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  1. Re:The 60s and 70s on Bruce Perens: The Day I Blundered Into the Nuclear Facility · · Score: 0

    According to wikipedia, the reactor is several miles from campus. The Cyclotron Institute also doesn't list any reactor as part of their facilities.

  2. Re:While... on Earthquakes Correlated With Texan Fracking Sites · · Score: 0

    If geology worked the way you describe, it might be a problem. But it doesn't.

    You're thinking of it as a constant load that is distributed. But it's more like a fixed displacement between two masses which results in elastic shear of rock. Like a bunch of springs compressed to a fixed distance, not by a constant force. Pop those elastic shear loads along 90 miles, and they release their energy. The remaining 10 miles have basically the same energy storage as they did before.

    And, yes, such an event would probably be irrelevant to beneficial. "No one knows?" Yes, some people do, They are called geologists.

  3. Re:The 60s and 70s on Bruce Perens: The Day I Blundered Into the Nuclear Facility · · Score: 0

    Dude, you can call it anything you want. But if you saw the "Cyclotron" it wasn't a nuclear reactor. Texas A&M's "Cyclotron" is a cyclotron (confusing, eh?). A completely different technology.

    They have two reactors. But they do this weird thing and call them "reactors."

  4. Re:It's logical on Sexism In Science · · Score: 2

    Which explains why gay marriage is often banned. How would employers know what to pay?

  5. Re:Labelling on Light Bulb Ban Produces Hoarding In EU, FUD In U.S. · · Score: 2

    One guaranteed for quick brightness is to look for the label "LED"

    It also seems to be a guarantee for $$$

  6. Re:Well, works for me on US Military Tested the Effects of a Nuclear Holocaust On Beer · · Score: 1

    We often ran stuff through a Co-60 irradiation system to sterilize it. I considered hiding a Twinkie in amongst the other stuff. But the danger to the universe from rupturing time and space didn't seem worth it.

  7. Re:He's going international next. on Man Pays For Cross-Country Trip Using Bacon As Currency · · Score: 2

    Have they considered covering themselves in bacon?

  8. Re:Forced? on Art School's Expensive Art History Textbook Contains No Actual Art · · Score: 1

    Shut up! I'm making a fortune selling blank reams of paper to these idiots. Don't clue them in!

  9. Re:He's going international next. on Man Pays For Cross-Country Trip Using Bacon As Currency · · Score: 1

    Iran, kind of tough. But Israel should be easy. Look at how narrow it is. And since bacon isn't a common item there, he can probably get a good deal from some Christian dude jonesing for some bacon. Might be some desperate Christians in Iran too.

  10. Re:Theft Protection on Ask Slashdot: Best Protection Plan For Your Phone? · · Score: 2

    The best theft protection is make your stuff unattractive to thieves. My car with the wood trim and the words "Ford Pinto" highlighted in chrome was a classic example of this strategy.

  11. Re:Should only be a problem if ingested on Radioactive Tool Goes Missing In Texas · · Score: 3, Funny

    But in California they force fed smoke detectors to lab rats. And they died.

    Moral of the story: don't feed smoke detectors to rats if you value your life.

  12. Re:Oh samsung... on iPhone 5 GeekBench Results · · Score: 3, Informative

    Hmmm, my wife now has an android phone running Jelly Bean on only 384 meg. Runs pretty nice too, despite using an old processor.

    The difference doesn't seem to be Android itself, but all the other bloatware that gets stuffed on some phones.

  13. Re:Already got one. on Ultrasound Waves For Transdermal Drug Delivery · · Score: 2

    The summary gets some details very wrong. Intense ultrasound can create cavitation bubbles, but nothing of that intensity is used for drug delivery. It that were to happen, it would kill living cells. So, no bubbles, no implosions, none of that stuff.

    At the lower levels used, ultrasound strains the cells, creating small openings between cells and in cell membranes. Skin becomes "leaky."

  14. Re:Privacy Burqas anyone? on Report Hints At Privacy Problem of Drones That Can Recognize Faces · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Easier solution: let it be known that cops are being replaced with cameras. Cops currently support the camera system under the belief it helps them do their job. But if they start to think it makes them obsolete....

  15. O well... on TACC "Stampede" Supercomputer To Go Live In January · · Score: 1

    I'm seriously bothered by the fact they couldn't figure out how to put an O at the end of the acronym.

  16. Re:this is beyond ridiculous on Author Threatens To Sue Book Reviewers Over Trademark Infringement · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you think that by using caps lock you can get me to do what you want... Well, that's where you're right. But - and I am only saying that because I care - there's a lot of decaffeinated brands on the market that are just as tasty as the real thing.

  17. latest nerd hipster chic on Ask Slashdot: What To Do With Found Calculators? · · Score: 2

    I dunno, how about checking what the latest nerd hipster chic is at BoingBoing and modifying the calculator accordingly?

    Let's see ...
    Cover in leather
    Paint to look like R2D2
    Haunted Mansion theme.

    Yeah, no shortage of nerd things to do to old crap.

    I'd avoid using tapeworms. But steam punk might still be acceptable in some circles.

  18. Re:RFID on QR Codes For Memorials · · Score: 1

    I think you would have had a lot less fun if you had watched clips of her and her cats try on funny hats.

  19. RFID on QR Codes For Memorials · · Score: 1

    Might as well slap an RFID tag on while you're at it. Or an E-Ink display (solar powered, natch).

    Seriously. Who's wandering around cemeteries going "Gee, if I only had detailed biographical information on this random dead dude?" I thought the accepted practice was to visit dead people you knew about.

  20. Re:Listen on China's Yangtze River Turns Red · · Score: 5, Funny

    If it gets to where all the first born children die, there won't be many people left to stop them from leaving in this one-child-only country.

  21. Re:Right. on The Galileo Thermometer Was Not Invented By Galileo · · Score: 1

    At least we have good documented evidence that Lou Gehrig discovered Lou Gehrig's disease. Who can forget his speech announcing his discovery to everyone at Yankee Stadium?

  22. Re:Red Green solution on Space Station Spacewalkers Stymied By Stubborn Bolt · · Score: 1

    Capillary action is not affected by vacuum. You are correct that a fluid would need to have a sufficiently low vapor pressure to prevent it from boiling away. But if you've got graphite boiling, you've got bigger problems.

    Vacuum oil and grease do exist (http://www.vacuumoil.com/). They are not intended as lubricants, but could be pressed into service.

  23. Video Walls on 4K UHDTV Hardware On Display in Berlin, And On Sale In Korea · · Score: 1

    No need for native 4k right away.

    If someone comes out with a box that can combine 4 HDMI video streams, these new TVs will be used in lots of places as video walls. Sports bars, airports, TV editing suites, surveillance posts, etc. Plus all the people that want to have a mess of channels displayed at once. Console video players, maybe?

    For true information gluttons, 16 video streams on 8k monitors.

  24. Ziplock on Kindle Fire Is Sold Out Forever · · Score: 1

    Using a ziplock bag seems like a reasonable hack for some people. I even confirmed it works just now. Grabbed a bag from the cabinet, shoved a Kindle Fire in the bag (case and all), turned it on, and proceeded to use it without a problem.

    I also just tried a Kindle Touch and LeapPad. Both work fine (though the LeapPad stylus is awkward).

    Buy a good ziplock bag and you should be fine even if you go swimming.

  25. Re:HS cruise missiles on Russia Wants a Hypersonic Bomber · · Score: 1

    Because the meat in the can is able to bring the can home. Sometimes without dropping any bombs.