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  1. Re:And still more... on Aftermath Of Failed Electronic Voting · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the link! I posted it all over Daily Kos today, and based my latest JE on the work of the artist who did the map that you liked to. Kerry won by about 10,000.

  2. Re:In other news... on Consensus on Global Warming · · Score: 2, Interesting
    For questions of analyzing global warming the satellite record is still the better choice of datasets.

    Has it occured to you that the greenhouse gasses keep the heat trapped at the lower portion of the troposphere, away from the satellites?

  3. Re:In other news... on Consensus on Global Warming · · Score: 1
    The negative of the logical negative is not the same as the logical positive....

    On the contrary, !!a == a.

    What part of atmospheric heat forcing by greenhouse emissions do you not understand?

  4. More evidence on Aftermath Of Failed Electronic Voting · · Score: 1, Interesting
  5. Bush lost, cheated, and was declared the winner on Aftermath Of Failed Electronic Voting · · Score: 1, Insightful

    It is obvious that Bush actually lost. I wonder what the electorial college will do.

  6. Re:Bravo, Hormel on Golden Spam Cans to Promote Python Musical · · Score: 1
    For food products, an image of the product, even in the context of a negative (i.e., U.C.E.) -- as long as that negative isn't related to food, digestion, illness, etc., still will increase demand for the product. Food companies do product placement even in violent movies', horror films, etc.

    I think Hormel, after years of having their lawyers being caught in the oncoming headlights of humor and technology, finally realized that they can milk the thing.

    I predict SPAM-can mice or some other computer accessor in five years time.

  7. Re:Just use an external mike. on More Problems for the Treo 650 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Or a hands-free bluetooth headset. That way you can use the PDA as a PDA instead of messing with wires or having to hold it to your ear.

  8. Re:And Here is A Demo on Feds To Have Unified Biometric Federal ID System · · Score: 1

    Ha ha. Does make me wonder about the false-negative rate, though.

  9. better Jay Williams link on Search Engines for Handwritten Documents · · Score: 1
  10. Re:This is nothing new on Search Engines for Handwritten Documents · · Score: 2, Funny

    Vannivar Bush described it before anyone could do it. Actualy maybe Babbage and Lovelace, Asimov, and/or probably someone like Jay Williams did a better job.

  11. Re:linkage for teaching pronunciation on VOIP Meets Cell Phones · · Score: 1

    The point is that those other guys can offer it as a service, and I can offer the same thing as a product. But anyone who knows how to load and use a Tcl UDP library can turn my product into a service that would work on the phone as described in the article.

  12. Re:Well, if not already in there on VOIP Meets Cell Phones · · Score: 1
    Under certain conditions, there may be no way to detect this without voilating the wiretap laws.

    The companies that offer and allow the better and greater service will make more money that those who attempt to corner the market. Especially in this market.

  13. linkage for teaching pronunciation on VOIP Meets Cell Phones · · Score: 0, Offtopic
  14. Yes, but will it teach your kids pronunciation? on VOIP Meets Cell Phones · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No, you'd need to go to Jared Bernstein and Leo Neumeyer for the VoIP version. I can help you with stand-alone.

  15. Re:It obviously means on Former CIA Head Calls for Limiting Access to the Internet · · Score: 0
    what's this - MS Office? Disgusting

    All the .doc files that say Iraq has UAV drones filled with anthrax ready to attack the East Coast have the same 41KB macro in them! CheneyTenetAndJacobyLieLieLie.dot

  16. Re:Plus there was a built-in governor on Human Activity to Blame For 2003 Heatwave · · Score: 1

    It doesn't support the conclusion, I just like to show the only R^2>0.98 fit with more than seven points I've ever had in my entire life.

  17. Re:With our current EPA, America could be next. on Bhopal Disaster Revisited [updated] · · Score: 1

    We already have been next: see my sig and my most recent JE.

  18. Re:Worst for 500 Years on Human Activity to Blame For 2003 Heatwave · · Score: 1
    The reason I asked for the source was because I've seen conflicting subjects on the topic. I'm not disputing that the North and Baltic Sea areas were significantly warmer during the period 900-1300, but according to Greenland and Antarctic snowpack core samples, it wasn't a global phenomenon.

    Are you the same person as the grandparent comment poster? Or if you are not, then, Dear Grandparent Comment Poster: what was your source?

  19. Re:Worst for 500 Years on Human Activity to Blame For 2003 Heatwave · · Score: 0
    800 years ago they were growing grapes for wine in northern England.

    Source?

  20. doh-mitted link on Human Activity to Blame For 2003 Heatwave · · Score: 1
    I meant to link: page 18, not 17.

    But the more I look at it, the more it all boils down to one poorly-trimmed tree.

  21. Re:Plus there was a built-in governor on Human Activity to Blame For 2003 Heatwave · · Score: 2, Informative
    The August 14, 2003 blackout on the U.S. East coast was due to a heat wave that caused the electrical system to be overloaded by too many air conditioners.

    On the contrary, the official explanation (p. 17) is:

    The Ohio phase of the August 14, 2003, blackout was caused by deficiencies in specific practices, equipment, and human decisions by various organizations that affected conditions and outcomes that afternoon--for example, insufficient reactive power was an issue in the blackout, but it was not a cause in itself. Rather, deficiencies in corporate policies, lack of adherence to industry policies, and inadequate management of reactive power and voltage caused the blackout, rather than the lack of reactive power. There are four groups of causes for the blackout:

    1: FirstEnergy (FE) and ECAR failed to assess and understand the inadequacies of FE's system, particularly with respect to voltage instability and the vulnerability of the Cleveland-Akron area, and FE did not operate its system with appropriate voltage criteria.

    2: Inadequate situational awareness at FirstEnergy. FE did not recognize or understand the deteriorating condition of its system.

    3: FE failed to manage adequately tree growth in its transmission rights-of-way.

    4: Failure of the interconnected grid's reliability organizations to provide effective real-time diagnostic support.

    There is more info here.

    Also, hydrocarbons come more from transportation than electrical generation, these days.

  22. cold fusion works, but its trivial on DOE Report on Cold Fusion · · Score: 1

    Cold fusion works, but at the levels claimed, can't be a viable commercial source of energy. It's too cold.

  23. Re:I'm sorry on DOE Report on Cold Fusion · · Score: 1

    Pd, a metal that hydrates itself.

  24. Re:Does /. want endorsements from the NY Times? on Buggy Voting Machines · · Score: 1
    At best this(the presidential race) was just a friendly competition.

    Friendly, yes, but it's not over until they wheel Renquist out of chemo to cast the deciding vote.

  25. Re:What a refreshing change.. go PalmOne! on PalmOne Commits to Treo Fix · · Score: 1
    This is how you're supposed to do business!

    Sure, but if they really wanted to compete, they'd offer their SDK for free instead of charging for it.

    Please point me to it if they already do, but last time I checked, they didn't. It's not like it would cost them a whole lot to make them count the number and size of the end-user's compiles, the information for which would be periodically (quarterly?) necessary to upload in exchange for a new access code to keep going. That would get them out of any potential licensing thicket that they might be in at present.