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  1. Re:In related news on Sun Not a Significant Driver of Climate Change · · Score: 3, Informative

    Fortunately our sun can't go supernova, its too small, and has no close companion star to give it the extra mass needed.

    However it is still a significant factor, after all if it wasn't there, this ball of rock would soon be covered in ice.

  2. Re:Laptops? on Rise of the Super-High-Res Notebook Display · · Score: 1

    Yeah, affordable desktop monitors stop at 27inches and 1080p.
    I have a nearly 6 yr old monitor that cost me $250 new, 28in and 1920 x 1200
    I don't want to replace it with a smaller monitor

  3. Re:Water to be the new Oil? on Huge Pool of Ice-Free Water Discovered Under Greenland Ice · · Score: 1

    The only difference between salty wateer and fresh water is energy - we just need to harness fusion power.

  4. Throwing is one thing on Throwable 36-Camera Ball Nearly Ready To Toss · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Will it survive more than 1 hard landing
    Expensive for a 1 shot device

  5. Out-of-the-box? on Out-of-the-Box, Ubuntu 14.04 LTS To Support TRIM On SSDs · · Score: 4, Informative

    Does Linux come in a box these days, I thought you just downloaded it, and didn't have to pay for it and the packaging...

  6. Smooth spacewwalk on Smooth, 6.5 Hour Spacewalk To Fix ISS Ammonia Pump · · Score: 2

    If you're walking in space and its bumpy then you have a big problem

  7. Clearly it is the Arkenstone on Enormous Tunneling Machine 'Bertha' Blocked By 'The Object' · · Score: 1

    David or Diane ?
    They botht make great music

  8. SF and project management on What Sci-Fi Movies Teach Us About Project Management Skills · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "We shall redouble our efforts"

    The commander of Death Star 2 when Vader told him the Emperor was coming to inspect the project.

  9. And how is on UN Votes To Protect Privacy In Digital Age · · Score: 2, Insightful

    the UN going to protect anybodys privacy?

  10. Probably more to it on US Spying Costs Boeing Military Jet Deal With Brazil · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Maybe the Saab is a better deal anyway, their latest plane is a newer design, and more agile.

  11. Re:Move to breeder reactors on Tesla Gets $34 Million Tax Break, Adds Capacity For 35,000 More Cars · · Score: 1

    That should be FissionX, fusion is a whole different energy source.

  12. Another stupid question on Ask Slashdot: Can Digital Music Replace Most Instrumental Musicians? · · Score: 2

    Can dead singers replace live singers?

    Many of the songs I hear at this time of year are sung by singers who are now dead.
    Bing Crosby, Nat King Cole, Elvis, Burl Ives, Karen Carpenter

  13. Temperature is only one factor on Google Testing Smart Appliance, Would Compete With Nest Thermostat · · Score: 1

    You also have to consider humidity. If you take the air outside in the winter and warm it up to over 75F it will be too dry, and you can suffer from dry skin and respiratory problems. If you don't have a humidifier you wont want to warm it up much/

  14. Re:a $500 solution to a $10 problem. on Next-Gen Windshield Wipers To Be Based On Jet Fighter "Forcefield" Tech · · Score: 1

    You don't get parts for a Maclaren for $20, and you certainly won't find them at your autoparts store.

  15. Formula 1 technology on Next-Gen Windshield Wipers To Be Based On Jet Fighter "Forcefield" Tech · · Score: 2

    Generaly Maclarens don't have trouble with vehicles coming the other way, and if its raining that heavily, you'd better box, and put on full wets (Of course Maclaren only take a couple of seconds to actually change the tires)

  16. Heat pump in cold climate on US Light Bulb Phase-Out's Next Step Begins Next Month · · Score: 1

    "Hmmm, The one I have guarantees listed output to -15C"

    Its -17C here now

      "and "works" to below -40"

    So what do you do when it drops below -40 then?

  17. 507MM on Code.org Stats: 507MM LOC, 6.8MM Kids, 2K YouTube Views · · Score: 2

    507mm is about 20 inches

  18. Re:Kicking up the lundar dust on Chinese Lunar Probe Lands Successfully · · Score: 1

    "Not even the English can claim a continent, right?"

    The English did have competition in North America (France, Spain) and Africa (France, Belgium) > India was only a sub-continent. And of course all of them already had inhabitants. There are no people already living on the moon.

  19. I Thought Oculus on Oculus Raises $75 Million To Make VR Headset · · Score: 1

    I Thought Oculus was an album by Paul Speer

  20. Re:what? on Senators Propose Bill Prohibiting Phone Calls On Planes · · Score: 1

    For safety reasons there would have to be a maximum altitude that they can be ejected from the plane, something like less than 10000 ft.

  21. Roddy McDowell on Chimpanzee "Personhood" Lawsuits Fail In New York Courts · · Score: 2

    Was not available for comment

  22. Re:Upon her shoulders*... on Google Doodle Remembers Computing Pioneer Grace Hopper · · Score: 1

    "We stand upon the shoulders of giants - paraphrased from Bernard of Chartres"

    I thought it was Sir Isaac Newton that said that

  23. What about on Climatologist James Hansen Defends Nuclear Energy · · Score: 1

    Nuclear Fusion

  24. Re:common sense on Climatologist James Hansen Defends Nuclear Energy · · Score: 3, Funny

    "3. use hydrogen separated from water by energy from LFTR stored as liquid, gas or (preferably) oxide pellets"

    Round here Hydrogen Oxide pellets fall out of the sky naturally - small ones at this time of the year but in the summer time you can get them as big as golf balls

  25. The workers are upset on Employee Morale Is Suffering At the NSA · · Score: 4, Interesting

    That Snowden got all the attention, maybe others were planing on blowing some whistles