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  1. Re:Then let's test these next on Submitting "Nuking the Fridge" To Scientific Peer Review · · Score: 1

    Quite a lot of what he does with the whip can be done in reality, so long as your whip has a steel cable or similar for a core and fall. (I've not seen this "fourth" movie that supposedly exists, I think it's a myth)

  2. Re:Then let's test these next on Submitting "Nuking the Fridge" To Scientific Peer Review · · Score: 1

    Just like how there was only one Highlander movie.

  3. Re:FUD on Microsoft's Anti-Google Video Campaign · · Score: 2

    Google Labs has a track record of starting projects and then abandoning them without much warning, especially cloud applications. Google Labs is the group that puts out all the "beta" stuff. They often release projects to the public to test if there will be wide acceptance. If the test projects aren't accepted they get killed off. Other projects are widely used, like gmail and Google Docs, and they lose their beta tags and don't seem to get killed off. The problem with cloud services is that there is never a guarantee the cloud provider will be there tomorrow. This is just as much an issue for MS's cloud services as it is for Google's. MS also has a local office suite. There's also Libre Office to consider.

  4. Re:In that case... on Against Online Surveillance? You Must Be 'For' Child Porn, Says Legislator · · Score: 1

    There is no chain in maille. "Maille" is French for mesh, and the English "chainmail" is derived from a misunderstanding (well, an unnecessary redundancy). It means chain mesh. "Maille," "mail", and "chain" are all correct, and "chainmail" is acceptable. "Chainmaille" is just a failed attempt to use both the French and English terms at the same time.

  5. Re:"The Question" Answered. on ESA Discovers Unexpected 'Haze' of Microwave Transmissions · · Score: 1

    Ia Ia Cthulhu Ftagn!

  6. Re:Hyperbole on LHC Powers Up To 4 TeV · · Score: 1

    True. And your point is? The sun still rose, it was just blocked. The blocking could have been predicted with more accurate data (big rock incoming) but in no way contradicts the theory "the earth rotates about its axis every 24 hours, causing the sun to be in and out of the shadow of the earth every 12 hours."

  7. Re:It's almost certainly there on LHC Powers Up To 4 TeV · · Score: 1

    Except that they have 2 bumps from 2 detectors, and they don't line up well enough.

  8. Re:You can't negotiate on Dealing With an Overly-Restrictive Intellectual Property Policy? · · Score: 1

    Not only that, you often can negotiate after the contract has been signed. This depends partly on the size of the business, with a medium-large business talk to the legal department and hope for the best. With a small business they probably used a form-contract and would be more willing to make changes. Finally, in some jurisdictions (CA for one) such a clause is not legally enforceable.

  9. Re:painful advances on Skin Cancer Drug Reverses Alzheimer's Symptoms In Mice · · Score: 1

    The testing process to approve a drug for a new use is easier than to approve a drug initially. There are 2 main aspects to the testing process: first determining the damage the drug does (Phase 1 and 2 trials), second determining that the drug works and how effectively it does so (phases 2 and 3). For repurposing a drug you still need to run the phase 2 and 3 trials. The phase 3 trials are the most expensive of the 3. This is to prevent fraud.

  10. Re:From the introduction on NASA Wants Green Rocket Fuel · · Score: 1

    Seconding this. His "sand won't save you this time" post on chlorine trifluoride introduced me to "Ignition!" and gave me a chemical to avoid. Most of the time when you have a nasty fire you dump sand on it and it goes out. CTF sets the sand on fire.

  11. Re:God help us on NASA Wants Green Rocket Fuel · · Score: 1

    Hydrazine is a monopropellant, but also works as a bipropellant. In bipropellant systems it is used because it is hypergolic with the second component (it ignites on contact) and thus eliminates the need for a spark plug/pilot flame/etc. It has a nice low ignition delay so you get clean starts.

  12. Re:God help us on NASA Wants Green Rocket Fuel · · Score: 1

    Of course you don't know of any "green" propellants that can do this. If there were any known NASA wouldn't be starting a research program to find them.

  13. Re:You know... on Hacked Syrian Officials Used '12345' As Email Password · · Score: 2

    I use that method, and a password safe (keepass) to store the generated passwords. "hbar=1.05E-34" is a good terrible password. Easy to remember, useful to remember (never know when you'll need the reduced Plank's constant...) and fits most site password rules: over 12 characters, less than 16, includes upper-case, lower-case, numbers, and punctuation. It's "strong" to most password meters, despite being a rather weak password to a dictionary attack against physicists.

  14. I have a similar bit of advice I give to people who ask me "what programming language should I learn?"
    I tell them "Learn 3: one imperative, one object-oriented, and one functional. If you can do that you will be able to pick up the currently popular language more easily. Try C, Java, and Haskell. You'll be a better coder for it."

  15. Re:Perl on The 20th IOCCC Winners Announced · · Score: 1

    It would look like "Enterprise" anything.

  16. Re:Gravity vs. EM on Water Droplets In Orbit On the International Space Station · · Score: 1

    The electromagnetic force is what keeps you from falling through the floor. It's the reason solids are solid. We notice the electric force just as much as gravity, it's that normal force you see in physics equations involving a surface.

  17. Re:"Firefox n released"... on Firefox 10 Released · · Score: 1

    Firefox moved from "releases are news" to "ready or not, here it comes" release management. New version escapes aren't news.

  18. Re:Hilarious, in a sad way. on Swedish Supreme Court Refuses Appeal In Pirate Bay Case · · Score: 1

    Cosa Nostra Pizza creates more jobs than any other pizza delivery franchulate in the world!

  19. Re:Alright on White House Refuses To Comment On Petition To Investigate Chris Dodd · · Score: 1

    The President is the head of the Executive branch of the US government. Matters of law enforcement are the responsibility of the executive branch. The FBI and US Attorney General are below the President in this aspect. "The buck stops here" is dead and gone.

  20. Re:Deleting evidence on Megaupload Lawyer Says User Data Will Be Held For Two Weeks · · Score: 1

    The data has already been copied by the police. The data being discussed is what is stored on the servers, not in the forensic locker. The data in the forensic locker is not public-accessible.

  21. Re:Should of done that on Maine Senator Wants Independent Study of TSA's Body Scanners · · Score: 1

    I agree. I am learning Japanese. I speak poorly, and I want to be corrected so I can speak well. Not just in grammar but also in accent. People who willfully remain ignorant and reject corrections are silly.

  22. Re:Should of done that on Maine Senator Wants Independent Study of TSA's Body Scanners · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I can not tell a wise man
    By the way he speaks or spells.
    But the care he takes in what he does
    Shows his care in what he tells.
    So I shall call a man a fool
    If he doesn't care enough to make a poem without a massive non-sequitur.

  23. Re:Why wouldn't police be able to? on Autonomous Vehicles and the Law · · Score: 1

    Current drivers don't seem to do that. The last few times I've seen an ambulance coming I and 2-3 other drivers (out of 20+ each time) pulled over. The rest just kept driving.

  24. Re:Why not? on The Google+ Name Game Continues · · Score: 1

    Most of my friends use my nickname. Quite a few don't know my real name at all (ren faire people often use their in-character names with each other, it prevents slip-ups when you're doing re-enactments for an audience for 4+ days for 12+ hours a day...) Everyone I'd care to connect with knows my stage name. Not everyone knows my real name. In almost every aspect but legal my faire name is my real name.

  25. Re:Fuck this shit. Last straw. Bye slashdot on Psychics Say Apollo 16 Astronauts Found Alien Ship · · Score: 1

    Just like MMO players!