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  1. Re:Moon Ring Math on Japanese Firm Proposes Microwave-Linked Solar Plant On the Moon · · Score: 1

    Mmm, a terawatt of directed energy. I could think of some interesting applications.

  2. Ahh, religion on Mathematician: Is Our Universe a Simulation? · · Score: 2

    But this time for the science minded. It's simulations all the way up!

    Oh and this idea is as old as dirt.

  3. Re:ahhh english on NSF Report Flawed; Americans Do Not Believe Astrology Is Scientific · · Score: 4, Funny

    I absolutely believe that ... astro... something science to be scientific!

    It probably has electrolytes too!

  4. Re:Wow on Star Trek Economics · · Score: 1

    > Energy is becoming rapidly less expensive because of modern technologies.

    What are you smoking?

  5. Not bad on AMD Announces First ARM Processor · · Score: 1

    An FX-8150 has a specInt_rate of 115. I've never seen an 8350 but it should be around 130-ish, just like an Opteron 6212.

  6. Re:I'm feeling natural gas for 100 years... on New England Burns Jet Fuel To Keep Lights On · · Score: 1

    Your forgot Thorium and LENR. Me, I prefer burning unicorns. They only emit rainbows.

  7. Re:There is no spoon on Stephen Hawking: 'There Are No Black Holes' · · Score: 2

    The French never liked the term anyway.

  8. Re:Pay for pr0n on Porn Will Be Bitcoin's Killer App · · Score: 1

    Well there is always illegal porn.

  9. Re:Is it just me? on Heat Waves In Australia Are Getting More Frequent, and Hotter · · Score: 1

    There was a good discussion on reddit the other day.
    1. Uninformed/stupid people who believe the propaganda
    2. Cognitive dissonance
    3. Christian extremists
    4. People who only believe in money and don't give a crap about the science (IOW "the market will fix it when necessary")
    That was pretty much the outcome.

  10. Is it just me? on Heat Waves In Australia Are Getting More Frequent, and Hotter · · Score: 1

    There used to be a science based majority on /. but these days anything on climate science brings out mostly libertarian deniers-by-other-means. No there is no scientific debate.

  11. Re:multi-options on Why We Think There's a Multiverse, Not Just Our Universe · · Score: 1

    "God"=="supernatural"=="not allowed by physical (natural) law." All of the multiverses are supposedly governed by physical law.

  12. Re:Current PCs are good enough. on PC Shipments In 2013 See the Worst Yearly Decline In History · · Score: 1

    > But for $500, I want to be able to type up a document in a pinch. Plug in my USB devices. Connect to HMDI TV, plug in an SD Card, open a command prompt,

    I can do all of that with my phone. I can certainly do that with an Android tablet without spending $500 on it.

    I can do all that with my Raspberry Pi. That doesn't sound all too challenging.
    Still waiting for a tablet that runs Debian or Ubuntu...

  13. Re:Not surprising on Genome of Neandertals Reveals Inbreeding · · Score: 1

    Replying to undo moderation mouso.

  14. Re:Flashing BIOS, Vector=Windows on NSA Says It Foiled Plot To Destroy US Economy Through Malware · · Score: 1

    There are new "arbitrary code execution" zero-days every week so this explanation doesn't cut it.

  15. Re:NSA failed to halt subprime lending, though. on NSA Says It Foiled Plot To Destroy US Economy Through Malware · · Score: 1

    Just my thought. If it was possible to flash BIOS remotely via malware it would have been reported and we'd see a flood of BIOS updates.

  16. Re:How does one end up with a B9 deficiency, anywa on You Are What Your Dad Ate · · Score: 1

    Sorry, I wasn't sure and selected the wrong option without looking it up. English is my third language.

  17. Re:The beginning of NSA's diversion campaign ? on Was Julian Assange Involved With Wiretapping Iceland's Parliament? · · Score: 2

    Police try to link everything to pedophiles or terrorists.

    Or rape.

  18. Re:How does one end up with a B9 deficiency, anywa on You Are What Your Dad Ate · · Score: 1

    A woman's eggs were produced when she was a fetus, that's why you have epigenetic effects straight from the grandmother (who's nutrition determines the environment in the womb.)

  19. Re:BTRFS or ZFS on Ask Slashdot: Practical Bitrot Detection For Backups? · · Score: 1

    There are some very good reasons for the GPL. I like it.

  20. Re:The issue has moved to the Internet on A Year After Ban On Loud TV Commercials: Has It Worked? · · Score: 2

    Adblocking and blackholing DNS names seems to work quite well. It's really rare for me to see an ad.

  21. Re:BTRFS or ZFS on Ask Slashdot: Practical Bitrot Detection For Backups? · · Score: 1

    Yes it is a Linux issue - specifically that ZFS licensing is incompatible with the GPL so ZFS can't be integrated into the kernel.

  22. Re:ZFS, of course on Ask Slashdot: Practical Bitrot Detection For Backups? · · Score: 1

    I run btrfs on RAID6 (with weekly scrubbing) on a system with ECC RAM. That should reduce the incidence of bit rot to a negligeable level.

  23. Re:BTRFS or ZFS on Ask Slashdot: Practical Bitrot Detection For Backups? · · Score: 1

    If it was integrated into the Linux kernel I'd use it. But with a chance that the next kernel update will make my FS driver unusable I won't touch it with a long pole.

    So that leaves btrfs.

  24. Re:Fireworks in 3...2...1... on Satanists Propose Monument At Oklahoma State Capitol Next To Ten Commandments · · Score: 2

    Yes! I want a FSM monument next to them.

  25. Re:Name them. on Climatologist James Hansen Defends Nuclear Energy · · Score: 1

    Wind is cheaper than today's primitive and written-off nuclear plants and solar is getting there - let alone natural gas.