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  1. Re:But why not? on Water From Wind · · Score: 1

    You could, but it would be expensive and wouldn't generate much power (unless you got a hell of a lot of rain). The generaters would be costly (to be small enough) and would produce very little power for very few days.

  2. Re:Of course it's ethical on Computer Characters Tortured for Science · · Score: 1

    Maybe it has to do with self defense? In FPS the enemy is usually trying to kill you. In Civ they aren't (if they have a treaty). Still doesn't explain military combat where soldiers have physcological problems after. That may have to do with them starting to rethink their actions (it being real people). Where as in your game you don't rethink them after the fact.

  3. Re:Did subjects know about the Milgram experiment? on Computer Characters Tortured for Science · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Maybe it is a genetic link. Scientist have tried to explain behavior with genetics, this could be an example. Australia is descended from criminals who would have questioned authority (thus their low numbers). Where as the descendents in Germany would be from the survivors, those who followed orders and weren't killed. Hypotetically if you put up a totalitarian gov't in Australia and killed of those who questioned your authority the next generation might follow orders better, being descended from those who originally followed orders.

  4. Re:Netcraft confirms it: Windows 2000 is dead. on Microsoft Squeezes Win2000 Users · · Score: 1

    I actually have my gnome theme set to mimic Windows Classic. Save that my one panel is on top of the screen, and has a pineapple instead of a start button. I have found a lot of themes which are basic looking.

  5. Re:Great - but local challenges on Tsunami Warning System Up and Running · · Score: 1

    How about large sirens on the beach, they use those for alot of things in the US (not only on beaches).

  6. Re:Don't carry a phone on School Admins Demand Access to Students' Cellphones · · Score: 1

    'Having to walk a mile or so home' Wow, a mile around my school is owned by the school (3 schools near each other) and the fire department (2-3 trucks in a garage and a large empty field). I live 15 minutes away if you ignore the speed limits (drive like the cops). It would take all day to walk to or from my school, most places are no longer built for walking, but for driving.

  7. Re:its that time again... on The Physics of Superman · · Score: 3, Informative

    Using slashdot search and ordering by date, and clicking next 30 I got http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?cid=441212 2&sid=41804 on Tuesday October 08, 2002. But it appears to not be the first. Google doesn't show all the results either. The one I link to does follow the simpson quote exactly. (talks of insects)

    A wider search of overlords gives the same post

    This one http://science.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=7988&c id=736976 from Monday October 02, 2000 (I think) is linked from wikipedia. It offers apologies to The Simpsons. Wikipedia claims it is the first know use. (talks of fungus)

  8. Re:Next gen fart machine on Practical Applications of Smell Recordings · · Score: 1

    They already sell fart spray.*

    *Note when aiming at chest of big dude make sure you don't hit face- My friend

  9. Re:Pickpockets on Colorado Sheriffs To WarDrive For Safety · · Score: 1

    Some people (me) use very thin wallets (1 credit card, drivers license, and a 20) in our front pocket that make no bulge.

  10. Re:USA, home sweet home on U.S. Government to Adopt IPv6 in 2008 · · Score: 1, Funny

    He live in an apache native american tribe.

  11. Re:simple solution #9 on Army Sent to Fight Millions of Invading Toxic Toads · · Score: 1

    I have a feeling of deja vu, it is probably nothing though.

  12. Re:As long as U.S. citizens can afford it on Internet For All in Europe · · Score: 1

    No I am one of the luckier ones that due to bellsouth's messed up logic has DSl but down the street they don't.

  13. Re:As long as U.S. citizens can afford it on Internet For All in Europe · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Thing is, in the rural areas (places that don't have DSL in many places) libraries are far from walking distance. If I want to go to a public library I have to drive several miles down a busy highway. School libraries are closed to the public. And once I get to the library I have to share one of two computers with everyone else. Also there is no wifi where I live.

  14. Re:It's time to make a list. on Microsoft Calls for Truce With GPL and Linux? · · Score: 1

    Office formats in a gpl friendly way.
    Fix IE so that all browsers (open browsers/nonopen browsers) can access the same web.
    That is all I can think of.

  15. Re:Wrong kind of robots on The Question of Robot Safety · · Score: 1

    I need a hammer like that. I can't use my thumb for the space bar right now.

  16. Re:three UI problems that allow this on Social Engineering Using USB Drives · · Score: 1

    2. in the case of executables isn't unique to windows, most OSs let the program choose its own icon. Example, get a Linux box and look at the firefox logo, OpenOFfice, GIMP, and so on.

  17. Re:Fisher-Price 'ugliness'? on Working Model of MIT $100 Laptop a Hit · · Score: 1

    oxymoron != redundant
    Redundant is repeating something, oxymoron is contradicting something.

  18. Re:C: Drive Partition... on Tom's Overly Detailed Vista Review · · Score: 2, Funny
    Easy
    format C:
  19. Offshore hosting? on Portables as Servers? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you use such little server space/bandwidth it could be more cost productive to get one of the multiple under $5 plans that some hosting companies have.

    Sadly I have no experiance with portables though.

  20. I wonder... on Hydrogen Fuel Balls from a Gas Pump? · · Score: 0, Redundant

    What keeps the glass from breaking, and how do you get them out of you car's hydrogen tank?

  21. Consider also... on HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray - Is It All in the Name? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...that the average joe hates acroynms, my friends which know nothing about this are more likely to pick blu-ray merely because it doesn't have acronyms. I think people prefer things they can say, blue-ray vs h-d-d-v-d.

  22. Re:Solar collecting is good. on Holographic Solar Collectors · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Most enviromentalist don't advocate pure solar, they advocate using it the take strain off other systems, I look at AC in the desert as big strain to be removed.

    Put a solar farm on several people's roofs, put a wind farm here and there, coastal cities get wave generators, and everything else can be nuclear. That is the future, not pure solar.

    If this new system could be inmproved to focus the light to a small line I wonder if panels could be hid inbetween roof shingles? Removing the ugly factor entirly, though thick black lines could be cool.

  23. Re:Leaving Differently on Leaving Early May Cost You Time · · Score: 1

    I have had similar experiance around my town, I found that as long as the school buses are not moving/stoping, then the 3 cars on the road will not have problems. Once the buses are moving there can be 1 hour delays if you are unlucky, 20 minutes if you are lucky.

    So best commute 5PM yesterday through 4AM today, 8AM through 3PM, 5PM to tomarrow. I think more people ride the busses in the mornings (1 hour difference).

    I am from a very small town.

  24. Re:Been there, done that. on Software Tracks Blogosphere Mood Swings · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It can't be done or else Data would have done it before he got his emotion chip.

  25. Re:Reservation... on Software Tracks Blogosphere Mood Swings · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I hope whatever they use listens to robots.txt