brewing Over Labeling of Genetically Modified Food · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And if your Orange tree is pollinated by one of Monsanto's Frankin Seeds, you get to pay for it. But does Monsanto pay the neighbor if one of Monsanto's Frankin trees is pollinated by a regular seed?

  22. Re:Monsanto? on Battle Brewing Over Labeling of Genetically Modified Food · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one that questions that Monsanto spins yarns?

  23. Re:How on Photographer Threatened With Legal Action After Asserting His Copyright · · Score: 1, Redundant

    The author of the web site will never have to suffer of the embarassement of claiming ownership of a Pulitzer.

  24. Re:Can you blame them? on When Antivirus Scammers Call the Wrong Guy · · Score: 1

    Oh Bo-Ho! Let's all live a life human predation?

  25. Insulin Applications? on Scientists Turn Skin Cells Into Beating Heart Muscle · · Score: 1

    Could the same method be applied to the Pancreas?