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  1. Re:Apple will ditch intel on Apple Buys a Chip Company for $278M · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It would be nice if you could directly access the RISC core on modern x86 processors. I think the reason Intel doesn't want to do this is so they can change the internal guts whenever they feel like it.

  2. Re:Units? on Seagate Ships Billionth Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    79,000,000 terabytes = 75.340271 exabytes

  3. Re:Burying plants? on $1/Gallon "Green Gasoline" In Sight · · Score: 1

    No! Burn the waste paper to power a sterling generator, then you can use this energy, which came directly from the sun, to recycle aluminum and plastics.

    Another tip is to couple a wind mill, or turbine, to an air compressor and storage tank. The compressed air can be used to power air tools directly or converted into electricity via a compressed gas turbine generator set.

  4. Re:Electricity source? on Laser Triggers Electrical Activity In Thunderstorm · · Score: 1

    You can't store that kind of power. The best you can do is convert it into joule heating to boil some water to power a heat engine.

  5. Re:To be fair, mathemeticians didn't know math eit on Psychologists Don't Know Math · · Score: 1

    If shes so smart how come she wasn't the one to solve Fermat's last theorem? If your the smartest person in the world, what would you do?:

    A. Get rich.
    B. Help humanity by solving hard problems.
    C. Work for a second rate magazine company.

    The only one that's not on my list is C.

  6. Re:And what about... on Many Scientists Using Performance Enhancing Drugs · · Score: 1

    Too much caffeine gives me PVCs. The same can't be said for Provigil though... yes I have a script for it.

  7. Re:drugs for enhancement are self-defeating on Many Scientists Using Performance Enhancing Drugs · · Score: 1

    By that logic, eating would be self-defeating too.

  8. Re:Not all use is illegal on Many Scientists Using Performance Enhancing Drugs · · Score: 1

    In short, stay away from all DEA Schedule I and II drugs or you'll end up a casualty of the war on drugs... Another war that should be ended IMHO.

  9. Re:Not all use is illegal on Many Scientists Using Performance Enhancing Drugs · · Score: 1

    Nicotine is also not a controlled substance... but it should be.

  10. Re:No, it's not drug abuse. on Many Scientists Using Performance Enhancing Drugs · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The same can be said for sports injuries.

  11. Re:drugs for enhancement are self-defeating on Many Scientists Using Performance Enhancing Drugs · · Score: 1

    "how much of what you do is you? how much of it is the drug?"

    Your a walking chemical reaction. Your argument is dumb.

  12. Provigil on Many Scientists Using Performance Enhancing Drugs · · Score: 1

    I can vouch for Provigil... Great stuff... It's like drinking a pot of coffee, without the jitters. It's a DEA schedule IV drug with limited abuse potential, prescription sleeps aids are also schedule IV.

  13. Re:You gotta explain for us Americans... on What Font Color Is Best For Eyes? · · Score: 1

    Darkish gray background with orange-yellow text, works in most lighting conditions.

  14. VIA Envy24 Audio Chipsets on VIA Announces Open Source Driver Initiative · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What about the Envy24 audio chipsets? These chipsets are sweet but the documentation is locked up.

  15. Re:Missing the forest on 3D Self-Replicating Printer to be Released Under GNU License · · Score: 1

    self replicating in this respect means you can use the machine to build other machines.

    i.e. using a lathe to build a milling machine.

  16. Just buy a CNC Milling Machine on 3D Self-Replicating Printer to be Released Under GNU License · · Score: 1

    1. Sieg X2 Mini Mill (Harbor Freight #44991).
    2. CNCfusion X2 CNC retrofit kit #4.
    3. Xylotex Drive Box with 425 oz.in. Motors.
    4. Computer with a Parallel Port.
    5. ArtSoft's Mach3 CNC control software.
    6. BobCAD-CAM software.
    7. End Mills from american-carbide.com
    8. Extra accessories from littlemachineshop.com
    9. Raw materials from McMaster-Carr (mcmaster.com)

  17. Re:$ Dollars on The DIY Tank · · Score: 1

    6,363 Euros

  18. Re:Let the blame game begin! on Adobe Photoshop CS4 Will Be 64-Bit For Windows Only · · Score: 1

    "TFA said that Apple promised Carbon would get 64 bit support in 2006, then changed their minds and cancelled it in 2007."

    They probably canceled it because everyone already switched to Cocoa... Except for Adobe.

  19. Re:For small companies only on Should IT Shops Let Users Manage Their Own PCs? · · Score: 1

    Not even for small companies. Small companies don't have the IT resources that the big guys have, it's too their benefit to standardize because then you can have the user wipe and restore their machine in a matter of seconds or you can make a script that automatically does it every night. Then they only need IT people to setup/fix hardware, update the master disk image, and maintain the server(s).

  20. Gopher link still works on The Original mcom.com Revived · · Score: 1

    Found this on the mcom links page: gopher://sipb.mit.edu/

  21. We are doomed. on Researchers Unravel Mystery of Lightning Diversity · · Score: 1

    Sounds like a big CRT screen. One part of the cloud acts as the electron gun and the other part the acceleration field. The ground would be the phosphor-coated screen.

  22. Re:Good. on MacBook Air First To Be Compromised In Hacking Contest · · Score: 1

    "terrible attitude in terms of security"... What's wrong with shooting virus and malware writers?

  23. Re:Ouch, that didn't take long. on MacBook Air First To Be Compromised In Hacking Contest · · Score: 1

    Yotta bites and craps.

  24. Re:Aluminum can store hydrogen too on Buckyballs Can Store Concentrated Hydrogen · · Score: 1

    I haven't thought about that... I do know from experience (I have a furnace in my shop for aluminum casting) that if you put hydrogenated aluminum into a bucket of water the hydrogen will bubble out. I use ammonium perchlorate (a strong oxidizer that decomposes mainly into chlorine, nitrogen, and oxygen) to degas and promote dross separation.

    I imagine if you heated aluminum to just below it's boiling point and then poured water onto it it would dissociate lots of hydrogen, then you cap it and drop the temp till the aluminum is just above it's freezing point... the excess hydrogen should come out of solution because its solubility varies directly with temperature and the square root of pressure. I'm not sure how efficient this would be compared to electrolysis thought.

  25. Argon Plasma Laser? on A Super-Efficient Light Bulb · · Score: 1

    Could these bulbs be used to make high efficiency, and/or high power, lasers?