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  1. Re:310 micrograms! on NASA to Research Antimatter Rocket · · Score: 1

    It will take a lot of energy to generate it but the energy required to store it isn't a problem as you can use the energy from the stored antimatter to power the containment. It's probably safer doing it this way too.

  2. Re:Nice... on A $251 Million Typo · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, her and the replacement that is going to triple check everything he or she ever does in case of being fired over something just like the previous employee...

  3. Re:The two postulates .. on 100 Years of Special Relativity · · Score: 1

    you can always tell by mechanical means if you are accelerating

    This works if you assume gravity is just an acceleration. As is the case in the original post. No one has found (at least to my knowledge) any experimental difference between inertial mass and gravitational mass.

    What's the mechanical means to tell if I am floating in deep space or falling down a liftshaft (in a vacuum, obviously ;-).

    Two masses would move together more quickly when falling down the lifeshaft. :p

  4. mod parent +1 anti-semitic on Archiving Digital History at the NARA · · Score: 1

    nt.

  5. Re:Not Feynman. on Steve Jobs In Praise of Dropping Out · · Score: 1

    It was wrong, but the wrong decision? You'd need to look at the alternatives. Civilians would have died even if the bomb wasn't dropped, twice.

  6. Re:Torque on Electric Cars as Fast as Ferraris · · Score: 1

    To be able to start the car at all it has to have good torque at zero RPM

    Or you could use a clutch as I said. Bad torque implies the car would stall without one.

  7. Re:Torque on Electric Cars as Fast as Ferraris · · Score: 1

    A lot of people when they talk about the clutch usually mean the clutch of manual transmissions. The clutches themselves aren't limited to manual transmissions of course and automatic transmissions do contain them. An engine with high torque and extremely low RPM would have an automatic clutch if it had one at all. This would also mean the Europeans might wonder why there were no numbers on the shift stick ;).

  8. Re:Forget it. on Drawing uncovered of 'Nazi Nuke' · · Score: 1

    The diagram clearly shows a trigger design. The initiator and bullet is shown. The large subcritical mass is also shown and what looks like a tamper surround (and not TNT). The bullet would be fired into the subcritical mass where the initiator is activated and starts the reaction. The tamper keeps the now supercritical mass in place long enough for the reaction to make a bang and not a fizzle. It's similar in design to the bomb that dropped on Hiroshima but, interestingly, has Plutonium as the fission material.

  9. Re:Torque on Electric Cars as Fast as Ferraris · · Score: 1

    Or you could use a clutch.

  10. Re:Great Article on A Gamer's Manifesto · · Score: 1

    Don't underestimate what a difference having a mouse and keyboard (as standard) can make to a game platform.

  11. Re:#9: Immersion and the invisible hand of God on A Gamer's Manifesto · · Score: 3, Funny

    The inability of my character to make fatal plunges off cliffs doesn't spoil my game at all.

  12. Re:How about going even further back in time on Another Star Wars Prequel? · · Score: 1

    Then I guess it's unusual in that it's a fantasy set in a galaxy far, far away.

  13. Re:How about going even further back in time on Another Star Wars Prequel? · · Score: 2, Funny

    A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...

    Which is unusual in that usually Sci-Fi is set in the future. But, anyway, you'd have to go forward in time to find voyager I.
  14. Re:Books on Publishers Protest Google Library Project · · Score: 1

    I asked a knowledgable librarian: He didn't tell me no. He told me I'd either need the permission of the copyright holder or I'd have to own the copyright myself. They also pointed out that if the book didn't have a copyright I could copy it.

  15. Re:Books on Publishers Protest Google Library Project · · Score: 1

    If you make a copy of the library book you can keep that.

  16. Re:Oh really? on MPAA Blames BitTorrent for Star Wars Distribution · · Score: 1

    If it was parasitic you can argue that it was theft.

    That statement wasn't about what you would argue. It was about what you can (rationally) argue. It also, obviously, used the word parasitic in the sense of harm and not the way you've used the word. But you're correct, your use of the word parasitic is at least accurate.

  17. Re:Oh really? on MPAA Blames BitTorrent for Star Wars Distribution · · Score: 1

    If it doesn't harm the host then it's not parasitic. If it was parasitic you can argue that it was theft.

  18. Re:a curved surface? on PlayStation 3 Unveiled · · Score: 1

    It could be curved to avoid stacking: This avoids mechanical pressure and heat build up in the unit.

  19. Re:*Free* on BBC Launches APIs · · Score: 1

    The cheapest TV you can possibly buy will be colour (Simple economics of mass production). The average income in the UK is around £30k, so £121 is about 0.4% of the average income.

  20. Re:most MMOs on Solipsis - a Decentralized Open-Source MMORPG · · Score: 1

    If it's peer to peer then your internet connection will go down whenever some a-hole takes a dislike to you.

  21. Re:You know... on Kansas Challenges Definition of Science · · Score: 1

    - it's a continual proofing to make sure the belief holds.

    Christianity is a continual process of compromise or ignorance to make sure the belief holds. One of the compromises is devout avoidance of testability.

  22. Re:Oh dear on Copy-and-Paste Reveals Classified U.S. Documents · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Maybe they were thinking: Let's hide this stuff in the main document so that people will believe it when it's "uncovered".

  23. Re:I hate to sound like I'm trolling... on Data Suggests Early Universe was Superfluid · · Score: 1

    I'm honestly curious: is there a practical application to this sort of study?

    Good question. But one that'll only have an answer when there's a practical application.

  24. Re: The Biology of Senesence on Sea Life Wiped Out by Neutron Star Collision? · · Score: 1

    If an organised system had no energy in it then, I'd agree, the system will stay in an organised state. But no real system has zero energy. Or to state it another way: All systems will contain some energy. They will therefore require energy input to stay organised.

  25. Re: The Biology of Senesence on Sea Life Wiped Out by Neutron Star Collision? · · Score: 1

    As for your arguments regarding "genes not grading anything in levels of mportance or having a perspective", this is really little more than a matter of semantics.

    It's more than semantics. Genes have no goal, they are "blind" if you like. Using terms like "selfish" and "strategy" can be misleading as both words imply an objective.