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  1. Re:What? Still no Higgs Boson in Box? on The Large Hadron Collider Has Been Recreated In Lego · · Score: 1

    Don't worry, it is designed to make small pieces out of the big pieces until he has some Higgs bricks.

  2. That's nothing on Liquid Metal Capsules Used To Make Self-Healing Electronics · · Score: 1

    My computer is so overclocked, I have a pipeline feeding this stuff in to keep repairing the motherboard!

  3. Barsoom on Ask Slashdot: What Do You Like To Read? · · Score: 1

    I've liked the "Lensman" by E.E. Smith series for some time. It did a good job on the space police genre.
    Lately I've been reading the Barsoom series by Edgar Rice Burroughs -- "A Princess of Mars" is the first one, and it's in the public domain. Two days ago, a commercial for March's "John Carter" movie by Disney appeared and the characters are quite recognizable.

  4. 1024 on IBM Tracks Pork Chops From Pig To Plate · · Score: 1

    Dibs on pig 1024.

  5. Re:toys with molten metal on The Most Dangerous Toys of 2011 · · Score: 1

    I totally burned the shit out of my thumb when I was a kid, by melting some glass with my dad's propane torch and generally being an idiot.

    Dad's propane torch? I bought the home's only propane torch. So I could blow my own laboratory glassware. Molten glass shrapnel from a blowout is oh so much more entertaining.

  6. Re:ahem on US Bans Loud Commercials · · Score: 1
    We don't know that.

    The law might instead require LOUD PROGRAMS between commercials.

  7. Re:The way Time is going... on Time's Person of the Year Is "The Protester" · · Score: 1

    The way Time is going, next year they'll name "The Subscriber."

    He is the 1%!

  8. Re:We could learn a thing or two.... on Canada First Nation To Pull Out of Kyoto Accord · · Score: 1

    Wait... you know that the US was never in the Kyoto Accord, right?

    If we hurry, the Senate could ratify the Kyoto Accord, the President can sign it, and we can then cancel it and be the second to pull out!

  9. Kids! on MythBusters Bust House · · Score: 1

    Don't try this at your bomb range!

  10. Stuff gets lost on TV Isn't Broken, So Why Fix It? · · Score: 1

    What needs fixing is that I have 5,000 channels but my DVR only can remember 50 shows to record. Engineers ain't smart enough yet.

  11. Re:Article summary on MIT Algorithm Predicts Red Light Runners · · Score: 1

    It is more likely that they analyzed in Virginia because their budget included a road trip.

  12. Slick on MIT Algorithm Predicts Red Light Runners · · Score: 1

    You're right. Apply oil to all intersections and people will be more careful at intersections. Well done.

  13. Natural consequence on MIT Algorithm Predicts Red Light Runners · · Score: 2

    You missed an option.

    Delay the cross-green briefly to prevent a collision... and tell the next stoplight that the red light runner is going toward that it should give that car a red light well before he gets there. You run a red light here, and you're likely to be fourth in line waiting for the red at the next light. It is easier to do that where lights are mostly sensor-driven than where strict grid timing needs to be followed.

  14. Re:Glad I'm a safe! on Internet Water Army On the March · · Score: 2

    Your comment is erudite and ermine. We would like to subscribe to your newsletter, please sent it postpaste with the next monorail.

  15. Zoomback? on Ask Slashdot: Inexpensive Anti-Theft Vehicle Tracking System? · · Score: 1

    "Keep track of your valuables with the universal A-GPS locator from Zoombak." $100 plus T-Mobile service fee. Check T-Mobile coverage.

  16. Cooling with gas on Microturbines Power, Cool Servers Simultaneously · · Score: 2

    heat output can paradoxically be harnessed to cool the servers

    Someone's never heard of LP gas-powered refrigerators.

  17. Re:Nonbootable CDs on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Won't Fit On a CD · · Score: 1

    Maybe you've been running a single version, so you haven't tried supporting LTS with various machines. LTS goes on client machines, but if all your development machines don't run the older LTS version, then you'll find you're making nonbootable USB drives and CDs. Ubuntu bug 645818

  18. Nonbootable CDs on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Won't Fit On a CD · · Score: 1

    Ubuntu CDs won't boot without errors anyway. They haven't yet fixed the bug(s) that mess up burning a CD. You can trick the CD into booting, but something like that isn't suitable for giving to a client for use during a recovery or expansion process.

  19. Re:Nuclear waste on India To Build A Thorium Reactor · · Score: 1

    I don't know about this thorium design, but most thorium designs produce very small amounts of radioactive waste.

  20. Magnets? Maybe not on Ask Slashdot: Image Recognition For Race Timing? · · Score: 1

    Identify unique shape, numbers, barcode, qr code or similar in the images, that have been attached using a magnet to the vehicle's door.

    Not all vehicles are steel. Magnets might not hold your barcode on all vehicles.

  21. Backup on Ask Slashdot: Image Recognition For Race Timing? · · Score: 1
    The crucial data is the timing, while identification is a task. You must record the timing, but it is not crucial to perform the identification in real time, is it? You just need to be able to eventually produce the timed list. Record the timing and photo information in a way which lets you later review and compare both, so if you miss an identification it can be done later.

    Yes, try to do the identification task immediately, but ensure that the system has the needed abilities to deal with problems. Rain, mud, or a bug on your lens could interfere with the intended operation.

  22. Re:FIRST INFORMATION on 1 MW Cold Fusion Plant Supposedly To Come Online · · Score: 1

    Yeah, we can hope this is all real. We don't have enough information yet.

  23. FIRST INFORMATION on 1 MW Cold Fusion Plant Supposedly To Come Online · · Score: 1

    Andrea Rossi October 28th, 2011 at 10:37 AM

    FIRST INFORMATION REGARDING THE 1 MW PLANT TEST:
    WE SARTED REGULARLY THE TEST THIS MORNING . EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL SO FAR. THE 1 MW E-CAT IS WORKING IN SELF SUSTAINING.
    TONIGHT I WILL PUBLISH THE NON SECRET REPORT THAT THE CUSTOMER WILL RELEASE.
    WARM REGARDS, I HAVE TO RETURN TO THE PLANT. SORRY, I CANNOT ANSWER TO THE MANY COMMENTS I AM RECEIVING. I WILL PUBLISH THEM PROBABLY I WILL NEVER FIND THE TIME TO ANSWER.
    WARMEST REGARDS TO ALL,
    ANDREA ROSSI

    Hush, filter, I know there are many capitalized letters there. That's what was posted. I wonder how much must be said which is not capitalized before the caps filter will quit whining and let the original be posted the way that it should be posted. This much, apparently.

  24. Re:2012-12-21 on In Bolivia, a Supervolcano Is Rising · · Score: 1

    Actually, I have wondered what would happen if you do a bunch of geothermal wells. Take the heat out and cool the rock.

    Maybe the rock cools, contracts, cracks, falls into the magma chamber, and your insurance company gets rather upset with your next of kin.

  25. Re:2012-12-21 on In Bolivia, a Supervolcano Is Rising · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure that hole wasn't immediately flooded with upward-flowing magma at the completion of the drilling. That might complicate matters a bit.

    Flooding with magma would seem to be a requirement of making magma flow.