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  1. Re:There is a huge difference in places on Scientology On Trial In Belgium · · Score: 4, Informative

    Part of the Protestant Reformation was making the Bible available to the laity, which the Roman Catholic Church opposed.

  2. Re:Here it comes... on Scientology On Trial In Belgium · · Score: 1, Interesting

    This is not current Mormon practice, but it well-documented Mormon history.

  3. Re:Practical value on Panda Blood May Hold Potent Assailant Against Superbugs · · Score: 1

    Donations are not the only source of blood. And if you think hospitals and patients get it for free, you're in for a big surprise if you ever need it.

  4. Re:Another one bites the dust on Panda Blood May Hold Potent Assailant Against Superbugs · · Score: 1

    Sentence construction isn't your strong point, is it?

  5. Re:Guaranteed Extinct Within 5 Years on Panda Blood May Hold Potent Assailant Against Superbugs · · Score: 1

    Geez, RTFA. They've already synthesized the critical chemical.

  6. Re:I'll auto-Godwin myself on China's Controversial Brain Surgery To Cure Drug Addiction · · Score: 1

    the POTUS is now more of a figurehead than the British queen

    Obama effectively gave GM to the auto unions in blatant opposition to the law. Few people have either the nerve or the intention to act in such an evil manner, certainly not John McCain. Consistent votes in the correct direction would prevent that, but the balance has been a slowly leftward direction for about a century.

  7. Re:I am sick and tired... on Cree Introduces 200 Lumen/Watt Production Power LEDs · · Score: 1

    The U.S. government has a long history of writing specifications to exclude or include certain things. In some contexts, it's called bid rigging and it's part of the reason that the cost of living is higher than it should be.

  8. Re:I am sick and tired... on Cree Introduces 200 Lumen/Watt Production Power LEDs · · Score: 1

    I can move a portable electric fan heater or radiant heater to warm me and nothing else. Try that with circulating hot water or central hot air.

  9. Re:I hope these don't end up as car lighting on Cree Introduces 200 Lumen/Watt Production Power LEDs · · Score: 1

    At 50 feet, a 6 inch headlight subtends 0.6 degrees, a 3 inch headlight 0.3 degrees. The eyeball in that 3" headlight's beam sees a light four times as intense as in a 6" headlight's beam, and it's four times as intense when it reaches the retina. It's not a good thing.

  10. Re:How bout the stock price on Cree Introduces 200 Lumen/Watt Production Power LEDs · · Score: 1

    Looks like you bought in near the stock's peak. Cree has been doing OK for a decade. However, their profit margin is very small and growth is moderate, so I'd guess that the stock is overvalued based on its fundamentals.

  11. Re:Poor Spectrum on Cree Introduces 200 Lumen/Watt Production Power LEDs · · Score: 1

    I looked at your citation. They do indeed all have a bad dip around 480 nm. There is a significant difference (50 nm) between the yellow peaks of the "warm" and "cool" devices, enough than using those two at the same time significantly improves the spectrum flatness. The GP post photos illustrate the improvement quite well.

  12. Re:luminous efficacy on Cree Introduces 200 Lumen/Watt Production Power LEDs · · Score: 1

    That's for white LEDs. According to ahref=http://www.rp-photonics.com/light_emitting_diodes.htmlrel=url2html-24510http://www.rp-photonics.com/light_emitting_diodes.html> quantum (i.e. power) efficiencies should be able to get close to 100%. Currently, quantum efficiencies in the range of 70% to 90% have been achieved. Alas, high efficiency and high power density don't go together, and the high efficiencies are at the ends of the visible spectrum (red for one, blue and violet for the other). Where high efficiency would produce the highest efficacy, in the greens, we cannot currently get very high quantum efficiency.

  13. Re:Energy efficiency on Cree Introduces 200 Lumen/Watt Production Power LEDs · · Score: 1

    LEDs of all types (lasers excluded) have no "spike". Typical half-power bandwidth is 20 nm. It's not smooth enough for color comparisons of paint or makeup, but it's nowhere near the monochromatic implied by "spike".

  14. Re:Shopping at Walmart or Sam's hurts America on Cree Introduces 200 Lumen/Watt Production Power LEDs · · Score: 1

    Although tantalum capacitors are used widely in PCs, they are not essential. Niobium (columbium) has no significant use in PCs AFAIK. Your broader point is correct.

  15. Re:Cooling is the issue on Cree Introduces 200 Lumen/Watt Production Power LEDs · · Score: 1

    You may have cause and effect reversed. It's possible that the existence of EITC and food stamps et cetera multa make it possible for businesses to pay lower wages because the government effectively picks up part of the tab.

    Regardless of which way causality runs, there's a government employee in the middle, soaking up money while producing nothing. Everyone loses.

  16. Re:Cooling is the issue on Cree Introduces 200 Lumen/Watt Production Power LEDs · · Score: 1

    W.C. = water closet.

  17. Re:Cooling is the issue on Cree Introduces 200 Lumen/Watt Production Power LEDs · · Score: 1

    Cheapie made-in-China incandescents have lumen/Watt ratings markedly inferior to GE, Philips, Sylvania.

  18. Re:And not going over the 'fixcal cliff' could mea on Going Off the Fiscal Cliff Could Mean Missing the Next Hurricane Sandy · · Score: 1

    All of that "lack of production," is caused by income inequality.

    That's a non sequitur in championship territory. There's simply no causal relation.

    Production has doubled, but wages stayed the same instead of doubling.

    Measured how, and since when? Per capita? In terms of constant value, maybe in the last 50 years production per capita has doubled.
    But this is pointless. If you're going to make silly, groundless claims, rational discussion can go nowhere.

  19. Re:I'd bet on corroded antenna leads on Pirate Radio Station In Florida Jams Automotive Electronics · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure, but I think that unless the antenna has built-in lumped component resonant traps, it's going to radiate third harmonic almost as well as the fundamental.

  20. Re:RTFM on Pirate Radio Station In Florida Jams Automotive Electronics · · Score: 1

    My 98 exploder

    I love it! Where can i buy one of those?

  21. Re:Flunked out of college twice on Ramanujan's Deathbed Conjecture Finally Proven · · Score: 1

    Felix Klein used strong stimulants to fend off sleep. It has been conjectured (E. T. Bell?) that in so doing he damaged his mind, greatly reducing math productivity later in life.

  22. Re:hilarious on Empty Times Square Building Generates $23 Million a Year From Digital Ads · · Score: 1

    I find it hard to believe that Times Square stores that have been there for decades, particularly the camera/electronics stores that carry many brands and specialize in ripping off tourists, are money losers.

  23. Re:I wouldn't trust non-professional reviewers on Amazon: Authors Can't Review Books · · Score: 1

    The disadvantage of using only professional reviewers is that they have biases that are only occasionally evident, and can lead to very disappointing results. It took me several years to realize that anything Roger Ebert thought was heartwarming and uplifting, was in fact soupy dreck.

  24. Pibgorn on Ask Slashdot: What Was Your Favorite Web Comic of 2012? · · Score: 1

    Brooke McEldowney's work is the best available since the demise of new Liberty Meadows.

  25. Re:No work==good on Krugman: Is the Computer Revolution Coming To a Close? · · Score: 1

    Capitalism is morality viewed from the standpoint of economics. When that "has outlived its usefulness" we are well and truly screwed.