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  1. DeSadeski: on India To Build A Thorium Reactor · · Score: 1

    Cobalt thorium G has a radioactive halflife of ninety three years. If you take, say, fifty H-bombs in the hundred megaton range and jacket them with cobalt thorium G, when they are exploded they will produce a doomsday shroud. A lethal cloud of radioactivity which will encircle the earth for ninety three years! Turgidson: Ah, what a load of commie bull. I mean, afterall...

  2. Europe is not a country on What Shall We Do With the Moon Once We Get There? · · Score: 1

    it's a continent.

  3. Re:I'm going to buy a telescope! on Three Planets Racing this Weekend · · Score: 2, Informative

    Dobsonian telescopes are very easy to use, beginner models are not very expensive and at the same time, you get the most bang for your buck, because the morror sizes on dobsonian telescopes tend to be a lot bigger than on refractors you would get at department stores for the same price. You can get a 4.5" Orion SkyQuest dobsonian telescope for $199 and really see a lot with it, tyr this url http://www.telescope.com/shopping/product/detailma in.jsp?itemID=364&itemType=PRODUCT&iMainCat=4&iSub Cat=9&iProductID=364. You might find these at a near by planetarium. If you are in a big city, even a very big telescope won't help you much because of all the light pollution. But on clear skies in the middle of nowhere, the 4.5" dobsonian will really let you see lot's of things. Tonight, you should be able to see all three planets really well with a 35mm or 45mm eyepiece. If you don't want to spend the money on a telescope, get some binoculars, but a telescope is a lot more fun once you get into it. Also, before you go, open up KStars, if you have Linux, that will help you with finding where things are at in the sky. Good luck!

  4. Janitor? on Location-Based Encryption · · Score: 1

    Why you all over Janitor's video controller?

  5. Toilet paper on Classic Toys For Christmas? · · Score: 1

    In communist Poland, it was nice to get toilet paper for a change, instead of having to use newspapers. Black and white were ok, but the color glossy ones were too thick and slippery.

  6. Small? on Aurox Linux 10.0.1 Beta Reviewed · · Score: 1

    "The full 10.0.1 release is a set of 4 CDs, which are available for free as ISOs over the internet." How is that a small distribution? 4 cds. ?

  7. Hand brake on A Car With A Mind Of Its Own · · Score: 1

    Why didn't he just pull on the hand brake, spin a couple of times and stop?

  8. We likes... on Cray XD1 Now Available · · Score: 1

    We likes chassisessess

  9. Indians? on A Thoughtful Look at Indian Outsourcing · · Score: 1

    I thought that Native Americans were called Indians and the people living in India are called something else (Hindu?) Isn't this the same mistake that Columbus made when he called Native Americans, Indians, because he thought he arrived in India?

  10. Firebird is a stupid name anyway... on Mozilla's Joy Of Naming · · Score: 1

    ...why not use something else like, 'GreggaryPeccary' or 'HotRats' or 'Matrix' or 'Neo' or 'Morpheus' or 'Gollum' or 'Internet Exploder' or 'Internet Exploiter' ...

  11. First post on New Palms: Zire 71 and Tungsten C · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    maybe

  12. Gentoo 9.1 is not out yet on First Mandrake 9.1 Review Out · · Score: 1

    someone always has to bring up something about gentoo and their portage system

  13. Very low score topic... on Wireless Charging your Handhelds? · · Score: 1

    ... I guess it shows that people don't know much about this technology Let's wait and see

  14. Quake III still kicks ass!!!!!!!!! on 25 Best Linux Games · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Quake III still kicks ass!!!!!!!!!

  15. Re:Comparison to original OS? on VMware vs Virtual PC vs Bochs · · Score: 1

    You are right, but you still want to compare the different emulators and how well they run different operating systems compared to those OSes not running on top of emulators.