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  1. Re:but... my face is smaller than 25 cm? on Google's Satellites Could Soon See Your Face From Space · · Score: 1

    The mirror for that satellite would have to be several hundred meters in diameter.

  2. Re:Knee Jerk on Ask Slashdot: Can Tech Help Monitor or Mitigate a Mine-Flooded Ecosystem? · · Score: 1

    Hmm, well I want to win the lottery. Even though I never play the lottery, I expect that the odds of that happening are a good deal more favorable than of a mining company being a "good corporate citizen." The road to hell and all that.

  3. Re:Tech solutions. Why tech? on Ask Slashdot: Can Tech Help Monitor or Mitigate a Mine-Flooded Ecosystem? · · Score: 1

    However,toxins can only be produced by biological systems and thus are irrelevant to the discussion of toxic mining tailings.

  4. Re:Colorado has California over a barrel on Western US States Using Up Ground Water At an Alarming Rate · · Score: 2

    I live one block away from the Niagara river. Out of curiosity I compared the rate that I pay for water with the residential rates for Phoenix and L.A. My rates are the highest. No wonder the west is running out of water.

  5. Re:Simple on Ask Slashdot: Future-Proof Jobs? · · Score: 1

    Hmm, I get a couple of free airplane tickets a year from my credit card and have yet to pay a dime in interest. Guess I'm totally getting shafted.

    Also, the interest on my home loan doesn't even come close to the standard deduction. It doesn't for most people.
    At current rates, your home loan would need to be around $250000.00 for the interest deduction to be more than the standard deduction for a married couple.

  6. Re:Can someone explain... on Coming Soon(ish) From LG: Transparent, Rollup Display · · Score: 1

    Worse than useless as a HUD. Downright dangerous. A proper HUD is features a collimated display, so you don't have to take focus off your environment to look at it.

  7. Re:e. coli and salmonella? on Researchers Find "Achilles Heel" of Drug Resistant Bacteria · · Score: 2

    The article also uses MRSA, which is gram positive, as their prime example of resistant bacteria.

  8. What's with the quotes around "gram-negative?" on Researchers Find "Achilles Heel" of Drug Resistant Bacteria · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Does this only work on bacteria that are pretending to be gram-negative? It's like the menu from the pizza place in my neighborhood that uses quotes around words like "chicken." What are they really serving?

  9. Re:Not how natural selection works on Brazilians Welcome Genetically-Modified Mosquito To Help Fight Dengue Fever · · Score: 4, Funny

    Humans are the reservoir for dengue in the western hemisphere, so naturally efforts should be focused on elminating this reservoir in the more southern parts of the area before the disease is able to spread to the more important countries north of Mexico.

  10. Re:Warning... grammar police! on Group Wants To Recover 36-Year-Old Historic Spacecraft From Deep Space · · Score: 1

    but the "un" in unique comes from the latin unus, which means one. you can't be relatively unique any more than you can be relatively dead.

  11. Re:Welders make 150k??? on Skilled Manual Labor Critical To US STEM Dominance · · Score: 1

    Problem is, everyone wants to do new construction. Most areas have a limited market for that sort of job. And in most areas the market is alread Walmartized by a few big operators.

  12. Re:Welders make 150k??? on Skilled Manual Labor Critical To US STEM Dominance · · Score: 1

    you're also paying for guaranteed work and so that you have someone to sue if something goes wrong. Plus it isn't cheap to set up shop as a plumber.

  13. Re:LOL ... on Skilled Manual Labor Critical To US STEM Dominance · · Score: 1

    what do you expect from a wingnut rag like the WSJ?

  14. Re:wrong on Skilled Manual Labor Critical To US STEM Dominance · · Score: 1

    and those average incomes only apply when you can find a job. unemployment has been holding steady around 10% in the trades. most people can look forward to a lot of part time and temp work and a lot of layoffs going into electrical or plumbing.

  15. Re:Military accepts any 4-year degree on Skilled Manual Labor Critical To US STEM Dominance · · Score: 1

    reality is just about nobody gets to be an officer without going through one of the academies or ROTC, unless you're a professional like a doctor or lawyer. and the academy looks a lot better on your resume at promotion time than ROTC.

  16. Re:LOL ... on Skilled Manual Labor Critical To US STEM Dominance · · Score: 1

    If the skills are so marketable, why is unemployment in the trades so dismal? It's still at around 10% for plumbers and electricians. I think the much hyped tradesman shortage is as imaginary as the STEM shortage. It's not that there aren't enough, it's that wages are too high for the bosses' taste.

  17. Re:Call me a rock wielding barbarian on Google's New Camera App Simulates Shallow Depth of Field · · Score: 1

    It only looks right if you want everything to look like an 80s daytime soap.

  18. Re:Call me a rock wielding barbarian on Google's New Camera App Simulates Shallow Depth of Field · · Score: 1

    You are seriously confused if you think depth of field control is a lo-fi effect.

  19. Re:Call me a rock wielding barbarian on Google's New Camera App Simulates Shallow Depth of Field · · Score: 1

    Name your favorite movies and tv shows and I'm sure someone can point out all the long lens shots that prove you wrong.

  20. Re:creamy bokeh on Google's New Camera App Simulates Shallow Depth of Field · · Score: 1

    Then you are an idiot.

  21. Re:That wouldn't work on Google's New Camera App Simulates Shallow Depth of Field · · Score: 1

    oh, oops, i meant to say deeper.

  22. Re:That wouldn't work on Google's New Camera App Simulates Shallow Depth of Field · · Score: 1

    um, yes. http://photo.net/learn/optics/dofdigital/
    for any given aperture and field of view a smaller senser has a larger dof. and for a subject at the hyperfocal distance or beyond, it's much greater than for a larger sensor.

  23. That wouldn't work on Google's New Camera App Simulates Shallow Depth of Field · · Score: 1

    unless the sensor were much larger. even at fast focal ratios, a cell phone sensor still has close to infinite depth of field if you're focusing on any subject closer than a few inches away. The smaller the sensor size, the shallower the depth of field for a given focal ratio. That's why large and medium format lenses don't have to be as fast as 35mm.

  24. Re:I'm unclear on Plant Breeders Release 'Open Source Seeds' · · Score: 1

    sure, but seeds of hybrid plants don't usually turn out anything like the parent plant. unless you know what cultivars were crossed to produce the original hybrid, you can't duplicate it. that's what is proprietary. you don't need a patent, as long as you're the only one who know which plants to cross, you're the only one who can produce that hybrid.

  25. Re:I guess they were wrong on Vintage 1960s Era Film Shows IRS Defending Its Use of Computers · · Score: 2

    That's a load of crap. Give one example of computers interpreting tax law. Fact is the tax code is pretty simple for the vast majority of individuals and small businesses. It does become complicated for big business, largely as a result of all the arcane loopholes and exemptions those businesses themselves had written into the tax code. Most tax "reformers" want to simplify the tax code by simply doing away with taxes on big businesses and as a result there would be no need for all the associated complications.