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  1. Shocking on Germany: We Think NSA May Have Tapped Chancellor Merkel's Cell Phone · · Score: 4, Funny

    I am shocked. Shocked! That a country--any country--would spy on a foreign head of state.
    What a world we live in

  2. Invoking Betteridge's Law on How Many Tiny Chelyabinsk-Class Asteroids Buzz Earth? · · Score: 1, Funny

    No

  3. Not dorky enough on A Thermoelectric Bracelet To Maintain a Comfortable Body Temperature · · Score: 1

    I will stick with my beer hat with the clip-on fan and mister.

  4. Madagascar on Why Small-Scale Biomass Energy Projects Aren't a Solution To Climate Change · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Poor people may not have much of a carbon footprint, but if there is no alternative to deforesting your island home, then the impact on the environment would be larger than just how much CO2 you produce.

  5. Re:8 million compared to on Ford, University of Michigan Open Next-Generation EV Battery Research Lab · · Score: 1

    Come on, they spent enough on the Tigers to get to the post season. They may even beat Boston.

  6. Re:70% ground grain 30% ground insect flour on Clinton Grants $1 Million To Edible Insect Farmers · · Score: 1

    what study/project is this?
    And are they intentionally adding the insects, or just not throwing out weevilly grain and seeing how much people will tolerate?

  7. Re:Just another example... on DEA Argues Oregonians Have No Protected Privacy Interest In Prescription Records · · Score: 1

    "Don't trust anyone over 30 [stone?]" -- Jack Weinberg

  8. Nissan Leaf on Can GM Challenge Tesla With a Long-Range Electric Car? · · Score: 1

    Has Nissan built a true Tesla rival? How's that going? I think that may point to an answer to the question can Chevy do the same.

  9. Re:Will Europe contain the USA? on Belgium Investigates Suspected Cyber Spying By Foreign State · · Score: 1

    France and the UK spend a disproportionate amount of money on their militaries.

    This is because France and England are merely 6 km apart.

  10. Re:Kudos to Harold Lippschitz on It's Official: Voyager 1 Is an Interstellar Probe · · Score: 1

    then I'm just glad they didn't laugh at his death ray

  11. Elite (12 pitch serif) or Pica (10 pitch sans)

  12. one is left to wonder... on Martin Luther King Jr's Children In Court Over MLK IP · · Score: 1

    one is left to wonder about the implications intellectual property claims have for free speech when they can be applied to so public a figure as Dr. King.

    One is left to wonder etc. when they can be applied beyond the lifetime of the creator of the IP, famous or not

  13. those who don't drink coffee on Excess Coffee May Be Linked To Early Death · · Score: 2

    Those who don't drink coffee are more likely to die in their sleep.

  14. Re:More information on Washington Post Hacked, a Day After New York Times · · Score: 1

    thanks. it was an oversight. Many of Niven's best books were actually collaborations, and Pournelle's collaborations were among the best of those.

  15. Re:More information on Washington Post Hacked, a Day After New York Times · · Score: 4, Informative

    you beat me to it.
    The proper expression is
    On the one hand [one expression]
    on the other hand [other expression]
    on the gripping hand [gripping expression]

    It was this idiom in general usage that lead human authorities to believe that quarantine had failed.

    Niven: The Mote in God's Eye
    and The Gripping Hand

  16. Re:"I want an elephant the size of a mouse, please on Ask Slashdot: Light-Footprint Antivirus For Windows XP? · · Score: 1

    If we're talking sniffing butts, I would be happy if it were dog sized instead of elephant sized.

  17. Re:Ground effect on Aerovelo's Human-Powered Helicopter Wins $250,000 Sikorsky Prize · · Score: 4, Funny

    a stovepipe hat and a suit

    That should have been specified in the Sikorsky prize rules

  18. scrutiny is normal on The IRS vs. Open Source · · Score: 4, Funny

    Review and investigation of applications is to be expected in any organization.

    Only the FISA court approves applications without review

  19. Re:A sequel after all this time? on Green Lantern Writer To Pen Blade Runner Sequel · · Score: 1

    All those things were lost -- like tears in rain.
    You won't find them in the prequel, or anywhere really.

  20. Re:Oblig Star Trek (TOS) on New 'Academic Redshirt' For Engineering Undergrads at UW · · Score: 1

    Scotty and Uhura had mad survival skills

  21. What I learned from BSG on What Modern Militaries Can Learn From Battlestar Galactica · · Score: 1

    Always do it doggy-style the first time.

  22. Please point me to your Kickstarter page on Senator Feinstein: We Need Video Game Control · · Score: 1

    n/t

  23. Re:Sony's war on their customers on Sony Projects Record Losses of $6.4 Billion · · Score: 5, Funny

    The company is dead to me now

    I have no sony!
    * rips garment *

  24. Re:Slime on Generating Alcohol Fuels From Electrical Current and CO2 · · Score: 1

    I don't know how large scale you want, but large scale bioreactors are currently producing at all major breweries. Also, very likely at pharmaceutical companies. The problem of contamination is a problem for continuous reactors, but batch reactors with brewmasters to monitor and adjust conditions work great. Contamination generally will only affect one batch and you can isolate it and decon without compromising your entire production run.
    Still expensive though. Multiply the cost of your favorite beer (5% abv perhaps) by 20 , then add more $$ for separation (which can be a continuous process) Maybe the cost would be more closely approximated by Everclear (95%).

  25. Re:Nice, but on Canadian Man Releases Open Source Star Trek Tricorder · · Score: 1

    I'd like to try a different test of a pleasure model skin-job