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  1. Another reason they leave volatiles in the product on Exploding Oil Tank Cars: Why Trains Go Boom · · Score: 1

    Saw a story yesterday that said the gas product is being refined to the minimum possible level to allow it to be exported for foreign sale. New mini-refineries are being built on the Gulf Coast for just this purpose.

  2. Re:Biased summary on Citizen Science: Who Makes the Rules? · · Score: 1

    23AndMe received a warning letter from FDA because they are marketing a medical device without a determination of substantial equivalence - http://www.fda.gov/iceci/enforcementactions/warningletters/2013/ucm376296.htm

  3. Re:Four alarm systems and not a single camera? on Privacy Advocate Jacob Appelbaum Reports Break-In Of Berlin Apartment · · Score: 2

    The tweet is from October, yet the story is released now. Either the two are unrelated, or the story is being released due to the current climate.

  4. Re:Lets have some fun picking this apart. on Military Drone Lost Over Lake Ontario · · Score: 1

    Wait, what? An F-16 capable of carrying near 18,000 lbs of weapons and flying at mach 2+ is replaced by a drone flying at 240Mph carrying 3800lbs? Well, I'll be danged if someone in the DOD should not be fired for that decision. I could see it if they replace a squadron of A-10s with hundreds of these for close air support, but F-16s?

    And the true irony here is that The Boys from Syracuse used to be an A-10 unit before they went to F-16s. And what did they do with them when they went to the Gulf back in 1990? They hung gun pods underneath them.

  5. Re:hmmmm on How To Sneak Into the Super Bowl With Social Engineering · · Score: 1

    Social engineering is social engineering. Penetrating a security system is penetrating a security system.

    Except security systems rarely exist without a human component.

  6. Re:No, it shouldn't on Should the Start of Chinese New Year Be a Federal Holiday? · · Score: 1

    Well, may as well keep it a holiday in the US, since a good portion of the country will be hung over, still drinking, or watching football.

  7. Re:leaked huh ? on New York Pistol Permit Owner List Leaked · · Score: 3, Informative
  8. Re:I smell oil. on Worldwide Shortage of Barium · · Score: 1

    The stuff in drilling mud isn't pharmaceutical grade.

  9. Top Sellers are Misleading Here.... on Chromebook Takes Top Place In Laptop Sales On Amazon · · Score: 1

    Chromebook has one choice to make, within the item - Wifi or 3G. 90% of the other items in the list are fragmented by model number, and thus don't fully represent their brand/OS/display/HDD/insert_option_of_choice_here as a single data point.

  10. Re:appears deteriorating into disorderly jumble on The Trials and Tribulations of a Would-Be Facebook Employee · · Score: 1

    It sounds like the FB interviewee who wrote TFA might be an exceptional candidate for a /. editor

  11. Re:Abolish private property! We need communism now on Supreme Court To Hear First Sale Doctrine Case · · Score: 0

    Read poster's previous history - a shill. Communism has yet to work because those in a place of leadership corrupt the system, and the individual still gets screwed - pretty much the hallmark of all systems today.

  12. Re:Faith of Nigeria on The Strange Nature of the Nigerian App Market · · Score: 2

    Hmm, some folks might cotton on to those numbers not matching the fabric of the religious structure there.

  13. Supporter Count on Make Your Own LEGO Curiosity Rover · · Score: 2

    Count is at 2712 ten minutes after this story was posted. Will be interesting to see how much the count goes up after the story is viewed.

  14. Re:Don't freak out. on The World's First 3D-Printed Gun · · Score: 1

    True, but you don't need a background check to purchase an upper.

  15. Re:Future of Education on The $100 Masters Degree From Udacity · · Score: 2

    Teach a man to fish, and he'll forget about eating.

  16. Re:It WAS privatized before TSA on Sen. Rand Paul Introduces TSA Reform Legislation · · Score: 2

    Since June 8, 1861.

  17. Video on youtube on MIT Hack Turns the Green Building Into a Giant Game of Tetris · · Score: 1
  18. Re:2012 on Russian City Ever Watchful Against Being Sucked Into Earth · · Score: 1

    2012 is no different than any year over the last 30 in that respect, I'd bet.

  19. Re:Abstraction on Why Are Fantasy World Accents British? · · Score: 1

    Just for fun, I dropped this into Google Translate, with auto-detect turned on. It thought it was Swedish.

  20. Re:The good old days... on Science Reveals Why Airplane Food Tastes So Bad · · Score: 1

    To be more specific, you can bring drinks on, but they have to be purchased after security check. Otherwise, they still have to meet the 3oz. rule.

  21. Re:As a pilot on Maybe the FAA Gadget Ban On Liftoff and Landing Isn't So Bad · · Score: 1

    OP is likely flying as a charter captain, not scheduled commercial.

  22. Re:Shhh on Brazilian Schoolchildren Tagged By Computer Chips · · Score: 1

    If you're worried about Orwell, THIS is the system to be afraid of. They're getting your fingerprints in an institutional fashion, and not just capturing those of processed criminals later on.

  23. It is what you are used to on Roundabout Revolution Sweeping US · · Score: 1

    The town I grew up in had a roundabout that circled a monument, but I left it before I started driving. After college, I moved near two towns that have greenspace in the middle of the village, forcing a roundabout pattern. Locals, including tractor trailers, pass through it problem-free. Last month, I spent a few days in Sweden with a rental. I drove more roundabouts in a day than I had driven in over 20 years of US driving, and the only time I didn't feel perfectly safe is when I couldn't clearly see the entrance to the circle on my left. A new one is going in right now in the next town, but people are fearful. Why? Because they've not driven in them before. After two months, I bet things will be just fine.

  24. Re:They must have overlooked this on What Happens If You Get Sucked Out of a Plane? · · Score: 2

    Perhaps not. Wiki article says that aircraft was at 17000' and still climbing. It was not at cruising altitude of 30000'+.

  25. Re:Only one case? on Samsung Plants Keyloggers On Laptops · · Score: 3, Informative

    Some of the comments on the article reach the same conclusion. One even suggests it was someone at the store where they were purchased that installed the logger. Problem is, Samsung's tech support guy already admitted to it.