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  1. Re:First on 15 Years of Stuff That Matters · · Score: 1

    Electro Convulsive Therapy?

  2. Re:Ice "may" be there on Simulation Using LRO Data Shows More Locations With Ice on the Moon · · Score: 1

    Though the apollo crews found no water at all in any form. It could be that the environment on the moon causes this: lots of radiation and vacuum. Maybe they just didn't drill into any ice.

  3. Re:Ice "may" be there on Simulation Using LRO Data Shows More Locations With Ice on the Moon · · Score: 4, Informative

    Because the ice can only be in places which are absolutely dark. Any direct or reflected sunlight and the ice will sublimate. Most likely it is hidden under the surface or in narrow gaps between rocks.

  4. One of the apollo crews (IIRC apollo 16) did an experiment where they took a sample from a shadowed area between two rocks, but it turned out to be completely dry. All the apollo missions were close to the equator though.

  5. Not really a question on Ask Steve Wozniak Anything · · Score: 1

    Steve, in light of your recent statement that you were going to move to Australia, if you are in Melbourne and you need help finding stuff then drop me a line. First name dot last name at netapps dot com dot au.

  6. Re:Big problem. on Reminder: Slashdot Anniversary Meetups, Free T-Shirts · · Score: 3, Funny

    Reddit would be ideal for that.

  7. Re:I see on Ubuntu Will Now Have Amazon Ads Pre-Installed · · Score: 1

    Ubuntu is full of advertisments for commercal applications right now. Why is the amazon proposal any different?

  8. Re:I see on Ubuntu Will Now Have Amazon Ads Pre-Installed · · Score: 1

    But google and amazon are making money from linux tablets.

  9. Re:I see on Ubuntu Will Now Have Amazon Ads Pre-Installed · · Score: 1

    Reading the article it seems that the adverts are little more than the search results you see in google. I think its okay to see commercial search results when I search for stuff, along with free stuff.

  10. Re:didn't they already announce something like thi on Mozilla OS Looking Grown Up On Its Own Developer Phone · · Score: 1

    my question is: how easy is it to get on good side of FAA (or your country's fly-or-no-fly agency)...?

    It sounds a lot like WebOS to me.

  11. Once saw a great fireball from Melbourne on Spectacular Fireball Lights Up UK Sky · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It started out much like these videos. A bright head with a trail behind it, but then the object exploded, spraying material in all directions and burned out very quickly.

  12. Re:NOT a GPL violation on GPL Kerfuffle Takes Xbian For Raspberry Pi Offline · · Score: 1

    Want to bet the folks who wrote that crayon license can't tell when they're creating a derivative work?

    Yes that was my thought.

  13. Re:NOT a GPL violation on GPL Kerfuffle Takes Xbian For Raspberry Pi Offline · · Score: 1

    Debian distribution and its associated packages

    Hmmm I wonder what debian think about their software being aggregated with software distributed under this license?

  14. Re:Oh, wow. on GPL Kerfuffle Takes Xbian For Raspberry Pi Offline · · Score: 2

    Nuked it from orbit.

  15. Permission not needed on GPL Kerfuffle Takes Xbian For Raspberry Pi Offline · · Score: 1

    You don't need permission to fork a GPL project and Nazarko is wrong to demand that he be asked.

  16. Re:GPL Kerfuffle on GPL Kerfuffle Takes Xbian For Raspberry Pi Offline · · Score: 2

    Clearly you don't spend much time in New York, or around jewish people.

    Its a pretty common term in Australian English. No idea if it came to us via Australian or foreign Jews though.

  17. Re:Is USB really better? on iPhone 5 Scorns Standards Promise To European Commission · · Score: 1

    I have a no-name chinese apple cable and it is almost impossible to use. I reckon it damages every device I use it with. Seriously: why are you arguing in favour of proprietary interfaces?

  18. Re:Is USB really better? on iPhone 5 Scorns Standards Promise To European Commission · · Score: 1

    I have more non-apple devices than apple devices.

  19. Re:Is USB really better? on iPhone 5 Scorns Standards Promise To European Commission · · Score: 1

    I don't see how an adapter helps. If you can lose your apple charging cable, then you can lose the adapter as well.

  20. Re:Is USB really better? on iPhone 5 Scorns Standards Promise To European Commission · · Score: 4, Insightful

    USB is better because I have a bunch of USB cables right here. When my son loses his apple charging cable I have to go out and buy a new apple licensed cable.

  21. Re:Ummm.. on How Does the Tiny Waterbear Survive In Outer Space? · · Score: 1

    I think all species down here on Terra all interrelate in some way

    Without studying life on other planets we can't rule out the possibility that species there also interrelate with our species.

  22. Re:Republicans, the other white meat on Look-Alike Web Sites Hoodwink Republican Donors · · Score: 1

    Arthur C Clarke suggested that a leader shoud just be selected at random from the population.

  23. Re:"while operating a taxicab" on NYC Taxi Commission Nixes Cab-Hailing Apps · · Score: 1

    needs help out of their wheelchair

    Thats where the automonous electric wheelchairs come in.

  24. Re:"while operating a taxicab" on NYC Taxi Commission Nixes Cab-Hailing Apps · · Score: 5, Interesting

    No I think this is about who controls the allocation of taxis. Somebody has to pay for their call center. Can't have it replaced but a couple of thousand lines of code.

  25. Re:Missing from description on Leaked Photo Shows Touch-Screen BlackBerry 10 Phone · · Score: 1

    It runs QtMoko?