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  1. Re:efficiency on Blood Protein Used to Split Water · · Score: 1

    The other thing is that not all of that in wattage is actually light; how much is heat?

  2. Re:Say it with me... on TV Really Might Cause Autism · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I had been introduced to an opinion through my sister that the high levels of autism in parts of california were actually due to the number of socially awkward people (geeks) moving in, meeting each other, and producing a child together that was more socially awkward. I'm not sure exactly how autism carries, and I'm too lazy to look it up, but would the 1980s not be a time for this to happen? And woulddn't any geek moving into an area want cable TV rather than just the basic channels?

  3. Re:Which came first? on What Came First, the Violence or the Videogame? · · Score: 1

    One word: Cain

  4. Re:What happens on NASA Still Wants Space Elevator · · Score: 1

    No. Apparently you're supposed to just buy those.

  5. Re:Slashdot and CapsLock on War Declared on Caps Lock Key · · Score: 1

    But how will you CAPTURE THEIR ATTENTION without

    LARGE CAPITAL LETTERS?

  6. Re:I actually had this problem..... on Proxy Sites Offer Secret Passage to Myspace · · Score: 1

    Dyndns+Damn Small Linux is even easier...my method of choice

  7. Re:More government tax on corporations who outsour on Outsourced Call Centers Losing Feasibility? · · Score: 1

    By raising the taxes on an industry, you only encourage more outsourcing, and possibly an entire re-location. Isn't the whole point of outsourcing to lower costs to enable higer profits?

    The article seems to be saying that the costs of outsourcing are rising...well if costs rise here, then it nudges the system back into balance, whereas to keep jobs here, we want it to be just as or more expensive to outsource, (not only in salary costs, but in public image and availability concerns), than it is to just hire somebody in Omaha.

  8. Re:Seems an obvious patent on Talking iPods · · Score: 1

    My Razr reads out the names in the contacts list and numbers you type to make a call. I find it more annoying than useful, although the way it mangles some of my friends names is good for a laugh.

  9. Re:Kids these days... on School Admins Demand Access to Students' Cellphones · · Score: 1

    Students lose some rights by attending schools, but not this one. For search and seizure, the relevant case would be New Jersey v. T. L. O.

    http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?n avby=search&court=US&case=/us/469/325.html

    Now, in this case, a girl was caught smoking and in hte principals office, upon denying that she smoked, they searched her purse and found evidence of her being a pot dealer. When the case went to court, her lawyer made a motion to supress based on an invalid search, and it was denied.

    The ruling on this case basically sets a standard for there being a 'reasonable suspicion' before a search is performed, and states that the schools do not have an expemtion from the fourth amendment like parents would. They don't need a warrant, but given the fact that talking on your cellphone or texting isn't directly related to drug use or violence, an argument could be made that searching the phones is improper.

  10. Amazing Speed on Stephen Hawking Asks The Internet a Question · · Score: 1

    The internet got back to him in just two days...take that Senator Stevens! The tubes really aren't that full.

  11. Re:One ad of three on PSP Ad Draws Charges of Racism · · Score: 1

    White entertainment television?

    I briefly pondered this concept once, and then I realized that where Black Entertainment Television goes by BET, White Entertainment Television would just be...

    WET

  12. Re:not the funniest joke on Student Suspended Over IM Icon · · Score: 1

    Well, barring obscenities (in this case, pornography), anything which does not constitute a substantial diruption of the educational process is not able to be censored by the school. This qualifies as free speech, but for the fact that it could be deemed as intimidation or harassment.

  13. Re:Might be their perspective on Sony Hints At Higher Priced Games · · Score: 1

    I am not sure how continuing to leak information about the high cost of the system is going to help Sony.

    Well, maybe it's all about preparing everyone mentally, so there isn't so much sticker shock. Also, it allows people to budget it into their savings.

  14. Re:Dvorak is a Goofball Gasbag on John Dvorak's Eight Signs MS is Dead in the Water · · Score: 1

    Microsoft being damned in genreal seems to be the general consensus around here...

  15. Re:How about coming down on prices now Nintendo? on Nintendo President Vows Cheap Games · · Score: 1

    Super Smash Brothers Melee sells for $30 because it has become scarce. It's $28 used at EB. Go to Wal Mart....mine has it for $20. Target, last time I was there, had RE4 for $18. The prices are low. You just need to not go to the game retailers.

  16. Re:Not likely on AjaxWrite to "Compete" with MS Word · · Score: 1

    Try opening a file created in it in Microsoft Word...It looks compatible...until you switch to either 'print view' or 'normal'...each character is on a seperate page...

  17. Re:it's FIRST, Radio Shack is the front... on The Mythbusters Construct a Kit Bot · · Score: 2, Informative
    In our rookie year in the FIRST Robotics Competition usfirst.org we got a set of this VEX stuff, but it was labeled a llittle differently, as this was before the stuff was released at retail.

    Basically, it's some really useful stuff for fun little project bots, with a lot of components that are very similar to RC parts. It shares a lot of similar traits to the base chassis and components that we use for FIRST, the only differences being that VEX stuff is smaller and less powerful (The main battery we got with our kit is the same as the backup battery we have on our FIRST bot, which prvides just enough power to keep the controller running.) And whereas our FIRST robot uses motors pulled from a Fisher-Price minibike, the VEX bot we have uses servos and motors from Hitec.

    From the kit we have, they improved the wheels and made the pieces a little more colorful. It didn't help us much with our bot construction, but it's a fun little thing to play around with, or to build smaller robots with.

  18. Re:Oxidation? on A Bathroom That Cleans Itself · · Score: 3, Funny

    The painful burning sensation tells you it's working!

  19. April on Duke Nukem Forever in Production · · Score: 1

    ...Is still 2 months away...

  20. Re:Sun Tzu on China to Build World's First "Artificial Sun" · · Score: 1

    Well yeah, it's one-fifteenth the cost due to cheaper labor. Physicists in developed nations just demand too high of pay for their labor in the artificial suns field.

  21. Re:That's not really true. on Revolution Least Expensive Next-Gen Console · · Score: 1

    Yes...a few hunderd dollars...like maybe...I don't know...$250 and $350 at the lowest?

  22. Re:You are only hurting yourself you know.... on Kansas Board of Ed. Adopts Intelligent Design · · Score: 1

    Well of course they will tread on your religion...It's not theirs. Religious freedom is only for christians, remember? Everything else is wrong, so it doesn't matter anyway.

  23. Re:Personal Experience on School Power Over Student Web Speech? · · Score: 1

    I can beat that one...
    A girl at my school isn't in trouble for what happened at a party, as we attend a public school...but her mother is facing jail time for providing the alcohol. The investigation started because a younger girl mentioned it in her blog.

  24. Re:obligatory bad joke on World's Most Powerful Subwoofer · · Score: 1

    Don't forget:
    This one goes up to 11.

  25. Re:Aussies, be careful on Australian Do Not Call Register · · Score: 1

    I live in the state of Missouri, and our state's Do Not Call list is highly effective. The penalty per call is only $5000, but our Attorney Generl's office enforces it pretty actively. I have goteen less than 15 calls that violated the rules (telephone companies used to be able to call you, but the Attorney General got an agreement out of the major ones in several lawsuits that they wouldn't anymore) since my family got on the list.