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  1. B vitamins on Schizophrenia Experiences and Suggestions? · · Score: 1

    Vitamin B-3, and the other B vitamins are supposed to help some people with schizophrenia. You can try a google search (try schizophrenia b vitamins) for some overblown claims about it's effectiveness, and some ideas on a dose level, but it seems that it may have some efficacy. Plus, vitamins are relatively inexpensive and easy to get as well. So that could be worth a shot.

  2. Prior art. on Microsoft Patents Timed Button Presses · · Score: 1

    On my watch alarm, holding down the set button opens the edit alarm aplicatation, while holding it longer erases that alarm and opens the edit alarm aplication. How's that for Prior art?

  3. Re:Absolute Zero? on NASA Gravity Probe Launched · · Score: 4, Informative

    They put all the gyroscopes in a dewar with 1500 liters of liquid helium to keep it cold. Plus they get to use the helium that evaporates for the stabiliztion thrusters.

  4. Re:perhaps you assume too much on Recharge Batteries in 30 Secs · · Score: 5, Interesting

    liquid helium isn't a good coolant, becuase it's heat capacity is very low. Liquid nitrogen is a much better coolant, and it's also much cheaper. Besides, that battery might not even work at 77k, much less at 4k.

  5. Re:The Long Answer on Death by Coffee? · · Score: 1

    Yes, that amount of water could possibly kill you. For my weight of 65Kg, the 50% chance of being lethal dose of water is 3.2 gallons (without sweat losses). As for the caffeine, if there are 125mg per cup, which is in the possible range, then that would also have a 50% chance of killing me. If you weigh more than me, then your chances of dying from the caffiene are lower, but you could still die from the 6.25 gallons of water.

  6. emergency on Using Employee-Owned Technology in the Workplace? · · Score: 1

    He wouldn't be unreachable in an emergency. They're banning cellphones, not cutting the landlines. People with cellphones always seem to forget about landlines, like they don't even exist anymore. There's nothing worse than having a cellphone ring when your'e 3 feet from a landline.

  7. Kuiper Belt Objects on The Sun's 10th Planet... Sedna? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This new ice ball is another Kuiper Belt Object (KBO), just like Pluto and all the other giant iceballs orbiting beyond Neptune that have been discovered lately. It is estimated that there are at least 70,000 of these objects with a diameter of greater than 100km. We only call Pluto a planet because it was discovered 20 years before the Kuiper Belt was theorized.

  8. Original Article on Comic Book Physics · · Score: 5, Informative
  9. Re:Timothy on TVI to Sue Over MS Autoplay Feature · · Score: 1

    ohhh, burn.... no, I play games aand stuff.

  10. Re:Timothy on TVI to Sue Over MS Autoplay Feature · · Score: 1
    My windows skills are more l33t then your mac/linux/other pos os skills could every hope to be.

    current Windows uptime: 11 days, 3 hours, 18 minutes

  11. Not the biggest on Trojan Horse Caused A Siberian Explosion · · Score: 2, Interesting

    There was a coal mine once that detonated 8 million pounds, or 4 Kilotons of ANFO in one shot. The Russians registered the blast on siesmographs and thought at first that it might have been nuclear.

  12. Switches on Radio Credit Cards Move Closer · · Score: 1

    They should build in an on off switch into these things. Maybe have it complete a circuit through your hand when you touch two contacts located on opposite sides of the card.

  13. Torrent Here! on Superball! · · Score: 5, Informative
  14. Re:FREE Bandwidth!!! on Superball! · · Score: 1

    My school's out for thankgiving break, but I left my linux box up, so if anyone wants to get me those videos I can host them too. nrlightf@mtu.edu

  15. Pictures Please! on Handy Wristwatch Phone · · Score: 1

    Now all I need to see is a picture of some Japanese guy walking around with his finger stuck in his ear talking to no one and my life will be complete.

  16. Autonomous Vehicle Dealership on DARPA's Autonomous Vehicle Challenge Too Popular? · · Score: 4, Funny

    In other news, I expect to open an autonomous vehicle dearlership soon. initial inventory is expected at about 80 vehicles.

  17. Hooray for KDE on Seven Years of KDE Celebrated · · Score: 1

    Well, I just installed Linux earlier today, and now I'm looking at this page from KDE.

  18. Re:Open Your Mind! on International Bigfoot Symposium · · Score: 1

    Yes, I was probably exagerating some things a little bit, I just wanted to make the point that it's difficult to disprove things, and people should try not to completly rule things out. That's the kind of attitude that makes it difficult to find a bigfoot. If I actually wanted to go do some research on the existence of bigfoot, I would have to spend my own money because this kind of view keeps research like this from ever being funded. I actually may try to look for bigfoot this summer, as I noticed there have been sightings within a hundred miles of my house. However I doubt that I could even get a paltry research grant of 2000 dollars to buy equipment to look for it. Partly because of societal views about bigfoot, and the other part because who is really going to fund the zoology research of someone with a BS in physics ( at least I should have one of those by this summer)? I would really just like it if people would remain more open to ideas that haven't been specifically disproven.

  19. Re:You've been fooled on International Bigfoot Symposium · · Score: 1

    Well anonymous coward, I never mentioned the quality of the evidence. The evidence may not be very good, or it may. I've never personaly examined it, and I doubt that you have either. I also doubt that you've seen anybody out in the woods carrying a several hundred pound backpack while wearing stillts to make 16 inch footprints with a deep impression and a 7 foot stride. If you have, I'd like to see a picture, as I think that would be more interesting than an actual bigfoot.

  20. Open Your Mind! on International Bigfoot Symposium · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I believe that there is at least a possibility of bigfoot existing, and unless your name happens to be God, I doubt you have the qualifications to disprove its existence. There is plenty of evidence: hair, scat, pictures, video, footprints, and other casts that show this is a mystery worthy of further scientific investigation. To disprove bigfoot's existence requires the simultaneous examination of every square foot of millions of acres of dense forest, so let me know when you can accomplish this. Otherwise save your absolute judgements for things you can know absolutely.

  21. P2P on Friendster Fights Fakesters · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Someone should make a peer to peer chat program where you link up in the same manner as on friendster.

  22. Cheap printers on Color Printing Without the Inkjet Mess? · · Score: 2, Informative

    I just bought an HP 2000c for $5 at a salvation army. You should check out your local resale shop.

  23. My Scale Model on Maine Completes Largest To-Scale Solar System Model · · Score: 3, Interesting

    A few years back I made an aproximate scale model of the solar system to liven up a run, using the scale 1mm for 1000km. It ended up being around 3.5 miles long. Running along along it gives a good impression of how big and empty space really is. If you ever get the chance, check out one of the scale models. They really make you feel quite small.

  24. Re:Waaa waaaa "privacy concerns" on Walmart to Push RFID · · Score: 2, Insightful

    As long as the RFID chips are placed on products in the same manner as bar codes, privacy is a non-issue. I don't have a single non-food product I walk around with that still has a barcode attached. As for the the food products, those are only around for a few days so it's still not an issue. Get over it and enter the future.

    The world is becoming a small place indeed.

  25. Re:we're all gonna die! on Investigating Artificial Black Holes · · Score: 1

    Sorry for sounding like a moron, but I've been wondering what [sic] means. I tried google but that wasn't helpful.