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  1. Frickin sharks... on Destroying Nuclear Weapons with High-Energy Neutrinos · · Score: 1

    With fricken neutrino beams on their fricken heads...

  2. Re:100 million? on Destroying Nuclear Weapons with High-Energy Neutrinos · · Score: 1

    Obviously you read neither the article nor the previous posts. The /. header was in error, the cost is 100 billion+. Which, I might add, is probably closer to a wild-assed guess than a decent estimate.

  3. An excellent opportunity for some DARPA funding on Destroying Nuclear Weapons with High-Energy Neutrinos · · Score: 1

    For research into possible neutrino/hadron shielding materials and techniques.

  4. Estimated cost is $100 billion+ on Destroying Nuclear Weapons with High-Energy Neutrinos · · Score: 4, Informative

    Not $100 million+ in /. header

  5. Use the Source, Luke... on Destroying Nuclear Weapons with High-Energy Neutrinos · · Score: 4, Informative
    Read the original scientific paper here

  6. "make him sign another piece of paper" on Security Plans for When Your Senior Developer Leaves? · · Score: 1
    How the fsk are you going to do that? You can't just make him sign a piece of paper? Hold a gun to his head? How many hours have you worked in HR? Besides, a contract isn't valid unless there's an exchange of value.

  7. It would be interesting to know... on The Deepest Photo Ever Taken · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Just how many photons they detected for the faintest star.

  8. Here's an idea on Building Your Own KVM Switch...With Audio Connectors? · · Score: 5, Informative
    If your 8-port switch has led select lights for the port that is active, bring out a wire from each of the signals that drives the leds and wire each of them to a simple buffer transistor and relay.

    Each of the relays would gate the respective sound signals onto a common bus. Use a double pole relay for stereo. 2N2222 (npn) and 2N2907 (pnp) are available from Fairchild through Digikey in TO-92 packages and would be a good choice for a relay driver.

    Likewise, an Omron TX2-5V is a reasonably priced DPDT telecom relay with a 5v coil, also available from Digikey.

  9. Re:Good. on Hi-Tech Weed-Killer · · Score: 1

    Wanting to use healthier and more organically grown food isn't enough. Someone's got to pull the fsking weeds. Sorry, I've tried that. 8 hours in the hot sun pulling weeds and I suspect you'd be ready to pour on some Roundup.

  10. Re:Sounds Expensive on Hi-Tech Weed-Killer · · Score: 1

    Ever buy a 55 gallon drum of Roundup? My apple growing brother does and it costs a fortune. Anything that reduces the cost of ag chems will probably pay for itself, providing it doesn't breakdown every 20 minutes.

  11. And find out what he drinks... on RIAA, MPAA Lose Suit Against Streamcast and Grokster · · Score: 1

    So we can send a case to all the federal judges.

  12. RTFA on SBC/Yahoo DSL, Hubs, and Mac OS X? · · Score: 1
    THE GUY JUST NEEDS A HUB!!!

    He says he doesn't need to share internet, just files. Stick in a $20 hub and he's done.

    So we've wasted oh, about 50 manhours on a trivial question that should have *never* been posted to slashdot. Really, this is almost too stupid for usenet, let alone slashdot.

  13. Yet another revolutionary internal combustion eng on Toroidal Engine Ready for Production · · Score: 3, Interesting
    My understanding is that there is something like 500 different designs for internal combustion engines. Needless to say, nearly all of them are useless for one reason or another.

    Reciprocating pistons and poppet valves still live because they work well, can be manufactured with simple operations and have seals (piston rings and valve seats) that will last for years.

    I thought about a design like this many years ago and concluded that there would be major difficulties sealing in the combustion gases. I guess time will tell whether the problem has been solved.

  14. He sells a sword called "Bringer of Tears" on Tempers Flare Over Ill-Tempered Sword Remarks · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think I have a new name for my laptop.

  15. In the words of Gus Grissom... on Starchaser Plans Test Drop · · Score: 4, Funny
    "Spam in a can"

  16. All I want... on Acadia Streaming Patent Contested · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Is a royalty-free streaming video feed of the court proceedings. They promise to be quite entertaining.

  17. I have a Windows server on Possessed Technology? · · Score: 3, Funny

    That hasn't been rebooted in 3 months. Does that count?

  18. Re:How about a click thru license for P2P's on Corporations, CDs and Click Thru Licensing Loopholes? · · Score: 1

    Actually not a bad idea at all. It's trivial little stuff like this that gets lawsuits tossed.

  19. That' not the real danger on Physical Hard-Disk Data Arrangements and Drive Failures? · · Score: 1

    The real risk is that if you write all ones to the entire surface of the disk, you will effectively create a spinning monopole. This will cause your data to 'go back into time' and erase itself.

  20. I wished I could trust NASA... on CAT Scans Suggest Cause of Columbia Disaster · · Score: 3, Interesting
    But I strongly suspect that any cause of the shuttle loss will be phrased so that Ron Ditmore doesn't have to lose his job.

    He lost tons of credibility in the beginning when he stood up and said that it couldn't be the foam that caused the problem. Soon after, we learned that he refused the request of NASA engineers to have pictures taken of the craft while in orbit.

  21. Given California's current financial status... on Californians Can Register For Do-Not-Call List · · Score: 3, Funny

    They will probably turn around and sell the list along with an exemption from enforcement to the highest bidder.

  22. Re:Reverse enginering the cartridges.. on Dell Takes the Low Road Regarding Ink Cartridges · · Score: 1

    I know about Lexmark. I know it's only an action at this point. I sincerely doubt that a court will uphold their incredibly stupid move.

  23. Re:Reverse enginering the cartridges.. on Dell Takes the Low Road Regarding Ink Cartridges · · Score: 1

    That last time I checked, the DMCA only protected copyrighted works, i.e. ink on paper, not ink in cartridge.

  24. Re:The Low Road? on Dell Takes the Low Road Regarding Ink Cartridges · · Score: 2, Interesting
    Not to mention the fact that I can still get cartridges for my 8 year old Canon copier.

    After dicking aroung with cheap fax machines and flaky fax servers for too long, I bought a Canon laser fax/printer/scanner/copier. Should have done it years ago.

  25. Re:Honestly... on Office Depot: Windows XP Apps Must Be Microsoft-Approved · · Score: 1

    Correction, it was a full-up Win98se disk that I bought, not Win95se, which probably doesn't exist.