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  1. Re:bad idea on Driver's License to be the Next Debit Card · · Score: 1

    You would have the same result if someone stole your wallet.

  2. Re:But... on Researchers Break Internet Speed Records · · Score: 1

    Have fun loading 70k discs into optical drives. For that matter, have fun writing 3PB to discs.

  3. Re:Sensationalist Journalism? on A Flu Pandemic? · · Score: 1

    Your point is valid, but only in cases in which we can assume independence between two situations. Craps is one such case; the dice are the same with each roll. A flu pandemic is not such a case. There are too many variables associated with it.

    Lots of factors contribute to flu outbreaks. One of those factors could be the time since the last outbreak.

    Unless we determine that the two instances of influenza are not related to each other, we couldn't possibly equate a flu pandemic to a roll of the dice.

  4. Re:Bad math? on Using Gravity To Tow Asteroids · · Score: 1

    Despite the "tri" part of "trillion," one trillion is actually four sets of zeroes after the one. So $8,000,000,000,000/$400,000,000 = 20,000

  5. Said one of the monkeys, on Gene Therapy Turns Slackers Into Workaholics · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "I just can't live without workahol!!"

  6. Re:Could it be? on Hundreds Spot Fireballs In Colorado, Nearby States · · Score: 4, Informative

    Cu by itself burns blue/green, but CuCl2 is used to make the blue color seen in fireworks. Other copper compounds would work, too, but copper(II) chloride is the most common.

  7. Re:Could it be? on Hundreds Spot Fireballs In Colorado, Nearby States · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Sodium results in a yellow color upon burning. For a blue color, you'd burn copper compounds.

    Here's an interesting thing to try--
    Stick a couple of old forks in a pickle with the handles pointing away from each other. Split a power cord down the middle and attach some alligator clips to the cut off part. Attach the clips to the forks and put the plug in the wall. After a few seconds, you'll see the pickel glow yellow between where the forks are stuck in the pickle. It's pretty neat to watch.

  8. Re:But what will the /actual/ 1337 speakers do? on "L33T" Speak Invades Schools · · Score: 1

    You don't realize how sad it is until you a Counter-Strike player, upon slapping another in the back of the head, shout "OWNED!"

  9. Re:Bad decision (non standard software) on HP Drops Microsoft Word in Favor of WordPerfect · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Sadly, this is the kind of problem that standards have. Because Microsoft Word is the only accepted word processor among students (and professionals), there is no other choice for a purchase but MS Word.

    Yet another facet to Microsoft's monopoly..

  10. Hmm... on GarageGames Torque Engine Linux Beta Client Out · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    >A HREF="http://www.garagegames.com/index.php?sec=mg& mod=resource&page=view&qid=2557">

    Couldn't Hemos just take the time to change the > to a Or is it just a new HTML standard?

  11. Re:Corrective lenses make things worse on Monitors for People with Poor Eyesight? · · Score: 1

    Along with this follow-up post comes karma that wouldn't have been earned otherwise. I'm sure sunhou didn't have this in mind when he was writing his original post, but you karma whores around here can learn something from this unintentional abuse of the moderation system.

    Offtopic, but don't kill me, mods.

  12. Re:Something is wrong. on Not A Graceful Recovery For HP Customers · · Score: 1

    I've got $20 with a friend that says you were out trying to pick up 10 year old boys last night. Don't try to pin that stuff on me.

  13. Re:Something is wrong. on Not A Graceful Recovery For HP Customers · · Score: 1

    If you read the quote carefully, you would find that it says "half a dozen". Now, since most of us know 1 dozen = 12, one half dozen is 12/2, or 6. And then off the topic of math, I don't find the part with you saying you have several clients any more helpful to your case that XP only has one cd.