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  1. indeed we should be concentrating on unmanned probes while basic engineering challenges of prolonged manned missions can be resolved on earth and in near earth orbit. In fact, technically we already nave means to to send a probe to the proxima centauri system in a reasonable amount of time at 0.1 C with pure fission reactor, let's also do that

  2. Re:Sure. on Junkyard Owner Saves Lunar Rover Prototype (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    you were 2 or 3 years old when that photo was taken. would you recognize a photo of LBJ?

  3. Re:Sure. on Junkyard Owner Saves Lunar Rover Prototype (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Everyone was a space nerd. That's a VERY famous photo from 1967 with Von Braun. He did documentaries on TV in the late 60s of moon program and space travel.

  4. Re:Sure. on Junkyard Owner Saves Lunar Rover Prototype (vice.com) · · Score: 2

    Not at all, those of us who were alive at the time who watched the rover on televison would recognize the frame instantly, just as we would recognize the ascent and descent stages of prototype Lunar Module either together or seperately. You must be young.

  5. Re: On Monday on Junkyard Owner Saves Lunar Rover Prototype (vice.com) · · Score: 0

    The junkyard owner is an Alabama resident too.

  6. Re:What was the question again? on Open-Source GPU Drivers Show Less Than Ideal Experience For SteamOS/Linux Gaming (phoronix.com) · · Score: 1

    Bad logic, NVIDIA could release an open source driver that is inferior to their closed source one. They could even release a driver inferior to reversed engineered one. Plenty of companies do similar, release an open source product as advertising for their closed source one that costs money and has more features and capabilities.

  7. Re:I know blacker stuff on Engineers Create the Blackest Material Yet (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    should we instead use the term "dirty" or "shitty" instead of "black" for color of evil soul ? Or is that an offence to all the healthy normal stools of the world?

  8. Re:tl;dr; on ARM64 Vs ARM32 -- What's Different For Linux Programmers? (edn.com) · · Score: 1

    Now that was funny, first sentence making some kind of absolute statement about people's understanding, but then you hedge in later sentences with "usually" and then "probably".

    the i860 was marketed by intel as a 64 bit processor because of the 64 bit graphics registers, but it had 32 of the 32 bit general purpose registers and 32 bit bus.

  9. Re:More Bad On Oil on Oklahoma Earthquakes Are a National Security Threat (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    use of oil and coal has propelled mankind into the modern age of increased health and lifespan, far outweighing all negative side effects. Don't diss it.

    Sure, non-polluting energy sources would be better, and we'll continue build those largely using oil and coal for now

  10. Re:This tech is going nowhere on The Bizarre Reactor Scientists Hope Will Save Fusion Research (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    There are plenty of unknowns, plasma physics isn't evolved enough. Edge Localized Mode issues alone could doom the thing

  11. Re:Alcohol != joy loving on Comet Lovejoy Giving Away Alcohol (eurekalert.org) · · Score: 1

    two words for you: french problem

  12. Re:I know blacker stuff on Engineers Create the Blackest Material Yet (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    Obama isn't "black" at all, doesn't have the american black experience in his upbringing. He fooled millions of black voters. In fact, the phrase "rare species of wigger" comes to mind

  13. Re:How did it fit on a scale it broke? on Patricia, Strongest Hurricane Ever Seen In Eastern Pacific, Strikes In Mexico · · Score: 1

    it's nonsense, Dvorak scale only goes to 8.0 just as SSHS only goes to cat 5 regardless of strength beyond the minimum required to get to the highest number. there are no cat 6 hurricanes and their are no Dvorak 8.x hurricanes other than x=0

  14. Re:This tech is going nowhere on The Bizarre Reactor Scientists Hope Will Save Fusion Research (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 0

    no, people will be astounded an immense amount of money was spent for something without breakeven output. ITER is a distraction from viable fusion machine designs, waste of time, money and attention; a monument at the end of a path of successive failures.

    Defund ITER

  15. we are speaking of those who DON'T give a fair wage, want SOMETHING for NOTHING because they believe we are their slaves.

    How should enslavers be treated?

  16. Funny you think your words somehow don't apply to executives at corporations.

    Who said anything about sabotage; you're stupid if that's what crossed your mind.

  17. Re:I'd do it on Bank's Severance Deal Requires IT Workers To Be Available For Two Years (computerworld.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I am amused at this mythical "professionalism" you invoke. An employer can treat you like shit and you're supposed to forever be their slave? You are to be a doormat for the one percent, sacrificing your life and happiness for theirs?

    Let's instead contemplate concepts like "righteous vengefulness", "malicious compliance", "taking down the oppressor", etc.

    Um..yes. Just YES

  18. also should add almost all natural antineutrinos come from thorium-232 and u-238, the other major source being K-40 which is not detectable as the energy is too low to make inverse beta event. Since curve for U-238 is "to the right" of the thorium one there are thus antineutrinos energetic enough to rule out thorium being source.

  19. Yes the spectrum is continuous but the curve (and peak) of energy vs. probability is shifted a little for each element.

  20. Re:arXiv links on An Experiment Could Determine Whether Gravity Is Quantized (forbes.com) · · Score: 2

    osmium goes superconducting at 0.66 K, while indium 0.11 K

    That's much harder to achieve

  21. Re:gravity must be quantized on An Experiment Could Determine Whether Gravity Is Quantized (forbes.com) · · Score: 1

    no, momentum of a bound particle must be quantized but an unbound one can have any momentum

  22. what a sec on Objective-C Use Falls Hard, Apple's Swift On the Rise (dice.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    objective c plummets but swift only crawls up a couple notches but is still way down the list. sounds more like a lot of Apple device developers fled to something else for a living

  23. Re:abysmal human rights records on NASA Chief Says Ban On Chinese Partnerships Is Temporary · · Score: 1

    The only "torturing" I'm aware of was questionable interrogation techniques of those caught in the field hanging with terrorists. maybe they shouldn't have been best buddies with those killing people and blowing up shit, then they wouldn't be in Gitmo getting their underwear pulled down and face covered with wet towels, etc. Mild stuff compared to what China does to innocent citizens.

    Wrong, we never should have done any trade or projects with China whatsover, it's hurt our own workforce and economy to force us to "compete" with place that has no regulations on safety and no value on human life.

  24. Re:Mixed message in TFA on Antineutrino Detection Is About To Change the Game In Nuclear Verification (thebulletin.org) · · Score: 4, Informative

    No not stupid at all, earth naturally produces 99 percent of antineutrinos detected while manmade sources 1 percent. Earth is the "noise" and reactors are pure 100% signal. distribution of spectrum of those particles (energy per particle) tells what proportion originated in plutonium vs. uranium fission.

  25. abysmal human rights records on NASA Chief Says Ban On Chinese Partnerships Is Temporary · · Score: 1, Insightful

    or maybe China should stop torturing its citizens, throwing political opponents (and their spouses sometimes) into psychiatric institutions or putting under house arrest , oppressing certain minority groups, etc. etc.