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  1. Re:Lack of interest in basic science? on Intel Drops Support For Science Talent Search · · Score: 1

    [sigh] Google: define indifference noun noun: indifference lack of interest, concern, or sympathy. "she shrugged, feigning indifference" synonyms: lack of concern, unconcern, disinterest, lack of interest...

  2. Re:Lack of interest in basic science? on Intel Drops Support For Science Talent Search · · Score: 1

    What? They are synonyms...

  3. Re:Gravitational slingshot on NASA To 'Lasso' a Comet To Hitchhike Across the Solar System · · Score: 1

    The difference in mass (and momentum) between an asteroid and a satellite is enormous. Imagine a mountain vs a large dog. The effect would be negligible.

  4. Re:Poor choice of service? on Ashley Madison Hack Claims First Victims · · Score: 1

    Have you actually ever bothered to look at the site? Front page, dropdown box options: "Attached Female seeking Males" "Attached Male seeking Females" "Single Female seeking Males" (implied "attached Males") "Singe Male seeking Females" (implied "attached Females") She would be an "Attached Female seeking Males", looking for "Single Male seeking (attached) Females" No it's not a site for single-seeking-single, but it is very much a site for single-seeking-attached and vice versa. Just because there are other sites that cater to open marriages doesn't mean this wasn't a perfectly valid choice given her situation.

  5. Re:Poor choice of service? on Ashley Madison Hack Claims First Victims · · Score: 1

    The front page tagline of the site is "Life is short - Have an affair". It is NOT a place for single people, no matter how many people try to spin it otherwise.

    Have you actually ever bothered to look at the site? Front page, dropdown box options: "Attached Female seeking Males" "Attached Male seeking Females" "Single Female seeking Males" (implied "attached Males") "Singe Male seeking Females" (implied "attached Females") She would be an "Attached Female seeking Males", looking for "Single Male seeking (attached) Females" No it's not a site for single-seeking-single, but it is very much a site for single-seeking-attached and vice versa.

  6. Re:Poor choice of service? on Ashley Madison Hack Claims First Victims · · Score: 1

    Wrong. Not everyone one the site is married, the purpose of the site is to pair up *someone* (who may or may not be single) with someone who is married and looking to be infidelitous. In the described scenario, the women married to the guy with the medical condition is fulfilling the cheating requirement, hence why she is on this site. For all you know she may have specifically selected to only be paired up with single men, specifically to avoid screwing around with someone else's relationship. If you truly feel a bit sorry for the women then you have to acknowledge that this is actually the correct site for her to be on, as users of a regular dating website would not be expecting and probably be very weirded out by finding out she was married.

  7. Re:Dumb idea on Stephen Hawking and Russian Billionaire Start $100 Million Search For Aliens · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Listening to a radio telescope in no way helps aliens find us.

  8. Re:Meh on Presidential Candidate Lincoln Chaffee Proposes That US Go Metric · · Score: 1

    Are you disagreeing with me? Because I know all this, the OP specifically said that it was nuts and bolts, and I agree that it's incredibly unlikely that they would have drilled and tapped all the holes instead of just using the appropriate bolts. If you're disagreeing with me I'm not sure what you're disagreeing with.

  9. Re:Meh on Presidential Candidate Lincoln Chaffee Proposes That US Go Metric · · Score: 1

    Because as long as the nut fits the bolt its on (and the bolt fits through the hole and the lips of both overlap the edges of the hole appropriately) then it doesn't matter if both the nut and bolt are metric, standard, or some other completely different system. Nut and bolt have to be paired, but it's not like you can only put standard nuts / bolts on an American car.

  10. Re:Affect the moon? on Subsurface Ocean Waves Can Be More Than 500 Meters High · · Score: 1

    The density of cold water is different from the density of warm water, and these waves and these waves have a large enough volume so that the difference in density makes a measurable difference in local gravitational pull.

  11. Re:Unbelievable. on $9 Open Source Computer Blows Past Crowdfunding Goal · · Score: 1

    To be fair, the stated reason that schools / standardized tests allow you to use a TI calculator but not a tablet or other form of computer actually does make a lot of sense: no internet connection. They want you to be able to graph and calculate, but not search on Google.

  12. Re:Media's role on Wellness App Author Lied About Cancer Diagnosis · · Score: 1

    The records at a medical facility - medical records - are generally always confidential. I don't know Australia's laws, but I would strongly suspect that they are not allowed to even verify that someone was or was not a patient.

  13. Re:Thereby allowing facebook MITM attacks. on This App Lets You Piggyback Facebook's Free Internet To Access Any Site · · Score: 4, Interesting

    No, there's no reason that you couldn't tunnel an encrypted (SSL) connection.

  14. Re:Electroluminescent display on PrintDisplay: DIY Displays and Touchscreens Anyone Can Print · · Score: 1

    High voltage is only dangerous because it can enable large amounts of current to flow through your body (assuming large amounts of current are available), the current is what actually kills you. The IC that drives the display is only capable of driving 1 mA which is only barely at the threshold of perception and not in any way dangerous. http://www.allaboutcircuits.co...

  15. Re:Boiled at 90C? on Scientists Determine New Way To Untangle Proteins By Unboiling an Egg · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Freezing / boiling point of pure water at sea level. It's a fine way to define a measurement scale, but there are several arbitrary decisions in there. Why water? Why not salt water at ocean-average saltiness? Why sea level? Arbitrary. Convenient perhaps if you're working with scientific applications where 1 atmosphere or pressure is a commonly defined unit, but still arbitrary. Fahrenheit is also arbitrary. It's also perhaps more convenient when dealing with air temperatures. 100 = "It's really hot out there", 0 = "It's really cold out there".

  16. Re:Slashvertisement for Tesla on How Argonne National Lab Will Make Electric Cars Cheaper · · Score: 1

    Sorry, failure to read on my part. Please ignore.

  17. Re:Slashvertisement for Tesla on How Argonne National Lab Will Make Electric Cars Cheaper · · Score: 1

    They did declare it. That's why the disclaimer is there.

  18. Re:Good for music, movies and ebooks on Delaware Enacts Law Allowing Heirs To Access Digital Assets of Deceased · · Score: 2

    Except that contracts do not superced the law, so if it becomes law that your heirs get your digital property then that overrules anything in anyone's Ts and Cs.