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  1. Does Radioshack carry 19 million amp fuses? on 19 million Amps · · Score: 1

    If so, what color are they?

  2. Excellent opportunity for civil disobedience on Microsoft to Disable Online Windows Activation · · Score: 1

    Anyone interested in organizing a large group of licensed users who ALL call M$ at the same time for re-activation?

  3. Civil disobedience on MPAA Blames Linux Australia Notice on Human Error · · Score: 1

    If their take down notices are generated by a brain-dead automated process, then why don't we all engage in a little civil disobedience? We should all start sharing zero-byte files that happen have the same names as movies. It would be trivial to overwhelm this system with noise.

  4. Re:More Info? on Arctic Ice Holds Much CO2 · · Score: 1

    "No one ever compares..."
    Your comment seems a bit light on the details. ;)

  5. Re:Huh??? on More Complaints About Yucca Mountain · · Score: 1

    No, actually I was refering to the various entities of the "Progressive Party" active in the 1912, 1924, and 1948 presidential elections. Some one must have slept through sophmore poli-sci classes...

  6. Nothing new about Science in Politics on More Complaints About Yucca Mountain · · Score: 2, Informative

    The Progressive movement was based on belief in the Scientific Method and it's application to politics.

  7. a bit short on substance on Cenozoic Park: Cloning the Tasmanian Tiger · · Score: 2, Insightful

    PCR is a technique that is successful in replicating even very small pieces of DNA. It 'amplifies' extremely small samples of material into amounts that are detectable. Essentially, this group in Australia has determined that they have some DNA from the Tasmanian Tiger, but they have no idea how much of the genome. It is highly likely that there just isn't enough enact DNA to be useful for the creation of an animal.
    Assume for a moment that they are exceptionally lucky and have an intact genome from two individuals, one male and one female. The scientists then pass the substantial hurdle of cloning these individuals (no marsupials have been cloned yet). What do they have: two individuals. This would amount to a 'population bottleneck' of the worst magnitude. Who will these animals' offspring mate with?