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  1. Forever ? on Quantum Equation Suggests Universe Had No Beginning · · Score: 1

    "The universe may have existed forever,",

    Forever, yes, but how for is that ? I thought the time started ar big bang.

  2. He Never Sold his House in Redmond on Official: Microsoft To Acquire Nokia Devices and Services Business · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Do you find it peculiar the Elop never sold his house in Redmond and his family didn't move to Finland though Stephen said hey would ? Can you avoid thinking of a conspiracy ?

  3. Is it worth ? on Is Daylight Saving Time Worth Saving? · · Score: 1

    Short answer: No.
    Long answer: No no no !

  4. Re:A robot with a human-like face is a lie on When Will We Trust Robots? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A robot should not closely imitate a human face , because that is too difficult. Yet it can be friendly looking and it helps to trust it in the start. But finally our trust will be based on our experiences with the robot. If we see it does the job reliably, we will trust it. Just as with people. Or a coffee maker.

  5. Are you saying that LIES have been spread at FOX ?! NOOO !

  6. Re:Cue the excuses on German City Says OpenOffice Shortcomings Are Forcing It Back To Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Paid software yes, but who is paying to whom ????

  7. Re:Solution on US and EU Clash Over Whois Data · · Score: 2

    Credit card seems to be the identification certificate in the US.

  8. Now this is it ! on US, Israel Behind Flame Malware · · Score: 1

    I'm afraid the USA has started the World War Three, which will happen in internet. USA and Israel made the first major strikes and now we are waiting strikes back.

  9. Does it run Linux ?! on Facebook Malware Goes Viral · · Score: 1

    NO !

  10. Go Suomi ! on NASA Releases New High-Definition Image of Earth · · Score: 1

    Great picture

  11. Even better idea on Christmas Always On Sunday? Researchers Propose New Calendar · · Score: 1

    "With computer programs and mathematical formulas" I found an idea of thirteen months, each four weeks = 28 days. Thus every MONTH would be like the previous, would begin with monday etc. One thing more: we add one day to celebrate year change (or what ever) and that day is part of no week or month. 13*28+1 = 365. Since we cannot change world rotation, we must yet add one day on leap years.

  12. Duh! "Finely tuned to support life" on Fine Structure Constant May Not Be So Constant · · Score: 1

    "The laws of physics in our corner of the universe seem to be finely tuned to support life."
    Now don't run into too quick conclusions! We don't really know whether this corner supports life better than the rest of this vast space, do we?
    The life is so complicated.

  13. Re: i dont see how its any easier on Ask Slashdot: Could We Deal With the End of Time Zones? · · Score: 1

    Either way, you have to know where you are to determine when stuff happens.

    Naturally.

    And if you can't figure out UTC +/- then you have other issues.

    Equals to "can't figure time" ?

    The work day is "not 9 to 5" in all countries. In here its 8 to 4.

    It would make it much easier to calculate the flight duration reading the time table.
    It would be easy to check whether that shop located on the other coast is open or not. Just see their add and glimpse your watch.
    Without DST it would be easy to check whether the guys are at work on our far-away-office.

  14. Amen ! on Ask Slashdot: Could We Deal With the End of Time Zones? · · Score: 1

    Totally agree. Get also rid of the "Daylight Saving Time". Noon would still be when sun at highest, but that would happen at different time depending of the location. Isn't that natural ?! Actually the sun is not at it's highest at 12.00 even in the current system, except when: 1) not using DST and 2) on correct latitude of the time zone. On the other side of your time zone the sun could be at highest just after 11.00 or before 13.00. And the stupid DST adds another hour mistake.

  15. Previous Universe ? on Did Some Black Holes Survive the Big Bang? · · Score: 1

    The article is assuming that an universe existed before Big Bang. If that was the case it would be feasible to guess that the bang happened BEFORE every little mass (or massless) particle dropped into the black hole to explode. There is a reason to cause the big bang to happen (maybe a critical mass ?) and if I were to explode as the big bang I couldn't wait for every little particle, would You ?

    I have understood that big bang theories assume that before that there was no space or time. So no universe before that. We'll never know.

  16. One missing! on Potentially Great Sci-fi Films Still Due In 2011 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The one I'm most waiting is not in the list. Iron Sky.
    http://www.ironsky.net/

  17. Rumours on Civ 5 Will Let You Import and Convert Civ 4 Maps · · Score: 5, Funny

    Reliable rumours say that civ5 will use a super close view where most of the screen is filled with face of the selected unit. This enables the player to fully see the facial expressions and and have richer gaming experience. Of course You can take a bigger view, but then you will see only clouds.

    And the "Large World" consists of 20 hexagons.

    To give all the equal opportunity to fight in wars, all unit are of same power. The Phalangs will successfully defend against Warships. This is good, because it would be sad if rich people would win all the wars.

  18. Re:YUCK on Sneak Preview For Coming KDE SC 4.5 · · Score: 1

    AMEN !

    Bury the Plasma deep. I dont want it's widgets. I want the icons I had on my Desktop to work as they did earlier.

    I'm now very near switching to Gnome, after many years on KDE.

  19. Handy for Ethnic Cleansing on Ultrasound As a Male Contraceptive · · Score: 1

    What a handy tool for ethnic cleansing. No doubt China will start using it in Tibet in no time !

  20. Whose Arms Race ? on New Russian Weapon Hides In Shipping Container · · Score: 2, Interesting

    When ever a new type of weapon is developed outside USA it's "a scary new development in the global arms race" but really WHO is the biggest weapon developer with a huge margin ?

    You've seen it in the news: when a US company is developing, let's say, a new material, the first possible solution is for military. Like there wasn't any other problems than security in our world.

    USA has a supremacy in military power. Today's security related threads USA is facing can not be solved with developing new weapons.

  21. New ?!? on ICE Satellite Maps Profound Polar Thinning · · Score: 1

    The article clearly says the pics are based on old data: "thinning between 2003 and 2007".

    WHY ? Where's the NEW data from 2008 and 2009 ?

  22. Re:Do not pass go on Monopoly Uses Google Maps To Go Live Online · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I vote for Shanghai. Much bigger downtown than ANY american city.

  23. Re:A better link on English Market Produces Energy With Kinetic Plates · · Score: 1

    You're wrong. 30 kWh per hour is not 30 kWh per sq-hour. It is 30 kW.

    The difference between "30 kW" and "30 kWh per hour" is that the latter power is promised to run for a full hour. "30 kW" may be true for half a second but you never can make the nergy amount of 30kWh within an hour.

  24. Energy vs Power on English Market Produces Energy With Kinetic Plates · · Score: 1

    30 kWh is something, but how long does it take to collect that? 30 kWh for each car hardly succeeds!
    It could be calculated for each year, maybe..

    Anyway kWh is a measure of amount of energy, not power. If the plates power would be 30 kW, it would take one hour to collect 30 kWh. But 30 kW is way more than the car normally uses.

  25. China ? on One Fifth of World's Population Can't See Milky Way At Night · · Score: 1

    In Shanghai you cannot even see the sun (every non-cloudy day) because of the smog! Or moon at night.