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  1. Re:More than the Great Lakes? [citation needed] on NASA Says Moon Has More Water Than Great Lakes · · Score: 2, Funny

    Firstly, the water is in the form of hydroxyl and the mineral apartite

    Well then, the South Africans should have no problem extracting the water, given their recent history.

  2. Re:TV pitchman? on Spamming a Judge Is Contempt of Court · · Score: 1

    Most noting that his book Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You to Know About contains no actual cures.

    Not so; the book itself cured Mr. Trudeau of poverty.

  3. Re:Cool, but... on 50% Efficiency Boost From New Fuel Injection System · · Score: 1

    Those issues can be addressed by particulate filters and urea injection, as the current diesels from VW/Audi, BMW and Mercedes demonstrate. I'm familiar with the VW/Audi technology, having just bought an A3 TDI -- their 2.0l TDI engine uses a particulate filter & is 50-state legal. Their larger engines use urea injection, as do the BMW/Mercedes -- the urea reacts with NOx to produce CO2 and NH3 -- the NH3 is subsequently catalytically reacted to produce N2 and H2O.

  4. Re:NOx and emissions? on 50% Efficiency Boost From New Fuel Injection System · · Score: 1

    NOx can be handled the same way it is in the newer "clean diesel" engines -- either through particulate filters or selective catalytic reduction (SCR -- basically injecting urea into the exhaust stream to convert the NOx into CO2 and NH3, which is then converted catalytically to N2 and H2O).

  5. More goverment disinformation... on NSA Still Ahead In Crypto, But Not By Much · · Score: 2, Funny

    In truth, the NSA is hundreds of years ahead of the rest of the world when it comes to cryptography.

  6. Re:Bacteria kit on Science Gifts For Kids? · · Score: 1

    Most teenagers already have bacteria kits -- their bedrooms.

  7. Re:It's the LHC on Gigantic Spiral of Light Observed Over Norway; Rocket To Blame? · · Score: 1

    Great; it's not like we don't have more than enough bogons as is.

  8. Re:JASON on Aging Nuclear Stockpile Good For Decades To Come · · Score: 1

    More likely an alien invasion.

  9. Re:IIRC, this is the same sort of bug on Bizarre Droid Auto-Focus Bug Revealed · · Score: 1

    Just get her on Seasonale or an equivalent.

  10. Re:Super Weapon on Japan Eyes Solar Station In Space · · Score: 1

    Beginnings? It was first done almost 25 years ago, as this excellent documentary demonstrates.

  11. Re:Can't be true on UK's Channel 4 To Broadcast In 3D · · Score: 1

    Someone didn't watch last night's Family Guy -- Miley Cyrus is an android, not a clone.

  12. Re:Great on LG Presents Solar Powered E-Book · · Score: 3, Funny

    Here you go -- this is as close to a portable Sun as I'm aware of.

  13. If LotusLive iNotes is in any way based on on Can IBM Take On Google, Microsoft With iNotes? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Lotus Notes, no way in hell will it succeed. Lotus Notes was pure crap, and I say that as an ex-Lotus employee.

  14. Re:As in on Communicator Clothing · · Score: 1

    So that's how Chuck Berry came up with My Ding-a-Ling.

  15. Image*s*??? on Planck Satellite Releases First Images · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'd expect the Planck satellite to provide just one very small constant image.

  16. Keep looking... on Piranha Discovered In UK's Devon River · · Score: 1

    British piranhas usually travel in pairs.

  17. Well, duh.... on Entanglement Could Be a Deterministic Phenomenon · · Score: 1

    anyone who's ever tried to wind up power cords or ethernet cables knows that.

  18. Instead of wasting their money on vending machines on Drug Vending Machines · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Maybe the department could spring for some more coroners & staff. My brother lived in SB county until he passed away in May from an apparent heart attack. I say apparent because we still, 3 months later, don't have a death certificate, even though an autopsy was done and the body cremated within a few days of his death.

  19. Re:FARK on How Artificial Leaves Could Generate Clean Hydrogen · · Score: 2, Funny

    First, I doubt that you will have a small fusion reactor in our cars anytime soon

    What are you talking about -- it's at most six years off.

  20. Re:Misunderstanding this, most likely on Making Cesium Atoms Do a Quantum Walk · · Score: 1

    Quantum mechanics applies only to quantum particles, not big honking spaceships.

    Not quite a spaceship, but quantum tunnelling has been shown to apply to non-quantum particles.

  21. Re:Realities of life on 7-Story Wooden Condo Survives 7.5 Magnitude Quake · · Score: 1

    Not as big a problem as it might seem. As pointed out upthread, the structure was constructed with a lot of engineered lumber. The binders in the engineered lumber probably have some inherent insect & mold deterrent properties, which could be bolstered by the addition of insecticide and/or fungicide.

  22. Douglas Adams was onto something... on Belgium Tries to Fine Yahoo for Protecting US User Privacy · · Score: 1

    when he provided us with the true definition of Belgium.

  23. Re:When can I buy a ridable griffon/dragon? on Flapping NAV Performs Controlled Hovering Flight · · Score: 1

    Rideable griffins do exist -- Woz used to have one.

  24. Re:Blu-ray? on BD+ Resealed Once Again · · Score: 1

    You can get good deals on BluRay discs from time to time. About a month ago, my local Fry's had a box set of the first six Star Trek movies (i.e. those with TOS cast) for $59.95 -- $10 per disc. Just about every week, Fry's has one or more similar deals; of course, most of them are for crap movies.

  25. Re:Why can't windows media player scan of channels on DTV Transition Mostly Smooth, Windows Media Center Problems · · Score: 1

    Who's responsible for the guide data? Microsoft?
     
    IIRC, Media Center gets its program guide from Zap2It. AFAIK, Zap2It is not owned by MS.