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  1. Re:Robots to kill moon jellyfish on Unmanned 'Terminator' Robots Kill Jellyfish · · Score: 3, Informative

    No, because the carbon dioxide is making the ocean more acidic. And I have a link!

    http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/oct/03/ocean-acidification-carbon-dioxide-emissions-levels

  2. Re:To the people opposed to this law: on California Outlaws 'Revenge Porn' · · Score: 1

    Another benefit would be to women who would like to take their ex to court. They can now do so by releasing the photos themselves and saying that he did it.

  3. Re:Ridiculous stunt on Health Exchange Sites Crushed By Demand; Shutdown Blanks Other Gov't Sites · · Score: 0

    But the stock market did react. The DJI dropped 100 points on Monday.

  4. The solution is obvious... on First Cases of Flesh-Eating Drug Emerge In the United States · · Score: 1

    Krokodil should be legalized!

  5. Re:How is this news? on How Amateurs Destroyed the Professional Music Business · · Score: 1

    I had a VCR tape rewinder shaped like the Batmobile! Ah, memories...

  6. Re: A me too case? on Japan's L-Zero Maglev Train Reaches 310 mph In Trials · · Score: 1

    It just seems that for $52 Billion dollars, the money could be better spent.

    Wow. People can really need things spelled out for them...

  7. Re:A me too case? on Japan's L-Zero Maglev Train Reaches 310 mph In Trials · · Score: 1

    A trip from Tokyo to Nagoya costs 10,600 yen currently (around $106 USD), so if the price will be similar, it's going to be $212 daily commute, which is kind of expensive:

    http://www.hyperdia.com/en/cgi/en/search.html?dep_node=TOKYO&arv_node=NAGOYA&via_node01=&via_node02=&via_node03=&year=2013&month=09&day=08&hour=10&minute=28&search_type=0&search_way=&transtime=undefined&sort=0&max_route=5&ship=off&lmlimit=null&search_target=route&facility=reserved&sum_target=7

    It also currently takes 101 minutes, so besides a daily commute, whats the point of shaving a little more than an hour off your trip?

  8. It's all for show... conservation theater.

  9. Re:Eating too much on What's Causing the Rise In Obesity? Everything. · · Score: 1

    That doesn't explain lab rats, unless their catching them in front of the dumpster out back. From the FA:

    ... the weight gain is also occurring in species that human beings don’t pamper, such as animals in labs, whose diets are strictly controlled. In fact, lab animals’ lives are so precisely watched and measured that the researchers can rule out accidental human influence: records show those creatures gained weight over decades without any significant change in their diet or activities.

  10. Re:Well America isn't number 1 in being fat on What's Causing the Rise In Obesity? Everything. · · Score: 1

    That's the problem. Our border is like a sieve. The fat ones can't walk more than a couple of miles, so they say fuck it and stay in Mexico.

  11. Re:Wait a minute on Joining Lavabit Et Al, Groklaw Shuts Down Because of NSA Dragnet · · Score: 1

    Encryption won't work if the party you're talking to is bound by a secret order to give the NSA everything they have.

  12. N.S.A. Official Bulletin on Why the NSA Can't Replace 90% of Its System Administrators · · Score: 1

    As of today, System Administrators will require an Entry Permit. System Administrator Entry Tickets are no longer sufficient.

  13. Re:coloring on Soda Makes Five-Year-Olds Break Your Stuff, Science Finds · · Score: 2

    Couldn't the placebo effect be causing this? I bet if you told this to any doctor he'd be thinking that it was placebo in the back of his mind.

  14. Re:Scientists finally discover... on Soda Makes Five-Year-Olds Break Your Stuff, Science Finds · · Score: 2

    So you can see what kind of parents kids who are scolded turn out to be. Wishy washy, namby pamby parents, I tell ya!

  15. Re:Yeah, that's just what the world needs on Aging Is a Disease; Treat It Like One · · Score: 1, Insightful

    But they do have a resource consumption problem...

  16. Re:Lab Rats Report Near Death Experiences on Neurologists Shine Light On Near-Death Experiences · · Score: 1

    Actually, rats don't like cheese: http://www.victorpest.com/advice/rodents-101/myths

  17. Re:Poor things on Neurologists Shine Light On Near-Death Experiences · · Score: 1

    Their lobbyists were a bunch of stinking rats that took the money and ran.

  18. Re:Launch System on Elon Musk's 'Hyperloop': More Details Revealed · · Score: 1

    Maybe you need to learn what "Re:" means. It means reply. In the context here, it means that I was replying to the parent poster, who was suggesting a system where the capsules would be lobbed 5 miles in mid air between each other. In such as system, a lot of acceleration would be necessary to hit the next station 5 miles away, and during that airborne vault, the user would feel 0 g.

  19. Re:Launch System on Elon Musk's 'Hyperloop': More Details Revealed · · Score: 1

    The g forces of such a system would make passengers sick.

  20. Re:As a bonus on One-Way Ticket: Mars One Project Applicants Top 100,000 · · Score: 1

    I think you put too much faith in these "needy" adults to do much of anything. There are many countries where people live in far worse conditions with far more unemployment and far less military and police technology to deal with these types of things. I also don't think you'll get very far with the government with a rising minimum wage, at least not in any meaningful sense.

    Why do you thing the US G keeps printing money expect as a way to reduce everyone's effective paycheck even further than what it is now?

  21. Dogs can Google? on Bad Connections Dog Google's Mountain View Wi-Fi Network · · Score: 1

    Who is "Bad Connections Dog" and why is he interested in the Mountain View Wi-Fi Network?

  22. PGP should be a part of fundemental learning on Ask Slashdot: How Do I Request Someone To Send Me a Public Key? · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't it make sense to teach this in the public school system? It has the same characteristics as math, reading, science, etc. It's something people aren't motivated to learn because it has no immediate benefit to them, but will help them out in the long run.

  23. Re:More hoax maskerading as "science" on How Much Should You Worry About an Arctic Methane Bomb? · · Score: 1

    Damn straight! I've had it up to here with these so called scientists. If it's not hot out, right now, in the exact location where you live, we can all put this global warming fear mongering to bed!

  24. Re:Control on How Much Should You Worry About an Arctic Methane Bomb? · · Score: 2

    Having a better idea of what the future will bring regardless of your control still should be something you think about. What if your doctor told you had incurable cancer and will die within 6 months? Would you continue to go to work as normal, because you have no control over it, or would you party like there is no tomorrow?

    What if were studying advanced basket weaving in college and the job market soured in basket weaving? Would you not worry about it because have no control over the job market, or would you switch majors to something more potentially profitable?

    So, then if there is a good chance that the environment will be get extremely fucked up (not sure of this, but just for argument's sake), would you put off that trip around the world 10 more years like you were planning to, or would you take it now? Would you have a family and curse your children to live in a dystopian future, or would you take the humanitarian route and have no kids?

  25. A tip when traveling on Researchers Develop New Trap To Capture Bloodsucking Bed Bugs · · Score: 3, Informative

    I used to stay in cheap hostels and in Singapore there was one which was infested with bed bugs. I was getting bit every night until I found that if I sprayed a ring of high powered DEET insect repellent in a ring around the edges of the mattress, the bed bugs wouldn't cross the ring and therefore wouldn't bite me. (I had a DEET spray that was supposed to last 8 hours). Better than spraying yourself with DEET every night.

    I have heard they can climb on the ceiling and drop down, but thankfully that didn't happen (maybe it's a rare occurrence?).