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  1. Einstein's causality on Single Photons Do Not Exceed the Speed of Light · · Score: 1

    Einstein's causality; that is, an effect cannot occur before its cause.

    Except here on /.

  2. No, it isn't. on The First Photograph of a Human · · Score: 4, Informative
  3. His Alchemist Title on Sir Isaac Newton, Alchemist · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Falling Apple Alchemist.

  4. Re:Life imitating art on Laptop Heat May Cause 'Toasted Skin Syndrome' · · Score: 2, Funny
  5. Re:The staples on Cooking For Geeks · · Score: 2, Funny

    Contrary to popular belief, there really are only three food groups:

    * Whipped
    * Congealed
    * Chocotastic

    As per Dr. Nick Riviera.

  6. Not sure what you're thirsty for? on The Vending Machines of the Future · · Score: 2, Funny

    How about Refreshing Crack!

  7. Re:UK gasoline (petrol) currently approx $6.60 on Just One Out of 16 Hybrids Pays Back In Gas Savings · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The reason you pay such high fuel prices in the U.K. is because your government is gouging the bloody hell out of its citizens with taxes. The U.S. has historically had significantly lower taxes on fuel than the rest of the free world. That being said, crude oil and wholesale gasoline prices in the U.S. are inching their way back up despite record high inventory levels and reduced demand due to the prolonged recession. Those of you who are paying less than $3.00 USD per gallon here in the U.S. should consider yourselves fortunate.
    The pundits in the financial press attribute much of the recent run-up in prices to the falling value of the U.S. dollar against foreign currencies such as the Euro. While this may account for some of the upward price pressure, much of the gains are due to hedging of currency risk by large firms such as Morgan Stanley -the same bastards that were responsible for bidding the price of crude to record highs in the summer of 2008 while that squint Bush was telling the world it was the Chinese and their demand that was responsible for the high prices.

  8. Re:Lack of judicial experience used to be common on Senate Confirms Elena Kagan's Appointment To SCOTUS · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ....the law isn't clear, and the Constitution almost never is...

    Congress shall make no law...

    That's pretty fucking clear to me.

  9. Re:Did I notice a severe slowdown? on A Pointed Critique of Thunderbird 3's Performance Compared to v.2 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Haven't noticed the issue on OS X 10.6.4 --I wish the same could be said for Firefox though on both OS X and Windows. An interesting note, as I was reading the summary, TB popped-up a dialog that said v3.1.2 was available.

  10. Re:Most important launch in decades on SpaceX Successfully Launches Falcon 9 Rocket · · Score: 5, Informative

    Only the engine cluster is designed to be 'reusable' -it separates from the first stage fuel tank after booster separation. The cork material is thermal insulation for the cryogenic LOX used in the first stage.

  11. Re:Plumbers telling electricians what to do. on New "Circuit Breaker" Imposed To Stop Market Crash · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Any buffoon can take a course, cram, and pass the series 7 exam. All you need is a licensed brokerage to sponsor you. Now, if that was done for Microsoft licensing, there would be a hell-of-a-lot less MCSEs out there.

  12. Re:Help me understand this. on Mac OS X Problem Puts Up a Block To IPv6 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Problem meets Nutshell.

  13. Re:Time on What Is Time? One Researcher Shares His Exploration · · Score: 2, Funny

    Twenty-Five or Six to Four?

  14. What Is Time? on What Is Time? One Researcher Shares His Exploration · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Time is an artificial construct of the Human mind that allows us to mark our pitiful existence in an uncaring universe.

  15. Re:List of software powered cars on NHTSA Has No Software Engineers To Analyze Toyota · · Score: 2, Informative

    ...you will never struggle with turning anything at freeway speed.

    Unless of course the hydraulic assist from the power steering pump is lost due to a pump failure or broken belt -essentially the same thing. Then the steering becomes very difficult as you have to supply the 'power' necessary to force the hydraulic fluid through the steering gear and the failed pump. This is also made more difficult as most power assisted steering has a higher ratio -fewer number of turns lock-to-lock- than a manual (non-power assisted) steering gear.

  16. Re:First (cheap gas?) on Cellulosic Biofuel Finally Ready For the Road · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Going 'through' any large city in SoCal is possible using public transit. Getting around 'inside' one is nearly impossible.

  17. Tubes? on "Tube Map" Created For the Milky Way · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Please. No one needs tubes. All one needs is a little spice to fold space --and possibly some 'Juice of Saphoo' for the trip.

  18. Re:Monopoly or not. on Psystar Not Closing Up Shop · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What the OP and others seem to fail to realize is that when you buy an Apple Macintosh computer -along with the copy of OS X installed- you own the hardware and only have a license to use the software -and that is restricted by the terms of the license to only Apple hardware. Nothing prevents you from running another OS on the hardware that you own. When you purchase a retail version of OS X, you are bound by the license terms to run OS X only on Apple hardware. To run it on any other hardware is in violation of the terms of that license. How is that in any way anti-competitive?

  19. Fifty cents a week on Why IT Won't Power Down PCs · · Score: 1

    That's what the cost-savings per computer would be, $0.50 a week, $26.00 per year, per computer.
    More opinion here.

  20. Allosphere? Bah! on Visualizing Data Inside the 30-ft Allosphere · · Score: 2, Funny

    What they need is the Infosphere!

  21. Change we can believe in on Energy Secretary Chu Endorses "Clean Coal" · · Score: 1

    Mr. 'Smart Science Guy' has his mind changed for him on 'Clean Coal' after being appointed to a political position. Who would think that such a thing was possible?

  22. Re:Obama Taps a 5th Lawyer on Obama Taps a 5th Lawyer From the RIAA · · Score: 1

    You are standing in a dark cave.
    The Wizard, Obama, is to your left.
    To his left are five gnomes.
    He taps one with his staff and it turns into a lawyer.
    You are eaten by a grue.

  23. If they have built-in GPS... on Chimps Have a Built-In GPS · · Score: 1

    to navigate their jungle habitat, are the waypoints bananas?

  24. Who names their dog... on Living Free With Linux, Round 2 · · Score: 1

    'apt-get'?

  25. Why Buy? on Beginning Portable Shell Scripting · · Score: 1

    When it's free -as in beer: 'Advanced bash Scripting Guide - Mendel Cooper'.