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  1. Re:77 sq kilos seems like a lot, but it isn't so b on India To Build World's Largest Solar Plant · · Score: 0

    I think GP meant that they could build a solar plant in NV for powering US grid. not India
    Anyway NV may have betteer weather for solar generally, I don't know how much a solar plant works in the monsoon season.

  2. Re:I love numbers but.... on India To Build World's Largest Solar Plant · · Score: 1

    "There's also no risk of Fukushima/Chernobyl/Long Island/etc"

    I think you mean Three Mile Island

    I don't think there is a nuclear eactor in NYC

  3. How many floors are we talking about?
    Stairs are fine if there are only 2 or 3 floors (basement, ground floor, and one above that (sometimes called first floor in UK I think)
    But if you're talking about 10 floors or more then it takes to long to get anywhere

    I live in my mother-in-laws basement you insensitive clod

  4. Re:Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk on Many Lasers Become One In Lockheed Martin's 30 kW Laser Weapon · · Score: 1

    The F117 was not acually a fighter. It was designed to drop precision bombs. I don't think it has a (air) tracking radar.

  5. Eclipse on Eclipse Foundation Celebrates 10 Years · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    All that you touch
    All that you see
    All that you taste
    All you feel.
    All that you love
    All that you hate
    All you distrust
    All you save.
    All that you give
    All that you deal
    All that you buy,
    beg, borrow or steal.
    All you create
    All you destroy
    All that you do
    All that you say.
    All that you eat
    And everyone you meet
    All that you slight
    And everyone you fight.
    All that is now
    All that is gone
    All that's to come
    and everything under the sun is in tune
    but the sun is eclipsed by the moon.

    "There is no dark side of the moon really. Matter of fact it's all dark."
     

  6. Com Badge on Virtual Boss Keeps Workers On a Short Leash · · Score: 1

    I guess the Governor of New Jersey could use these things - he has absolutely no idea what goes on in his office.

  7. Re:Ick is right on Researchers Try To "Close the Nutrient Cycle" Through Better Waste Recycling · · Score: 1

    Antidepressants have been found [salon.com] in urban drinking water supplies."

    Who drinks tap water?

    Unless you have one of those osmotic filters

  8. Re:£10 says.... on Apple Reportedly Testing Inductive, Solar and Motion Charging For Its Smartwatch · · Score: 1

    "& make morning toast for you"

    That would really cut down on the battery life...

    But seriously who TF wears a watch these days?
    I haven't had a wrist watdh for more than 12 years.

  9. What about on Australia OKs Dumping Dredge Waste In Barrier Reef · · Score: 0

    Poor Nemo, Marlin, and Dory

    I hope Bruce and the Sharks anonymous go to the beaches of Queensland and eat some Aussies (theyre not fish)

  10. LOL on Windows 8.1 Passes Windows Vista In Market Share · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Wake me when it passes XP

  11. One of the first customers on Sound System Simulates the Roar of a Rocket Launch · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hotblack Desiato and his band Disaster Area

  12. Re:Why is a pipeline needed? on Environmental Report Raises Pressure On Obama To Approve Keystone Pipeline · · Score: 2

    A refinery in Canada is not going to need US approval

  13. Re:Why is a pipeline needed? on Environmental Report Raises Pressure On Obama To Approve Keystone Pipeline · · Score: 1

    Yup, build the refineries in ND where there is plenty of oiil, and power them with natural gas.
    Having all our refineries in the gulf, where they will have to shut down every time there is a hurricane (which is happening more frequently with climate change) is stupid.

    And also that tar sands oil is not just hydrocarbons, theres other shit in it, remember that pipeline leak in Arkansaw

  14. Re:Politics: on First New Generic Top Level Domains Opening · · Score: 1

    "Oh joy. I can just hardly wait for the race to get .obama, .clinton, .christie, .huckabee, etc."

    I think the NJ governor will be saving his money for legal fees

    anyway some names )like Christie) are not uncommon

  15. .guru on First New Generic Top Level Domains Opening · · Score: 1

    I don't think monks living in caves on himalayan mountains need their own TLD

    Its amazing how language evolves

    I remeber when guru was short for "Guru Meditation Number"

  16. Novel chip memory on ARM Researching Novel Chip Memory · · Score: 3, Funny

    Soon to be seen in Kindles and Nooks

  17. Huh? on FCC Wants To Trial Shift From Analog Phone Networks To Digital · · Score: 2

    Aren't a lot of people already using digital phone service?
    (at home we have phone service via Charter cable)

  18. Why did the rest of the senate go along with this? And what about the house?

  19. Solution on How the Black Hole Firewall Paradox Was Resolved · · Score: 4, Funny

    But what if you reconfigure the main deflector to emit a tachyon pulse

  20. Mood? on Pending Apple Patent For 'Inferring User Mood' · · Score: 1

    " Mood's a thing for cattle and love play, "

  21. Re:It doesn't offer free shipping on Price of Amazon Prime May Jump To $119 a Year · · Score: 1

    I agree, they should offer a Prime Shipping only option, at the old price.
    But even if it did increase to $120 I would still pay it, as long as Amazon remains sales tax free

    anyway my Prime subscription renews in October, so I have time to save up for the increase

  22. Re:A Button For Humans To Press on When Cars Go Driverless, What Happens To the Honking? · · Score: 1

    Driverless cars are never going to happen in India

  23. Re:next question in the Knesset.... on Israeli Group To Attempt Moon Landing · · Score: 1

    Only if it fell over before lift off

  24. Re:Is no one else concerned? on World's First Magma-Based Geothermal Energy System · · Score: 4, Funny

    That if you go down far enough from Iceland, you will reach the Centre of the Earth?

  25. Re:Owners spend that much? on Animal Drug Investigation Reveals Pet Medication Often Doesn't Work · · Score: 1

    Its much cheaper if you go to 1-800-PETMEDS..com

    and you save a trip to the vet too..

    (but seriously, how do you know whats wrong with your dog if you don't take him to the vet first?)