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  1. Re:eqyptians on Dung Beetles Navigate By the Milky Way; Pigeons Tune In To Magnetism · · Score: 2

    Dung Beetles move structures 1141 times their own weight. A skill much regarded by the pyramid builders.

    The reinvention of wheel was much inspired by this tiny creature.

  2. The man could walk free.... on Chinese Man Pleads Guilty To $100M Piracy Operation · · Score: 1

    if he was HSBC.

  3. Re:One word on Can a Regular Person Repair a Damaged Hard Drive? · · Score: 1

    The read/write is not touching the platter, it is flying on a thin cushion of air. Thus after spinning for a few years, when you smash it open, you don't see any scrap mark on the platter. That is because the read / write head is not in contact with platter.

  4. Refining wine on Making Saltwater Drinkable With Graphene · · Score: 1

    Wine makers have been modifying their wine to achieve a higher alcohol content.
    This RO process might be one method in extracting the H2O molecule from the
    C2H5OH. Hopefully in near future more good wine at cheaper price.

  5. Re:weird on Chinese Propaganda Accidentally Reveals Cyberwar · · Score: 1

    If the permanent protest hut is not bad enough, you can imagine the Chinese hiring some guys to set up some anti-protest hut next to the first hut.

  6. Helmets? on US Army Unveils 'Revolutionary' $35,000 Rifle · · Score: 1

    These soldiers look ridiculous with these helmet when their enemies are 2000 feet away.

    The weapon should be able to change no just the tactics in fighting. It should also change
    the helmets and boots, for example.

  7. Re:Takes me back on Tracking Down a Single-Bit RAM Error · · Score: 1

    to be fair, the price tag for 640K was big.

  8. Re:Good idea, but very hard to do well... on Best OSS CFD Package For High School Physics? · · Score: 1

    This one JAVA Virtual Wind Tunnel is interesting.

  9. Re:food on Potato-Powered Batteries Debut · · Score: 1

    Eat the potato and borrow a hand crank generator.

  10. Re:The problem with geothermal on Harry Reid Pushes Nevada As "Saudi Arabia of Geothermal Energy" · · Score: 1

    It might not be a bad thing to cause a series of small earthquakes. If the stress underground
    could be released in small steps, it might avoid the big one.

    Such approach is used in controlling forest fire. Areas chosen were burn off to lower the
    fuel level of a big forest fire.

  11. Spill on Harry Reid Pushes Nevada As "Saudi Arabia of Geothermal Energy" · · Score: 1

    If we get a spill, could we break the record of 190 km in length.

    http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article156753.ece

  12. Re:Theoretical performance vs real-world performan on Knuth Got It Wrong · · Score: 1

    There might be something to do with the Knuth bounty. The dollar value reward is not particularly high,
    but the Knuth reward check is some collector's item worth many time more than the face value.

  13. Re:Just curious on NASA Aircraft Videos Hayabusa Re-Entry · · Score: 1

    Would it bring back bad luck by chipping a piece of meteorite?

  14. Re:Unfortunately... on Hong Kong Company Develops Solar-Powered Lightbulb · · Score: 1

    a $15 light bulb is something you have to hire a body guard to secure if you hang it in the open.

  15. Re:Cool on Hong Kong Company Develops Solar-Powered Lightbulb · · Score: 1

    The manufacturer of the light bulb might think the sun is an unlimited, universal energy source. Unfortunately, in big cities, only the rich could afford the sun. For ordinary people, there is not enough sun light to sustain the growth of a health plant at their windows.

  16. Re:Decrease, not increase on Solar Cell Inventor Wins Millennium Prize · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Everyone seems to have the same idea as yours, but they don't seem to agree upon whose babies.

  17. Re:The Berry Cell on Solar Cell Inventor Wins Millennium Prize · · Score: 4, Informative
  18. The Berry Cell on Solar Cell Inventor Wins Millennium Prize · · Score: 2, Interesting

    http://nnin.unm.edu/lesson13.pdf

    The interesting part of the Graetzel is that one can use the dye in berry to make
    the cell. Interesting and tasty.

  19. Re:Counts on Texas Man Pleads Guilty To Building Botnet-For-Hire · · Score: 4, Interesting

    22000 machines, if each one got the mission done. There will be 22000 infected machines. If the guy is sentenced
    for 1 day each. He will be away for over 60 years.

  20. Re:Wrong! on Dell To Leave China For India · · Score: 1

    It is possible that the Indians want Dell to move over. But after they found out how much Dell was paying the Chinese, they began to think it was not a good idea.

  21. Re: Death to... on India First To Build a Supersonic Cruise Missile · · Score: 1

    It sounds like WMD was a translation error.

  22. Re:cancer worries on Doctors Skirt FDA To Heal Patients With Stem Cells · · Score: 1

    I know you're gonna say it : "if they don't have back pain, we'll give them one".

  23. Re:Turns out BSD wasn't dying on Industry Open-Sources Model For Infamous CDS · · Score: 1

    your first half had been screwed by the bankers, the second half will be screwed by the bailout.

  24. Re:Film at 11... on High Tech Misery In China · · Score: 1

    Just ask Madoff, do we need any war?

  25. Re:Film at 11... on High Tech Misery In China · · Score: 1

    Actually the Chinese were trying to enforce something like a minimum wage and limit the working hours to around 40 hrs per week in summer 2008. But thousands of factories were in bad shape before the outcry of Paulson in Aug 2008. And now, right in the middle of the financial Tsunami, over 10000 factories, big or small, is expected to close.

    You might have forgotten the obvious. The govt must pass a law to forbid companies from closing.