User: tom17

Re:Local impact = climate change?

On: New Study Suggests Wind Farms Can Cause Climate Change

But these were shorter and smaller..

These were like 2-3 people high at a guess. They did not look at all suitable for power generation (uneducated guess by me).

Preventing a ground frost through turbulence does, in fact, sound like a reasonable explanation to me now. Would make sense with a delicate crop like grape vines for winemaking...

Re:Local impact = climate change?

On: New Study Suggests Wind Farms Can Cause Climate Change

I wonder if this is why I see weird short-windmills scattered throughout the vineyards in the Niagara-On-The-Lake region...

Re:Vehicle Use?

On: MIT Researchers Invent 'Super Glass'

True. And this annoys me to no end as I have to use the wipers and ruin my nice fresh Rain-X application.

Hey, on the subject, I am actually finding that the application DOES last longer with those Rain-X branded wipers. It could just be in my head I guess, but it definitely seems that way.

I also use the yellow Rain-X washer fluid.

I have loved Rain-X ever since my racing days :)

Re:Whoever is responsible for this article

On: Analytic Thinking Can Decrease Religious Belief

Does *not* believing in the FSM require as much faith as believing in him?

You could put that emphasis on anything that cannot be disproved, no matter how ridiculously unlikely and far-fetched it is.

It's silly, is what it is.

Re:Whoever is responsible for this article

On: Analytic Thinking Can Decrease Religious Belief

Call me paranoid, but you have me scared now. Do you have an online shop where I can get one of these T-Shirts? I just want my son to be safe, you see :)

Re:Vehicle Use?

On: MIT Researchers Invent 'Super Glass'

That's funny, I am used to using rain-x. When it wears and I need to start using the wipers again, I find the huge chunks of metal and rubber whooshing past my face to be very distracting while driving.

It's all down to what you are used to :)

Plus Rain-X does a much better job of giving you good visibility in seriously heavy rain (imo).

Re:Google did not develop Android to be open sourc

On: Schmidt Testifies Android Did Not Use Sun's IP

But you...

Oh nevermind.

Re:Google did not develop Android to be open sourc

On: Schmidt Testifies Android Did Not Use Sun's IP

Oh I got it, it's just a pet gripe of mine that I have always had with that meme. Yes, I know the flaw makes it 'funnier', but a man can have a pet gripe can't he?

Re:Google did not develop Android to be open sourc

On: Schmidt Testifies Android Did Not Use Sun's IP

Quite :)

Re:Google did not develop Android to be open sourc

On: Schmidt Testifies Android Did Not Use Sun's IP

I know the meme lol.

I just didn't know that Candlejack clicked submit for you after!

Anyway, it's all just a rehash of the age old meme of connection lo***CARRIER LOST***

Re:Google did not develop Android to be open sourc

On: Schmidt Testifies Android Did Not Use Sun's IP

Why did you click on both 'Preview' and 'Submit' before attempting to comple your sentence?

8bit hacking

On: 15-Year-Old Arrested For Hacking 259 Companies

See, the problem was that he is only an 8-bit hacker. He should have stopped at 256 companies or upgraded to 16-bit.

It's the overflows that got him :(

Re:Who Would Have Thought?

On: Japan To Be Without Nuclear Power After May 5

I think even the trees were a bad idea. No one should ever have left the oceans.

Re:So much for random

On: Quantum Random Numbers

Like I said...

"I know, I know, the one predates the other. So what!"

Left Foot Braking

On: Mandatory Brake-Override Proposed For All Cars

What about if you decide to track your car and do some left-foot braking? Can this override be disabled?

Re:I Just Do This

On: Quantum Random Numbers

I reckon you used a loaded dice for that, you didn't specify otherwise.

Re:So much for random

On: Quantum Random Numbers

You spelled XKCD wrong, and the number was wrong too.

http://xkcd.com/221/

I know, I know, the one predates the other. So what!

Re:StudioTax

On: Ask Slashdot: Open Source Tax Software?

Seconded. Which reminds me, better get on with that :)

Re:I'm sorry guys!

On: US CompSci Enrollment Up For 4th Year Running

I think that over the years, I have just become impervious to these *shock* forum posts. They don't get any reaction out of me any more.

Bad grammar and bad spelling (minor typos aside) will always grate on me though.

Re:I'm sorry guys!

On: US CompSci Enrollment Up For 4th Year Running

I know I'm not meant to reply to this, but please, if you are going to do this, *please* fix the grammar. Sentence two you no sense.

Re:What break?

On: Woz Fears Stifling of Startups Due to Patent Wars

It was also pretty common when I was shopping for my laptop about 9 months ago.

Re:What break?

On: Woz Fears Stifling of Startups Due to Patent Wars

My Dell XPS has multi-touch.

Re:WAY TO GO, MIT!

On: MIT Institute's Gloomy Prediction: 'Global Economic Collapse' By 2030

I think there is a little misunderstanding here. In you go sonny.

Two men enter, one man leaves.
Two men enter, one man leaves.
TWO MEN ENTER, ONE MAN LEAVES!

Re:There's always a downside

On: Canadians Protest Wind Turbines

What? Did you even read what he said?

Ahh peanuts.

On: 150 Gigapixel Sky Image Contains 1 Billion Stars

Peanuts to that. I think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's.