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  1. Re:nothing is such a wacky idea on Crowd Funding For Crank Physics · · Score: 1

    I'm gonna patent the S-crank.

  2. Re:It has been scientifically tested. on Crowd Funding For Crank Physics · · Score: 1

    It doesn't mean it has been succesfully tested.

  3. Re:Low chair on Ask Slashdot: What Is the Best Position To Work For Long Hours? · · Score: 1

    I agree that the keypad on 15" laptops is absolutely retarded. Fortunately, the smaller laptops don't have it, and 14" isn't that much smaller than 15".

  4. Implied consent on 64 Complaints Received On UK Cookie Law · · Score: 1

    So, if your browser is configured to keep cookies, does that imply consent to place cookies?

    If you configure your browser to disallow cookies from certain sites, you're denying consent, and it doesn't even require the sites to be changed at all.

    So, why does this law exist again? It looks -1, Redundant to me.

  5. Re:You have a child every 3 months? on Ask Slashdot: Store Umbilical Cord Blood — and If So, Where? · · Score: 1

    Unless he has 3 wives.

  6. Re:Public on Ask Slashdot: Store Umbilical Cord Blood — and If So, Where? · · Score: 1

    Why not burn it and say you tossed it in a cheap walk in freezer?

  7. Re:How far do we go to fight terrorism? on UK Plans More Spying On Internet Users Under 'Terrorism' Pretext · · Score: 2

    Does anyone remember the time when the IRA used to regularly perform bombing attacks in Britain? The government didn't react this way back then. They could have gone all DDR, but they didn't. So why now?

  8. Re:A classic example... on PR Firm Unwisely Tangles With Penny Arcade · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yes, but the real question is, did they sack those responsible for hiring this guy?

  9. Re:You still can't have your pudding... on Face-Scanning Vending Machine Denies Children Access To Pudding · · Score: 1

    Except here it's done by a machine! Progress!

  10. Re:You still can't have your pudding... on Face-Scanning Vending Machine Denies Children Access To Pudding · · Score: 5, Funny

    That is pretty childish behaviour.

  11. Re:Doesn't Matter if you have a FB account on 4.74 Degrees of Separation on Facebook · · Score: 1

    Yeah, well, what if you don't have an email address?

  12. Re:Better link on 1 MW Cold Fusion Plant Supposedly To Come Online · · Score: 1

    Another quote about the generator, from the same page:

    Probably the biggest opening for skeptics will be the continually running genset that is probably rated for 500 kW (my guess), and appears to have been connected by cables to the E-Cat. "Where's the mystery?" So knock yourselves out, skeptics. It's the customer who has to be happy, and apparently this one was satisfied that those cables were not contributing to the 470 kW output during self-sustaining mode.

  13. Re:Better link on 1 MW Cold Fusion Plant Supposedly To Come Online · · Score: 1

    http://pesn.com/2011/10/28/9501940_1_MW_E-Cat_Test_Successful/

    This is the gold: (emphasis mine)

    Power for start-up (resistive coils that provided heat to the reaction chambers) was provided by the large and loud genset (was making all the noise) you see that is nearly as large as the small shipping container in which the 1 MW E-Cat plant was arranged. Once the reaction chambers got up to temperature, they were maintained by the heat produced by the reaction. I'm not sure why they kept the generator running after that, but I would guess it was for back-up or safety. I'm sure the engineers testing the system made sure what the power levels were at all times.

    I don't think I have to explain why I emphasized that part :-)

  14. Re:common sense... on Emergent Gravity Disproved · · Score: 1

    The funny thing about science is that you can do experiments to see who's right. You don't have to endlessly debate stuff.

    GP states many experimental observations that directly contradict your hypotheses. Now you can whine about condescension, or man up and rethink them.

  15. Re:$12.5 Bill on Google To Acquire Motorola Mobility For $12.5 Bill · · Score: 1

    They're paying with 4 $3 bills and 50 cents.

  16. Re:I have never heard on Google To Acquire Motorola Mobility For $12.5 Bill · · Score: 1

    Actually they're paying with 4 $3 bills and 50 cents.

  17. Re:Using AI to teach the course... on Stanford 'Intro To AI' Course Offered Free Online · · Score: 1

    I think they'll just make an FAQ with about 15 questions and answers, which should answer almost all questions the students are expected to have.

  18. Re:Only One Plausible Explanation on First Observational Test of the "Multiverse" · · Score: 1

    So, how was this intelligence created?

  19. Re:So if nobody pays in the next few months... on Company Claims Ownership of Digital Messaging · · Score: 1

    Maybe it means that if nobody pays them for a license, they won't pay the USPTO, and won't get the patent. It's like the domain-tasting spammers used to do, except with patents.

    That's quite innovative... maybe they should get a patent.

  20. Re:Funny? on Org Charts of All the Major Tech Companies · · Score: 1

    It's a tree. Amazon. Tree.

  21. Re:Funny? on Org Charts of All the Major Tech Companies · · Score: 1

    Amazon's chart is a binary tree, Facebook's is a "social network", Apple is the Cult of Jobs, and Google's chart is very complicated, I guess the number of parent nodes determines the EmployeeRank :-)

  22. Re:My cat... on The Science of Human-Robot Love · · Score: 1

    This interactive pet rock might be useful for treatment of emotionally problematic people. People you wouldn't necessarily trust with a cat.

    If the patient messes up with the robot, you can just reset its emotional state, and try again. A real pet could be dead or traumatized.

  23. Re:Why? on Dutch Legislature Accidentally Votes For Internet Filtering · · Score: 1

    Exposing your children to religious ideas, when they're otherwise being raised secularly, won't make them want to believe.

  24. Re:Better use inert gas on The End of Paper Books · · Score: 1

    Duh, we'll digitize them.

  25. I guess you could say... on Big Drop In Solar Activity Could Cool Earth · · Score: 1

    Winter is coming.