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  1. Re:Vinyl? Aesthetic? on Cassette Tapes On The Wane · · Score: 1

    I'm talking about the whole package: cover art, vinyl color styles, the texture, and even the smell of vinyl. Nothing compares to it. Hell, even the sound of vinyl is great in it's occasional grittiness/unpolished feel.

  2. comparison on Cassette Tapes On The Wane · · Score: 1

    They have no real aesthetic appeal as do vinyl records, and are less convenient than the more modern CDs, DVDs, and MP3 players. Over use of them also wore the tapes thin, or snagged them in the player and made them unlistenable to. It's completely understandable that they are dropping into obscurity.

  3. Re:How it works on Nanotech Trojan Horse That Kills Cancer · · Score: 3, Funny
    Expectant mothers are suggested to take folate supplements because they DO have a tumor growing inside of them. It just happens to be developing hands and toes and a genetic predisposition towards either windows, unix, or macs.

    You have to remember that a single cell is growing into an 8 pound lump of flesh, bone, etc in an approximately 9 month period. That's got most cancer growth rates beat by a longshot. And because folate is key for cell division, it is vital for mothers to keep their folate intake high to ensure the healthy and full development of their child.

  4. Re:Nanoparticles? on Nanotech Trojan Horse That Kills Cancer · · Score: 1
    Actually, what it allows is for the same dosage to do more anti-cancer damage. The problem with chemotherapy is that because it targets dividing cells, any cells that grow rapidly (hair, finger and toe nails, etc) are killed. If you increase the dosage, you end up causing more damage than you want.

    By increasing the rate of absorption by cancer cells in this way, it makes the chemotherapy dosage much more effective because the majority of the drug is absorbed by cancer cells instead of other dividing cells. What would be especially nice is if they could develop this into a targeted dosage that is injected into the area directly around the cancer (assuming it hasn't metastasized ( == spread throughout the body via the lymph and/or vascular systems)). That would decrease the amount of the drug that is absorbed by dividing cells that are not cancerous. As it is, most chemotherapy drugs are injected intravenously and so spread fairly evenly throughout the body and are absorbed where ever cells are dividing.

  5. Re:This sounds dumb...but on U.S. Offers Glimpse at Manhattan Project Facility · · Score: 1

    Yes, I know, on his way to deliver the declaration of war. But because they were taking apart their office to leave as soon as they delivered said message. That message was coming in encrypted, and American cryptanalysts decoded it and passed it up the chain of command before the Japanese diplomats finished decoding it and headed out to the White House. Our fore-knowledge of their intention to attack, doesn't change the fact that they delivered the declaration after the attack began.

  6. Re:This sounds dumb...but on U.S. Offers Glimpse at Manhattan Project Facility · · Score: 1
    I hate to be an ass but...

    in order:

    1. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
    2. Japan issued an ultimatum/declaration of war
    3. Japan continued attacking
    at least America can say they got the order correct.
  7. Re:Forgive my ignorance on MS Patch Train Leaves the Station · · Score: 1

    The metaphysics of software design: 1) you have a piece of software 2) every month you replace one section of code with another piece of code to repair it; a different section each time 3) when you've replaced every piece of code, is it still the same piece of software?

  8. Re:The Chinese Internet on China Forces Websites To Register · · Score: 1

    Iran or Korea will go first. They've been working on completely shutting off out-of-country internet service and establishing nation-wide intranets.

  9. ...but I HATE spam! on Monty Python's SPAMalot Wins 5, no 3 Tony Awards · · Score: 1

    salesman: We've spam-burgers, spam-souflee, spam-dog, spam-cicles, spam omlettes, spam and eggs, spam and grits, spam and toast, spam and cheese sandwhiches, spam on rye...

    old woman: I don't want any spam! I hate spam! I just want some eggs and toast.

    salesman: i'm sorry, we don't have just eggs and toast.

    ...

    on the otherhand, I love SPAMalot. (but i don't like spam a lot)

  10. more news and emulation on Apple/Intel Speculation Running Rampant · · Score: 1
    Wired Newshttp://www.wired.com/news/mac/0,2125,67749,00. html?tw=rss.TOP is now suggesting that it is because of a new emulator from Transitive that supposedly "allows any software to run on any hardware with no performance hit."

    And apparently Apple is considering the jump to help out Hollywood: "Apple -- or rather, Hollywood -- wants the Pentium D to secure an online movie store (iFlicks if you will), that will allow consumers to buy or rent new movies on demand, over the internet."

  11. Re:Rainbows and Unicorns on Single Molecule Transistor A Reality · · Score: 1

    You think a crystal isn't a molecule? Any atoms bound together by shared electrons are molecules. And that's definitely what holds crystals together. I mean, how do you think the electrical current is passed through them? Durr, the electrons carry it in buckets as they ride their unicorns across their rainbow roads.

  12. Re:Finally. on Basics of Modern Intel CPUs · · Score: 1

    remembering and using are two different things. however, lack of capitals doesn't alter the understanding/possible meaning of the sentence.

  13. Re:Finally. on Basics of Modern Intel CPUs · · Score: 1

    per my name, is it improper to assault folks for their lack of punctuation for clarity here?

  14. It's not a cookie on History of the Apple Newton · · Score: 1

    it's iFruit and cake!