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  1. Re:The Difference Is Obvious on Labels Not Tags, Says Google · · Score: 1

    They put tags on cows' ears. Never seen a cow with a label sewed on, though. A real cow, that is.

  2. Re:The Akron Beacon Journal is reporting... on Ohio Recount Rigging Case Goes to Court · · Score: 1

    Of course CNN is not reporting on it. They failed to cover the large raids for illegal immigrants on the packing plants of a major U.S. meatpacker last month, instead reporting on an elderly couple that died in an automobile accident in North Carolina. If you're getting your news only from CNN, you'll get an EXTREMELY BIASED view of american news.

  3. Re:Technological revolution. on 3D Printers To Build Houses · · Score: 1

    Where I work, we have a 3-D printer. It can't do things much larger than 10 x 10 x 10 inches. It
    can 'print' things you otherwise might need milling, lathes, extrusion, and welding for. The material
    is not terribly strong, however. But it works well for making models. Also, it 'prints' in color!

  4. Re:Ahhhh! on How Practical are 20-inch Laptops? · · Score: 5, Funny
    But it's not a laptop unless you weight 600 pounds.


    So what you're saying is that most americans should find this acceptable?

  5. 500,000 eggs at a time on Millions of King Crabs Turn Sea to Desert · · Score: 2, Funny
    One female crab can lay 500,000 eggs at a time, of which one or two percent will become crabs.

    So what do the other 98% of the eggs become, if not crabs?

  6. Re:Be good at what will always be needed. on Staying On-Top of Programming Trends? · · Score: 1
    Learn good communication skills so others will think you are competent. Even if you aren't.

    I've never assumed that the ability to give a good speech in any way corresponds to the person's ability to analyze and solve a problem. It takes a bit longer to garner an appreciation for someone's analytical abilities and problem solving intelligence.

  7. Re:Where is "Case Sensitivity" on Linux Annoyances For Geeks · · Score: 1
    it's a lot easier to program case-sensitive sorts and finds than it is to program case-insensitive sorts and finds


    Actually, programming a proper (dictionary order) sort for case sensitive is more difficult than
    programming a case insensitive sort, but not by much.

  8. Re:I fail to see how that was the robot's fault on The Question of Robot Safety · · Score: 1

    The person seems to me to be a possible candidate for a Darwin award.
    There's a reason there are safety fences around those machines.

  9. My allergic cat on Allergy-Free Kittens Produced · · Score: 1

    My cat always seems to be hacking and sneezing. It must be allergic to just about everything. I might have to get me one of these non-allergic types when the current one kicks off.

  10. Re:Aluminium? on A Cleaner, Cheaper Route to Titanium · · Score: 1

    My mistake... that wasn't Oxford, it was Cambridge, and apparantly it was a bit longer than two years ago when it was first developed. See post below, which links to Wikipedia article about the Cambridge Process. My apologies to all those with association to Cambridge University.

  11. Re:Not exactly on A Cleaner, Cheaper Route to Titanium · · Score: 1

    I'ld rather expect that titanium could be used for engine blocks, heads, and cylinders. That's where you need high temperature strength. Engines could operate at higher temperatures, which would be more efficient, plus the vehicles would also be lighter because titanium is less dense than steel. This also would make cars more efficient. Is there anybody here that can comment on this?

  12. This didn't come from Intel on Intel To Slash Prices Up To 60% · · Score: 1

    It's just some Wall Street Anal-
    hole predicting what intel might
    find it necessary to do in order
    to sell chips.

  13. Re:Investments on A Cleaner, Cheaper Route to Titanium · · Score: 1

    You haven't been following the stock of Titanium metals have you? It's increased in price about 10x over the last two or three years.

  14. Re:Aluminium? on A Cleaner, Cheaper Route to Titanium · · Score: 3, Informative

    And it maintains it's strength at high temperatures. Steel tends to weaken quite a bit as it gets hot.
    This is why titanium is used in things like the turbine blades of jet engines, and the leading edges of supersonic aircraft.

    About two years ago the folks at Oxford University developed a process for producing the metal from
    its common ore more cheaply that the process commonly in use. I think it's now being tested
    commercially at at least one company here in the U.S. I'ld bet that the MIT process is very
    similar to the one developed at Oxford.

    Titanium oxide is commonly used as a white pigment for paints.

  15. Re:My Slashdot Moderation script on Henry's Python Programming Guide · · Score: 1
    No, that should be:

    if isinstance(story, rubbish):
    /t reject()
    else:
    /t checkagain()

    Didn't you learn anything from the article?

  16. Re:Price in 15 years ? on 100 Million Pixels of Virtual Reality · · Score: 1

    Skip the bowling alley and the swimming pool.g Get the VR setup first and create a virtual bowling alley and swimming pool.

  17. Re:Ames Sucks on 100 Million Pixels of Virtual Reality · · Score: 2, Funny
    Ames, Iowa is the most boring, backward place in Iowa,

    You're obviously not very familiar with Iowa. There are plenty of other places that make ames look like NYC.

  18. Re:Atanasoff-Berry Computer on 100 Million Pixels of Virtual Reality · · Score: 1

    And you're now reading a post by someone who actually has seen the original ABC, not the reconstruction they've now got in the Com Sci. building. It was on display in the ISU Physics building until about 1976. It disappeared after that.

  19. Re:Take heed, Slashdotters! on Cancer Resistant Mouse Provides Possible Cure · · Score: 1

    I'm cancer resistant! (Looks around for the women.)

  20. Re:You could... on Mirror Jams on Venus Express Spacecraft · · Score: 2, Funny

    Damn those power mirrors. They always start sticking after the warranty is up.

  21. Re:Simple solution on Radioactive Warning for Future Generations · · Score: 1

    Heck, no need to write in every major language, just write it in Spanish.

  22. Tour de Bable on World's Largest Pyramid Discovered in Bosnia? · · Score: 1

    This pyramid thingie would then probably be the tower of Babel.

  23. Re:longevity of light bulbs on Organic LED Could Replace Light Bulbs? · · Score: 1

    Sorry, you're wrong.

    The resistance of the filiment in an incandescent light bulb increases as it gets hot. When the bulb is first turned on, it offers relatively low resistance. The large inrushing current when you first turn on the light causes the filiment to melt, thus burning out the bulb. The dimmer switch greatly reduces the burnout rate of light bulbs because the switch prevents the large inrush of current when the bulb is first turned on. It's not an inductive effect as another poster stated, however.

  24. Playboy Calendar on What is the Best Calendar? · · Score: 1

    Wow, no one mentioned that yet? You can sure tell this is Geekville.

  25. Re:Mayan on What is the Best Calendar? · · Score: 1

    I'm sure hundreds of millions of chinese would disagree with you.