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  1. Re: Long-term training? [Re:Really?] on Human Sense of Smell Rivals That of Dogs, Says Study (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    The OP (tablizer) mentioned deaf people, not blind people.

  2. Re: Long-term training? [Re:Really?] on Human Sense of Smell Rivals That of Dogs, Says Study (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    The article mentioned blind people.

  3. Re:I did not know! on Facebook Must Delete Hate Postings Worldwide, Rules Austrian Court (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm well aware of Godwin's Law. By what means does it "rule" over discussions?

  4. Re:I did not know! on Facebook Must Delete Hate Postings Worldwide, Rules Austrian Court (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    And what jurisdiction does Godwin have?

  5. Re:I'm going to get Slashdot in trouble on Facebook Must Delete Hate Postings Worldwide, Rules Austrian Court (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    OP (MightyYar) said leader of Austria, not the Green Party

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  6. Re:Real simple solution... on Facebook Must Delete Hate Postings Worldwide, Rules Austrian Court (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Eastern Hemisphere.

  7. That's a lot of satellites.

  8. Re:HULK REALLY MAD! on Samsung Blocks Ability To Remap Galaxy S8's Bixby Button (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh, I was aware that Bill Bixby played David Banner on that show. Thanks for getting it.

  9. Re:HULK REALLY MAD! on Samsung Blocks Ability To Remap Galaxy S8's Bixby Button (zdnet.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Perhaps that's why they disabled the Bixby button.

  10. Under the Kurtosis entry, it does the formula for Kurtosis as an SVG. If Wikipedia uses MathML, why not there? It's only one entry, but still. Also, perhaps there is a setting for logged in users.

    Is there a Wikipedia entry that uses MathML?

  11. Re:State funded textbooks are biased on Maryland Awards 21 Grants To Prepare 'Open Source' Textbooks (usmd.edu) · · Score: 1

    And non-state-funded textbooks are unbiased?

  12. Re:Maybe they should just reduce their fees on Maryland Awards 21 Grants To Prepare 'Open Source' Textbooks (usmd.edu) · · Score: 1

    I take GP as saying that if universities charged less for tuition, the price of tetbooks wouldn't be so bad.

  13. When will Wikipedia use MathML instead of images for equations?

  14. Can wouldn't SSDs be more energy efficient?

  15. Re:Supersonic mach 2.2 on Aerospace Startup Will Build A Supersonic Mach 2.2 Aircraft (fortune.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, I certainly don't want my subsonic aircraft going Mach 2.2.

  16. Re:MapReduce is great on Apache Hadoop Has Failed Us, Tech Experts Say (datanami.com) · · Score: 1

    Are hadoops hoops with ads in them?

  17. I'd rather use LaTeX on FedEx Will Pay You $5 To Install Flash (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Do the graphics in pstricks, then foo.tex -> foo.dvi _> foo.ps -> foo.pdf.

  18. Special relativity says that space and time are partially interchangeable. You cannot substitute a spacelike geodesic for a timelike one.

  19. Re:time does not actually exist in the universe on Physicists Find That As Clocks Get More Precise, Time Gets More Fuzzy (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    What do you mean by eternity?

  20. Re:Can't submit stories anonymously any more?! on Physicists Find That As Clocks Get More Precise, Time Gets More Fuzzy (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm not here to collect useless Internet karma points.

    Then what's the point?

  21. Re:It's all a simulation on Physicists Find That As Clocks Get More Precise, Time Gets More Fuzzy (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    the 11.57 microradians/second rotation of the Earth.

    So the earth only rotates one radian per day? 11.57 micrordians/second x 86,400 seconds/day = 1 radian/day.

  22. Re:real indo-chimps on Google Hangouts' New Features Make Work Meetings Slightly Less Annoying (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    And what does that even mean?

  23. Re:real indo-chimps on Google Hangouts' New Features Make Work Meetings Slightly Less Annoying (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    with phony degrees in PhD

    I'll admit that a degree in PhD would be phony.

  24. Re:tabs4lyf on Douglas Crockford Envisions A Post-JavaScript World (infoworld.com) · · Score: 1

    *I flipped a coin. No way was I going to reveal a real preference on such a hotly contested issue.

    Oh, come on! Skeletal integrity is so overrated.

  25. She doesn't look that masculine to me.