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  1. Re:NO PICTURES on Space Elevators: Low Cost Ticket to GEO? · · Score: 1

    Only single-walled nanotubes ignite, while multi-walled ones don't.

  2. Re:Ancient Battery? on Examining the Antikythera Mechanism · · Score: 1

    Some batteries also were used to gold-plate brass figures.

  3. Re:forces between objects? on The Casimir Effect · · Score: 1

    I predict the existence of forces which are proportional 1/d^8, 1/d^16, 1/d^32, 1/d^64,... Gravity then would come from the fourth folded-up spatial dimension, the Casimir force from the fifth...

  4. Re:Mammoth DNA on How To Clone A Mammoth · · Score: 1

    DNA does not need to be sequenced in order to make a clone.

  5. Re:Neanderthal on How To Clone A Mammoth · · Score: 1

    The neanderthals had a bigger brain on average, and they are thought to have been more peaceful.

  6. Ad placement on Edsger Wybe Dijkstra: 1930-2002 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    The MS Visual Studio ad is a horrible insult to his memory IMHO.

  7. Re:I sit next to our web developer on Web Designers Ignoring Standards and Support IE Only · · Score: 1

    WTF. You don't need the divs. You can assign CSS attributes to all elements.

  8. Re:IE has the most uesrs on Web Designers Ignoring Standards and Support IE Only · · Score: 1

    Not really. IE has a screwed up box model, doesn't interpret the [] selector, and doesn't allow for fixed backgrounds of elements |= body. See Eric Meyer's CSS/Edge pages

  9. Re:Here's a great idea for the stuff on New Alloy Stronger Than Fe And Ti · · Score: 1

    I thought the steel columns were outside?

  10. Re:Environmentally friendly! on Nanoimprint Lithography · · Score: 1

    And there is the nasty Trichlorsilane (SiHCl3 process in the Si-refining plants, which involves HCl.

  11. Re:Nice, but the real question is... on Laser Beam Teleported · · Score: 1

    Quantum Entanglement - which they seem to have used - is well-accepted and instanteous.

  12. Re:How space will be used (was: Re:I wonder...) on China Plans Moonbase · · Score: 1

    AFAIR it's very hard to get a b*ner without gravity.

  13. Just the headers. on Swiss ISPs Must Archive E-mail For 6 Months · · Score: 3, Informative

    Well, they do not want to archive the contents, just the header data.

  14. FP? on Swiss ISPs Must Archive E-mail For 6 Months · · Score: 1

    WTF? I mean, is this really possible? I'm quite shocked by the devaluation of democratic rights around the world.

  15. Re:Request for clarification on Apple (R)ejects Copy Protection · · Score: 1

    Isn't a CD defined by the Red Book?

  16. Re:A by-product of nuclear reactors (not) on Depleted Uranium May Stop Kidneys "In Days" · · Score: 1

    But atoms of the remaining U238 isotope catch neutrons and become Plutonium Pu239. Yes, this is true. U238 catches a neutron, becomes U239 which is highly unstable, emits a particle I don't know the name of, so that a neutron changes to a proton -> Pu239.

  17. Re:A by-product of nuclear reactors (not) on Depleted Uranium May Stop Kidneys "In Days" · · Score: 3, Informative

    NO. Natural uranium contains about 0.5% U235, which can be used in nuclear reactors. The remaining 99.5% is U238, which can't be used in fission. After some refining, the reactor uranium contains 3% U235. This may not seem much, but it is. But atoms of the remaining U238 isotope catch neutrons and become Plutonium Pu239. When the U235 is used up, the waste which contains U238, Pu239 and fission products is taken to La Hague or Sellafield, they filter the waste: Remaining U235 and Pu239 is taken back to the nuclear plant, U238 is used for bullets and bombshells. It may contain leftover Pu239. Remember: Both isotopes, 238 and 235 are radioactive.

  18. I do it too... on Web Hosting - Roll Your Own vs Hosting Company? · · Score: 1

    I do it too, but over here in Germany, your connection is cut every 24 hours to prevent exactly this. The solution is DDNS.
    Other than that, I have no problems. It is great because you can do everything you want on your own box.

  19. Re:User Acceptance on Mozilla Development Roadmap Updated · · Score: 1

    I just quoted him. Besides, I've already told him to ditch Windows, but he can't. (He needs Adobe PageMaker and PhotoShop.) There is still hope, though: "I'm fed up with MS and I'm going to switch as soon as Gimp starts to support CMYK."

  20. Re:What caused him to switch? on Mozilla Development Roadmap Updated · · Score: 1

    The rendering is ...hard to describe, but it's different. It's basically the same, but there are tiny differences. He liked it more. Besides, I showed him css/edge on both browsers...

  21. User Acceptance on Mozilla Development Roadmap Updated · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Today I installed Mozilla on my father's W2K PC. He is a typical M$ user: no knowledge al all etc. He compared Moz0.9.8 with MSIE5.5 and told me that MS had lost him as a customer now.

  22. Re:Germany on Violent Video Game Protection Act · · Score: 1

    And the real problem is that few people actually know about quake... It's spelt "q**ke" in the magazines that don't want to get classified as "jugendgefährdend". That about "Zensur findet nicht statt"...

  23. Germany on Violent Video Game Protection Act · · Score: 1

    Such a law has existed for decades over here.

  24. Re:If Harry Potter was an e-book on What if Harry Potter 5 Was an E-Book? · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're talking about the Dursleys, aren't you? Not everyone's parents are like that.

  25. Isn't going to happen. on What if Harry Potter 5 Was an E-Book? · · Score: 1

    Cause: The magic floating around Hogwarts kills electronics.