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  1. Spectator Mode? on Ask Blizzard Employees About Things That Matter · · Score: 1

    For WOW - Jeffrey Kaplan (aka Tigole)
    Is there a plan to implement a Spectator mode for Raids? One part would be the fun of watching (and learning) raid tacticts for both in-guild and outside use. The second part would be for the Raid Leader(RL) use. In such case, RL would not have to control a character but would only oversee the raid. I mean, in any advanced raid, leading and controling a character at the same time is borderline impossible. I know from music that there is a reason there exists a conductor. And it's not the easymode position.

  2. Re:Computer generate abuse? on UK Proposes Banning Computer Generated Abuse · · Score: 1

    This wont compile cause me is null.
    ...
    result from executing bitchslap(wife) depends on how well you handle wife :)
    1.throwing up (exceptions) ...
    2.silently ignoring problems with try/catch...

  3. Re:Or.. we should pollute some more on A Sunshade In Space To Combat Global Warming · · Score: 1

    Earth is hot on the inside: http://csmres.jmu.edu/geollab/fichter/PlateTect/he athistory.html (think fission)

    And as a side note - electrical heat is mumbo-jumbo. There is an electromagnetic mantle surrounding earth which is generated by the rotation of the earth's magnetic core. It's very useful as a solar wind deterrent - except for that tiny bit called the Aurora Borealis. It's not doing much(any) heating.

    And as another side note: You might want to lookup the fact that this protective field is on the decline - so at some time in the not-so distant future we'll get hit by the solar wind - dead-on - that's bad for us living things. (but the bright side is - the field is doing cycles - so it'll get up again later)

  4. Re:Or.. we should pollute some more on A Sunshade In Space To Combat Global Warming · · Score: 1

    No kidding.

    According to Dr. Crutzen, a Nobel laureate, we can counter the warming by creating a global haze by ejecting thousands and thousands of tons of SO2 into the stratosphere to produce a shaded earth that would counter the effects of global warming. Note the word - stratosphere, which is a bit higher up than where we are pumping SO2 currently :).

    I got this from: http://arstechnica.com/journals/science.ars/2006/1 0/23/5718

    As alternatives consider this:
    * Drop a few nu-cu-lar bombs on rogue nations... so we get nucular winter
    * tickle mt. st. Helens, Krakatoa, Tambora - ps: Tambora erupted 1815 and it is estimated it spewed out 150x more ash than miss Helen... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Tambora

  5. Good computer encryption is NOT the weak link on How Long to Crack an 'Encrypted' HD? · · Score: 1

    ... that's why I wonder why nobody remembers to pay someone like Derren Brown to teach them "How to get the password". (I've seen it on telly, so it must be true :P)