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  1. @Home? on Genome Researchers Have Too Much Data · · Score: 1

    maybe an @home-type project would work?

  2. Re:Man they screwed up! on LEGO Universe To Shut Down · · Score: 1

    beta tester here as well. I could not justify a subscription or even game cards because I could only play about half an hour a week! Oh, well. It was fun while it lasted.

  3. Re:Christ, how stupid are we? on Man Charged in Model Airplane Plot To Bomb Pentagon · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Nobody gets a physics degree! (not that Christians and Muslims are the only people in the world)

  4. Re:Christ, how stupid are we? on Man Charged in Model Airplane Plot To Bomb Pentagon · · Score: 1

    It never said anything about him being Muslim. (not that it matters, it is just a religious belief)

  5. binary on Sesame Street Begins Teaching Math and Science · · Score: 1

    Yes, now my idea for an awesome episode ending can come true! "This show was brought to you by the letter 01000001"

  6. Re:Cognition without drugs and video games. on Bejeweled Yields Cognitive Benefit In Older Adults · · Score: 1

    Eh. I'm vegan.

  7. Re:Cognition without drugs and video games. on Bejeweled Yields Cognitive Benefit In Older Adults · · Score: 0

    Eat an organic & vegetarian (preferably vegan) diet.

    Not quite as good - some people can't properly digest plant materials. Humans are not herbivores after all, we're omnivores, and without a full spectrum diet, we're not getting all of the inputs we need. If you're going the vegetarian route, you need to include a lot of vitamin supplements.

    That is absolutely not true. All of the nutrients humans need can be found it plants. You just need to eat the right plants. You are correct that you cannot just take meat out of your diet, you need to replace it with other plant-based foods.

  8. Hmmm... on Microbes Produce Power As They Clean Nuclear Waste · · Score: 1

    Not entirely sure I understand it, but does this mean they can clean up depleted uranium/ nuclear waste? That would be awesome.

  9. If they have to set them up themselves... on Laptops In the Classroom Don't Increase Grades · · Score: 2

    I was using the family computer (windows XP) for a while. I knew some things about how to use it, but not much. When I found an old (1990s-ish) laptop, and set it up with windows 98, I learned many more things about how the hardware and software of a computer work. When I got my own laptop, then a year later switched to Linux, I learned quite a bit more. Since then, I have become much better with computers, as I tried new things and had to fix everything I broke. Working with the terminal and C made me a much better typer than any software program. Having to set up each thing with very little outside support really taught me a lot. If the kids just get the computers with everything set up, and someone to fix it when it breaks, it will not help them a lot.

  10. Re:Here's a tip... on The Mathematics of Lawn Mowing · · Score: 1

    thus it is not in fact a lawn. it is a garden.

  11. Re:And of course on WiFi 802.22 Can Cover 12,000 Square Miles · · Score: 1

    so true...

  12. Totally Agree on Review: Cowboys & Aliens · · Score: 1

    I just saw this last night... it has some interesting problems... like how did the girl even get there? all together not great... and there was a lot of advertising for it, which raises our expectations...