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  1. Re:Is there a "before" photo? on Fifty Year Old Moon Mystery Explained · · Score: 1
    Does there not exist someplace a pre-1953 photo of that area of the moon? Ideally several, which could narrow down the time to a window that the "flare" fits.

    No "before" pictures. The BBC article mentioned by another says "But ground-based telescopes were not powerful enough to see any crater."
    Of course, that is why astronomers couldn't announce the new crater the next day.

  2. Re:where does the light come from? on Fifty Year Old Moon Mystery Explained · · Score: 1

    It'll be back every lunar day.

  3. Re:Link to actual photo on Fifty Year Old Moon Mystery Explained · · Score: 2, Funny
    That's right up next to "Announcing a new version of SupraGlax! Version 3.8 added the five most requested features and makes life much easier!"

    Yeah, great. Mention what it does. It might as well be ceiling polish for all that I care.

  4. Re:now we just need to make a company called Skyne on Barcode-Controlled Home? · · Score: 1
    ...some terrorist is smart enough to detonate a ESP device...

    The terrorist knew you were going to say that.
    He also knows what you're going to do next.

  5. Re:tattoo on Barcode-Controlled Home? · · Score: 1

    "Please replace one of my fillings with a ceramic filling and put this chip in the middle of it."

  6. Re:MS Press Release on California Consumers Settle MS Antitrust Suit · · Score: 1
    ...vouchers that may be used to buy any manufacturer's desktop, laptop and tablet computers, any software used with those computer products and specified peripheral devices for use with computers.

    Hey, restrictions apply!
    I can't use the vouchers to buy a handheld, PDA phone, mainframe or server? I can't use them to buy server software? I can only buy the peripheral devices which are "specified" ("Just look for the MS Label...")?

  7. Hit The Bar Monkey! on Linux-Based Bar-Monkey · · Score: 1
    Hit The Bar Monkey And Win A Blue Cow!

    Blue Cow

    • Pepsi Blue
    • Top with vanilla ice cream
    • Serve quickly with straw and long spoon.
  8. Re:Bogusity detection: All of the simple rules fai on The Borderlands Of Science · · Score: 1
    If I were to have an implanted cell phone that operated by direct neural connection, and someone else had a corresponding model, would this be telepathy?

    If your definition of "telepathy" is "transfer of thoughts at a distance", that has existed since writing existed. Add "in real time" and use the heliostat, telegraph, or telephone. Add "wirelessly" and that's radio. You've merely added "invisibility" as a requirement.

    Many people would consider "without mechanisms" as part of the requirement. The giant mind-reading plant antenna which the Proximans grew in Lunar orbit does meet that requirement. So telepathy already exists, whether we can use it or not.

  9. Re:Hmm.. interesting on The Borderlands Of Science · · Score: 1

    Well, cable TV is obviously the problem. If you'd been watching broadcast TV, you'd have learned the truth about Bigfoot from "The Invisible Man" or "The Six Million Dollar Man". When it comes to facts, they're The Man.

  10. Re:Hmm.. interesting on The Borderlands Of Science · · Score: 1
    But any time someone states something as "concrete" either A) exists or B) doesnt exist without having some form of proof one way or the other...

    You should have phrased that loooong sentence more clearly. It specifically is not clear whether you're referring to whether the rocklike construction material called "concrete" existed, or whether someone is saying something is "definite|certain|concrete". Particularly as the Roman formula for concrete was reportedly lost and recreated a few decades ago.

  11. Re:I'd also recommend on The Borderlands Of Science · · Score: 1

    Would the Prosecution have had to prove that the voice on radio was not a miracle which happened to sound like the wife? Or if the wife was speaking, that the wife was not speaking information into the microphone due to divine inspiration?

  12. Re:Terminology on Scientists Search For Clues to Antarctic Climate · · Score: 2, Informative
    Depends whether you're using "geometric south" or "map south". The South Pole on a map is the point where the southern end of the axis of rotation meets the surface.

    With geometry, "south" is be the direction along axis of rotation, -- so the southernmost point could be the point furthest from the equator -- which might be a mountain top some distance from the "South Pole". [Imagine a plane at right angles to the South Pole -- anything piercing that is further "south", perhaps including the heads of visitors standing near the Pole.]

  13. Re:Hooray for scientific method on Scientists Search For Clues to Antarctic Climate · · Score: 1
    It bugs me that every time someone tries to studies climate change they get called a tree hugger. Global warming is a proven fact. We need to study it more to find out why it is happening...

    Call it "Global Climate" and study the history of global weather patterns over millions of years, then you're less likely to be considered as practicing ecological nostalgia.

  14. Re:Funny story on Salt Volcanoes on Io · · Score: 1
    Gnats have a better chance of stopping my Jeep as they meet my windshield.

    Don't antagonize the gnats.

  15. Re:Regarding the domain name on Slashback: Disputes, Clones, Audio · · Score: 1

    Worse, as far as domain names is concerned, is that there can be more than one holder of a trademarked term. "Firestone" might be the name of a tire, a pizza-cooking ceramic stone for ovens, or a donut shop. Unrelated use is allowed. Indeed, a quick search of the US PTO Trademarks database does show most, but not all, "Firestone" trademarks are related to tires.

  16. Re:Or he could be... on Call for Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie References · · Score: 1

    He didn't mention if he did a search on the Patent Office site. There are many applications found when you search for "mind control"...but "beverage glass washer"? I guess that explains the guy at the cafeteria...

  17. Re:fantasy on Call for Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie References · · Score: 1
    Okay, so the NSA, with the assistance of the Gnomes of Zurich and the Black Activists, use the Orbital Mind Control Lasers to attack your wacky Amiga tinfoil hat guy.

    ...for 2 points.

  18. Re:new estimates?!! on New Estimates for Universe's Age · · Score: 3, Funny
    the universe is between 11.2 billion and 20 billion years old

    I have to take their word for it. I can't remember anything before 8 billion years ago. Maybe my memory isn't what it used to be a couple of billion years ago.

  19. Re:That's because Linux admins are self-taught on Linux Is Cheaper · · Score: 1
    "Yeah well you're a Windows idiot. All you do is set it up with Linux and it just works!" -- That is basically the response I expect from my answers.

    No, I was setting you up for "You can't fix Windows."
    ...and Linux can be fixed, which is why now "it just works". :-)

  20. Re:true, good example on Linux Is Cheaper · · Score: 1
    Its rare that I can find a good windows administrator who can debug network problems or figure out why a program is crashing the system.

    Trick question. The real problem is that "a program" can crash an MS-Windows system.

  21. Re:That's because Linux admins are self-taught on Linux Is Cheaper · · Score: 1
    It's not too hard if you can understand the BSOD and poke around untill you find out whats up (usually a driver)

    ...then fix and recompile the driver...

  22. Re:That's because Linux admins are self-taught on Linux Is Cheaper · · Score: 1
    Windows isn't exactly that hard to maintain.

    What is your definition of:

    • Maintain
    • Fix
    • Work around
    • Patch
  23. Re:The Ablative Horse on Linux Is Cheaper · · Score: 1

    I don't remember the Dead Horse episode. Was it a "possible rescue" story, or did the Professor build something interesting with the remains?

  24. Re:Practical Applications? on The Plastic Fractal Magnet · · Score: 1
    This intensely ordered structure might one day be key to storing information with a very high density.

    Obviously, storing info on increasingly smaller refrigerators does increase the information density.

  25. Re:but! on Friendly Plastic Pop Can Nearly Ready for Market · · Score: 1
    Manly?
    Uh, youngster... Crushing a can on your forehead, or with your fingertips, got its reputation as an amusing feat thirty years ago when the beverage cans were steel.

    I'll be impressed if you can crush it hard enough to melt it.
    But only impressed in a physics way, not a physical way.