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  1. Re:Bad Summary, Galileo was Correct On Ice on Galileo: Right On the Solar System, Wrong On Ice · · Score: 1

    I'm surprised no one caught onto surface tension, you can see it by slightly overfilling glass, a wibbly wobbly bubble (to use technical terms) held together by surface tension can be made to extend beyond and above the rim

  2. Bad Summary, Galileo was Correct On Ice on Galileo: Right On the Solar System, Wrong On Ice · · Score: 1

    Galileo was right about why ice floats, it is less dense than water and buoyant force comes into equilibrium with weight when a portion of ice is out of the water.

    The only thing "wrong" presented in article was small matter of shape under extraordinary conditions where surface tension can dominate over lack of buoyancy.

  3. Re:Copernicus on Galileo: Right On the Solar System, Wrong On Ice · · Score: 1

    you are answering straw men and urban legend with more urban legend and straw people. An honest biography will educate you on what Galileo accomplished and what discoveries were uniquely his.

    As for heliocentric theory, what Galileo did was use observations by telescope to support Copernicous' theory. He never ever claimed the theory as his own.

  4. Re:Great quote comes to mind. on How Deadbeat Facebook Friends and Using ALL-CAPS Can Lower Your Credit Score · · Score: 1

    History records that the money changers have used every form of abuse, intrigue, deceit, and violent means possible to maintain their control over governments by controlling money and its issuance. -James Madison

  5. Re:Linus doesn't humbly announce anything on Linux 3.11-rc7 Release Celebrates 22 Years of Linux · · Score: 1

    people who accomplish great things don't have to be humble.

    you're just jealous, you can't start nor manage such a hugely successful project for decades

  6. Re:Done a long time ago on Using Pulsars As GPS For Starships · · Score: 1

    Brass (copper/zinc)? or is it bronze(copper/tin), the popular literature says copper. On that copper is plated gold, and aluminum plated on the cover. over the aluminum is plated very pure U-238 so if the thing were ever found (which would be tens or hundreds of thousands of years from now) an alien civilization could measure the decay product ratio and determine when craft launched.

    Hopefully, our descendents don't end up having to rue our decision and do the "Independence Day" thing

  7. Re:Too complicated on Using Pulsars As GPS For Starships · · Score: 1

    sorry, but your view is too simplistic. You wish to end up in an orbit about interesting planet of the target star. No amount of pointing your craft at anything will get you the correct solution.

  8. Re:Only works on Using Pulsars As GPS For Starships · · Score: 1

    if you are going at the speed of light all events in time happen simultaneously

  9. nothing of importance affected on Dark Day In the AWS Cloud: Big Name Sites Go Down · · Score: 1

    entertainment and social media down? who gives a shit? grow up.

  10. Re:I'm confused on Linux 3.11-rc7 Release Celebrates 22 Years of Linux · · Score: 1

    instead of going 3.09, 3.10, 3.11, the Linus chose to go 3.9, 3.10, 3.11

  11. Re:Very dangerous on NASA Visualizes Asteroid Grab Mission · · Score: 1

    you have huge misconception between your ears. such a small asteroid would not reach the ground. it would not cause dangerous shock wave. it is too small. you could be anywhere on the ground and be safe

  12. Re:nope - the real truth on International Effort Could Put First Canadian On the Moon · · Score: 1

    back then the cheap crap was made in japan, but not flags

  13. Re:for certain animals on New Treatment From Australia For All Cancers · · Score: 1

    you must be new here. hang around and see how deep the poop hole goes.

  14. Re:Doesn't seem plausible on Report: By 2035, Nearly 100 Million Self-Driving Cars Will Be Sold Per Year · · Score: 1

    should have posted link to that graph, can't find it. A very messy and marked up copy article in the Monthly Labor Review Feb 1992 has graph from 1946 to 1990

    http://www.bls.gov/mlr/1992/02/art2full.pdf

  15. nope - the real truth on International Effort Could Put First Canadian On the Moon · · Score: 1

    The flags were ordinary nylon ones picked up in a hurry from a local Sears (department store chain), which were modified with a wire to make them stand unfurled. They have disintegrated in the 40 years since by the very harsh thermal and UV environment of the moon, there is nothing but ash.

  16. Re:Rolling Roads on Transportation Designs For a Future That Never Came · · Score: 1

    KONE has 18% of global market in escalators and elevators (that's huge) but Otis still dominates.

  17. Re:Doesn't seem plausible on Report: By 2035, Nearly 100 Million Self-Driving Cars Will Be Sold Per Year · · Score: 1

    1990 - 45 million
    1985 - 40 million

    the flat curve is very flat

  18. Re:Rolling Roads on Transportation Designs For a Future That Never Came · · Score: 1

    no, that's not how they roll in this city for mass transit expenses. vendors and contractors get preferential treatment for certain reasons. This is top of the line model rated for outdoor (but covered) use from the #1 manufacturer on the planet.

  19. Re:don't see where it matters on Yahoo Deletes Journalist's Pre-Paid Legacy Site After Suicide · · Score: 1

    or just make sure your suicide site is mirrored and backed up in a bunch of places, which can be done essentially for free. he should have been spreading his torrents and usenet files.....

    heck, did the wayback machine scan his site? there are ways to prime the pump for that

  20. Re:How we treat aging and old on Yahoo Deletes Journalist's Pre-Paid Legacy Site After Suicide · · Score: 1

    no, says nothing. a certain percentage of people commit suicide for a certain common list of reasons. nothing to see here, been true a thousand years ago and true now

  21. Re:SCIENCE! on New Treatment From Australia For All Cancers · · Score: 1

    then we need a War on Neutrons, with a neutron czar. those neutrons need to back into the closet and keep their strong-forcy interactions confined and out of public sight

  22. Re:Rolling Roads on Transportation Designs For a Future That Never Came · · Score: 2

    sorry, but we don't even have the technology to make an escalator that stands up having 10% of its length exposed to the elements in the midwest. (Eyewitness testimony of subway commuter in large city)

  23. Re:Then go next door on New Treatment From Australia For All Cancers · · Score: 1

    unfortunately, did not mean to imply works in all animals, mostly only lab rats and mice

  24. Re: Sign me up on Dishwasher-Size, 25kW Fuel Cell In Development · · Score: 1

    if you have one of these in your home it will be set up for one and only one type of fuel. the producers of that fuel will have you by the balls. true 90% of the time that technology and energy come from big corporations

  25. Re:Call me old fashion on Samsung SSD 840 EVO 250GB & 1TB TLC NAND Drives Tested · · Score: 1

    you have hard facts. 2007 google study said about six years for all enterprise and consumer grade magnetic disks, however for low utilization disks most fail in only three years (contrary to most people's expectations)