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  1. Re:Blowing shit up on Saving U.S. Science · · Score: 1

    I experienced this myself not too long ago when I went to the local sceintific supply store and bought 100 ml bottle of sufuric acid (in the USA). Had to actually fill out paperwork that will be submitted to the DEA. I bought it anyway but the state of affairs we're in is quite sad.

  2. Re:A monolith on What's the Coolest Thing You've Ever Built? · · Score: 1

    Perhaps he went to Petrified Forest High School.

  3. Re:A monolith on What's the Coolest Thing You've Ever Built? · · Score: 1

    No it's not. I chopped it up and used it for firewood;) Just out of curiosity, why did you build the wooden monolith?

  4. just more speculation on So What If Linux Infringes On Microsoft IP? · · Score: 1

    Must be a really slow news day.

  5. Re:Sinaloa on Giant Mexican Telescope Launched · · Score: 1

    So are you familiar with the Pemex station in Culiacan where you pull in to gas-up and suddenly you're surrounded by beautiful babes cleaning your windows and filling up your tank? I worked in Guadalajara for about a year and volunteered to drive a bunch of equipment from Los Angleles to Jalisco and will never forget that Pemex station in Culiacan.

  6. Re:De verdad? on Giant Mexican Telescope Launched · · Score: 1

    You should take a trip to Altos de Jalisco. I don't know why, but it seems there are gorgeous women everywhere.

  7. Re:Mexican scientists must be humble on Giant Mexican Telescope Launched · · Score: 1

    Hey Einstein, if they're still in Mexico their backs are still dry.

  8. Re:ethz on Laser Turns All Metals Black · · Score: 2, Informative

    There is a surface finish called parkerizing which is not too difficult to do and holds oil very well. It's the same finish they put on Glock handguns. I think you can get a kit and do it yourself.

  9. Re:anything special? on Laser Turns All Metals Black · · Score: 1

    I think that black would help to dissipate the heat via radiation or emittance which is not that important in a car radiator. Conduction of the heat to gases passing through is the way conventional car radiators work.

  10. Re:Aha!!! here's the killer application on Company Claims New Chip Converts Heat To Electricity · · Score: 1

    if you take too much heat off your exhaust your catalytic convertor will cease to function.

  11. Re:Second Law of Thermodynamics on Company Claims New Chip Converts Heat To Electricity · · Score: 1

    I think you're right. This may be a more efficient Peltier by virtue of the semiconductor material. One of the problems associated with getting a temperature differential across a Peltier thermoelectric generator is that both the hot and cold sides need to be electrically isolated. In other words, the best way to conduct heat to and from these devices is to use metal. Most metals are good electrical conductors and if you used them you would be shorting the leads coming off the device. So the trick is to conduct and dissipate heat efficiently without conducting electricity. Not so easy. There are many materials/techniques used to do this. http://www.peltier-info.com/manufacturers.html

  12. Re:plasma on Everyday Objects Placed In a Microwave · · Score: 1

    You can lay the cigar down and put the bowl over it while propping the bowl up at one end. Generate some smoke and nuke. I think the best way was to cut the cigar so that it's about an inch long and flat at both ends like a cylinder. There's a link in this thread to a site where someone's figured out how to contain the plasma and not destroy anything. I must try that this week when the wife is out of the house although the kids will likely rat me out.

  13. plasma on Everyday Objects Placed In a Microwave · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I once burned a hole in the top of a microwave admiring a big plasma blob that was created with cigar smoke. Fortunately it was a MW at work which I owned. I've also exploded numerous lightbulbs (small explosions) in the MW, zapped many cd's etc. Turning a clear pyrex bowl upside down and slightly propped up on one side on the MW turntable will help contain the plasma blob until the bowl breaks or melts. Very cool, I mean hot.

  14. Re:That's fine. on Novell Moves Away From ReiserFS · · Score: 1

    Stop crying and switch. Troll.

  15. Re:Thanks for the troll submission on Is String Theory Really a Scientific Theory? · · Score: 1

    I don't think TFA is saying that it's a waste of time, but that perhaps we are spending too many resources on it in terms of money and brains.

  16. Re:Computers as smart as "some" people im sure on BT Futurologist On Smart Yogurt and the $7 PC · · Score: 1

    Kasparov alleged that humans helped the computer during the match. The program was modified between matches (which was fair). IBM refused to give Kasparov a rematch. Interesting article here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_blue

  17. Re:Free charging on Charge in 5 minutes, Drive 500 miles? · · Score: 1

    While I don't have a Ph.D, I'd like to pose this question. To what degree do charged molecules in the air charge grounded appliances in your home? Maybe I don't understand the question?

  18. after tripe you get quap on Charge in 5 minutes, Drive 500 miles? · · Score: 1

    after tripe you also may get a hankering for menudo.

  19. Re:My 1000th post on Pirate Radio Stations Challenge Feds · · Score: 1

    Why discourage that which amuses?

  20. Re:My 1000th post on Pirate Radio Stations Challenge Feds · · Score: 1

    I think someone needs to put Mr. Grumpy down for a nap.

  21. Re:Yau on Mathematician Claims New Yorker Defamed Him · · Score: 1

    AFAIK Wiles himself has indicated that his solution is likely very different from the one alleged by Fermat. The mathematical "tools" used by Wiles to solve the problem were not available to Fermat.

  22. Re:Converting on How to Encourage Use of OSS? · · Score: 1

    Yup, they'll usually revert back to Windows anyway. They're Winaddicted. Just wait until they have a couple of kids that access kid web sites using Windows. When they realize how much time they waste, and how pissed off they've been, having to fix the same problems again and again they'll remember OSS and the benefits thereof. Sometimes you gotta hit rock bottom before you change your computing lifestyle ; )

  23. Re:The blind skepticism here disgusts me on Thrust from Microwaves - The Relativity Drive · · Score: 1

    The right credentials and funds are no antidote for greed. History is replete with experts, inventions,fraud, and dupes who hand over their money. Very unlikely a serendipitous discovery of some new scientific principle is at hand.

  24. Re:never heard of it? on Linux Taking Over Schools in India · · Score: 1

    didn't mean to offend. However, you must admit, if you play games, Windows is the computer. I prefer Suse 10.1 for everything else.

  25. Re:What distro? on Linux Taking Over Schools in India · · Score: 1

    I don't know, but their servers will likely be Apache ; )