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  1. Re:Environmental impact? on Dow Chemical Rolling Out Solar Shingles Next Year · · Score: 1

    We don't have shingles in the UK, we have tiles. Before I moved into my house, I made sure the old asbestos tiles were removed and replaced. Every other house in my street has asbestos tiles.

    I wouldn't worry about recycling.

  2. Re:I did something similar with 8th graders on What To Cover In a Short "DIY Tech" Course? · · Score: 1

    As by brother post said, the egg drop one is fun. Crumple zones, springs, ...

    As a child, we also did the paper drop one from the top of a staircase. The conclusion after this little experiment was that the winning 'parachute' mirrored mother nature and her seed making abilities.

    There are hundereds like this and all of them cheap, cheap, cheap.

    Have fun.

  3. Re:Should sleep with a sign on chest/back.. on Artificial Heart Recipient Has No Pulse · · Score: 5, Funny

    Agreed. What you would realy need is a hole and a crank handle.

  4. Re:Waste MORE time!? on Obama Makes a Push To Add Time To the School Year · · Score: 1

    Not so obvious.

    Havesting around here started in early August. Autumn only started a week ago and most things have been harvested.

    Many crops are also planted about now and they sit in the ground until spring. Over-wintering plants gives them a head start next year.

    Spuds are havested from the middle of spring onwards. They will be planted in late winter just as the ground is warming up.

    I would have agreed with you if you were talking about home-grown but that's not the case with big farms.

    I don't buy into the school timeframe thing either, I'm just stating that planting and harvesting are not so clearcut.

  5. Re:bah, sharepoint. on Cracking Open the SharePoint Fortress · · Score: 2, Funny

    We had the same searching problems at our company with Shitpoint.

    So we spent more money on an excellent 3rd Party search engine.

    They'll be sending us all on expensive FrontPage courses next... On wait, they did that already. I got a certificate btw. I can now program web sites. I can even write forms :p

  6. Re:How hard is it? on Cracking Open the SharePoint Fortress · · Score: 1

    Documents can also be located via a netwrok address and act pretty much like a physical harddrive. I use a batch file; hardly a first year programmers job (or are they that stupid these days?)

    I hate Shitpoint and everything it does. Teaching people a little HTML would be cheaper and easier.

  7. Re:interesting stuff is in links from the second l on New Motorcycle World Speed Record, 367.382 mph · · Score: 1

    The way they cast the engine block surprised me.

    Using a tradition pattern to make a sand mold is fraught with problems. The main problem is sand being washed into the molten metal as it is poured into the runners. Any defects in an engine block, which is put through a lot of stress, and you could be looking at explosive results.

    Rover - remember them? - were the first to use a type injection molding for engine blocks on their infamous K6. Metal is injected at the bottom of the casting to improve flow, cooling, and of course remove the sand washing problem. I believe all blocks are made this way now.

  8. Re:I want my car to sound like a car on Nissan Gives Electric Cars Blade Runner Audio Effect · · Score: 1

    Yeah! My little electric Nissan should sound like a Ferrari V8!

  9. Re:Crops on Universal "Death Stench" Repels Bugs of All Types · · Score: 2, Informative

    That not what self pollinating means though. Pollen still needs to be transfered from one flower to another. It's just that the flowers can be on the same plant.

  10. Re:Who is really at fault? on Spyware Prank Exposes Hospital Medical Records · · Score: 1

    Spyware installation via email is news to me in 2009. Does it really still happen? My email provider will not allow me to open executables and I've been happy with that arrangement for 3 or 4 years. Even before that, AV would have intercepted it. And before that we had I Love You and lessons were learnt...

    Not even Outlook 2003 would have opened and installed that spyware.

  11. Re:Remove Hydrocarbons from Plastic???!!!! on Transforming Waste Plastic Into $10/Barrel Fuel · · Score: 1

    With molten metal in a foundry, chemicals are added to the mix to remove impurities. The chemicals are selected by their attraction to the impurities - just like oxygen likes to bind to itself. The result is a slag on the top on the molten metal that is skimmed off.

    I'm not a chemist but there must be an element that chlorine prefers to bind to that can be added to the mix?

  12. Re:You're obliged to pay for it on BBC Wants DRM On HD Broadcasts · · Score: 1

    You sure about that? I think you'll find it's worded as "capable of receiving". If it has a tuner, you have to pay.

    People who prove they cannot receive decent pictures pay too.

    People who don't own TVs get hounded by the authorities. Because everyone owns a TV, yeah?

    Looks like a tax, smells like a tax...

  13. Re:You're obliged to pay for it on BBC Wants DRM On HD Broadcasts · · Score: 3, Funny

    Fine? How about prison?

    It's said that a lot of women are in prison because they cannot pay the fines from not having a TV license.

    BBC admits going too far with TV license reminder slogan 'Your Arse Won't be Safe in Prison'

    I jest?

  14. Re:You've just not experienced it on Heart Monitors In Middle School Gym Class? · · Score: 1

    Are you serious?

    My daughter had kidney reflux. All better now apart from the 4% scaring on both kidneys. I would hate to be in your position.

    Move to the UK, we let eveyone in, or even come for a long holiday, have some free health care while you're here, we have plenty to go around. Live near me and I'll fix your PC when it gets infected with malware.
    My local serves a nice pint too.

  15. What is 5-1/2 hours a day? on Panasonic's New LED Bulbs Shine For 19 Years · · Score: 1

    Colour me stupid but what is 5-1/2 hours a day?

    Did someone steal the decimal point off your keyboard? Or maybe even the comma, if you're from that part of the world?

    C'mon, behave yourself.

  16. Re:We are just lucky I guess on SANS Report Says Organizations Focusing On the Wrong Security Threats · · Score: 2, Funny

    The cheque's in the post mate. Cheers.

  17. Re:Mid-end?! Really?! on Windows 7 Upgrade Can Take Nearly a Day · · Score: 1

    And I'm the type of person who can't even remember the last time I went in Burger King!

    I have no idea what you two are talking about!

  18. Re:Don't know how it is in Britain, on Trust an Insurance Company's "Drive-Cam?" · · Score: 1

    I'll tell you how it works in Great Britain :)

    10 years ago my then girlfriend moved in. I added her to my insurance policy.

    2 year ago we got married. My insurance premium dropped by 25% because statistically, married couples crash less.

    It's all statistics.

  19. Re:Spotify on Spotify Retreats To Invite-Only In UK · · Score: 1

    Now I've only see Spotify a couple of times. Firstly when I installed it on the family PC. Secondly when the family forgot the family password.

    It has radio. It has a 'play more like this' feature. I particularly liked the dance genre from the 1980s even if they only hold the mainstream pop shite.

  20. Re:TL:TL on Alan Turing Gets an Apology From Prime Minister Brown · · Score: 1

    Here have some fish to go with that chip on your shoulder.

    "sadomasochism to pedophilia [sic]"? That PDF says nothing of the sort.

    No one cares about your "orientation". They only think about it because you preach it day in, day out.

  21. Re:Raise Your Hand If You've Violated This Patent on Facebook Ordered To Turn Over Source Code · · Score: 1

    Reminds of the joke about it being so large, it covers all the letters from A to Z.

  22. Re:Monopoly? on In the UK, T-Mobile and Orange To Merge · · Score: 1

    I use Tesco on O2's network. They offer everything the big boys do... plus loyalty points. Cheap, cheap phones, unlocked after only a £30 spend too.

    For those who don't know, Tesco are the biggest retailer in the UK. Something like 1 in every 6 pounds is spent at Tesco.

  23. Re:not a fan on Monopoly Uses Google Maps To Go Live Online · · Score: 1

    I sometimes play on sites like Pogo (normally when visting my mother's house). You can complete a game with 4 players in about 20 minutes, if you have the auctioning features turned on and people actually throw the dice within 5 seconds of their turn starting. It beats the living shit out of 3 hour games with a board on the floor.

  24. Re:I've got karma to burn on Windows 7 Reintroduces Remote BSoD · · Score: 1

    You must be n...

    Seriously, we don't come here for the fancy HTML. Although it would be nice to have a working site, it is not that important.

  25. Re:Replica guns on Police Swarm Bungie Office Over Halo Replica Rifle · · Score: 1

    We shooting people for carrying table legs, I mean fake guns.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3974461.stm

    And we are glad you dont like [sic] here.