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  1. Re:Stop shipping hives to California in winter! on More Than 40% of US Honeybee Colonies Died In a 12-Month Period Ending In April · · Score: 1

    You could, and it would be the smart thing to do, but you'd have to stop mono-cropping. With thousands of acres of nothing but almond trees the bees don't have anything to eat when the almonds aren't in bloom.

  2. Re:Every 10,000 years? on NASA Images Massive Solar Flare · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't think a super-flare would have much effect on a pre-electronic civilization. It might start a new religion because of super-intense auroras.

  3. Re:Not $9 on $9 Open Source Computer Blows Past Crowdfunding Goal · · Score: 1
  4. Re:We need a name for a rule on NFL Releases Deflategate Report · · Score: 1

    I think -ghazi is the new suffix for that. Ballghazi!

  5. Re:What, no "Model T" ??!??!? on Tesla To Unveil Its $35,000 Model 3 In March 2016 · · Score: 2

    Could they sue? My understanding is that trademarks are only valid as long as you are actively using them, and Ford hasn't made a Model T in decades.

  6. Re:What am I missing? on A Cheap, Ubiquitous Earthquake Warning System · · Score: 1

    My thought too. $1 per person plus $0.50 per person per year to operate.

  7. Re:Progressive Fix 101 on Cheap Gas Fuels Switch From Electric Cars To SUVs · · Score: 1

    Eliminate any exceptions to the CAFE standard for SUVs.

    No, just eliminate the CAFE standards entirely and tax gas so it is $10/gallon. Then market forces will give us more efficient vehicles.

  8. Re:Do electrons vibrate? on MIT's New Tabletop Particle Detector Sees Individual Electrons · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Electrons are repulsed by their fellow electrons, making them most definitely not homosexual. They are known to have violent relationships with positrons, and clingy relationships with protons.

  9. Re:Why not nitrous oxide, instead? on Oklahoma Says It Will Now Use Nitrogen Gas As Its Backup Method of Execution · · Score: 1

    Yes, those death were not from N2O but from lack of oxygen (as the abstract clearly states). It turns out not breathing oxygen is really bad for you. I don't think anyone has ever died directly from N2O, unless a cylinder fell on them. (but to address the original comment, N2O should be just as effective as N2 for killing people, as would helium or any other inert gas, because it is the lack of oxygen that kills)

  10. Re: Should use liquid on Oklahoma Says It Will Now Use Nitrogen Gas As Its Backup Method of Execution · · Score: 1

    Fabric plus liquid nitrogen is a bad combination. You can safely dip you hand in liquid nitrogen (briefly) (assuming no rings, gloves, or other items on you hands) because it has low specific heat and your body heat quickly evaporates it to form a layer of air around your hand. Spill a little on your clothes and you will instantly get frost bite.

  11. 4% is just for death row. The percentage of innocent people in the prison population as a whole is probably much higher.

  12. Re:If you insist on keeping physical hardware on Ask Slashdot: Best Medium For Storing Data To Survive a Fire (or Other Disaster) · · Score: 1

    Or a safe-deposit box at a bank if you don't need a whole storage locker. And they tend to have good fire suppression units in them.

  13. Re:Why the bad rap? on America's Methane Mystery: NASA Set To Investigate Hotspot Over the 4 Corners · · Score: 1

    Tell that to California

  14. Re: No mystery at all on America's Methane Mystery: NASA Set To Investigate Hotspot Over the 4 Corners · · Score: 1

    We'll he's right in that inhaling the methane won't be the thing that kills you.

  15. Re:Not a surprise on Verdict Reached In Boston Bombing Trial · · Score: 1

    People aren't going to forget, because it will be a really big news story whenever the execution happens.

  16. Re:Hawaii on Amid Controversy, Construction of Telescope In Hawaii Halted · · Score: 1

    Hawaii was annexed by the US decades before it became a state. There was a vote for statehood, but the alternate choice was to remain a territory - independence was never on the table, and it may just be that those who voted considered statehood the better choice of the two.

  17. Re:NIMBY strikes again on Amid Controversy, Construction of Telescope In Hawaii Halted · · Score: 1

    You say "not an atheist" which I assume you mean you have some sort of religious belief. Why is their religious belief less important or more nonsensical than yours?

  18. Re:Not a surprise on Verdict Reached In Boston Bombing Trial · · Score: 1

    The defense never tried to claim innocence. This trial was never about anything other than life in prison versus death penalty. It's a waste of taxpayer money since they certainly could have avoided trial and gotten a guilty plea with life in prison if they had taken the death penalty off the table. Plus you don't want to make martyrs - life in prison is much less glorious.

  19. Re:Tabs vs Spaces on Stack Overflow 2015 Developer Survey Reveals Coder Stats · · Score: 1

    And then there's Python ...

    Indeed there is, but that is a good reason not to use python, and has nothing to do with whether tabs or spaces are better (also there are better reasons not to use python, I hate to harp on whitespace sensitivity because it's definitely not the worst thing about the language).

  20. Re:Tabs vs Spaces on Stack Overflow 2015 Developer Survey Reveals Coder Stats · · Score: 1

    If people only used tabs it would be OK. But people use a mix of tabs and spaces, and it only displays right if you have your tab width set to the same value as the original developer. It's a nightmare. Use spaces only please. And bytes are cheap.

  21. Re:LEO is Not Forever on Build Your Own Satellite For Less Than $30K · · Score: 1

    $30k is the launch cost. Summary sucks, read TFA.

  22. Re:That will be amusing on RadioShack Puts Customer Data Up For Sale In Bankruptcy Auction · · Score: 1

    The clerks don't care, and why should they? But I believe the computer was setup so it was truly impossible for them to complete a sale without entering something. I've seen them make up a name and address when I refuse to give them one.

    I avoided Radio Shack because of that policy, as did many others. I'm sure it's one of the reasons they went out of business. At least I hope it is - it serves them right.

  23. Re:Check their work or check the summary? on No, It's Not Always Quicker To Do Things In Memory · · Score: 1

    But they are in a loop, so what's your point?

    And to be more pedantic, I don't think "+" is ever faster in Java, it gets expanded to StringBuilder at compile time. "+" is more readable and not slower if you can do it all in one statement. If spread out across control statements (if/else or loops) then use StringBuilder.

  24. Re:Check their work or check the summary? on No, It's Not Always Quicker To Do Things In Memory · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The language is not the problem, the code is terrible. They did String concatenation in the most expensive way possible. I'm pretty sure if you used a pre-sized StringBuilder it would be faster in memory.

    They also make some very novice benchmarking mistakes.

    This is actually a pretty good interview problem. Anyone who writes code like that should not be hired, even for a junior position.

  25. Re:eliminate extra sugar on Hacking Weight Loss: What I Learned Losing 30 Pounds · · Score: 1

    Note that "sugar free" does not mean "calorie free". Sorbitol or xylitol are usually used in sugar-free gum and they do have calories.