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  1. Re:Negative mass- not antimatter, but odd on Cosmologists Show Negative Mass Could Exist In Our Universe · · Score: 1

    It means that if you have 2 objects, one of negative mass and one of normal mass (and nothing else around) The negative mass object will fall toward the normal one, and the normal one will be repelled by the negative one. The negative mass chases the normal mass and accelerates.
    As the speed increases, the acceleration increases (once you get to a significant fraction of the speed of light)

    It makes a good 'space drive'.

    I wish I had patented the idea back in 1976 when I first thought of it when I was taking physics 101

  2. 20 knots isn't that fast on US Marines Demonstrate Ultra Heavy-Lift Amphibious Connector Prototype · · Score: 0

    20 knots isn't that fast, when the marines already have the LCAC that does 40+ knots and can carry an Abrams ashore and across the beach

    Who are we planning to invade anyway?

  3. Re:Black hole? on Sony Forgets To Pay For Domain, Hilarity Ensues · · Score: 1

    The place that hosts my domains sends me an email, and then charges my credit card automatically if I don't respond.

  4. Re:No thank you. on Amazon Is Testing a $10-Per-Month Ebook Service · · Score: 2

    And Prime only costs $100 per year ($10 per month is $120 per year) and Prime gives you the free 2 day shipping and access to free Prime videos and music

    I'll stick witht my existing Prime suscription.

  5. Re:Solution! on Mt. Fuji Volcano In 'Critical State' After Quakes · · Score: 1

    "Yes and no tsunami will hit any reactors on a mountain!"

    No tsunamis, but lahars, pyroclastic flows and lava are probably more dangerous to a reactor

  6. dam on Harvesting Energy From Humidity · · Score: 1

    dam! I wish I had thought of that

  7. Has StarFleet confirmed this?

    (and the US Navy retired CVAN 65)

  8. Re:Plumber on Ask Slashdot: Future-Proof Jobs? · · Score: 1

    "I don't see toilets going away anytime soon.."

    There's a (Yorkshire?) saying:
    "Where there's muck there's brass."

    I don't see Nursing Assistants being replaced by robots or outsourced to 3rd world countries either

  9. WTF on Led By Nest, 'Thread' Might Be Most Promising IoT Initiative Yet · · Score: 3, Funny

    Would someone like to translate the summary into english?

    " and other special sauce "

    Is this open sauce or propriety like whats on KFC

  10. fiat crash on Predicting a Future Free of Dollar Bills · · Score: 1

    "is the fiat, which can crash at any moment"

    Did they ever find that white Fiat Uno that hit the Ritz hotel Mercedes in that Paris tunnel on 31 Aug 97

  11. Get educated on Geographic Segregation By Education · · Score: 1

    " We've always encouraged young people: Take a shot, go for it, take a risk, get the education, borrow money if you have to from your parents, ." -- Mitt Romney

  12. Renax is OK then - they use hot air baloons

  13. B-Arc on Mars (One) Needs Payloads · · Score: 1

    Lets start with Congress, they don't seem to be doing anything useful on this planet..

  14. Because of course on O3b Launches Four More Satellites To Bring Internet To 'Other 3 Billion' · · Score: 1

    The Other 3 billion all have satellite dishes

  15. Jurisdiction on Asteroid Mining Bill Introduced In Congress To Protect Private Property Rights · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Neither the US Congress, nor the United Nations, have any jurisdiction over anything outside LEO (Low Earth Orbit)

  16. Fair enough on The Oatmeal Convinces Elon Musk To Donate $1 Million To Tesla Museum · · Score: 4, Funny

    After all he is using the name for his cars.

    Next up, the Ford motor company donates to the Gerald Ford presidential library

  17. Re:"Very Long Time?" on Study: Why the Moon's Far Side Looks So Different · · Score: 1

    "Even most creationists think the earth being 6k years old is nuts."

    In the US of A the term creationist means someone who believes that Got created everything in 144 hours sometime within the last 10,000 years.

    In the reat of the world it just means you believe that God created the universe a long time ago, which scientists suggest is around 13.7 billion years.(the Big Bang)

  18. Partners in crime fighting on Tired of Playing Cyber Cop, Microsoft Looks For Partners In Crime Fighting · · Score: 2

    dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner, dinner,
    Batman

  19. and on All Web Developers Should Have Access to a Device Lab (Video) · · Score: 4, Informative

    everybody sjould have above average income, and only use renewable sources of energy.

    Meanwhile in the real world...

  20. Monster Volcano? on Mapping a Monster Volcano · · Score: 4, Informative

    Mt St Helens isnt that big as far as volcanos go. The main reason so much was damaged in 1980 was because it blew out sideways

    Compared to others in recent geologic history it was just a fart.
    (compare with Krakatoa 1883, or Santorini 11610 BC, or the various Taupo eruptions)

  21. Re:Guam is in the Maldives now? on US Arrests Son of Russian MP In Maldives For Hacking · · Score: 1

    I RTFA'd and Maldives weren't mentioned

  22. I am still using the monitor I bought 6 years ago, the reason is that affordable, 16:10 monitors larger than 28 in don't seem to be around yet.
    It cost $250 btw - the biggest you can get for around that price today are 27in 1920 x 1080

  23. Re:Get it right on Two Earth-Like Exoplanets Don't Actually Exist · · Score: 1

    We could still send the B-Arc

  24. Might as well go back to rail on Autonomous Trucking · · Score: 1

    If they make the truckers redundant then we might as well go back to rail for most of our overland transport. Its much more effificient and can ber electified, so a lot less CO2 produced.

    The main reason that trucks replaced rail was because of the teamsters.

  25. The important question is How on What Came First, Black Holes Or Galaxies? · · Score: 2

    So how did the supermassive black holes get formed?