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  1. Re:You too can be an armchair scientist. on Scientists Discover Cows Point North · · Score: 1

    As if the magnetic field would somehow align itself with the cows.

    Great idea for a new religion. The cows maintain the Earth's magnetic field through their daily meditation.

  2. Re:This is not an city; it's a prison. on Carbon-Neutral Ziggurat Could House 1.1 Million In Dubai · · Score: 2, Funny

    Am I the only Slashdaughter

    There used to be annother one but it looks like the answer is yes, ma'am.

  3. Re:Integrated greenspace is a must on Carbon-Neutral Ziggurat Could House 1.1 Million In Dubai · · Score: 1

    You could put the apartments on the edges and a green-space inside.
    You could also make a fractal division of the space inside to increase the usable space.

  4. Re:Funny? on Carbon-Neutral Ziggurat Could House 1.1 Million In Dubai · · Score: 1

    Great idea but

    The device consists of a nylon mesh tube

    I'm not going anywhere near that thing in the case of a fire.

  5. Re: Creation vs destruction on Carbon-Neutral Ziggurat Could House 1.1 Million In Dubai · · Score: 1

    You must play the game.

    Thanks a lot man, I just totally lost. :/

  6. Re:Should have left out the religion on Rosetta Disk Designed For 2,000 Years Archive · · Score: 1

    It's also available in almost all religions (the Christian, Jewish and Islamic religions)

    Not almost all religions. The Abrahamic religions comprise about 57% of the worlds population and just a handful of at least tens of major groups of religions.

    The Abrahamic creation myth is however one of the most popular stories in the world, and I believe a good candidate for this project.

  7. Re:Rosetta Archive is a truly a grand achievement. on Rosetta Disk Designed For 2,000 Years Archive · · Score: 1

    I forgot about Google cache.

    It'd be cool if They built an underground layer to store copies of physical objects for posterity.

  8. Re:Hope on Sneak Peek At Neal Stephenson's "Anathem" · · Score: 1

    Chapter 36, Paragraph 1.

  9. Re:I just don't get it.... on Interview Update With Bjarne Stroustrup On C++0x · · Score: 1

    It's like the difference between building a house out of 2x4s and building one out of sticks you found laying on the ground.

    The relative merit of which depends on whether you're a man or a bird. Use the best tool you can find for the job at hand.

  10. Re:Since when is javascript only one language? on Was Standardizing On JavaScript a Mistake? · · Score: 1

    DOM != JavaScript

    Anyway, you should use object detection not browser detection.

  11. Re:Reasons why browsers are poor application runti on Was Standardizing On JavaScript a Mistake? · · Score: 1

    Uh huh.

    It really should be WebDev 101:

          Rules 1 & 2: Don't trust the client!

  12. Re:Got it wrong on Was Standardizing On JavaScript a Mistake? · · Score: 1

    Of course read the official documentation and reference material; but to become a better JavaScript programmer, get a copy of the The Little Schemer and check out Douglas Crockford's The Little JavaScripter. You may also like to read some of the other stuff Crockford has to say about it.

  13. Re:Got it wrong on Was Standardizing On JavaScript a Mistake? · · Score: 1

    I think Parrot is a good candidate for that purpose but I think we're going to be waiting for a while longer yet.

  14. Re:Bugmenot on 42% of Web Users Sneak Onto Others' Online Accounts · · Score: 1

    I'd imagine that if there's any site that could do more damage (real damage, such as financially) there would be a better security system in place than name and password.

    I LOLed

  15. Re:Complete nonsense on 42% of Web Users Sneak Onto Others' Online Accounts · · Score: 1

    Do you mean he were raised in Oz?

  16. Re:how many on Solar Cells — Made In a Pizza Oven · · Score: 1

    I wonder if you could use one of these to bake it.

  17. Re:Crows, for one on Magpies Are Self-Aware · · Score: 1

    I've begun cataloging where the Vegans in my neighborhood live. If civilization collapses they go first.

    Why? I'm vegetarian, but if the world goes to shit I'm going to do what I need to do to survive/protect my family. I'm willing to bet that I'd be less reluctant to slaughter an animal if the situation came to it than many of the people I know. Does that mean I have to eat it now if I don't want to? No, It's a luxury I can afford myself.

  18. People need people on Research Suggests Polygamous Men Live Longer · · Score: 1

    See my reply to GP.

  19. People need people on Research Suggests Polygamous Men Live Longer · · Score: 1

    My gongfu shifu was raised in a Taoist temple in the Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture. He tells me that group marriage (multiple husbands and wives) tradition is still practised amongst the Qiang people (at least practitioners of the gongfu lineage).

    You might find some more info here, HTH.

  20. Re:wrong approach on Mars Lander Snaps the Most Detailed Pics Yet · · Score: 1

    When we wanted to analyze moon rocks, we didn't send a microscope to the moon, we brought the moon rocks to the microscope (on Earth).

    Unfortunately the process of bringing them back alters their chemistry.
    It's very challenging to get samples back here unadulterated.

  21. Re:Just for Google? on A Good Reason To Go Full-Time SSL For Gmail · · Score: 1
  22. Re:All in all, another brick outside The Wall on Google Revs Android, FCC Approves First Phone · · Score: 1

    As long as I can't get sued and barred from using my own phone just because my neighbour was using a "GM" phone and one of its apps accidentally infected my phone like a virus - thus violating some BigCorp's IP rights, then he can do what he likes.

  23. Re:CAPTCHA on Some Eye-Popping Research From Siggraph · · Score: 1

    CAPTCHA is broken anyhow as there is no way to mitigate against the "porn site" attack.

  24. Re:a submarine for babies on Bottom of the Barrel Book Reviews — The Lost Blogs · · Score: 1

    I think it'd be pretty cool to be able to take a young child (or pet) SCUBA diving with you in a capsule thingy -- and I'm almost certain that it sounds better than it would be.

  25. Re:Javascript on Ask NewsTrust Founder Fabrice Florin About NewsTrust — Or Anything Else · · Score: 1

    why don't you add "sel" CSS class to the first tab? That should fix the problem without breaking the JavaScript tab system. (It's Method A above.) Note that, as with all Slashdot advice, I haven't actually tested that.

    I tested it w/ Firebug (I <3 being able to edit the forms/pages I'm viewing) and verify that it works as advertised.

    I was originally going to chime in with the same bug as the P&GP, however I realised that I could
        View > Page Style > No Style

    And get to all the content that way.

    I do agree that sites should be designed with graceful degradation in mind.
    It's the '00s people; either don't expect your site to work for other ppl the way it works on your set-up or get one of these!