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  1. I am so glad you did the math for me. on Mars Winds Clean Spirit's Solar Panels Again · · Score: 1

    The cleaning boosts Spirit's daily energy supply by about 30 watt-hours, to about 240 watt-hours from 210 watt-hours...

    I would have never figured out that 210 + 30 = 240.

  2. Well, there goes the neighborhood. on Earth-Like Planets In Our Neighborhood · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't want an Earth-Like planet in my neighborhood because they bring down the property values.

  3. Re:In this house we obey the laws of thermodynamic on MIT Team Creates Shock That Recharges Your Car · · Score: 1

    There are a whole lot of components that could be replaced on a non-hybrid vehicle that would save fuel. The alternator being the main one. It runs off a belt off the engine. Use the energy from the shocks to run the electrical system and keep the battery charged. The A/C compressor is another one. Make it run off the electricity generated by the shocks. You might need a different battery system, but it could be done, and it would definitely increase fuel economy.

  4. Well since they said UNIX time and not Linux time on February 13th, UNIX Time Will Reach 1234567890 · · Score: 1

    who the hell cares?

  5. Re:making up new words on Google Unofficially Announces GDrive By Leaked Code · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I am glad I am not the only one who noticed.

  6. The biggest difference..... on EHR Privacy Debate Heats Up · · Score: 1

    between the U.S. and the rest of the world is the rest of the world gives up their rights readily and freely without a fight. You claim to welcome us to the 21st century simply because it's based on technology, and I say, enjoy the your life in 16th century based on the rights your government protects for its citizens.

  7. What every slashdotter has been dreaming about. on Keanu Reeves To Star In Cowboy Bebop · · Score: 2, Funny

    A live action Edward.

  8. Were or was? on Attempt To "Digitalize" Beatles Goes Sour · · Score: 1

    Isn't band a single entity? It seems to me that the correct way would have been to say the band was going digital. Not the band were. Right?

  9. What device are you using to post this message? on Home Generators (or How DTE Energy Ruined My Holidays) · · Score: 1

    I have to ask, because it is beautifully spaced, with few or no spelling errors. I have to assume that since the power is out, that it's not a computer. Did you post in Plain Old Text or was your message HTML Formatted? I just have to know. Also how are you keeping it charged? Are the regular phones working in your area? If the battery dies on whatever device you are using, are you able to make emergency calls?

  10. Language is not equal to spelling. on Banned Words List Carries Its First Emoticon · · Score: 1

    Armor, Armour, Armer all all pronounced the same way. Language relates to the spoken word, how it is spelled is up to the intellectuals and academicians. Spelling makes not difference in language. Which is why it surprises me that a symbol that has no unpronounceable is included in this tongue in cheek policing of the language.

  11. Yes, that the idea, now I have to 1. patent it. on Avoiding Wasted Time With Prince of Persia · · Score: 1

    2. Wait til someone else develops a game that does it.
    3. Sue them
    4. Profit!

  12. The next new game? on Avoiding Wasted Time With Prince of Persia · · Score: 1

    You insert the CD, and "You Win!" pops up on the screen.

  13. USB = Univeral Serial Bus on DIY USB Servo-Guided Water Gun · · Score: 1
  14. Re:What about emergency personnel? on South Carolina Wants To Jam Cell Phone Signals · · Score: 1

    I have had jobs where I had to be on call, in fact I do have a job where I need to be on call, and I am an ex-volunteer firefighter, and in those times where I was on call, both for my job and as a firefighter, I wasn't going to go sit in a movie theater, on the off chance that I would be paged, and have wasted my money, missed the movie, and not get to where I needed to be in a timely manner. I went to the movies when I wasn't on call, when my scheduled allowed it and I was able to turn the cell phone/pager off.

  15. Re:What about emergency personnel? on South Carolina Wants To Jam Cell Phone Signals · · Score: 1

    I can guarantee you that any of the people you mentioned above, if they were on call, would not be sitting in a theater taking the chance on losing out on their $20. They would either be off duty and not susceptible to being paged. or would have told whomever to not page them for X amount of time.

  16. Aww I wanted real poo.. on Scientists Create Easier Way To Embed Objects Into Video · · Score: 2, Funny

    ummmm.... It sucks when all my wit is spent in the subject line of my response.

  17. Typical of the mods. on India's Chandrayaan Lands Impact Probe On the Moon · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    They want to talk about all the shiny neat new tech stuff, but they'll mod you down for pointing out that the money was a waste and could have been spent somewhere else. If I had the points, I would have modded you up.

  18. Big long article and the answer is simple. on Reducing the Risk of Human Extinction · · Score: 1

    More sex. Populate the earth with so many people that there's bound to be survivors no matter what the catastrophe is.

  19. The NAB only has problems on FCC Approves Unlicensed Use of White-Space Spectrum · · Score: 1

    If Domino doesn't replicate properly.

  20. The constitution doesn't apply to non-citizens on ACLU Creates Map of US "Constitution-Free Zone" · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I am tired of hearing how Jose Illegal had his constitutional rights violated. He has no rights under the constitution. He is not a citizen. I can guarantee you that if you are crossing the border, are a citizen of the U.S. and are not doing anything illegal, you will never have a problem. Don't meet those two small criteria? Tough.

  21. Re:Wait... on For 3 Years, Scammers Ran Truckless Trucking Company · · Score: 1

    Where do I find a job like this?

  22. Wrong! Lying is the correct form. on Millions of Internet Addresses Are Lying Idle · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://www.grammarmudge.cityslide.com/articles/article/992333/8992.htm

    http://www.askoxford.com/betterwriting/classicerrors/grammartips/lyingandlaying

    If you are in the process of putting something down, you are laying it down, but that object once it is there, it is lying. The verb lay has a direct object that the action is performed on. He is laying the book credenza. She is laying her purse on the counter. Once it has been laid, it is now lying. The book is lying on the credenza. The purse is lying on the counter. IP addresses are lying unused.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laying

  23. Truth modded flamebait? on Landing IT Work Overseas · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Even I remember this. Now people come to America for the handouts.

  24. Shark Breeding program to start soon. on US Congress Funds Laser Weapons · · Score: 1

    They are going to be breeding big freakin sharks.

  25. Possibilities on Germany Fired Up Over Clean Coal · · Score: 1

    Photsynthesis is out of the question being underground, but I wonder if there isn't some type of biological that can process the CO2 in such a way as to release O2 and leave behind Carbon thus making a "non-renewable" energy source somewhat renewable.