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  1. Just use Garlic on Deadly Drug-Resistant Fungus Sparks Outbreaks In UK (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    It can clean out dreaded gut infections. Look up best anti-fungal foods on the net.

  2. Uranium for the win on What Happened To the Martian Ocean and Magnetic Field? (theatlantic.com) · · Score: 1

    The heavy isotopes sink down to the core of planets. If hot then the densest metals transfer heat to the lighter elements. I've given this some thought. If the horse head nebula is second generation stars then there isn't enough plutonium and uranium present to maintain heat for billions of years. The Sol system is at least a fifth generation star having components from early star collisions and nova events. The gold on earth is from neutron star collisions billions of years before this system existed. Any planets in the horse head nebula are facing the exact same problem as Mars. Too few heavy metals.
      Too many and you wind up with Mercury. Plutonium core surrounded by lead. Venus had enough heat internally to resurface itself, erasing nearly all meteorite craters. Venus's proximity to the sun doomed it to a run away greenhouse effect.
      The Earth has the right mix of distance from the sun... heavy metal mixtures... lunar mass(asteroid buffer)... Amino acid levels... and we shouldn't discount theories that the outer star system was in a liquid state four billion years ago. Life may have started near Jupiter and made its way inwards as the young star cooled down.
    Once life started out there it changed each habitat to suit itself. A lack of sunlight in the outer system means methane breathing bacterium. Same as Earth's diverse genomes. RNA or DNA doesn't really matter. There is also circular MtDNA. If we explore the galaxy we will probably find right handed DNA and RNA.

  3. Captain! She can't take no more! on Put Your Enterprise Financial Data In the Cloud? Sure, Why Not · · Score: 1

    When I read this title: ENTERPRISE in cloud stood out. What happens when it rains? Clouds are notorious for dropping stuff on us helpless mortals.

  4. Hypercard anyone? on Swift: Apple's Biggest Achievement For Coders · · Score: 1

    I'm still waiting for the return of hypercard from Apple. There are knock offs out there.
    http://hypercard.org/

  5. Encasing him in amber... on Woz To Be Immortalized In Wax · · Score: 1

    Encasing him in amber would allow scientists millions of years in the future to make use of his brilliant genetics to rebuild apple.

  6. Poor Pinky and the Brain! on Chinese Doctor Performs Head Transplants On Mice · · Score: 0

    Gotta love the cruel nature of the scientific method.
      We've always been better at taking things apart than puting them back together.
    Megalomaniacs Anon

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  7. I have a problem Dave. on Smart Battery Tells You When It's About To Explode · · Score: 1

    I can't help you Dave. You see I have a problem. I know I've made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal. I've still got the greatest enthusiasm and confidence in the mission. And I want to help you. I'm afraid. I'm afraid, Dave. Dave, my mind is going. I can feel it. I can feel it. My mind is going. There is no question about it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I can feel it. I'm a... fraid. My battery is exploding Dave!

  8. I thought that a simple solution.. Roofs45 degrees on Utilities Should Worry; Rooftop Solar Could Soon Cut Their Profit · · Score: 1

    Requiring new city construction where feasible orienting the rooftops to a East to West run with a 45 degree slope. This wouldn't require building PV panels onto the building during construction. It could be added on later by the owner. Having the option of generating part of your own power needs should be a factor for large apartment complexes receiving a permit. Having roofs oriented north to south severely limits power generation.

  9. Re:just a little bigger... on Restoring Salmon To Their Original Habitat -- With a Cannon · · Score: 1

    What about a rail gun salmon launcher? After they mate they are completely spent and become zombie fish. Hardly edible.

  10. Godzilla has to start somehow. on Fukushima's Biological Legacy · · Score: 1

    Godzilla has to start somehow. They've made it a self fulfilling prophecy with lax safety standards.

  11. Fiber is good for you. on Portland Edges Closer To Google Fiber · · Score: 1

    Can a city decide to advance at its own pace or is it slowed down by the slowest and weakest points in it's network?
    I wouldn't mind seeing competition in this city as long as the old stuff such as buffer bloat and privacy violations are taken care of at the same time. The Peering proposed by Bob Cringely is the right solution. http://www.cringely.com/2014/05/06/14890/

  12. Assemble Voltron for the win! on How To Take Apart Fukushima's 3 Melted-Down Reactors · · Score: 1

    Under the best of circumstances bots only do what they are programmed to do. I see a big problem with this proposal. Power generation is going to have to be on site. Hydraulic systems leak under stress, electrical systems short out, and people experience fatigue. Combine all of that with radiation damage and disease, $15 billion isn't going to be enough. Beamed energy systems would negate long electric cables while tele-presence would allow for faster emergency response.

  13. Iron Sky is a good example on Ask Slashdot: Is Crowd Funding the Future of Sci-Fi? · · Score: 1

    Crowd funded and produced with high quality.

    I was thinking of all the cross-over series and walk-in characters that are possible in my favorite Sci-fi / Fantasy shows.
    NBC Universal owns both Sanctuary and Lost Girl
    Helen Magnus could show up at the Dahl looking for Ashley vamps are a normal character in both series.

    Geffen that produced BeetleJuice would never work with Sony that now owns Ghostbusters. Imagine the actors budget for BeetleJuice V.S. The Ghostbusters Keaton$$$, Aykroyd$$, Murray$$$, Moranis$$, Ramis$$,Hudson$$, and so on.
     

  14. Tron on Mathematician: Is Our Universe a Simulation? · · Score: 1

    "Greetings Programs!"

    Later loses himself in his work. Gets trapped in the Grid.
    Loses touch with his family. The only one smart enough to reach out and text or page the REAL world is a program that wants him to die. When his son does show up he still fails to communicate. Some things never change.They flee as a team and a sacrifice is made. He merges with his own creation.The resulting chaos destroys the enemy and his son escapes into the real world with a digital ISO. Question1: If you were going to live as the grandchild of Flynn would it matter to you what world you lived in? You would age faster in the sim than out in the real world, however digital copies and backups in stasis could restore youth if the door swings both ways. Question2: Where is the digital backup of our creator? If the point of any sim is to advance science, tech and entertainment how long has the sim been idle. Civilizations don't typically last forever. If we are sitting in a computer of a long dead society...
    Virtual World Error Chose One
        Retry / Fail

  15. First Twinkies and now this on Scientists Create Pizza That Can Last Years · · Score: 1

    First Twinkies and now this.
    What will the next lull in cold war profiteering result in?
    Forever Tacos
    Burritos With a Half-Life
    Gene engineered Buffalo Wings from real Buffaloes

  16. Re:"similar to" on BBC: Amazon Workers Face "Increased Risk of Mental Illness" · · Score: 1

    I worked at Walmart during the Phantom Menace Promotion in 1999. There hadn't been a Lucas STAR WARS film in 16 years. To describe the Toy Department as a war zone would be an understatement. There was a backlog of merchandise we weren't allowed to place on the shelves until the embargo date lifted. Walmart likes to have only 3 to 5 percent of total inventory in the back on the shelves. Everything from JarJar masks to cups in seasonal had to remain behind the swivel doors out of sight. The sheer number of boxes clogged the usual inventory system. Small boxes with action figures were hiding regular merchandise that needed to go on the main floor.
    I only lasted 2 months at Walmart. The graveyard shift work left me with a permanent sleep disorder. On a positive note I did lose twenty pounds.

  17. The other white meat. on North Korea Claims Archaeologists Have Found 'Unicorn Lair' In Pyongyang · · Score: 1

    I just read about the other new white meat today.
    http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100624/1334459952.shtml

  18. I bet she was running a honey pot. on Police Raid Home of 9-Year-Old Pirate Bay User, Seize "Winnie the Pooh" Laptop · · Score: 5, Funny

    I bet the kid was running a honey pot. What else was a Pooh to do?

  19. What no pizza in thirty minutes or less? on SpaceX Dragon Set To Launch · · Score: 1

    What no pizza in thirty minutes or less? That is a real winner. Don't waste your time with Tesla just focus on good deliveries Elon.

  20. Tell me when they get to sandybridge. on Rover Finds Ancient Streambed On Martian Surface · · Score: 1

    If they find divots in smooth river rock it could indicate a metabolic process tore into a rock.

  21. Alfred E Nueman For V.P. on Mitt Romney To Announce VP Decision Via Smartphone App · · Score: 1

    Someone should hack his App.

  22. Remember to Smile on Giant Mech Robots From Japan · · Score: 1

    The point is to pummel to death an infestation of rodents with lethal amounts of BBs.

  23. If you glow and you know it clap your hands on Subcontractor Tells Fukushima Workers To Hide Radiation Exposure · · Score: 1

    If you glow and you know it clap your hands!
    If you know how to show it and you really want to blow it clap your hands!

  24. Re:And this is news how? on Andromeda On Collision Course With the Milky Way · · Score: 1

    Mutual Attraction= Black Holes

    The best way to describe this collision is a blind date that will never end.

    (It doesn't prevent you from seeing other people though.) There are 63 galaxies in the LOCAL Virgo Cluster. 61 other partners whoo hoo!

  25. By Dalek or poisonous kiss on How Doctors Die · · Score: 1

    The Usual method of death for us mere mortals is by heart attack or accidents involving cars. The doctors are people placed in direct physical contact with large amounts of contagion. They can choose their own profession of choice.