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  1. Thermodynamic problem on Halving Half Lives · · Score: 1

    What bothers me the most about this is the relationship between the amount of energy needed to cool the spent fuel (down to a few Kalvin) and the amount of energy that was produced by the fuel. I'm not going to take the time to do the math but... At a quick glance I would say the two amounts would, at best, be equal. In reality I would bet the amount to cool spent fuel would be greater.

  2. Re: why bury it all? on Halving Half Lives · · Score: 1

    I don't see how this is funny. Anyone have some real data on the effects of injecting tons of radio active waste into the sun?

  3. Regardless of age on Children Arrested, DNA Tested for Playing in a Tree? · · Score: 1

    It is interesting that police never give up the opportunity to finger print and DNA sample someone.

  4. Re:Bending light is certainly possible on How to Become Invisible · · Score: 1

    Furthermore, she would of been attracting (with gravity) everything around her.

    Exactly were I was going! If she had the mass to curve light she might not be visible but you would feel her presence. Assuming it would last long enough to feel it. The painful crushing sensation that is. Talking about not seeing the train coming.

  5. Re:There are no good software patents on Blackboard Patenting Educational Groupware · · Score: 1

    Nothing is worse than someone posting such a complete response as to leave nothing for the rest of us. Please feel free to toss a /.'er some crumbs next time.

    mod +5 stold my post.

  6. Re:Bologna! on Ubuntu to Bring About Red Hat's Demise? · · Score: 1

    Add me to the list of Debian on servers people. I use Gentoo on my laptop because I love to tweek. I've used Redhat in the past, up to 9. The boxed set was the best for a laptop hands down. I always buy a boxed set of Slackware because it was my intro to Linux. That was back in the Walnut Creek CD set vs. modem download days. I tried Ubuntu. If I'm remembering correctly, I had to search the web for the default root password which turned me off completely. Most of the people I know that perfer Redhat on the desktop have moved to centOS but buy Redhat for their servers. I also know many who wouldn't switch from SUSE to save their lives. For someone to say that "this distro" will kill "that distro", IMHO, is talking crazy. He might as well argue that spiderman will make everyone stop liking superman.

  7. Re:Yet further on Microsoft Encouraging OEMs to Beautify Computers · · Score: 1

    Parent is 100% correct. The PC hobbyists dragged Microsoft into their dominance. Well, this and because IBM chose DOS. Cheap commodity hardware, through IBM's open arch model, allowed the little guy to build machines and write software. Because those people built on top of DOS and x86 Microsoft became a player. Microsoft's only contribution was their inability to protect their OS from piracy.

    The new guy on the block is Linux. This time we won't get *bit because Linux is Open Source.

    * As in your software suddenly doesn't work anymore because the OS maker sells competing products.

  8. chip makers dont get it on Apple Newton vs Samsung Q1 UMPC · · Score: 1

    I don't discount the Q1 for battery life. It isn't Samsung's fault they have to design around power hungry chips. I have an old PIII laptop that gives me an easy 5 hours of constant use. If Intel or AMD or SIS or IBM (processor makers ad nausium) would use the die shrinking technology to put the same amount of performance on a less consuming chip instead of 15 variations of a new more powerful (and more consuming) chip Samsung et el would be able to produce what we want. If Intel made a processor with the same number of transisters as a PIII at .65nm and added the power saving technology they are using on the mobile processors of today it would perform all of the things we want and last 8-10 hours.

  9. I was confused. on OSS on Windows the Next Big Thing? · · Score: 1

    I thought the story was about things like: needing postfix email firewalls to keep exchange from getting owned or squid proxies to keep browsers from installing malware. Glad I read the article. Hmmmm. If you think about it, spyware, virusen, and worms are free software. They have been compatible with microsoft software for years. Damn. I'm back to being confused.

  10. Lots of good ideas for training but... on What Would You Recommend for IT Training? · · Score: 1

    I would take in consideration all of the suggestions for training listed above. After completing the training you should direct your conferences to something that will rejuvenate your energies.

    1) E3
    2) Mrs. Nude world
    3) The Adult Video Awards

    These, of course, are just a few suggestions.

  11. Re:SourceForge is easy to beat on Google Announces Open Source Repository · · Score: 4, Informative

    If SourceForge had Google's resources they wouldn't have those problems. if the percentage of people taking advantage of opensource software and sites like SourceForge would give something back they would have those resources. I would rather of seen Google contribute to SourceForge, or Freshmeat for that matter.

  12. maytag sysadmin on Tomorrow is System Administrator Day 2006 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Last year I got this conversation.

    Boss: When you first started here spam dropped to almost nothing, downtime was determined by the building having power, and you added several services that helped everyone become more productive.
    Me: Thanks man.
    Boss: But, what happened this year?
    Me: What do you mean?
    Boss: I never see you do anything. What have you done this year?
    Me: How much spam do you get each day?
    Boss: One maybe two.
    Me: How many times has someone been unable to get their email?
    Boss: I think so in so had trouble when he was in Dunabi.
    Me: Once?
    Boss: Sounds right.
    Me: Are there services that you want but we don't have?
    Boss: I don't know. What else is out there?
    Me: -shrug- So this year you have hardly no spam, your never down, you have all the tools you can think of needing?
    Boss: -untrusting look- Your being sarcastic aren't you.
    Me: -looks at his watch- Well, see you Monday.

  13. glad to hear it. on Law of Unintended Consequences Strikes Grocers · · Score: 0

    Anyone rude enough to replace people that low on the pay scale deserves to have the self check out machines crammed up their ass and the hole sewn shut. Anyone using the self check out machines deserve all the hassle that comes with it, should be given 10 lashes in the parking lot, and a pay cut.

  14. Re:Oh, the pornography! on Western Digital WD5000KS Reviewed · · Score: 1

    Oh like anyone here REALLY needs two hands.

  15. Patented on Solar Power Minus the Light · · Score: 1

    Cool! Someone has patented it!

    From the web site: http://matteranenergy.com/

    An independent scientific analysis of the patented cycle indicates theoretical efficiencies slightly higher than comparable Rankine cycles.

  16. marketing foobar on Intel Launching 'Merom' Notebook Processor · · Score: 0

    I saw an Dell/Intel commercial last night. "Now with the new core solo!" I'm back to being pissed at Intel. These gay naming schemes designed to confuse newbies has got to stop. So, yay for them on yet another processor. I hope it, and Intel stock, bites the dust. Go Turion or whatever etc... etc...

  17. oblivious on Prey Review · · Score: 1

    I've been enjoying oblivion so much I hadn't noticed anything good was out. A friend had even mentioned it to me. Though, I thought he was joking. I went to the web site and dl'd the demo. Very nice graphics, mind blowing portal+gravity physics, easy to deal with weapons, and a good taste of the story pushed me out to get it. Oblivion can wait a week, and maybe a couple of LAN parties.

  18. Re:no mention of platform? on Free Visual Novel Design Engine Released · · Score: 1

    System Specification
    CPU: Minimim: Pentium3 1GHz
    Memory: Minimum:
    256MB (For Windows2000)
    512MB (For WindowsXP)
    OS: Windows 2000/XP (Game will run on 98SE/Me,
    but might have some language display issue)
    Video Card: Video Card which supports DirectX 5

    For WindowsXP, we recommend you install "far east surpport", which will install Japanese font.

  19. pricewatch on AMD Slashing Prices Still Not Enough? · · Score: 1

    A quick look at price watch confirms this. http://www.pricewatch.com/cpu/ It is interesting to see the Xeon dual-core chips going up.

    BTW. The grammar natzi that thinks I'm an illiterate AMD fanboy is right. I AM illiterate. Ignorance is bliss.

  20. Re:Bumber for Intel on New Itanium More Powerful, Power Efficient · · Score: 1

    but I AM illiterate!

  21. Re:weird logic in summary on Pharaoh's Gem Brighter Than a Thousand Suns · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    even before the advent of oral legend (Mmmmmmm.... oral legend).

    That would be Debbi does Dallas which was in the 70's right?

  22. Second glances are scary on Linux-powered Robots From France? Oui! · · Score: 1

    At first I thought, "Cool! Some innovative /.'er will mod this to do cool stuff like wash dishes or vacuum". Then I remembered how nafareous some of you guys are. Please keep in mind. This robot is too short to be a sex toy!

  23. argue all you want on Test Driving the Tesla Roadster · · Score: 1

    What is with all of the arguing? Coal boo hoo, gass boo hoo... Who cares?!? Someone just tell me how I can convert my 91 MR2!

  24. Bumber for Intel on New Itanium More Powerful, Power Efficient · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I buy machines for our 100M product: 4 way opteron 870's with 8G Ram (2/proc) 2x73G Cheetas. Retail the box would cost about $7000. If one processor cost me $3500 life would suck. I can't see this processor doing the work of 4 duel core opterons.

  25. Once upon a time. on SQL Injection Attacks Increasing · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I had a friend that was convinced her web front end to a database centric application was bullet proof. The user interface was accessed by clicking on a java script link which controlled the browser behavior. It brought up a browser window without toolbars. In the browser window all of the options were choosen via select boxes. Nothing new was added by the user through the application. She started to brag about the amount of code she didn't have to write to filter user input.

    I started a tcpdump -xX port 80 and host her.host Because everything was being passed plain text we could see everything in the uri. After a quick nmap -vv -sV -P0 her.host I connected via telnet her.host 80 After the required http 1.1 hello stuff I started submiting commands to her cgi script; alpha characters instead of numeric, big decimal numbers, negative values... It didn't take long for her to decide to rewrite it.