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  1. Re:StreetScooter on StreetScooter: The $7000 Open-Source Modular Electric Vehicle · · Score: 2

    The US market needs a deadly-sounding, weaponish name to play properly to the customers insecurities.

    The Hammerhead Eagle i-Thrust?

  2. Re:noun noun libre release noun on 100% Libre, Trisquel 4.5 STS 'Slaine' Released · · Score: 1

    Aljaeguhn Tyabha with Florn.

    Now with 75% more Styhanb.

    Actually, if you kill the Splorg manager and replace it with Optimized Achylia, you can run Florn directly through Styhanb, enabling 100% EnOL-isation.

  3. Re:Great! on Whisky Made From Diabetics' Urine · · Score: 3, Funny

    It certainly brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "wee dram".

  4. Re:It's their business model... not the cost of in on HP Explains Why Printer Ink Is So Expensive · · Score: 1

    My non-canonical refills come with a small plastic chip-holder doodad and instructions on how to remove the chip from the Canon originals.

  5. Re:Siren Noise on Nissan Gives Electric Cars Blade Runner Audio Effect · · Score: 1

    The doppler effect is inadequate at city speeds, whereas European sirens are distinctly different going towards and away.

    Demonstrated by the great Bill Bailey.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDnrUGsf0rY

  6. Re:I have a few questions... on British Company Takes Lead To Stop Asteroids · · Score: 1
  7. Re:Poor Aussies on Australian Website Bans ... Australians · · Score: 5, Funny

    A recent federal directive regulating the price of cabbage contains 26,911 words.

    Ah, yes. Also known as "Cole's Law".

  8. Encode it into DNA on How Heavy Is a Petabyte? · · Score: 1

    One AT/TA pair for 0, CG/GC for 1.
    Chop into suitably sized chains with primers indicating directory structure.

    Advantages - Can be easily read and replicated and stored either in vitro (cryo) on in vivo via inserts.
    Disadvantages - Time consuming to run searches, writing new data involves multiple single-point mutations.

  9. Re:Excuse me, on USNS Hoyt S. Vandenberg To Be Sunk For a Reef · · Score: 1

    It's actually quite a geeky activity. Although being unfit makes decompression sickness more likely, it's not an activity that requires much in the way of physical prowess. There's maths in those dive tables, or if you prefer gadgets there's dive computers. Not that there's not plenty of gadgetry involved in the breathing apparatus side of things.

    Then you have such fun things like Open Source dive computers, deco planning software such as V-planner and some maths & physics involved in gas mix calculations, partial pressures and surface-air-consumption rates.

    The technology side of diving is amazing. OLED touch-screen computers, integrated HUD masks, wireless gauges, closed-circuit rebreathers, underwater electric vehicles and all sorts of cool gadgetry. If you still want more, there's also underwater photography and video gear.

    It's really an ideal sport for geeks. There's not much physical activity needed, a massive amount of shiny tech toys to play with and you don't need to bother with pointless small-talk underwater.

  10. Re:Too deep... on USNS Hoyt S. Vandenberg To Be Sunk For a Reef · · Score: 5, Informative

    The recreational limit is 130 feet. So you won't be able to look at the very bottom of the hull.

    Unless you're trained by an agency that includes deeper and more adventurous diving. BSAC, for example, will certify experienced divers down to 55m on air. Decompression stops are introduced (although briefly) to entry-level divers and deco planning is an essential part of training.

    To put the depth in context, one of most popular wrecks, the SS President Coolidge sits at about 70m but there are dives available for all abilities. 45m seems about right for a wreck of this size and I look forward to diving it in a few years time.

  11. Re:Ethanol is just stupid on The Great Ethanol Scam · · Score: 4, Funny

    Dunno.. But you might do better to extract and burn the grease. Porcine liposuction will be the next big thing.

    There is a massive environmental downside to this. The exhaust fumes will smell of frying bacon and as a result, city centers will be awash with drool.

  12. Re:All Your Base Belong To Us on Quebec Says 'Non' To English-Only Video Games · · Score: 1

    Mon aeroglisseur est plein d'anguilles.

  13. Re:Now... on DIY LED Array Marquee For Your PC · · Score: 1

    Rims are for posers... Get the spokes.
    http://www.hokeyspokes.com/

  14. Re:Why? on Why Does the US Have a Civil Space Program? · · Score: 1

    That should be space program. Terribly sorry.

  15. Why? on Why Does the US Have a Civil Space Program? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because it's polite.
    An uncivil space wouldn't get much in the way of positive press.

  16. No boom today. on Is the Yellowstone Supervolcano About To Blow? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow.

  17. Re:Gruesome but fun on PETA Using Games To Spread Its Message · · Score: 1

    Was I the only one who thought that it was actually kind of fun playing the "Gruesome Cooking Mama" games on PETA's site?

    Nope. I'm now hoping someone does a Hannibal Lecter version. A cross between Trauma Centre and Cooking Mama would be great.

  18. Re:Say What? on "Stayin Alive" Helps You Stay Alive · · Score: 1

    Time to CPR an old post.

    An easy way to remember the timing was shown to me by a paramedic and diving instructor.
    30 compressions is the chorus of "Nellie The Elephant"

    NELLie the ELephant PACKed her TRUNK and SAID goodBYE to the CIR - CUS,
    OFF she WENT with a TRUMPety TRUMP, TRUMP, TRUMP
    NELLie the ELephant PACKed her TRUNK and TRUNdled OFF to the JUN - GLE
    OFF she WENT with a TRUMPety TRUMP, TRUMP, TRUMP

    If you sing the Toy Dolls version
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otBWbVdvxLk [youtube.com]
    you'll even get the 100bpm about right.

  19. Re:don't do what? on City Sues To Prevent Linking To Its Website · · Score: 2, Informative

    And look at the Table Organization.
    http://www.sheboyganpolice.com/table_organization.htm

    A massive 1.2Mb bitmap to show the command structure.
    http://www.sheboyganpolice.com/Table%20of%20Organization%20072005.bmp

  20. Virkon on What Is the Best Way To Disinfect Your Laptop? · · Score: 1

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virkon
    Kills just about everything. Possibly including your laptop, so go easy on it at first. Spray on a sponge and wipe.
    The lab I worked in used to dispose of human blood samples with it. Scoop of Virkon in a beaker, little bit of water to dissolve it and pour the blood straight into it. Influenza virus has a whelk's chance in a supernova against it.

  21. Buy the techs coffee & donuts. on What is the First Day in a University Lab Like? · · Score: 1

    You can live with a monster PI, but if your techs hate you, your work will consistently and spectacularly fail.
    Coffee & donuts for the lab grunts is a great way to make sure you get the help you really will need.

  22. Nifty but not a new idea. on Old Subway Cars As Artificial Reef · · Score: 3, Informative

    Brisbane,QLD has had an old Brisbane Transport tram as part of the Curtin Artificial Reef since 1981.
    http://www.urgq.org/curtin_artif_reef.htm

  23. Charlton Heston... on Charlton Heston's Impact On Sci-Fi · · Score: 1
  24. Re:Carbon Fiber Feet on Prosthetic-Limbed Runner Disqualified from Olympic Games · · Score: 1

    >Where can I get some of those carbon fiber feet?!

    Not 100% identical, but close enough. Here: http://www.power-stilts.com/

  25. Hydrocolloidal recipes are available on Chefs As Chemists · · Score: 3, Interesting