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  1. Re:Whimsy on Japan's Melody Roads Play Music as You Drive · · Score: 2, Interesting

    US national debt is about $9 trillion http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/09/06/notebook/main3238787.shtml

    You might have been thinking about the federal public debt which was $5.04 trillion.
    You get from 5.04 to 9 by adding in intragovernment debt obligations which include among other things, money that individual states owe.

    How the Japanese figure is arrived at seems to be less well documented though I'm sure its out there somewhere..

  2. Re:sorry on Explosion at Scaled Composites Kills 2, Injures 4 · · Score: 1

    If nothing else they're showing that a market exists for space flight at that price point, which is important in itself to attract investment in the harder problems of going into space.

  3. Re:Not anymore. on US Missle Interceptor Tests a Success · · Score: 1

    Good god, this is some good Godwin avoidance!

  4. Re:This is an excellent idea... on Global Collaborative Music Experiment · · Score: 1

    This sylable splicing is quite obvious on the Stone Roses first album, though in fairness Ian Browns voice has never been the best. It's particularly noticable on Waterfall on a good set of speakers, which was a bit of a shock to me the first time I heard it on decent equipment, it really breaks up the flow of the song.

    Great album though, just dont listen to it on good equipment.

  5. Re:American beer on Emissions of Key Greenhouse Gas Stabilize · · Score: 1

    I was taking a little holiday to visit a friend in California and ended up staying with some people in Encinitas. I was lucky enough to get to try a crap load of the microbrew beers while I was there but after about a week of drinking quite a lot of this stuff (And I'm Irish!) I went to a local bar for a few games of pool (or billiards or whatever you guys call it) and although there were no effects before that particular night, the running joke after was they had to repaint the walls after I was through!

    SoCal microbrew beer is great but the side effects can be toxic :)

  6. Re:well on Google Earth In 4D · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Man your grammer is better then most of the proper grownups here :)

  7. Bitter associate on Irish 'Running Man' WarWalking Competition · · Score: 1

    Dammit if only they'd done this last year when I was still in that college, and that country.

  8. A real Pity on Anti-Spammers DDoSed Out Of Existence · · Score: 1

    It's a real pity to see this, one more outpost gone down.

    I wonder why the authorities wouldn't help out in this case?

  9. Re:Lets not get too excited on Science Project Quadruples Surfing Speed - Reportedly · · Score: 1

    From what I remember about the flannery episode, she wrote a number of papers about that method, discussing it and is weakness', Had she entered those she certainly would have deserved to win but she entered an implementation instead.

  10. Re:Eh? on 100 Best Companies To Work For · · Score: 1

    I worked for them (Microsoft) for a good while and in fairness they are a really great company to work for. There is also constant efforts to improve employee happiness too, they use a metric called the Organisational Health Index to measure the level of satisfaction and identify areas which can be improved.

  11. Re:Titanic. on Edgar Allan Poe, Cosmologist · · Score: 1

    Last time I checked Jules Verne wasn't an American.

  12. Re:BeOS...? on Niche Operating Systems · · Score: 1

    fair enough but wouldn't it be harder to get developers who code in assembly?

  13. Re:BeOS...? on Niche Operating Systems · · Score: 1

    why would you say atheOS is likely to become mainstream? I was just wondering.

  14. Re:This has GOT to be terrorism... on World Trade Towers and Pentagon Attacked · · Score: 1

    My apologies, I posted that without thinking.

  15. Re:This has GOT to be terrorism... on World Trade Towers and Pentagon Attacked · · Score: 1

    Possibly this could be the perfect excuse for the Bush administration to crack down on privacy?

  16. alternative link on World Trade Towers and Pentagon Attacked · · Score: 5, Interesting

    http://www.sky.com/skynews/storytemplate/storytopp ic/0,,30000-1029102,00.html

    This is the stopry on sky news

  17. on usenet on Interview with Tom Sloper, Veteran Game Designer · · Score: 2

    I remember last year I had the opportunity to ask Tom Sloper a few questions on a newsgroup, I forget which one, a games design one I think.

    Anyways, he gave really good answers to my questions and was generally very helpful. Take a look at his website aimed at giving advice to budding games designers-->> Sloperama.com

    This is of course a bit offtopic I think, have mercy on me!!