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  1. Re:Legal Issue on NASA Offering Contracts To Encourage Asteroid Mining · · Score: 1

    "the legal status of such objects places them in them as international heritage??"

    What legal status? There are no courts in space.

    Any law or treaty passed by the UN means squat if the UN ain't got no spaceships to enforve them.

  2. Multi-National Crew on Multi-National Crew Reaches Space Station · · Score: 2

    Isn't that pretty much the rule for the ISS
    It is after all the International Space Station

  3. school curriculums? on Cops 101: NYC High School Teaches How To Behave During Stop-and-Frisk · · Score: 1

    The plural of curriculum is curricula .
    It is Latin.

  4. Not sure if it adds up on Bidding In Government Auction of Airwaves Reaches $34 Billion · · Score: 1

    If company A bids 15 million, and company B bids 14.5 billion and company C bids 6 billion, then all the Govt gets is the 15 billion from the top bidder, not the sum total of the bids

  5. Explanation on How the World's Agricultural Boom Has Changed CO2 Cycles · · Score: 1

    CO2 emissions increase in the northern hemisphere winter as everyone turns on their heaters. (which are powered by fossil fuels)

  6. Troy Tempest on Judge Unseals 500+ Stingray Records · · Score: 1

    and his copilot "Phones" of the W.A.S.P.

  7. 26.5 diagonal? or per side on Eizo Debuts Monitor With 1:1 Aspect Ratio · · Score: 1

    or how about a square tablet? Then you wouldn't have to rotate it all the time

  8. Just for a fresh install, or does it change the default when you upgrade to a new version (every week or so)
    and does this affect SeaMonkey?

  9. Re: Ask the credit card for a refund on UK Hotel Adds Hefty Charge For Bad Reviews Online · · Score: 1

    What have Republicans got to do with it? This is in the UK, they don't have Republicans there.

  10. Re:Toronto Municipal Gov't divided on City of Toronto Files Court Injunction Against Uber · · Score: 1

    "But Toronto doesn't have a "strong mayor" like many American cities."

    But it did have one just as corrupt as any american big city mayor...\

  11. I am sure there will be a challenge on Court Rules Google's Search Results Qualify As Free Speech · · Score: 2

    Maybe it will get appealed to the SCOTUS. Or congress will change the legislation relevant to this. Remember what happened to Rick Santorum...

  12. UK ISPs Agree To Censor Button on Cameron Says People Radicalized By Free Speech; UK ISPs Agree To Censor Button · · Score: 1

    I would like to hear what Jenson Button has to say - is he going to retire after this season?

  13. AM turing award on Google Quadruples A.M. Turing Award To $1M · · Score: 2

    I don't want to get up early in the morning - is there a PM turing award?

  14. Re:Big deal... on Comet Probe Philae Unanchored But Stable — And Sending Back Images · · Score: 1

    "we land things on the earth every day and it's travelling thousands of miles an hour too"

    Earth has gravity, and most of the stuff we land on it start from earth (so share the same velocity to begin with)

  15. Re:Are renewable energy generators up to task ? on Denmark Faces a Tricky Transition To 100 Percent Renewable Energy · · Score: 1

    Just stick a dam across to Norway and you'd have enough power at peak to run the whole EU

  16. Dark Magma on 'Dark Magma' Could Explain Mystery Volcanoes · · Score: 1

    So thats why Anakin/Vader didn't get all burned to a crisp at the end of Ep 3 - it was dark magma

  17. Re:bike? on 333 Km/h Rocket-Powered Bicycle Sets New Speed Record · · Score: 1

    I don't know about Wile E Coyote, but didn't Will E Messershcmidt make a two wheeled thing with a rocket engine?
    I think it soon dropped the wheels though

  18. Heritable? on Study: Body Weight Heavily Influenced By Heritable Gut Microbes · · Score: 1

    As opposed to inheritable?

  19. Armistice Day on How Alibaba Turned November 11 Into the World's Biggest Online Shopping Day · · Score: 1

    On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month the guns went silent.

    I guess China wasn't in World War one

    But its not quite so important in Australia and New Zealand, where the official day for honouring fallen military is ANZAC day 25th April

  20. Specialization is for insects on There's No Such Thing As a General-Purpose Processor · · Score: 2

    According to Lazarus long
    The same should be true for AI

  21. Gas tax should be for the roads on Americans Rejoice At Lower Gas Prices · · Score: 1

    The taxes on motor fuels should go to maintaining the roads and bridges. (and thats for both seasons of road maintenance - we are right on the transition from road construction to snow removal)
    There should be a federal tax to pay for the interstate system, and state tax to pay for state/county roads and bridges.

  22. KFC in the UK on British Spies Are Free To Target Lawyers and Journalists · · Score: 1

    Kilmarnock Football.Club

  23. Too Late For Amazon on Amazon's Echo: a $200, Multi-Function, Audio-Centric Device · · Score: 1

    Its about 5 weeks too late for Amazon - I have had to reduce my spending there since they now charge sales tax.

  24. Troi's Mom on Amazon's Echo: a $200, Multi-Function, Audio-Centric Device · · Score: 1

    Can't she just read your mind anyway

  25. Re:Still a niche company on Tesla Delays Launch of Model X Until Q3 2015 · · Score: 1

    Tesla maybe a niche car, but other companies are also making electric cars nowdays (Like GM, Nissan, Toyota...)