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  1. Re:I'm surprised... on NASA Seeks Ham Operators' Help To Test NanoSail-D · · Score: 1

    I would like one of your batteryless transmitters. Actually, I'd like about 10 megawatts' worth of them.

  2. Re:Ham Radio is dying about as fast as on NASA Seeks Ham Operators' Help To Test NanoSail-D · · Score: 1

    Which NGs are you in? From where I sit, it is still September.

    You need a faster Usenet feed. :-)

  3. Call it a good start on Wikipedia and the History of Gaming · · Score: 2

    Keep writing, Wired, as you're publishing material which can be used as Wikipedia sources.

  4. Re:creepy creepy creepy... on Microsoft Patents Looks-Are-Everything Dating · · Score: 2

    So, is this patent Hot Or Not?

  5. Flying car, please on Has the Industrialized World Reached Peak Travel? · · Score: 1

    The moderator's silly is correct. Give us flying cars, and the demand for travel will increase. Travel distance, at least, not necessarily time nor energy use.

  6. Re:I can't be the only one who thought of this... on Opera Goes To 11, With Extensions and Tab Stacks · · Score: 1

    Yay, THREE!

  7. Re:Can't install an ap? That'll slow adoption on Chrome OS Doesn't Trust Apps Or Users · · Score: 2

    "Operating systems today are centered on the idea that applications can be trusted to modify the system" only applies to Microsoft operating systems. Unix and Linux don't trust applications. Application packaging systems are often trusted by users to properly install an app, but Unix/Linux requires the user to have sufficient privileges to allow the app installer to perform the installation. Few Unix/Linux apps are given root privileges.

  8. Re:Like other internet Upgrades on Fix To Chinese Internet Traffic Hijack Due In Jan. · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hey, you have to wait until it's implemented. Right now, the fix is due in Jan, and we have to wait until Jan writes down the code and gets it working right. Once it's working right, we're OK and we can thank Jan.

  9. Hey, bartender! on Homemade Robotic Xylophone Plays Holiday Melodies · · Score: 1

    featuring handmade solenoids and aluminum bars

    Nice handmade bar! I'll have two shots of transparent aluminum.

  10. Re:Interesting if true on Stable Roentgenium Claimed Found In Gold · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm also wondering how Marinov suspected it would be in gold. The only link I can find is that they're both group 11 elements, but by that logic you should be able to find tellurium in sulfur, which isn't the case.

    Sulfur is more reactive, so the geological and chemical processes which form sulfur deposits also separate it from gold. Gold doesn't react with as many things as sulfur, so an element with similar characteristics will be more diluted in sulfur than in a gold deposit. On the other hand, if this element does indeed also travel with sulfur then there's a chance that larger amount might be in the larger sulfur deposits even if there's less per ton.

  11. Re:Fast response time... on Wikileaks DDoS Attacker Arrested, Equipment Seized · · Score: 1

    It only took two days since the attack occurred for the perpetrator to be tracked down and arrested? I can't say I've ever heard of such a fast response time to a computer crime. I'm quite surprised.

    Is this typical these days?

    I don't know. Let's see if Wikileaks has reports on the typical computer crime response.

  12. Re:th3j35t3r - Lame. on Wikileaks DDoS Attacker Arrested, Equipment Seized · · Score: 1

    How about "0x544845204a4554000000"?

  13. Re:natural environment? on New Microscope Reveals Ultrastructure of Cells · · Score: 1

    p>Standard slashdot car analogy would be pimping my new car engine for using the new "naturally aspirated" technology instead of one of those old fashioned turbocharger gimmicks.

    Except this "naturally aspirated" technology requires all the engine's air to be bottled and frozen.

  14. Easy updating? on Bloom Laptop Designed For Easy Disassembly · · Score: 1

    It's about time there was the laptop equivalent of a PC case, where you can use standard components inside the case, and repair or upgrade what is in the case.

  15. Re:Future steps on 8pen Reinvents the Keyboard For Mobile Devices · · Score: 1

    What is this handwriting you speak of? Do you mean how you use your hands to interface with the keyboard?

    It's when you use your mailing label printer to spray a note on your hand so you can remember your task list until your cellphone battery recharges.

  16. Re:This looks like a job for--Mythbusters! on Fun With an Induction Cooktop? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    1. Create a myth about induction cooktops.

  17. Re:Conspiracy theories are for gullible idiots. on 1928 Time Traveler Caught On Film? · · Score: 1

    She's telling the guy ahead of her to get the tickets while she powders her nose, extracts her hatpins, and signs the film crew's waiver forms.

  18. Re:Fooled? on Chatbot Suzette Wins 20th Annual Loebner Prize, Fools One Judge · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Try your SIMPLE questions on some humans and see whether you get the response which you requested. Many humans won't obey a command either.

  19. Re:Looking elsewhere... on Searching For Alternatives To China's Rare Earth Monopoly · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Is an asteroid "elsewhere" enough for you? Most metallic asteroids probably have more metals than we have access to in the Earth's crust. We have ways of cutting up large metal objects, but I don't know if there are industrial processes for separating random mixtures of metallic elements. An asteroid which had melted and partially separated the metals would be an interesting challenge.

  20. Re:You don't know if the new images are from drone on Google Maps Adds Drone Imagery · · Score: 1

    Google "aerial photography" and notice all the ads which sell you the photos. Or look in your local Yellow Pages, where you can get photos of your house if you wish.

  21. Research of only Politics on The Science of Truthiness · · Score: 1

    Their careful analysis has produced a tool whose only meme category is "Politics".
    First time I've seen @justinbeiber and @akibablog as being political. For a chuckle, run @akibablog through Google Translate. There isn't enough context for it to translate short Japanese messages well.

  22. Re:Record for smallest babies to survive on Doctors Save Premature Baby Using Sandwich Bag · · Score: 4, Funny

    Perhaps other hospitals have better cafeteria technologies.

  23. Re:So? on Selling Incandescent Light Bulbs As Heating Devices · · Score: 2, Funny

    You'd save money by turning up the heat (or insulating your house.) Electric resistance heat is ridiculously expensive.

    He's resisting that.

  24. Re:Agriculture on Tractor Beams Come To Life · · Score: 3, Funny

    Han Solo: "We're caught in a tweezer beam, it's pulling us in!" No, it just doesn't work. Just doesn't set up the scene correctly at all.

    Sure it does. A maid with a vacuum cleaner large enough to destroy a planet would also have a tweezer beam large enough for one little ship.

  25. Re:Shutdown patents on Microsoft Patents OS Shutdown · · Score: 1

    When can I, um, patent shutting down the USPTO?

    Please provide a working sample.