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  1. Re:Navier Stokes Equation on Physicists Finally Solve the Falling-Paper Problem · · Score: 1

    It is as significant as it can get. The physical problem is how close the continuous model is to reality. But when we discretize the model, we change it. The mathematical problem is how close the discrete model is to the continuous model.

  2. Re:Ballmer wants to hear from you on Latest Ballmergram Bashes Linux TCO · · Score: 1
    so we can work even harder to get that information to you.

    There are many ways to "work harder"

    • "we will make an offer you can't refuse"
    • "we will repeat this until you learn"
    • "spanking will teach you discipline and loyalty"
  3. Re:Nuclear subs on Nuclear Rockets Moving Along · · Score: 1
    The only reason we can get away with six nuclear reactors bobbing up and down in San Diego's bay right at this moment is because people really honestly don't know they're there. They're not in the news, they have a low physical profile. "Well yeah", nuclear subs have been operating in secret.

    Could you provide a link suporting this claim? Oh wait...

  4. Re:Text of article on Considering Watercooling Your PC? · · Score: 1

    That is /. you insensitive clod!

  5. Re:ThinkGeek t-shirt on Greatest Equations Ever · · Score: 1

    That reminded me about a story about some engineers who constructed a conjecture, where they considered an equation which was true for all integer n, and then they just let n go to 0. It took a decade for mathematicians to prove this conjecture rigorously.

  6. Re:Not an orbital launch on Brazil Successfully Launches Its First Rocket To Space · · Score: 1

    Due to this this trick, USA has TWO astronauts number 1, Sheppard and Glenn. Why can't Brazil play the same game?

  7. Re:Confused on Brazil Successfully Launches Its First Rocket To Space · · Score: 2, Informative

    See also Sea Launch Project, a joint venture by American, Russian, Ukrainian, Norvegian, British companies.

  8. Re:What happened to the oxygen generator? on ISS Expedition 9 Crew Finally Returns to Earth · · Score: 3, Interesting

    According to russian news sites, they fixed it. The culprit was a valve in the system which vents the H2 overboard.

  9. Does size matter? on America's Most Connected Campuses · · Score: 1

    I 've always thought the smaller university, the more connected it's campus.

  10. Re:Don't forget .... on The Universal Off Button · · Score: 1

    I clearly see government's conspiracy.

  11. Re:More on sinks on Unexplained Leap In CO2 Levels · · Score: 1

    Trees breathe oxygen as well. They inhale oxygen and exhale CO2 to produce the energy they need to live. Now in the process of photosynthesis, which is quite different from "breathing", the trees capture CO2 and release O2, to store the energy of sun. Without UV light, trees as well as plankton produce more CO2 than O2.

  12. Re:440,000 characters?? on Open Source: Facts and Figures · · Score: 1

    Or Crime and Punishment.

  13. Re:Slashdot Effect on 100 GB Email Account · · Score: 1

    Is oldwarez:oldwarez functional there?

  14. Re:The Sun on Amec Working on Long-Term Nuclear Waste Solution · · Score: 1

    Now calculate the kinetic energy required to send 1kg of waste to Sol, and subtract it from energy you gained from the reactor which produced this 1kg of waste. Are you getting a positive number?

  15. Re:Wrong Numbers! on Amec Working on Long-Term Nuclear Waste Solution · · Score: 1
    a possibility much larger than zero

    Exactly how many times larger?

  16. Re:Painting Your Way to Safety on Asteroid 4179 Toutatis Will Miss Earth, This Time · · Score: 1

    Alternatively, we can paint Earth so that light from Sun will push it away from asteroid's path.

  17. Re:like is #67 on Tracking The (English) Words We Use · · Score: 1

    In Russian we call such words parasites. Interestingly in USA noone ever heard of 'word-parasites' even though lots of people have them. My favorite english phrase-parasite was 'if you will'.

  18. Re:Been there, Done that on Tuberculosis May Become A Global Threat Again · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Prisons are a breeding ground for communicable disease. While it is true that prisons allow diseases spread faster, the main reason why TB in prisons is so rampant is that TB mainly affects people with weaker immune system. People in prisons are under constant stress, probably lacking vitamins/minerals. Consequently their immune system weakens, and an exposure to TB is automatically followed by infection.

    I have a friend, who is a pulmonologist in Russia. He told me that in the past doctors rarely became infected even if exposed to TB constantly. Nowadays, doctors themselves lack vitamins and put under stress in Russia. This pulmonologist was infected once, and other doctors fall ill regularly.

  19. Re:Been there, Done that on Tuberculosis May Become A Global Threat Again · · Score: 2, Insightful

    But the difference between TB and HIV/pregnancy/broken bones, is that TB is airborne disease. You can not go spread TB/plague around.

  20. Re:for lazy slashdoters on Bush vs. Kerry on Science · · Score: 1

    Looks like Kerry and Bush disagreed on whether the current administration manipulated science.

  21. Re:My question: on Michael Moore Seeks TV Airing of Fahrenheit 9/11 · · Score: 1

    Or, will it be edited to "fit" your TV and the time allotted for the program?

  22. Re:Nice Feature, but.. on The Programmer Who Could Save Tivo · · Score: 1

    But "(More features)&&(better product)!=0".

  23. Re:Lies... on Olympic Medal Prediction Model · · Score: 1

    Thorpe verses Hoogie

    How poetic...

  24. Re:Go get your own major corporation on IBM Adding Almost 19,000 Jobs · · Score: 1
    It took half a century to get them here, embracing open source, contributing to the community, beating up SCO after it pushed us down in the school yard...

    It took more than a century. And yes, they have been contributing to the world community.

  25. where is /. effect? on Doom 3 Gets Reviews, Piracy Questions, Exultation · · Score: 1

    Just 32k views. Or it's just a 5 digit counter and, the views actually went over 100k?