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  1. Re:another vaccine on Is a Universal Flu Vaccine On the Horizon? · · Score: 1

    Flu is transmitted by droplets. You can easily catch a droplet in your mouth or other mucous membrane, even with proper hand-washing (though that helps).

  2. Re:I have always been curious.... on Massachusetts Boarding School Sued Over Wi-Fi Sickness · · Score: 1

    2.4gHz is very common.

    Amazon

  3. Re:Where to even start? on Massachusetts Boarding School Sued Over Wi-Fi Sickness · · Score: 1

    Poor analogy. Schizophrenia is an organic disease that affects neurotransmitter levels (hence the medical therapies). It is every-bit as real as diabetes.

  4. Re:What does Science have to say about this? on Massachusetts Boarding School Sued Over Wi-Fi Sickness · · Score: 1

    Actually, Democrats are the lawsuit-friendly ones (John Edwards, etc). Republicans are insurance-company friendly.

  5. Re:Over what time interval? on The Sony Pictures Hack Was Even Worse Than Everyone Thought · · Score: 1

    I know this is the internet, but wow. You could have just told you disagreed but instead you went the "I'll be an absolute fucking asshole to a stranger because he posted a fact I deem incorrect."

    Either your mother messed you up bad or you were massively bullied in school and are still hung up on that and now take it out on some guy in a comment section. Either way, I'd say you should consider talking to someone about it.

  6. Re:Not a surprise, but is it just one ingredient? on Soda Pop Damages Your Cells' Telomeres · · Score: 1

    Carbonation is an acid. The effect on teeth is three-fold. The sugar is bad (Feeds the bacteria). The acid level rise damages teeth directly. The acid level rise is beneficial for the bacteria. The bacteria raise the acid level, and the acid ends up eating the enamel.

    Incorrect. COLA is acidic. CO2 in your bloodstream may cause a respiratory or metabolic alkalosis but not from drinking club soda. COLA affects teeth. COLA may contribute to bacterial overgrowth.

    Seltzer does none of those things.

  7. Could actually be good on Tetris To Be Made Into a Live Action Film · · Score: 2

    This *could* actually be good if they treat it like the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie. That movie simply made a Good Pirate film, not really tying it to the ride at all (that being said I recently went to Disney World and it's interesting that they've retcon'd the ride into being all about the Depp films).

    I can easily see them making an Indiana Jones-type sci-fi film where there is one small scene involving an alien puzzle that sort-of resembles a Tetris puzzle. The protagonist lines up some block line in Tetris, a door opens and the movie continues. 30 seconds of reference to the game while otherwise being an independent sci-fi film.

    Also, that's why I had high hopes for Battleship. It had a competent director and all he had to do was use a decent Navy/boat script - that's all. They weren't confined to any sort of plot at all. Too bad they messed it up (and, to be fair, I have to admit that the climactic scene with the anchor/flipping the boat around was pretty neat).

  8. Re:Periscopes on The Physics of Space Battles · · Score: 1

    Why has hollywood butchered the reality periscopes in submarines? Answer that and you will have the answer to space battles depiction.

    Interesting comment. Please explain to this non-Navy/submarine-ignoramus here...

  9. Re:good on "MythBusters" Drops Kari Byron, Grant Imahara, Tory Belleci · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This is what happened.

    When Friends and Big Bang cast members decide to unite for higher paychecks, the executives cave. A few years ago, some of the minor stars on CSI tried to do the same and were canned immediately.

    I think they were trying to set a precedent for 2nd/3rd tiet actors/participants in a show that such actions will result in a 100% paycut. I can't totally blame them either.

  10. Re:SLightly offtopic, but... on The Next Unreal Tournament: Totally Free, Developed By Public · · Score: 1

    I have a friend w/a 1-digit UID. He's not interested in selling but I wonder what it would go for...

  11. Re:frosty piss on Death Wish Meets GPS: iPhone Theft Victims Confronting Perps · · Score: 1

    A *few* details of what you did? Please???? :)

  12. Re:Microsoft Office 95 on Ask Slashdot: What Tech Products Were Built To Last? · · Score: 1

    I love Clippy. There, I said it.

  13. Re:Early 2004 G4 iBook on Ask Slashdot: What Tech Products Were Built To Last? · · Score: 1

    I assume you either meant an iMac (or maybe even an iPaq), because not even Steve Jobs could have purchased an iPad in 2001.

  14. Re:Old Nintendo Products on Ask Slashdot: What Tech Products Were Built To Last? · · Score: 1

    Do a web search for Gameboy in Iraq. You'll turn up a fully-functioning gameboy that survived mortars(bombs?) hitting a base. The thing is mostly black and has some of the plastic melting, but it still plays tetris and is on display in a museum.

    I live in New York City and I can vouch for this. It's in the Nintendo World Store in Rockefeller Center. It's not technically a "museum," but it's in a display case on the 2nd floor with some special/vintage Nintendo products. It is half-melted as ausekills says. They have it auto-playing the original Tetris.

  15. Gap commercial on Create Your Own Bullet Time Camera Rig With Raspberry Pi · · Score: 1

    I remember seeing The Matrix in the theatres (or even the trailer) and, while Bullet Time was awesome, I thought "Neat! It's just like that Gap ad on tv!"

    Gap Bullet Time 1998 ad

  16. Re:Can you imagine living on Pluto? on Pluto's "Thick" Air Isn't Going Anywhere · · Score: 1

    This is why I love Slashdot

  17. Re:It is better than buying used games on Microsoft Integrating Xbox One Advertising With Kinect To Profile Users For Ads · · Score: 1

    That's why I do most of my used game shopping from Amazon. Great prices and, overall, a great company that has given excellent customer support to me over the years (along with their subsidiaries, especially Woot).

  18. Love this episode on Real Version of Homer Simpson's Dream Car Built · · Score: 5, Funny

    Herb: While you're here, I want you to make yourselves right at home. Anytime you're hungry, anytime day or night, Cook will make you anything you want.
    Homer: Even pork chops?
    Herb: Absolutely. We have a tennis court, a swimming pool, a screening room--
    Homer: You mean, if I want pork chops, even in the middle of the night, your guy will fry 'em up?
    Herb: Sure. That's what he's paid for. Now, if you need towels, laundry--
    Homer: Wait!
    Herb: Maids--
    Homer: Wait, wait, wait, wait! Let me see if I've got this straight. It's Christmas day, 4:00 a.m., there's a rumble in my stomach--
    Marge: Homer, please!
    Herb: Your old man sure loves pork chops!
    Bart: He sure does, Uncle Herb.

  19. Re:Security on In a Security Test, 3-D Printed Gun Smuggled Into Israeli Parliament · · Score: 1

    From what history seems to show, Arabs controlled Palestinian lands from 1948-1967. Israel did not own the West Bank, Gaza or Jerusalem (nor were Jews allowed to visit Jerusalem). Seems you want to blame the Jews for that though.

  20. Re:"console sales in the United States dropped 21% on Sony, Microsoft Squabble Over Console Features, But the Real Opponent Is Apple · · Score: 1

    To be fair, I scanned the entire comment section, assuming I'd be replying to this exact comment. That was the first thing I saw when I read the 21% drop. Glad I'm not the only one.

  21. "console sales in the United States dropped 21%" on Sony, Microsoft Squabble Over Console Features, But the Real Opponent Is Apple · · Score: 2

    Isn't that because the current generation is 7 years old? You're actually shocked that fewer people are buying computers designed with 2005 technology?

  22. Re:So... on Engineering the $325,000 Burger · · Score: 1

    I haven't eaten bacon in 21 years, and it still smells DELICIOUS.

  23. X-Wing or TIE Fighter game, please on EA Is the Game Company Disney Was Looking For · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That's all I want, not another Star Wars: Battlefront game. KOTOR was great, but I don't need another one. XW and TF were 2 of the greatest games ever made. X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter was a letdown and X-Wing Alliance, while good, wasn't as good as its predecessors.

  24. Re:So what are the exclusives... on New Console Always-Online Requirements and You · · Score: 1

    Xbox 360 wasn't my favorite In terms of exclusives (although I did enjoy some of the XBL downloads). It was, however, hands down the best online experience of all 3 consoles. Wii was non-existent and XBL is far better than PSN. But that's just my opinion.

  25. Re:Hyperbole on New Console Always-Online Requirements and You · · Score: 2

    The problem isn't the "always online" part necessarily. The problem is the fact that a game disc will be tied to a single console, effectively eliminating the secondary market for used games like ebay, amazon and Gamestop.