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  1. Re:Amazon Donation Page on More On Tragedy · · Score: 1
    Actually, it's not the "credit card" issue:
    Is my payment refundable?
    Yes, because of the voluntary nature of Honor System payments, you may use Amazon.com's Unpay function to cancel a payment or get a refund up to 30 days after you make a payment--with no questions asked. To use the Unpay feature, go to your Amazon.com retail account and locate the Your Orders and Transactions section. If you are not signed in, you will be asked to do so. Click the appropriate status link, then click the "Transaction #" link of the payment you want refunded. Click the Unpay button for final directions and we'll send you an e-mail confirmation that your payment has been refunded. Because Honor System payments are voluntary, the person or organization you paid may not contest your refund request. If you previously requested that we notify the organization of your donation, we will notify them of your request for a refund.
  2. Amazon Donation Page on More On Tragedy · · Score: 5, Informative

    It's worth mentioning that Amazon isn't charging their usual cut for the service, all money is going to Red Cross. And (this is a bit odd) it's refundable for 30 days.

  3. FAKE:Stephen King, author, dead at 54 on The Ultimate Cubicle · · Score: 1

    FAKE! Mod down!

  4. Re:Funny? on FDA Approves Swallowable Camera · · Score: 1

    Swallowing a camera to look at a prostrate seems rather inefficient. Seems like it'd make more sense to insert it in the other end!

  5. Too Many Important First Concepts for OO on Java as a CS Introductory Language? · · Score: 2

    In my mind, no OO language should be the first language taught. There are too many fundamentals which ought to be learned first. If students don't understand what's going on at the machine level, we may as well teach them in HyperCard!

  6. Re:physical exertion on Recepies For A Good Night's Sleep? · · Score: 1

    See! If I'd had enough sleep, I might have remembered that.

  7. physical exertion on Recepies For A Good Night's Sleep? · · Score: 1

    Regular physical exertion (i.e. work, as can be measured in newtons, not billable hours) makes a huge difference - needless to say I don't get enough exertion or sleep :(

  8. Re:Correction on Transplants from Dead Donors · · Score: 1

    The correct answer is: "That's frahnk-in-steen!"

  9. Heart cells beat by themselves on Transplants from Dead Donors · · Score: 2
    From http://howstuffworks.com/heart4.htm
    The answer lies in a special group of cells that have the ability to generate electrical activity on their own. These cells separate charged particles. Then they spontaneously leak certain charged particles into the cells. This produces electrical impuses in the [heart's natural] pacemaker cells which spread over the heart, causing it to contract. These cells do this more than once per second to produce a normal heart beat of 72 beats per minute.
  10. ... percentage of the award on Student Web-Site Censors Stung for $62,000 · · Score: 1

    You're thinking about "slip-and-fall" or other liability suits. In Michigan, lawyers get 1/3 of the award by law for those.