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  1. Re:T-minus 10 on Major Find By Japanese Scientists May Threaten Chinese Rare Earth Hegemony · · Score: 1

    The way they've always done it. They declare its theirs, then they move in and act like its always been theirs.

  2. Re:That's the price you pay on Will Legitimacy Spoil Bitcoin? · · Score: 1

    This should help: I before E except after C.

  3. Re:The SI needs to reclaim its prefixes on Nanoscale 3D Printer Now Commercially Available · · Score: 1

    "scale" isn't an SI unit. Nanotechnology is defined as the manipulation of matter with at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometers. 30nm resolution is nanoscale.

  4. Re:The empire state building? on Nanoscale 3D Printer Now Commercially Available · · Score: 1

    lol +1 for Zoolander reference :)

  5. Re:Amazing technology but micro, not nano. on Nanoscale 3D Printer Now Commercially Available · · Score: 1

    Nanoscopic Scale (redirected from Nanoscale): The nanoscopic scale usually refers to structures with a length scale applicable to nanotechnology, usually cited as 1-100 nanometers.

    Nanotechnology: A more generalized description of nanotechnology was subsequently established by the National Nanotechnology Initiative, which defines nanotechnology as the manipulation of matter with at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometers. (emphasis mine)

    What you're thinking about is probably (also from the Nanotechnology article)

    The earliest, widespread description of nanotechnology referred to the particular technological goal of precisely manipulating atoms and molecules for fabrication of macroscale products, also now referred to as molecular nanotechnology.

    Definitions change and sometimes, as in this case, become more precisely delineated. This printer is nanoscale by current definitions and it's a pretty big leap forward for small-scale design and manufacturing. For some perspective, Intel and AMD introduced 32nm processors in 2010 and Intel brought out 22nm processors last year.

  6. Re:A great shift in the force i feel on Planescape: Torment Successor Funded In 6 Hours · · Score: 1

    rofl, this should be at +11 Funny :D

  7. Re:Nope. on The Pirate Bay Claims It Is Now Hosting From North Korea · · Score: 1

    No one actually knows how many people are imprisoned in NK

    Give or take, it's basically the entire population...

  8. Re:WRONG! on Spinning Black Hole's Edge Rotates At Nearly the Speed of Light · · Score: 1

    "speed of light" is meaningless -- because it's not a constant. Might as well talk about the "speed of a honda civic".

    I thought "the speed of a honda civic" was "fast and furious"... :)

  9. Re:know your audience on Spinning Black Hole's Edge Rotates At Nearly the Speed of Light · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's both, iirc. Star goes supernova, the remnants collapse into a black hole.

  10. Re:The speed difference between them is huge... on NY Times' Broder Responds To Tesla's Elon Musk · · Score: 1

    Without knowing what the fuck FCE stands for...

    Fuel Combustion Engine

  11. Re:Err ... on New Medal Designed To Honor Cyber Soldiers · · Score: 2

    Any Campaign or theater Medal. You showed up to work somewhere unfriendly (though even Antarctica has one)

    Antarctica is very unfriendly. You could die just by not dressing right or by standing in the wrong place at the wrong time. And then there's the penguins...

  12. Re:Wrong. on Is the Concept of 'Cyberspace' Stupid? · · Score: 1

    Funny thing is, the GPP's nick is MacGyver. If there ever was an archetypal hacker, he was it.

  13. Re:I can't join the free speech religion. on Philippine Cybercrime Law Put On Indefinite Hold · · Score: 1

    While the delivery is inflamatory, this AC's message deserves an upmod. "Freedom of speech" covers all forms of expression and media. The minute you allow the censorship of a form or subject matter, you're on the slippery slope.

  14. Re:It's the New You on Is It Possible To Erase Yourself From the Internet? · · Score: 1

    A median is a kind of average. Perhaps you thought average only referred to the arithmetic mean? Look it up and educate yourself.

  15. Re:Recipe for disaster ... on How Not To Launch a Gadget · · Score: 1

    It will take time but I can see printing out circuit boards after 20-30 years of material science and studies.

    Before that though I can see a 3D printer that prints gaskets, o-rings, etc's other on demand. Eliminating the need for companies to stock them. After that will come aluminum, nickel, steel and zinc parts,screws, nuts, bolts primarily single piece of metal options.

    Complex parts will take longer, but you get those two and industries will be transformed.

    Gaskets and o-rings are already doable today, with some limits on materials. Metal is doable today, like that lady who got a 3d-printed titanium jawbone replacement.

  16. Re:The word is "its" on Oracle Responds To Java Security Critics With Massive 50 Flaw Patch Update · · Score: 1

    The Book is wrong. Everywhere else 's means ownership, so fuck that stupid-ass rule.

    he's? she's?

  17. Re:How long until we move out from the sun? on Cities' Heat Can Affect Temperatures 1000+ Miles Away · · Score: 1

    It's been a while since I checked, but I'm pretty sure there are no "near by galaxies" within 600 lightyears of Earth....

    Lots of stars though, and given what we know, lots and lots of exoplanets.

  18. Re:Internet Freedom fighters? on Clay Shirky On Hackers and Depression: Where's the Love? · · Score: 1

    the depression is when that lofty self-perception is a kite that gets snagged in one of the trees of reality

    become increasingly lonely

    Quotes from your post. My response is not an ad hominem, it's a conclusion based on the information you gave. I didn't say you were a bad person, I said you spoke like someone who lacked an understanding of clinical depression.

    The difference is simple. Normal people sometimes get unhappy -- feeling bad about stuff is part of the normal human experience. Then they go hang out with friends and grab a beer and feel better afterwards. Clinically depressed people are unable to feel happiness or pleasure, or have a significantly reduced capacity for such. Aaron Swartz was clinically depressed. He wasn't just unhappy, he wasn't just "lonely", he was ill and needed help.

    What I wrote was a criticism of how you presented yourself, not of you as a person. You're absolutely right, I don't know you, I only know what you wrote. Educate yourself so next time, you don't come across as an insensitive, ignorant, judgemental and condescending ass.

  19. Re:Internet Freedom fighters? on Clay Shirky On Hackers and Depression: Where's the Love? · · Score: 2

    Spoken like someone who has absolutely no understanding of clinical depression. Here's a hint: it's not just feeling bad about something bad happening.

  20. Re:FIghting the system is a mental health issue on Clay Shirky On Hackers and Depression: Where's the Love? · · Score: 1

    Those are the blue pills, right?

  21. Re:Unit conversion on Library of Congress Offers Update On Huge Twitter Archive Project · · Score: 2

    No, the 10TB estimate is incorrect. The LoC estimates that the digitized size of of its print collection was around 200 TB as of 2000 CE.

  22. Re:Oblig... on Library of Congress Offers Update On Huge Twitter Archive Project · · Score: 1

    That's around 1.5 Libraries of Congress.

  23. Re:C strings strike again! on EFnet Paralyzed By Vulnerability · · Score: 1

    1978! That's so last millenium!

  24. Re:Another one bites the dust on Panda Blood May Hold Potent Assailant Against Superbugs · · Score: 1

    Forgot your meds today?

  25. Re:As a boxer... on Your Hands Were Made For Punching According To New Study · · Score: 1

    From Wiki: Bone One of the types of tissue that makes up bone is the mineralized osseous tissue, also called bone tissue, that gives it rigidity and a coral-like three-dimensional internal structure. Bone - Molecular structure [Under Inorganic] The inorganic composition of bone (bone mineral) is formed from carbonated hydroxyapatite [7][8] (Ca10(PO4)6(OH)2) with lower crystallinity.[7][9] The matrix is initially laid down as unmineralised osteoid (manufactured by osteoblasts). Mineralisation involves osteoblasts secreting vesicles containing alkaline phosphatase. Bone density Bone density (or bone mineral density) is a medical term normally referring to the amount of mineral matter per square centimeter of bones. Bone mineral Bone mineral (also called inorganic bone phase, bone salt or bone apatite) is the inorganic component of bone. Bone mineral is formed from carbonated hydroxyapatite with lower crystallinity. Dietary mineral Dietary minerals (also known as mineral nutrients) are the chemical elements required by living organisms, other than the four elements carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen present in common organic molecules. Mineralization (biology) In biology, mineralization refers to a process where an organism produces an inorganic substance. Mineral A mineral is a naturally occurring substance that is solid and stable at room temperature, representable by a chemical formula, usually abiogenic, and has an ordered atomic structure. Mineral resources [Under Non-renewable] ...a good example of this are fossil fuels...