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  1. Re:"Water"-cooling on Sapphire: A Liquid That Won't Get Things Wet · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Actually you're right. Hard drives aren't hermetically sealed either -- They have small holse to allow the air inside to expand or contract based on heat load. The liquid would get in. It might not fry your electronics, but I'll bet it'd give the heads a hard time. possibly even corrupt the disks.

  2. Re:I hope.... on EU Fines Microsoft $613 Million, Officially · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Democracy is a greek invention, Starta to be exact -- early 7th century BC. Thankfully, we in the US are not a true democracy; we are a representative republic. Democracy most often devolves into mob-rule ie. France's "Glorious Revolution".

  3. Re:In related news... on CPA Googles For His Name, Sues Google For Libel · · Score: 1, Insightful

    1.) the economy was already in decline in 4Q -2000
    2.) the "bubble" was already in decline 1Q-2001
    3.) 9/11 happened causing untold damage to an already declining economic problem that the President inhereted.
    The facts are without question.

  4. Re:IN SOVIET RUSSIA... on MS Security Chief: Windows Never Exploited Until Patch Available · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Hmmm, seems the mods got your post mixed up with the parent. Parent should be marked troll, while yours is quite funny.

  5. Re:Sounds a bit like my super power on Comic Book Physics · · Score: 0

    Mod parent up! Very funny!

  6. Re:MS Open Source Is Fertile Ground for Foul Play on Microsoft, Monocultures, Security FUD & Other Fun · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I hope no FOSS developers look at that source. It could "taint by association" -- which makes me wonder if that wasn't the real reason for the release. MS now realizes the fight is over source code. By releasing (through an agent: Mainsoft) the source they can now claim injury if similar methods appear in FOSS.

  7. Re:Another CNN link... on Worried about Digital Evidence Tampering? · · Score: 0

    Umm who and where did someone say Iraq was an iminent threat? IIRC, in his State of the Union Address, President Bush said we *shouldn't wait* until the threat is imminent.

  8. Re:Another CNN link... on Worried about Digital Evidence Tampering? · · Score: 0

    (feeding the troll, I know)

    From the article posted BY the troll:
    "I think there are some that we are now seeing are not interested in the facts," McClellan said. "What they are interested in is trying to twist the facts for partisan political advantage in an election year, and that's unfortunate.

  9. Re:Awww.... on Critical Eye on SpamAssassin · · Score: 0

    hmm... TrollAssassin seemed to work on this one, I must have it configured right.

  10. Re:SCO Shareholders on NY Times Reveals SCO/Canopy Group Hypocrisy · · Score: 0
    To sum it up for you:

    BENCH, ROBERT K. Chief Financial Officer $346,180.00

    BROUGHTON, REGINALD CHARLES Sr Executive Vice President $1,595,650.00

    HUNSAKER, JEFF F. Vice President $355,600.00

    OLSON, MICHAEL P Controller $586,349.00

    WILSON, MICHAEL Senior Vice President $136,920.00

    Total $3,020,699.00

  11. Re:This drug will never take off on SendMail CTO Sounds Off On Spam and FTC · · Score: 0

    I guess this is the best this spammer could do since the sendmail patch.

  12. Re:The scary thing on SCO Awarded UNIX Copyright Regs, McBride Interview · · Score: 0

    Try this URL. looks like source to me.
    ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Work station/current/SRPMS/

  13. Re:great inventions on Larry Page: Google Was an Accident · · Score: 0, Informative

    How about Lexan... http://www.geplastics.com/resins/about/history.htm l
    An accidental mixing of resins, which was left overnight in a beaker.

  14. Re:Ya gotta dance with the one whut brung ya on Comdex Operators File for Bankruptcy · · Score: 0

    Redundant? I was the first to mention Atlanta.
    "This is your [Moderator] on crack. Any Questions?"

  15. Ya gotta dance with the one whut brung ya on Comdex Operators File for Bankruptcy · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I knew they were doomed when they left Atlanta...

  16. Re:moron /., what weNT whoreabully wrong on Voters News Service: What Went Wrong · · Score: 0

    Parent must have been written in that OS/390 language.

  17. Re:Just think if Hollywood had filmed it on Lord of the Rings, as Written By Everyone Else · · Score: 0

    Mod Parent up +5 Funny

  18. Re:it's a good thing it wasn't...(repost) on Lord of the Rings, as Written By Everyone Else · · Score: 0

    This time using the [preview] button ...doh

    Enter the RING-BEARER
    Merry: O that we now had here
    But one ten thousand of those
    Hobbits in the Shire That do no work to-day!
    RING: What's he that wishes so?
    My cousin Meriodoc? No, my fair cousin;
    If we are mark'd to die, we are enow
    To do our country loss; and if to live,
    The fewer hobbits, the greater share of honour.
    God's will! I pray thee, wish not one hobbit more.
    By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,
    Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;
    It yearns me not if men my garments wear;
    Such outward things dwell not in my desires.
    But if it be a sin to covet honour,
    I am the most offending soul alive.
    No, faith, my coz, wish not an hobbit from the Shire.
    God's peace! I would not lose so great an honour
    As one man more methinks would share from me
    For the best hope I have. O, do not wish one more!
    Rather proclaim it, Merry, through the Fellowship,
    That he which hath no stomach to this fight,
    Let him depart; his passport shall be made,
    And crowns for convoy put into his purse;
    We would not die in that man's company
    That fears his Fellowship to die with us.
    This day is call'd the feast of Isildur.
    He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
    Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam'd,
    And rouse him at the name of Isildur.
    He that shall live this day, and see old age,
    Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
    And say 'To-morrow is Saint Isildur.'
    Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars,
    And say 'These wounds I had on Isildir's day.'
    Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot,
    But he'll remember, with advantages,
    What feats he did that day. Then shall our names,
    Familiar in his mouth as household words-
    Frodo the Ring-Bearer, Peregrin and Sam,
    Aragorn and Gandalf, Legolas and Gilmi-
    Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb'red.
    This story shall the good man teach his son;
    And Elendil Isildur shall ne'er go by,
    From this day to the ending of the world,
    But we in it shall be remembered-
    We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
    For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
    Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
    This day shall gentle his condition;
    And hobbits in the Shire now-a-bed
    Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here,
    And hold their hobbithoods cheap whiles any speaks
    That fought with us upon Saint Isildur's day.

    Ring-Bearer Frodo V
    Act4, Scene III
    William Shakespeare

  19. Re:it's a good thing it wasn't... on Lord of the Rings, as Written By Everyone Else · · Score: 0

    Enter the RING-BEARER Merry. O that we now had here But one ten thousand of those Hobbits in the Shire That do no work to-day! RING. What's he that wishes so? My cousin Meriodoc? No, my fair cousin; If we are mark'd to die, we are enow To do our country loss; and if to live, The fewer men, the greater share of honour. God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more. By Jove, I am not covetous for gold, Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost; It yearns me not if men my garments wear; Such outward things dwell not in my desires. But if it be a sin to covet honour, I am the most offending soul alive. No, faith, my coz, wish not an hobbit from the Shire. God's peace! I would not lose so great an honour As one man more methinks would share from me For the best hope I have. O, do not wish one more! Rather proclaim it, Merry, through the Fellowship, That he which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him depart; his passport shall be made, And crowns for convoy put into his purse; We would not die in that man's company That fears his Fellowship to die with us. This day is call'd the feast of Isildur. He that outlives this day, and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is nam'd, And rouse him at the name of Isildur. He that shall live this day, and see old age, Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours, And say 'To-morrow is Saint Isildur.' Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars, And say 'These wounds I had on Crispian's day.' Old men forget; yet all shall be forgot, But he'll remember, with advantages, What feats he did that day. Then shall our names, Familiar in his mouth as household words- Frodo the Ring-Bearer, Peregrin and Sam, Aragorn and Gandalf, Legolas and Gilmi- Be in their flowing cups freshly rememb'red. This story shall the good man teach his son; And Elendil Isildur shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered- We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile, This day shall gentle his condition; And hobbits in the Shire now-a-bed Shall think themselves accurs'd they were not here, And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks That fought with us upon Saint Isildur's day. -- William Shakespeare

  20. Re:2nd Law on The Top Ten Physics Highlights of 2002 · · Score: 0

    I can't speak to that but according to the article: The second law of thermodynamics says that the entropy or disorder of an isolated system undergoing a cyclic process will increase or remain the same. In July, however, Australian researchers showed that entropy can decrease over short time periods for small systems.

    <tongue_in_cheek>
    Any parent knows that the less crap your kids have (the smaller the system) the easier it is to keep clean (avoid entropy).
    </tongue_in_cheek>

  21. Re:Now we can go for REAL multi-media on Turn-Key Linux Audio · · Score: 0

    Thanks. I didn't know that Cinerella was the source for B'Cast re-released. I was familiar with the B'Cast while it was available, and got it before it was . And yes, I did google for an active link to B'Cast. mia culpa for not researching it a little further.
    -Mike

  22. Re:Now we can go for REAL multi-media on Turn-Key Linux Audio · · Score: 0, Informative

    You might try Broadcast2000.
    It received a good write-up on O'Reilly
    http://www.brouhaha.com/~eric/broadcast2000/

  23. Re:watch the slashdot effect live! on Turn-Key Linux Audio · · Score: 0

    >...Gates bad.

    and here's the proof... http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/gatesmug1.ht ml

  24. Re:It's a problem if Ashcroft's anywhere near it.. on Politicizing Science · · Score: 0
    Those darn Christians mucking up pure science....

    Johann Kepler (1571-1630) was the founder of physical astronomy. Kepler wrote "Since we astronomers are priests of the highest God in regard to the book of nature, it befits us to be thoughtful, not of the glory of our minds, but rather, above all else, of the glory of God.

    Robert Boyle (1627-1691) is credited with being the father of modern chemistry. He also was active in financially supporting the spread of Christianity through missions and Bible translations.

    Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) was one of the greatest early mathematicians, laid the foundations for hydrostatics, hydrodynamics, differential calculus, and the theory of probability. To him is attributed the famous Wager of Pascal, paraphrased as follows: "How can anyone lose who chooses to be a Christian? If, when he dies, there turns out to be no God and his faith was in vain, he has lost nothing--in fact, has been happier in life than his nonbelieving friends. If, however, there is a God and a heaven and hell, then he has gained heaven and his skeptical friends will have lost everything in hell!"

    John Ray (1627-1705) was the father of English natural history, considered the greatest zoologist and botanist of his day. He also wrote a book, "The wisdom of God Manifested In The Works of Creation."

    Nicolaus Steno (1631-1686) was the father of Stratigraphy. He believed that fossils were laid down in the strata as a result of the flood of Noah. He also wrote many theological works and late in his life took up religious orders.

    William Petty (1623-1687) helped found the science of statistics and the modern study of economics. He was an active defender of the Christian faith and wrote many papers sharing evidence of God's design in nature.

    Isaac Newton (1642-1727) invented calculus, discovered the law of gravity and the three laws of motion, anticipated the law of energy conservation, developed the particle theory of light propagation, and invented the reflecting telescope. He firmly believed in Jesus Christ as his Savior and the Bible as God's word, and wrote many books on these topics.

    Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778) was the father of biological taxonomy. His system of classification is still in use today. One of his main goals in systematizing the varieties of living creatures was an attempt to delineate the original Genesis "kinds." He firmly believed in the Genesis account as literal history.

    Michael Faraday (1791-1867) was one of the greatest physicists of all time, developed foundational concepts in electricity and magnetism, invented the electrical generator, and made many contributions to the field of chemistry. He was active in the various ministries of his church, both private and public, and had an abiding faith in the Bible and in prayer.

    Georges Cuvier (1769-1832) was the founder of the science of comparative anatomy and one of the chief architects of paleontology as a separate scientific discipline. He was a firm creationist, participating in some of the important creation/evolution debates of his time.

    Charles Babbage (1792-1871) was the founder of computer science. He developed information storage and retrieval systems, and used punched cards for instruction sets and data sets in automated industrial controls. He was also a Christian with strong convictions and wrote an important book defending the Bible and miracles.

    John Dalton (1766-1844) was the father of atomic theory, which revolutionized chemistry. He was an orthodox, Bible-believing Christian.

    Matthew Maury (1806-1873) was the founder of oceanography. He believed that when Psalm 8:8 in the Bible talked about "paths in the seas," that there must therefore be paths in the seas. He dedicated his life to charting the winds and currents of the Atlantic and was able to confirm that the sea did indeed have paths, just as spoken of in the Bible.

    James Simpson (1811-1879) discovered chloroform and laid the foundation for anesthesiology. He said his motivation to perform the research leading to this discovery was a fascination in the book of Genesis with Adam's deep sleep during the time in which Eve was fashioned from his side. He said his biggest discovery was finding Jesus Christ as Savior.

    James Joule (1818-1889) discovered the mechanical equivalent of heat, laying the foundation for the field of thermodynamics. Joule also had a strong Christian faith.

    Louis Agassiz (1807-1873) was the father of glacial geology and a great paleontologist. He believed in God and in His special creation of every kind of organism. When Darwin's Origin began to gain favor, Agassiz spoke out strongly against it.

    Gregory Mendel (1822-1884) was the father of genetics. He had strong religious convictions and chose the life of a monk. He was a creationist and rejected Darwins's ideas, even though he was familiar with them.

    Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) was the father of bacteriology. He established the germ theory of disease. His persistent objections to the theory of spontaneous generation and to Darwinism made him unpopular with the scientific establishment of his day. He was a Christian with extremely strong religious convictions.

    William Thompson, Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) is considered one of the all-time great physicists. He established thermodynamics on a formal scientific basis, providing a precise statement of the first and second laws of thermodynamics. Lord Kelvin was a strong Christian, opposing both Lyellian uniformitarianism and Darwinian evolution. In 1903, shortly before his death, he made the unequivocal statement that, "With regard to the origin of life, science...positively affirms creative power."

    Joseph Lister (1827-1912) founded antiseptic surgical methods. Lister's contributions have probably led to more lives being saved through modern medicine than the contributions of any one else except Pasteur. Like Pasteur, Lister was also a Christian and wrote, "I am a believer in the fundamental doctrines of Christianity."

    Joseph Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879) developed a comprehensive theoretical and mathematical framework for electromagnetic field theory. Einstein called Maxwell's contributions "the most profound and most fruitful that physics has experienced since the time of Newton." Maxwell rejected the theory of evolution and wrote that God's command to man to subdue the earth, found in the first chapter of the book of Genesis in the Bible, provided the personal motivation to him for pursuing his scientific work. He acknowledged a personal faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.

    Bernhard Riemann (1826-1866) developed the concept of non-Euclidian geometry, which was used by Einstein in his development of the theory of relativity. Riemann was also a Christian and had hoped to go into the ministry until he got sidetracked by his interest in mathematics. He apparently made several efforts to prove the validity of the book of Genesis using mathematical principles.

    Joseph Henry Gilbert (1817-1901) was a chemist who developed the use of nitrogen and superphosphate fertilizers for farm crops and co-developed the world's first agricultural experimental station. He thus laid the foundations for the advances in agricultural science which have provided the means for farmers to feed the large populations in the world today. Gilbert is yet another scientist with a strong faith and demonstrated this by signing the Scientist's Declaration, in which he affirmed his faith in the Bible as the Word of God and expressed his disbelief in and opposition to Darwin's theories.

    Thomas Anderson (1819-1874) was one of the initial workers in the field of organic chemistry, discovering pyridine and other organic bases. Like Gilbert, he also signed the Scientist's Declaration, in which he affirmed his faith in the scientific accuracy of the Bible and the validity of the Christian faith.

    William Mitchell Ramsay (1851-1939) was among the greatest of all archeologists. He acquired "liberal" theological beliefs during his days as a university student. However, as he began to make various archaeological discoveries in Asia Minor, he began to see that archaeology confirmed the accuracy of the Bible and as a result he became converted to Christianity.

    John Ambrose Fleming (1849-1945) was the inventor of the Fleming valve which provided the foundation for subsequent advances in electronics. He studied under Maxwell, was a consultant to Thomas Edison, and also for Marconi. He also had very strong Christian beliefs and acted on those beliefs by helping found an organization called the "Evolution Protest Movement." He wrote a major book against the theory of evolution.

    Werner Von Braun (1912-1977) was the father of space science. He wrote,"'..the vast mysteries of the universe should only confirm our belief in the certainty of its Creator. I find it as difficult to understand a scientist who does not acknowledge the presence of a superior rationality behind the existence of the universe as it is to comprehend a theologian who would deny the advances of science."

    Albert Einstein (1879-1955), formulator of the theory of relativity, which is one of the single greatest intellectual accomplishments in the history of man. Einstein was Jewish and thus did not follow in the Christian tradition of Newton or Faraday. He did not believe in a personal God, such as is revealed even in the Jewish Bible. Yet, he was overwhelmed by the order and organization of the universe and believed this demonstrated that there was a Creator. (text from Great Scientists Who Were Also Creationists

  25. Re:lying with statistics, preaching to the choir on Will Earth Expire By 2050? · · Score: 0
    So...
    Cl + O3 -> O2 + ClO
    ClO + O -> O2 + Cl

    According to you it's the Cl molecule that causes the damage.
    The LARGEST sources (tons/year) of atmospheric Cl are volcanos and the oceans (by a ratio of 10000:1).