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  1. Re:Antiscience Republicans on More Accusations of Scientific Abuse by the Bush Administration · · Score: 1

    I should know better than to feed trolls, however I could not resist. Coaxial, you you know that the superconducting supercollider was cancelled by the Clinton administration, don't you?

  2. Re:Speaking as a scientist on More Accusations of Scientific Abuse by the Bush Administration · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apparently you are unfamilar with President Bush's extensive background in particle physics.

  3. Re:Well... on Carnegie Mellon Starts Offering Courses Online · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Really? Ok, so they may not be "courses" but professors in many fields have been putting their lecture notes online long before MIT's program was launched. It is rather trivial to find them.

  4. Re:A little history... on Too Few American Scientists? Maybe Not · · Score: 1

    For those who don't know what "New Math" is/was (I didn't).

  5. Read what a real scientist has to say. on Too Few American Scientists? Maybe Not · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I am not a scientist (yet), I do however read the musings of a real scientist at Note Even Wrong. Scroll down to "There They Go Again..." and enjoy what he has to say about the article.

  6. Re:Buh Bye on DIY Cruise Missile Designer Turns Freelance · · Score: 4, Interesting
  7. Re:How to manipulate nanotubes? on GE Claims Ten-Atom Wide Nanotube · · Score: 2, Informative

    IBM has a rather neat page detailing the use of an AFM (Atomic Force Microscope) to manipulate nanotubes.

  8. Re:Ecoterrorism on Setting Up The Greenpeace Ship w/WiFi · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A quick google brought this to my attention. I do believe that the boarding of another vessel without the consent of the captain/crew is considered an act of piracy.

  9. Re:building blocks of life.... again... on Cassini Shatters Titan Theories · · Score: 4, Informative

    I suggest that you read more about the Cassini-Huygens mission. The mission objective is to study Saturn as a whole. Searching for life is not the mission's purpose.

  10. Re:Market: Academics, education on Mac OS X "Tiger" Server Previewed · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The High Energy Physics group at UW Madison is also a bit of a mac shop as they just purchased quite a few new G5's.

  11. Re:Just a thought: on ISS Spacewalk Cut Short · · Score: 1

    This would be better then sending a Soyuz why?

  12. Re:attitude control on SpaceShipOne Flight Not as Perfect as it Seemed · · Score: 2, Informative

    No, it is attitude

  13. Re:The problem of officers: crude men who like pow on U.S. Supreme Court: Public Anonymity No Right · · Score: 1

    I find this rather interesting. Having parents who are both lawyers and working as a secretary in a law firm for two summers I can honestly say that of the thiry or so police officers that I have had first hand experience with, I can really only name two who have come off as complete jerks. The other twenty eight or so were nothing but kind and where most certainly not an "adrenaline-high thug". That being said, it really only does take one bad encounter with an officer to leave one with a life-long bitterness for all officers. Sir, just how many encounters with officers have you had? One, two perhaps? For the two to three months per year that I have worked with accused criminals, I can honestly say that a majority of the complaints centered where made against a few "bad cops". This does ruiling does not please me in any way shape or form, however, those of you who make a point and refuse to comply with this, I ask that you do so in a courteous manner. You might be suprised with the response that you get.

  14. Re:But can they do it TWICE in two weeks, for the on SpaceShipOne Flight Completed Successfully · · Score: 1

    Please look over the X-Prize Guidelines.

  15. Re:So far..... on Mike Melvill Chosen To Fly SpaceShipOne · · Score: 1

    Juding by Burt Rutan's designs, I would say things should go quite well tomorrow.

  16. Re:shouldn't they apply this to aviation first...? on Cars To Be Assembled Atom By Atom · · Score: 1

    I am going to assume that you are a private pilot. Now, let us compare the number of individuals with a private pilot's liscence to the number of individuals with a driver's liscence.

  17. Is this some sort of joke? on SELEX at Fermilab Discovers New Particle · · Score: 1
    Well off of the top of my head I can think of a few things that require just a tinsy bit more work like:
    • High-temperature superconductors
    • Fusion
    • Quantum gravity
    • Dark matter
    • Dark energy
    • Gravity waves (specifically finding them)
    • Quantum computing
    Also how does one jump from physics to neuroscience? That seems to be a rather large leap (as in going back to school for another 5 years).
  18. Gravity defying craters? on Wild 2 Comet Analyzed · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The article mentions Wild 2's low gravity, but I did not find mention of a gravity defying crater. Anyone care to share more about this?

  19. Re:xcor closer than armadillo on John Carmack's Test Liftoff a Success · · Score: 2, Informative

    They are indeed brothers.

  20. Re:Low technology against high technology on Japanese Balloon Battle · · Score: 1

    It says enough about the M16 that a lot of american troops in vietnam switched weapons when they had the change.
    Where is this documented? I can see special forces doing this, but not regular troops. The two weapons sound rather different and in the heat of battle one would run the possibility of being shot by their comrades. You are more or less trading off one evil for another, no?

  21. Re:Like me Pappy always used to say.... on Uniquely Bright: Experiences and Tips? · · Score: 1

    Also, don't think that this is avoidable by going into the hell that is academia. You don't believe me? Ask any grad student or post doc.

  22. Re:Are artbooks that popular to Slashdotters? on Oddworld Announces Artbook Retrospective · · Score: 1

    Perhaps some notes about what you were thinking whilst you were drafting . Spur of the moment type, a bit raw. Not something that you go back and pen in the next day.

  23. Re:Morrowind on Oddworld Announces Artbook Retrospective · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Apparantly there is a 48 page booklet entitled "The Art of Morrowind", however I have only seen it bundled with a game.

  24. Concept Art. on Oddworld Announces Artbook Retrospective · · Score: 1

    Does anyone happen to know where one could obtain the original concept art? I would love to have something like this to spice up my drab apartment.

  25. Re:This is news worthy of a slashdot article? Yes! on Physicist Loses Degree for Data Falsification · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Who the heck can publish a paper every eight days! That alone should start to turn heads, no?