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  1. Re:Imagineers? on Should Programmers Be Called Engineers? (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    You can go even deeper. The original engineers built and operated catapults.

  2. Re:50% is lost in AC to DC conversion? on Giving Up Alternating Current · · Score: 1

    Gas plants spin the turbine by burning the gas. There is no conversion to steam.

  3. Re:Mini Sample on US Justice Department Urges Supreme Court Not To Take Up Google v. Oracle · · Score: 1

    Trans Pacific Partnership

  4. Re:Sardaukar Not Involved on Coup in Arrakis Capitol Leaves Region in Flux · · Score: 1

    Arrakeen was an inside job!

  5. Re:Should be simple on Arduino Dispute Reaches Out To Distributors · · Score: 1

    I realize that this is probably a little slanted, but is seems like a good writeup of the situation:
    Massimo Banzi: Fighting for Arduino

  6. Re:I haven't read the bill.... on Gen Con Threatens To Leave Indianapolis Over Religious Freedom Bill · · Score: 1

    "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed"

    No mention of violence or murder there. We collectively consent to be governed because it benefits us all.

  7. Re:Hmmm .... on Gen Con Threatens To Leave Indianapolis Over Religious Freedom Bill · · Score: 1

    What violence are you referring to?

  8. Re:so what language does Linus prefer? on Was Linus Torvalds Right About C++ Being So Wrong? · · Score: 1

    C. That's what the kernel is written in.

  9. Re:No on Ask Slashdot: Should I Let My Kids Become American Citizens? · · Score: 1

    The correct slur is "waffle-eating."

  10. Re:Of course not. on Ask Slashdot: Should I Let My Kids Become American Citizens? · · Score: 1

    There are no trials in Gitmo.

  11. Re:Happily married 50 yo man seeking SWF 18-21 on Married Woman Claims Facebook Info Sharing Created Dating Profile For Her · · Score: 1

    Yes. What you are describing is the essence of the joke.

    Or as we say here on /.:
    Whoosh!

  12. Re:America is a RINO on Marijuana Legalized In Oregon, Alaska, and Washington DC · · Score: 1

    Bernie Sanders is currently in the Senate.

  13. Re:Have to take personal time to vote... on US Midterm Elections Discussion · · Score: 1

    This is why we have absentee voting.

  14. Re:We can do that thing you like on Windows 10 Gets a Package Manager For the Command Line · · Score: 2

    But disk space is really cheap these days. The lost disk space seems like a small price to pay to avoid DLL Hell. Of course static linking would also remove the whole problem.

  15. Re:Skipping a version number on Microsoft Announces Windows 10 · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure that this wasn't intended, but you forgot Vista.

  16. Re:Rent a Tesla for $1 on State of Iowa Tells Tesla To Cancel Its Scheduled Test Drives · · Score: 1

    And the electoral college was created so that the average person wouldn't have too much say in who the president should be.

  17. So your beef is with Regular Expressions?

  18. Re:This is bad news on Red Dwarfs Could Sterilize Alien Worlds of Life · · Score: 1

    Yes, any humanoid species that evolved under a red sun would be regarded by us as some sort of "super man" he would likely be faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, and able to leap tall buildings in a single bound.

  19. Re:Not edge case on Future of Cars: Hydrogen Fuel Cells, Or Electric? · · Score: 1

    If you want torque then electric is the obvious choice.

  20. Re:power cars? technically no on 'Thermoelectrics' Could One Day Power Cars · · Score: 1

    Sure, but we can sum the very little power from many sources.

  21. Re:power cars? technically no on 'Thermoelectrics' Could One Day Power Cars · · Score: 1

    If the car is electric it could be powered by waste heat from industrial processes and primary power generation.

  22. Re:Um no on Introducing a Calendar System For the Information Age · · Score: 2

    Planck length is the only rational measure of distance.

  23. Re:More like the movie Demolition Man on Time Dilation Drug Could Let Heinous Criminals Serve 1,000 Year Sentences · · Score: 1

    He doesn't know how to use the three seashells!

  24. Re: Obvious Answer on Measles Outbreak In NYC · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The problem is that the antivaxers have had their shots. It's their kids that are being put at risk. There is also the problem that they reduce herd immunity and put at risk individuals who are legitimately unable to have vaccinations such as very young babies and those with certain autoimmune diseases.

  25. Re:Forstering habitat. on Seafloor Carpet Mimics Muddy Seabed To Harness Wave Power · · Score: 1

    I've always thought that cork flooring was well suited to wet environments.