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  1. Re:Heaviest at a mere 700T? on The World's Heaviest Robot · · Score: 1

    If these have autopilot, they win for tonnage by far: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batillus_class_supertankers

  2. Re:session-sharing with screen -x on (Useful) Stupid Unix Tricks? · · Score: 1

    I used it more to scatter the programs I needed to work with all over campus. My workstation was crap. So ANSYS over here, Pro-E over there, IRC local, etc. I haven't found a decent equivalent for Windows.

  3. Re:Regulation is no substitue for parenting on Supreme Court To Rule On TV Censorship · · Score: 1

    But it's more special if little Timmy learns the F word from grandma instead of TV. We have to keep TV from destroying yet more family traditions.

  4. Re:2 Elephants in the Room on Supreme Court To Rule On TV Censorship · · Score: 1

    Every bad word they hear erodes their belief in Santa, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, and Spiderman. It's crushing their innocent childhood one word at a time, leaving them a bitter husk of a child. Next stop: drugs, psychosis, and selling their bodies on the streets.

  5. Re:2 Elephants in the Room on Supreme Court To Rule On TV Censorship · · Score: 1

    Depends on how you tell them.

    People often consider using harsh language on a child for using foul language inappropriate and unlikely to work in the long run. The more accepted method is to use the non-verbal method of telling a kid to not say a bad word by using the back of your hand. So yes, kids hearing a bad word leads to them being harmed.

  6. Re:Galaxies? on Frozen Mice Cloned · · Score: 1

    More likely the Ford Galaxy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Galaxy
    With car sales going south cloning may be the only way to get enough customers.

  7. RS-232 Serial Port on Low-Bandwidth, Truly Remote Management? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Good ol' RS-232 let's you do a lot. Run one very low power board that can sit there listening to RS-232 input and act on commands. It can then toggle the power of other equipment plus route messages from them however you choose.

  8. Re:Make them Pay on Discuss the US Presidential Election & Education · · Score: 1

    I almost included a quip along the lines of "Democrats will be punished by being put in charge."

  9. Re:Make them Pay on Discuss the US Presidential Election & Education · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We are within 2 days of making the Republican party pay for it's failure, dishonorable behavior, and fraud.

    How long before we can do the same with Democrats?

  10. Oh really? on Thailand Blocks Anti-Royal Websites · · Score: 1

    "It could be regarded an act of treason to place a postage stamp bearing the British king or queen's image upside-down"
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7081038.stm

  11. Aston Martin + Champagne refrigerator on James Bond Gadgets · · Score: 1

    May I direct you attention to the one gadget we all really want: the Aston Martin with champagne refrigerator. You might want some of the other features http://www.aston-martin.us/007/goldfinger.html but I submit that the combination of the two were the most useful for defeating the other side. Really, how often will you ever "retractable tyre slashers" to impress a woman? And even for guys here on Slashdot, you're 1000 times more likely to need an advantage when dealing with women than ever have to douse flame throwing motorcycles.

  12. Re:National Debt!!! on Discuss the US Presidential Election & the Economy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public's money."
        -- Alexis de Tocqueville

  13. Our area lacks flint on Discuss the US Presidential Election & the Economy · · Score: 1

    So maybe I should buy a gun and bullets? To use when invading hoards of flint armed raiders come to take our stuff.

  14. Re:my sig on Discuss the US Presidential Election & the Economy · · Score: 1

    That's total BS, and you know it. You're sig is far too weak an argument for not getting into an argument.

  15. Re:Interesting repercussions on Black Holes May Not Grow Beyond Certain Limit · · Score: 3, Informative

    Not quite sucking them in and spitting them out. Rather it's when the inflowing matter creates so much heat it clears out all the remaining matter in the area. Creates a "dry galaxy" (their term, not mine). So nothing left nearby for it to suck in and thereby grow.

    An analogy would be how when a star forms it coalesces to a point that it produces enough energy to clear the area (T Tauri wind?). The star growth is then capped.

  16. Re:Ahem ... on Brains Work Best At Age of 39 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It's still science. Weak or strong statistacally, science is body of work based on "Cool! Hey everybody, check this out!" followed either by "Hey, that is cool!" or "Dork, you forgot to carry the one!" Sometimes both.

  17. Re:Lightbulb on the internet? on World's Smallest IPv6 Stack By Cisco, Atmel, SICS · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dammit honey! You drove off and left me in the dark again!

  18. Re: Better than that on World's Smallest IPv6 Stack By Cisco, Atmel, SICS · · Score: 1

    Until it gets lost. Then I'm stuck in a cold, dark house, the TV is stuck on the weather channel, and I can't call for help. If the sucker also controls door locks, the stove, and the fridge, I'm as good as dead.

  19. Re:Incredible on Banjo Used In Brain Surgery · · Score: 1

    On the other hand, you probably haven't had much luck taking a patient that's been dead for years, swapped out a few parts, and get them running again with just a wrench and parts from Autozone. Or at least I hope not.

  20. Significant on The Quietest Sun · · Score: 1

    This is the start of Cycle 24, not Cycle 5. People have been watching the sun for a long time. It's the solar wind that's only been measured for 50 years.

  21. Re:Nice Football Field on Google's GeoEye-1 Takes Its First Pictures · · Score: 5, Funny

    The endzone is in good enough shape to read. That might be a clue.

  22. Re:Boot to BSoD on Tips For Taking Your Laptop Into and Out of the US? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Or have it "crash" on boot and you'll be sent along your way with a sympathetic shrug.

  23. Re:99.8 chance of what?! on Asteroid Explodes Over Sudan · · Score: 1

    So let me get this straight: The Earth's atmosphere isn't part of the Earth. Wow!

  24. Re:Not news on Overclocked Memory Breaks Core i7 CPUs · · Score: 1

    Since when has a manufacturer said "Yes, over-volt the shit out of our part, it will be fine."

    Since the 1700's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightning_rod
    Well, technically they had to wait until the term "volt" was coined.

  25. Re:Didn't we already know? on Anti-Terrorist Data Mining Doesn't Work Very Well · · Score: 1

    I might still go along with a system to find the dumbass terrorists. Not every bad guy is smart, so you're going to get some obviously suspicious activity every once in a while. So if a system spots some guy renting a Ryder Truck, bought 10,000 kg of fertilizer, isn't a farmer, etc, yeah, knock on that guy's door. It's pretty uncommon, but checking a few of these, even if most are false positives, might not be a bad idea.