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  1. TANSTAAFL on Iceland To Drill Hole Into Volcano · · Score: 1

    http://www.epa.gov/cleanrgy/renew.htm#geothermal land can sink in
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298814/ the core could stop rotating

    Personally, the one lesson I've learned in life, is that NOTHING is without consequences.
    Make a simple change to make something easier, you may find you've made something else harder...

    The fact is, nothing is 'without' issues.. they just may not be readily apparent before they are present.
    and they may be disasters....

  2. Where does the navy spend its time? on Automating Future Aircraft Carriers · · Score: 1

    But a military service, dedicated to functioning on ships, means the majority of the personnel, are on ships, and that would be where they die.

    Imagine if I said, the majority of birds die in trees.

    The majority of elephants die on the ground..

  3. Re:whoa! on Online Vendors with Cool Tools for Builders? · · Score: 1

    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=%22stainl ess+steel+dildo%22
    Results 1 - 10 of about 881 for "stainless steel dildo".

    the 'teachers pet' sounds extra nice....

  4. Re:It's 1999 all over again on Google to be Added to S&P 500 Index · · Score: 2, Interesting

    indeed, their 10-K filing says in 2003 advertising sales made 97% of their revenue, and 99% in the years since..

    I don't disagree that the advertising market is volatile, and what has been wrought, can be undone--
    But I don't think in that market, a new evoloution (as theirs) can be done without some advance notice..
    i.e. I think the signs of impending DOOM would be far clearer than anything visible right now, there is nothing on the horizion
    and there is little chance for an upstart to topple google, in a very 'instantaneous' amount of time...

    I believe the adage is, as long as a business has been open, is as long as it can expect to stay open?

  5. or was it, on Dual-core Systems Necessary for Business Users? · · Score: 1

    a young man, who takes really bad care of himself, and looks really old beacuse of it?

  6. Seti@home on Sun Grid Compute Utility · · Score: 3, Funny

    anyone have any idea how much it would cost me to buy the # one spot on boinc?
    Take down NEZ for one day-- that would be sweet

    http://www.boincstats.com/stats/boinc_user_stats.p hp?pr=bo&st=0&to=100

  7. Yes, but you missed the most important part on Rewriting Environmental Science · · Score: 1

    the location of YOUR PLOT... my rebuttal was the last link... a lot of TEXAS ain't home building sites.

    Further,

    yes, you can LIVE in that much space, but can you eat, clother, drink, and reduce waste from that much of the planet?
    it's not enough that you have space to live, as space for your
    FOOD TO COME FROM, WATER TO COME FROM, WASTE TO DISPOSE OF, CLOTHES & house manufacture? the list goes on.

  8. hmmm on Rewriting Environmental Science · · Score: 1

    Land area of texas 261,914 sq miles
    http://www.netstate.com/states/tables/st_size.htm
    Population of the earth 6601891967
    http://www.ibiblio.org/lunarbin/worldpop

    math?
    http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=lang_en&q=26 1%2C914+sq+miles+%2F+6601891967+

    102.751476 m2

    Yep, you can build a house for everyone in that 10 meters on a side parcel.
    Your can have the top L5 section
    http://paces.geo.utep.edu/seeley/proterozoic_seque nce8.jpg

    enjoy!

  9. consequences on Rewriting Environmental Science · · Score: 1

    I personally, would be dead, but I imagine there would be a bit less population on the planet right now over all..

    (and it would suck)

  10. Johnny... on Aging Japan Looks to Bots For Care · · Score: 1

    Johnny five is alive....

  11. Re:Kent Brockman Says: on Silicon Valley Firms Having Cash Showers · · Score: 1

    that's MAYOR simpson....

  12. check gp on HD-DVD and Blu-Ray Coming Soon to PCs · · Score: 1

    he specifically EXCLUDES 5.25 floppies from the range of what is under consideration..

  13. yes,, on Card Processing Software May Store CC Info · · Score: 1

    And you can have your choice for your self-sustaining 20,000 sq me..

    gobi desert or antartica?

  14. Re:What are we supposed to use? on Card Processing Software May Store CC Info · · Score: 1
    Can we? your sugeestion has struck me sir, as worthy of my attention.
    if we look at the planet http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2001/DanielChen.sht ml

    and the People http://www.ibiblio.org/lunarbin/worldpop we find that it's .02 km sq per person.

    and thats weird...

  15. check yer specs on HD-DVD and Blu-Ray Coming Soon to PCs · · Score: 1

    3.5 hardcase floppies, 1.44 was the norm max capacity
    (although their were some weird ass variants that doubled them to 2.88)

  16. the college kid on Ebay and Microsoft Fight Software Piracy · · Score: 1
  17. and for non-interest bearing accounts? on Ebay and Microsoft Fight Software Piracy · · Score: 1

    what would be the justification then?

    most checking accounts with balances under 1000 never earn interest,,,

  18. sounds like quickbooks on Balancing Bad Applications vs. Network Security? · · Score: 1

    there are ways to enable quickbooks by giving permissions on certain reg keys.. a major PITA

  19. Fullscreen on iTunes Use Surges Past QuickTime, RealPlayer · · Score: 1

    an option only if you pay, more offensive to me if they want market penetration- but it is infact available...

  20. or perhaps... on The Story of Tron · · Score: 1

    consider that dialogue, which is NOT from a HUMAN BEING, is in fact very good, as it's a rather mechanical and acerbic line, of the type I'd consider possible as the output of a first gen AI.

    Having experience with a great many non-native english speakers, from eastern europe and islamic countries, some asian, I know that the best of them still use funny sentence construction at times...

  21. thus we blame TRON for on The Story of Tron · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Some then young budding PHB or IP Lawyer to be, realizing, hey- this guy used company resources to make video games on the side, with the intent to spin-off a VERY PROFITABLE COMPANY...

    We should make job contracts that say "all your base belong to us" iffen you make them at all whilst you are working for us...

    Thanks TRON!

  22. Public forum posting on Google Wins a Court Battle · · Score: 2, Informative

    means you give up control..

    Now, if you use the no cache header
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-No-Archive
    and claim copyright, you MAY have an argument...

  23. Correction... on Philips Recalls Almost 12,000 Flat Panel TVs · · Score: 1

    a formula was stolen, and improperly formulated, by one of the big two.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor_plague
    Cause of the failing capacitors
    The primary cause of these problems is industrial espionage gone wrong, with some Taiwanese electrolyte manufacturers using a stolen formula that was incomplete, and lacked ingredients needed to produce a stable capacitor.

  24. doom II? on Two-Player Games for Mixed Skill Level Players? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    deathmatch or Coop- I think it's great for this..

    if you REALLY KNOW YOUR MAPS, find some custom ones,

    if you really need to, restrict yourself to weapons BELOW 5, give here whataver she can locate to use...

    my wife really warmed up to it kinda quickly....

  25. PC's with power switches... on Info on Intel's Viiv DRM · · Score: 1

    nowadays, a lot, and I'd wager to say MOST pcs are controlled by what are softswitches, not hard physical contact switches like on IBM xt's had///

    as to "can't turn it on by software" then what are WOL magic packets for?