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  1. Re:Cool Movie - but bad idea! on Simulation of the Mars Science Laboratory Sky Crane · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Or you need to send down a bunch of pieces which assemble themselves into a larger vehicle.

    "Mars Mission. The Beginning of Megatron"

    (queue theme music and intro credits...)

  2. Re:Who needs a study: science != medicine/biology on Why Most Published Research Findings Are False · · Score: 1

    Please further specify that comment. Not all biology science are clinical trials. There is a HUGE amount of difference in how controlled a study can be when it's cells in a tissue culture dish, or mice in a controlled animal facility vs human subjects. The sample size in clinical trials, possible decades of other things impacting on the medical condition of each subject in vastly varying ways, mis-reporting by the subjects, failure to take medications on schedule, etc, etc, etc, etc, make clinical trials vastly less reliable/verifiable than the science we biologists can get in a lab. I've worked in both areas and love the sanity of returning to clean data in the lab.

  3. Re:Maybe it's me on Dead Space Wants To Scare You · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That was the one thing I didn't like about Bioshock. There wasn't any penalty for getting your character killed. Otherwise it was a very creepy/scary game. That removed a lot of the potential tension.

  4. Re:As Feynman said ... on National Debt Clock Overflowed, Extended By a Digit · · Score: 1

    You are confusing small individual bills with the goverment's budget. The budget is a much much bigger deal. It is where Reagan began taking us down the bad path.

    The *President* sends the budget to Congress.

    http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/02/05/news/budget.php

  5. Re:As Feynman said ... on National Debt Clock Overflowed, Extended By a Digit · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Reagan was the one who set us on this path. It should be named after him.

  6. Re:Hypermile. on Fuel Efficiency and Slow Driving? · · Score: 1

    I can assure you you are wrong if it's are real hill and the engine is engine braking. The injectors will turn OFF. Injectors that are turned off burn less fuel than injectors that are idling an engine in neutral at 2,200 RPM.

  7. Re:Dear RMS on Stallman Says Cloud Computing Is a Trap · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Look, I disagree with that smelly old hippy on a LOT of stuff. Most in fact. But on this he's actually right.

  8. Re:And? on No Mod Tools for Fallout 3 Launch · · Score: 1

    What I missed was not being able to enchant armor so that you could actually fly. That was fantastic in Morrowind.

  9. Re:charlatans on Plane Simple Truth · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Sorry, but I had a 76 chevy Vega. They were crap. I loved it, but it was a piece of crap.

    If you want to look at gas mileage over time, I suggest looking at the Honda Accord, which by happenstance came out in 76 in the U.S., although I could only quickly google up the '78 stats.

    http://www.mpgomatic.com/2007/10/16/honda-accord-gas-mileage-1978-2007/

    For those not wanting to follow the link:

    Gas mileage in 1976: 24 City, 30 Highway
    Gas mileage in 2008: 21 City, 30 Highway

  10. Re:Does that mean it can run on BIOdiesel? on Ford's 65MPG Due In November, But Not In the US · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's not that I don't believe you, but I don't believe you.

    Premium fuel has higher octane. That prevents premature destination in high compression engines. It stops engine 'knock'. Lower compression engines aren't affected by premature detonation, and so don't need the higher octane rating.

    Premium does not have a higher energy content than regular gas. The corolla engine isn't a high compression engine (I have one), and so premium does nothing for the engine, but does cost more.

  11. Re:Eh... on Royal Society and Creationism In Science Classes · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Please point out the credible evidence for creationism. It's not science. Creationism isn't a Theory in the scientific sense. Just in a layman's sense.

  12. Re:Price, the only consideration? on Dell To Sell Its Computer Factories · · Score: 1

    That entire piece was nothing but PR spin so they can excuse the outsourcing to 3rd world countries to make their computers. Other places under other people's control, where they don't have to pay a decent wage, have a decent work environment, or be environmentally friendly.

    Right now Dell has to do marketing to sell it's computers (duh).
    It will still have to do the vary same marketing of it's computers after it outsources its manufacturing (duh).
    Meanwhile, dell currently owns the factory. The factory doesn't have to advertise to Dell (itself) to use the factory.
    When they outsource, all those 'factory companies' DO need to do marketing to try to get Dell, or HP, etc, etc, to use their factory.

    So there is extra marketing overhead in using a 3rd party factory. What you save is on labor and environment costs. Dell is simply spreading BS.

  13. Re:TOS on Google Updates Chrome's Terms of Service · · Score: 1

    Really? Any other service they have it would be fine? Google desktop? Their office suite? No, it's not a good license for most of Google's products.

  14. Re:whats the fuss about? on The Making of Bioshock · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Maybe the reviewers just had a different opinion from yours. Mine is about 180 degrees different from yours. I thought it was a fantastic game.

    I just wish all the manufacturers would make demos available for all their games so we could each sort out what game we were probably going to enjoy or not before the purchase. You could have played the demo and known it wasn't the game for you, and I would have known it was well worth my money to go ahead and buy it.

  15. Re:Bioshock was fantastic on The Making of Bioshock · · Score: 1

    How do you know the 3rd party patch doesn't have malware/virus/etc that's far worse than the SecureRom?

  16. Re:It's illegal, but is it immoral? on Restaurant Owners Use Zapper To Cook the Books · · Score: 1

    Then vote to change politicians and try to get one that sees it your way. Or move to another country. I think you'll find they tax things there based on how the government and other citizens prioritize things, and won't customize the tax platform to your specific wishes either. Welcome to the real world.

  17. Re:Don't jump to conclusions on Anti-Government Webmaster Shot Dead By Russian Police · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe the police officer's was Dick Cheney's evil Russian twin. You know, accidently shooting folks in the head ;)

    Ahh, what am I thinking, Dick Cheney IS the evil twin.

  18. Re:Don't jump to conclusions on Anti-Government Webmaster Shot Dead By Russian Police · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yeah, because police shoot people in the head (who they already have in their custody and in a police car) all the time. It just happens... right. I'm sure it's not just because he was stirring up unrest against the Russian government.

    Maybe an alien had taken him over and they were killing it. Got any other alternate theories?

  19. Re:An intelligent game is you! on Gameplay Videos Released For Fallout 3 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Why just because as someone raised his entire life in a fallout shelter, as were generations before him, a safe place to shelter from the horrors of nuclear war and the wasteland it wrought, you don't think his immediate reaction to a nuclear weapon would be "sweet, let's set it off!"?

    Uh, yeah, me neither. The storyline sounds pretty bad. It's doesn't seem like it's going to be a good installment of the Fallout serices. Ah well, at least the graphics are pretty.

  20. Re:therefore on Bell Labs Kills Fundamental Physics Research · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm not saying that the Bell System monopoly was good or bad

    Well, I'll say it. It was bad.

    You had to rent phones from Ma Bell. We had 3 phones in our house and had to pay a rental fee each month for each of them. You couldn't buy their phones, and you weren't allowed to attach phones from any other company. All you were allowed to do was rent theirs.

    Ma Bell abused her customers horrible. Yes, the vast profits allowed them to do research at bell labs that turned out some neat things, but that didn't make up for the fact that they were abusing their monopoly power horribly.

  21. Re:UAV missions more demanding that you might expe on USAF Enlists Shrinks To Help Drone Pilots Cope · · Score: 1

    Where did I say it was good or America had the right but other countries didn't?

  22. Re:UAV missions more demanding that you might expe on USAF Enlists Shrinks To Help Drone Pilots Cope · · Score: 1

    Bzzt. Assassination of another countries leader is forbidden. Taking out Osama wouldn't have been. That's why Clinton launched a few cruise missiles at a place he was believed to be in.

  23. Re:No, *THESE* are slaves on Apple Sued For Turning Workers Into Slaves · · Score: 1

    And those conditions and pay seem to be driving a lot of those companies out of business.

    Unions are good when the companies are really abusive, but they add on a lot of overhead that can cause big problems. As one of the other posters said, the best thing seems to be where there are a few unionized shops in your area to keep companies honest, but many other non-unionized shops around that pay about the same (without the union overhead) to keep the field competitive with work done in countries.

    IT offshoring is bad now, but I think it would be a lot worse if unions were adding a ton of overhead and hassle to the way companies can work.

  24. Re:Absent Temperture Scale on Hot Water, Hot Earth · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Exceeding 800 by how much? Temperatures 6 feet under the roads in Centralia PA have been recorded at 853F. The town is abandoned and the roads are detoured around. A coal mine underground has been burning for decades.

    http://www.offroaders.com/album/centralia/Johnathan_F_Beltz.htm

    Luckily PA isn't as prone to forest fires, but living on top of a giant Weber grill does tend to lower your property values.

  25. Re:Seconded. on Mozilla SSL Policy Considered Bad For the Web · · Score: 2, Informative

    It's "attack vector", not vendor.