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  1. Re:Two Problems on Reading Rainbow Kickstarter Earns One Million Dollars In Less Than a Day · · Score: 2

    2. Yes, the original Reading Rainbow was created and produced by Dr. Twila Liggett who had a PhD in education and was supported by the college of education at the University of Nebraska.

    There seem to be more people than names. There are 6 more people in the team picture on KS than are named in the team bios on the site.

    Could be one or more of them is the educator behind the scenes.

  2. Re:Misinformation? on Mutant Registration vs. Vaccine Registration · · Score: 1

    Technically, yes. It is possible to develop shingles from the attenuated virus in the vaccine, but it's really improbable, far less than the 1-in-4 or so odds of developing shingles after getting all-up chickenpox.

  3. Re:Misinformation? on Mutant Registration vs. Vaccine Registration · · Score: 1

    you seem to be implying that getting the vaccine mean getting shingles. It does not. If you never had it, you won't get shingles.

    The varicella vaccine is a live virus vaccine, so it is possible to develop shingles from it, though highly improbable.

  4. Re:Why just vaccines? on Mutant Registration vs. Vaccine Registration · · Score: 1

    Someone with HIV should notify any sexual partners of this before any risky activities

    Up here, that's legally required if they have a detectable viral load. If they don't, they can be charged with aggravated sexual assault.

  5. Re:Misinformation? on Mutant Registration vs. Vaccine Registration · · Score: 3, Informative

    Actually, it's two jabs, but the point remains valid.

    Also, never having chickenpox means you won't develop shingles later in life.

  6. Re:gimme the robot parts on Can Cyborg Tech End Human Disability By 2064? · · Score: 1

    ...the robot fingers that can type 500wpm...

    Type? How quaint!

    An airgap is about the most effective kind of firewall available.

  7. Re:Global warming is causing bad grades now on Temporary Classrooms Are Bad For the Environment, and Worse For Kids · · Score: 1

    Moreover, they do not imply that the CO2 itself causes poor performance.

    Actually, some of the levels they measured are high enough for that to be plausible.

  8. Re:Global warming is causing bad grades now on Temporary Classrooms Are Bad For the Environment, and Worse For Kids · · Score: 1

    KATIE CAMPBELL: Other studies show that, as CO2 levels rise, student performance falls.

    Yes, that is an honest-to-god quote from this report. No joke.

    Yes. Hypercapnia can affect mental function and some of the levels they measured are high enough to be symptomatic.

    It's not "Wharrgarbl global warming!", it's "The ventilation in these schools is so shitty that students are suffering CO2 poisoning!".

  9. Re:I'm not a doctor, but... on Human "Suspended Animation" Trials To Start This Month · · Score: 1

    Yes, but at the temperatures they're inducing, metabolic activity is basically nil, meaning oxygen essentially isn't needed, at least over the time frames they're talking about.

  10. Re:Scientifically... on Has the Ethanol Threat Manifested In the US? · · Score: 1

    In the case of higher ethanol content/same octane rating, the ethanol is basically being used as an octane booster to prop up otherwise substandard gasoline. That blending will result in reduced performance regardless, as you're getting reduced energy content with no increase in knock resistance.

    I was talking more along the lines of E85 and E100, which often have octane ratings in excess of 100, compared to 87 for regular and 91-93 for premium.

  11. Re:Scientifically... on Has the Ethanol Threat Manifested In the US? · · Score: 1

    Any IC engine, when running part ethanol fuel, no matter how well optimized for it, will have higher output with pure gasoline.

    Two words : Forced induction. Ethanol has a far higher octane rating than gasoline. Crank up the boost and ethanol leaves gasoline in the dust.

  12. Re:I dont understand on Botched Executions Put Lethal Injections Under New Scrutiny · · Score: 1

    Making someone unconscious for major surgery seems to be a solved problem.

    Using the drugs (sodium thiopental, propofol, etc.) used for that purpose for killing people without getting said drugs embargoed is an unsolved problem.

  13. Re:Why is it so hard? on Botched Executions Put Lethal Injections Under New Scrutiny · · Score: 2

    Yes, but if you use those for executions, the European companies that make them won't be allowed to sell them to the USA, period, so you won't have them for surgeries either.

  14. Re:Stupid question on Botched Executions Put Lethal Injections Under New Scrutiny · · Score: 4, Informative

    Because if you use those drugs for executions, the (European) manufacturers of them then get prohibited from selling them to the USA and you no longer have them for medical uses.

  15. Re:What is wrong the the Soviet & China style on Botched Executions Put Lethal Injections Under New Scrutiny · · Score: 1

    Too messy. The pro-capital-punishment side has been losing steam for about the last 20 years. Desanitizing the process would likely accelerate that and lead to its abolition.

  16. Re: This could actually be good news on US Officials Cut Estimate of Recoverable Monterey Shale Oil By 96% · · Score: 1

    What kind of temperatures would be needed?

  17. Re:This could actually be good news on US Officials Cut Estimate of Recoverable Monterey Shale Oil By 96% · · Score: 1

    Land schmand. You've got tens of thousands of square kilometers of roofs.

  18. Re:Presentation of math on US Officials Cut Estimate of Recoverable Monterey Shale Oil By 96% · · Score: 1

    Absolute values help put things into perspective.

    Or in another manner, from enough oil to supply the USA for 2 years, to enough to supply it for a month.

  19. Re:American Date Format on New IE 8 Zero Day Discovered · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'd be OK with the un-american format if the year came first - because you could do a standard dictionary sort to get the right order (assuming padding with leading zeros):

    That's what ISO 8601 specifies. YYYY-MM-DD.

  20. Re:What about taxation? on BitPay, Toshiba Partnership Brings Bitcoin To 6,000 New Merchants · · Score: 1

    Bitcoin comes standard with a fairly indelible trail of electrons.

  21. Re:Diesel on Future of Cars: Hydrogen Fuel Cells, Or Electric? · · Score: 2

    It's been the case in Tokyo since october 2003 for exemple.

    Diesels aren't banned. Diesels without particulate filters are banned.

  22. Re:Life or death on A Look at Smart Gun Technology · · Score: 1

    Yes, but you won't be doing that with a handgun.

  23. Re:Life or death on A Look at Smart Gun Technology · · Score: 1

    We do have guns, but we have vastly fewer handguns (handgun ownership rate is roughly 1/6th that of the USA) and you can basically forget about carrying a handgun around unless you drive an armoured truck or similar.

  24. Re:CIA operatives should be flogged... on Polio Causes Global Health Emergency · · Score: 1

    Rather than flogging, I have a better idea for their punishment.

    They should be sent out to distribute actual vaccines, in the worst areas..

  25. Re:Synching calendars and contacts well on The Feature Phone Is Dead: Long Live the 'Basic Smartphone' · · Score: 1

    It's a phone that does more than just calls+texts, but isn't quite an all-up smartphone. The category is fairly ill defined. Most of Nokia's S40 devices (pre-Asha anyway) would be considered feature phones today.