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  1. Re:Fokkers? on Discovery Brings Us One Step Closer To "Milking" Pigeons · · Score: 1

    Technically, yes. See "Milk: The Mammary Gland and Its Secretion" by Cowry, et al. (IIRC) Males have functional mammary glands, that can secrete milk under the influence of certain hormones (especially prolactin), and rarely with physical stimulation (suckling).

  2. Re:Unsurprising on Neil Armstrong To NASA: You're Embarrassing · · Score: 1

    It's funny how the current state of the economy isn't bad enough to quit blowing up brown people ...

    Your post is racist.

  3. Re:Unsurprising on Neil Armstrong To NASA: You're Embarrassing · · Score: 1

    If NASA isn't funded for a year, the US space program collapses. If the US military isn't funded for a year, 300 million Americans die or are enslaved.

    Quit griping about the highest responsibility of government.

  4. Re:I Love you Neil on Neil Armstrong To NASA: You're Embarrassing · · Score: 1

    Although Bush's role in the bailouts was foul, the claim that the bulk of the money went to Republicans is just false. Wall street and the banking industry is just chock full of leftist jerks like Jim Cramer whose ideology leaves them blind to the throat-cutting they engage in.

  5. Godwin on Neil Armstrong To NASA: You're Embarrassing · · Score: 1

    designed to throw bullets and guns at brown people

    We need a new variant of Godwin's Law, having to do with how long it takes to accuse some person or group with racism. As the second poster in this thread, you surely win today's award.

    Just out of curiosity: do you really think that throwing guns is an effective military strategy?

  6. Stupid idea on Demystifying UEFI, the Overdue BIOS Replacement · · Score: 1

    The BIOS has problems. So fix them, change the BIOS. Adding a new level of abstraction between the BIOS and the OS, or making a BIOS replacement that is a shiny toy, is asking for trouble.

  7. Re:Windows, duh! on Walmart Goes Solar In California · · Score: 1

    Interesting reference, but did you see the price of $8000 to light 1000 square feet? Sounds like a lot of area, but that's only 25x40. And that shiny reflector needs to be kept clean, so somebody is going to have to climb up on the roof and clean it every few days. (And insurance companies don't like that.) Also, such a highly directional system is ineffective on cloudy days, or even when an isolated cloud passes overhead.

  8. Re:What kind of a deal did they negotiate? on Walmart Goes Solar In California · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    If you can't manage to write proper English, why should I believe you are competent to evaluate WalMart?

  9. Re:percentages on Walmart Goes Solar In California · · Score: 1

    Ooh, I see it everywhere. There's a WalMart, and surrounding it miles and miles of the burned-out buildings of their failed competitors.

    Idiot

  10. Re:Savings? on Walmart Goes Solar In California · · Score: 1

    How is it when I buy something elsewhere it's OK, but when I buy the exact same thing at WalMart it's "cheap crap"? Duracell, Magnavox, Hillshire Farms, etc. do not suddenly lose their quality when WalMart is involved.

  11. Re:Finally on Walmart Goes Solar In California · · Score: 1

    Insulation is a lot more price effective than solar power. Payback at the rates you are absurdly claiming would be a couple of months.

  12. Re:Stop the clock now! on Walmart Goes Solar In California · · Score: 0

    Your misrepresentation of economics has been debunked for at least 3 centuries. Give it up.

  13. Re:market penetration on How Microsoft Can Lock Linux Off Windows 8 PCs · · Score: 1

    Building computers isn't that difficult. Buy a book. Be of at least average intelligence. Figure out what you want. Buy the necessary parts. Use patience and care while putting it together, and ask for help if you're unsure.

  14. Re:Two questions on Spectrophotometer Analysis of Crayons · · Score: 1

    Not a plotter, but Tektronix did manufacture and sell a line of printers that melted a solid and spat it onto paper. Essentially, these "Phaser" printers used crayons. Xerox bought the printer line from Tektronix.

  15. Re:More Like Patients Dodging Federal Regulation on Wealthy Americans Turning To Europe For Medical Treatment · · Score: 1

    The term elixir (note proper spelling) refers to a broad range of things (usually in a sweet alcohol solution). There is nothing inherent in the term elixir that means it isn't valid for medical purposes, nor that it is.

  16. Re:dodging anti-science? on Wealthy Americans Turning To Europe For Medical Treatment · · Score: 1

    The FDA is very corrupt, and in the absence of significant bribes, expect to be persecuted.

  17. Re:Christ versus Christians on Wealthy Americans Turning To Europe For Medical Treatment · · Score: 1

    The protestors are griping about the use of embrionic stem cells, not stem cells in general. They're wrong, but the difference is important and ignoring it is dishonest.

  18. Re:i must be missing something on Maine School District Gives iPad To Every Kindergartner · · Score: 1

    We absolutely need to rush the education of all infants. Let's start by giving each one a Ferrari.

  19. Re:10mW chip running off 60W bulb on Intel Experimental Processor Runs On Solar Power · · Score: 1

    Try again. 10 mW / 60 W is 0.016%.

  20. Re:HFT is a problem on UBS Rogue Trader Loses $2 Billion In Unauthorized Trades · · Score: 1

    You can't get forced out in the normal course of affairs (companies buying up all their stock excepted), if you don't buy on margin.

  21. Re:makes me wonder who earned $2 Billion on UBS Rogue Trader Loses $2 Billion In Unauthorized Trades · · Score: 1

    You can lose without anybody winning. Ask the old shareholders of GM and Chrysler.

    You can win without ever selling, if you own a dividend-paying stock.

    Stocks are not zero-sum because they are ownership of corporate entities, and those entities can grow greatly in value, often in concert with the economy.

  22. Obama had some on Wild Parrots Learning To Talk From Escaped Pet Birds · · Score: 0

    They wore for MSNBC now.

  23. Re:Power Hog on Whither Moore's Law; Introducing Koomey's Law · · Score: 1

    You completely misunderstand the chart. A given distance from the line represents relative efficiency for a given year . Absolute efficiency is the vertical axis. The Commodore 64 and other semiconductor computers are newer than the tube computers like Univac II, and more energy efficient.

    Tubes are inherently energy hogs. You've got to have at least 50 volts between plate and cathode to have anything close to acceptable performance, and the filament draws a substantial portion of a watt.

  24. Idiots on Power Demand From US Homes Expected To Fall For a Decade · · Score: 1

    In TFA, they predict an increase in the efficiency of (electric) space heaters. A space heater is a portable device with no connection to the outdoors. It is inherently 100% efficient. There is no opportunity to improve efficiency, because lacking a connection outside of the heated area, there is no way to run a heat pump. Idiots.

  25. Re:Not a huge surprise on Power Demand From US Homes Expected To Fall For a Decade · · Score: 1

    Ultimately, it tends to be better to have the utilities owned by the local government than a for profit entity because any "profits" can at least be sure of going back into the infrastructure

    That's the funniest thing I've read in several days. History shows that profitable government entities are too tempting for politicians, unions, and pressure groups, all of which want some of the gravy. Eventually, they all get some, and the entity starts running at a loss and has to defer maintenance in order to pay its bills. And so forth, and so on.