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  1. Top Speed on No One Wins NASA Space Elevator Contest · · Score: 1


    They should set a slightly lower speed limit. This would encourage more people to work on the problem.

  2. Condolences on Integrated Circuit Inventor Jack Kilby Dead at 81 · · Score: 1


    Condolences to his family. I didn't know him but I know people who did and they all said he was a kind and decent gentleman in addition to his technical brilliance.

  3. Re:Hmm, how fast is an electronic camera flash... on Surgery with Femtosecond Lasers · · Score: 2, Informative


    Light travels about a foot per nanosecond.

  4. Re:My initial reaction is dissapointment on Master of Orion 3 Released · · Score: 1


    Well gh, it's good for you that you like to turn off all graphics in the games you play. I guess that makes you a big boy.

    What I object to is the fact that MOO3 gives you a few crappy bits of graphics at 800X600 resolution. It looks plain bad. They should have just given the relevent numbers in tables without the weird user interface and ugly graphics.

  5. Re: Pattern welded and Damscus steel on Recreating The Lost Art Of Damascus Steel · · Score: 1

    The periodical was Scientific American and it was printed sometime in Sept to Dec. of 2000.