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  1. Re:Uranium 235 the size of a paper towel roll? on US Tests Nuclear Power System To Sustain Astronauts On Mars (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Ok, sure. But a bomb takes a lot more than just that to make it go boom.

    Not much more for a U235 gun-type bomb: just slamming two sub-critical parts together with explosives will do it.
    If you can obtain the highly enriched uranium, the rest is easy.

    The Hiroshima bomb was of this type and they were so confident it was not tested before being used.
    Most nuclear weapons use implosion of a plutonium core, which is far more difficult.

  2. Re: It's their fault! on Salmonella Probably Killed the Aztecs (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Don't worry. The new world had it's revenge by sending syphilis to the the old world. Trade went both ways.

  3. Re:sigh - "deep space" has no temp on Intel Unveils 'Breakthrough' 49 Qubit Quantum Computer (extremetech.com) · · Score: 1

    Deep space is not completely empty.

    Near enough. In space, temperature is about photons, not matter.
    If you check the sky temperature with an infrared thermometer, you will find it much colder than the air temperature.

  4. Re: NVIDIA SHIELD on Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Media Streaming Device? · · Score: 1

    The shield is the best Android TV device, but almost as good and much cheaper is the Xiaomi mi box.

  5. Re:A naked person in a desert kills the system ... on UK Police's Porn-Spotting AI Keeps Mistaking Desert Pics for Nudes (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Nobody likes a sandy vagina.

    Africans do, apparently.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/hea...
    https://www.vice.com/en_au/art...

  6. Re:I guess it's down to camels now: on UK Police's Porn-Spotting AI Keeps Mistaking Desert Pics for Nudes (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Camels? ... Oh!
      I was thinking of cherries on ice-cream scoops.

  7. China is the last place to build anything solar. on China Is Building a Solar Power Highway (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    Have you ever been to China?
    The sun is a dull orange disc at best on most days, barely visible through the pollution.
    I'm not exaggerating.

    Residents of Jinan like paintings with blue skys in the same way that Australians like pictures of a snow-covered Christmas.

  8. Re:Reaction from most slashdot readers on Lithuania Calls On EU To Stop Adjusting Clocks For Daylight Savings (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    If you think slashdot readers are especially stupid (a not unreasonable observation) you have not had much contact with the broader population.

  9. While they are at it, can they show me NSA, CIA, FBI,

    Nah, this is about foreign interference in US elections, not US interference in foreign elections.
    Let other countries like Ukraine worry about CIA interference.

  10. I don't watch enough youtube to pay, but they keep offering 4-month free trials with google music, so its not an issue.
    Adblock works well too, except on Android.

  11. before that dvr everything

    Before that VHS everything. But so much easier with PVR, especially since TV went digital.
    My children grew up without ever seeing a TV ad, except at friend's houses. And they never complained.
    It helps that we have a national broadcaster with lots of good children's content.

  12. Re: Ewwwwwww on People Keep Finding Hidden Cameras in Their Airbnbs (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    If you have such a camera, turn off the lights and use it to find IR sources.

    Any phone-camera will do that, but no need.
    If you turn the lights off, you can see IR lights with the naked eye. The LEDs all leak enough red light to be easily seen in the dark.

  13. Re:Isn't Voyeurism a CRIME? on People Keep Finding Hidden Cameras in Their Airbnbs (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 1

    someone should probably be going to jail and getting added to the sex offenders register or local equivalent.

    It was in the US. Neither police nor government want to set a precedent of jailing someone for illegal surveillance.

  14. Re: Define on Germany Preparing Law for Backdoors in Any Type of Modern Device (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    as with gun control, is that the only people who lose are good, lawful people.

    Germany is not the US. Sure organised criminals can obtain guns, but you have very little chance of being shot when stumbling across a burglar in places like Germany. I call that a win.

  15. Thats nothing ... on Bacteria Found On ISS May Be Alien In Origin, Says Cosmonaut (independent.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Edgar Mitchell saw seven-foot alien monsters walking on the moon. Or something like that.
    Pitiful Russians. USA wins!

  16. Re:I like a world without mysteries on DNA Analysis Finds That Yetis Are Actually Bears (popsci.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    I like how science is gradually eliminating mysteries. I mean that.

    You probably don't want to start reading about quantum mechanics them. Its more mysterious than anything in religion or legend.
    The difference is that the batshit crazy predictions turn out to be both testable and true.

  17. I had the impression that the Real Dolls were dolls rather than robots - not particularly interactive?

    Yes, but I hear neither is Mrs ShanghaiBill, so not really a dealbreaker.

  18. Re:I should remove these from my index too on Google Wipes 786 Pirate Sites From Search Results (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    If I do a naughty search on google, I get:

    we have removed 6 results from this page.
      If you wish, you may read the DMCA complaints that caused the removals at LumenDatabase.org

    followed by a bunch of links to pages at Lumen, full of pirate URLs . What a resource! They should call it PirateDatabase.org.
    Thanks Warner Bros etc for doing the hard work of finding the good pirate sites for me.

    Somebody should write a simple search engine that just returns links from DMCA complaints within LumenDatabase.org

  19. Re:Obligatory on Uber Expands Driverless-Car Push With Deal For 24,000 Volvos (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Good choice! There is no other vehicle that would benefit more from autonomous driving than the Volvo.

  20. Re:queue Cult of Science on An Inside Look At the First Church of Artificial Intelligence (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    It isn't a god -- so stop pretending it is.

    How is that different from any other religion?

  21. Re:I'[ve used British spellings to subtly troll on Is American English Going To Take Over British English Completely? (scroll.in) · · Score: 1

    Oh the irony

    Thankyou for spelling out obvious joke. Its so much funnier now.

  22. Re:Perhaps more importantly on Is American English Going To Take Over British English Completely? (scroll.in) · · Score: 1

    Congratulations, that's usually a sign of low intelligence!

    Not sure what you meant there, but rural Irish or Scottish accents can be quite impenetrable to foreigners.

  23. Re:Somebody shoot this treasonous cunt on WikiLeaks Starts Releasing Source Code For Alleged CIA Spying Tools (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm a dual national, so I am willing and quite able to call this disgraceful, ... traitor

    Ah, so you are a dual national, and by the transitive property of citizenship, that makes Assange an American sworn to the flag?
    Please renounce your Australian citizenship and help raise our average IQ.

    Anyway, I think you will find that the USA was founded by traitors, by definition, as they waged war against their king. So it should not be the insult you imagine.

  24. Re:Why shut down nuclear? on Can Japan Burn Flammable Ice For Energy? (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Knee jerk reaction based on political perceptions and column inches of news print rather than any rational analysis.

    Welcome to Earth. You must be new here. How does your planet solve this?

  25. I think I failed the Turing intelligence test ... on Saudi Arabia Becomes First Nation To Grant Citizenship To Humanoid Robot (foxbusiness.com) · · Score: 1

    ... by clicking on this article.