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  1. Where is the storage? on Texas To Build $4.93B Wind-Power Project · · Score: -1

    Without storage, there must be conventional capacity on-line and ready for when the wind dies.

    Where... is... the... storage?

    It's almost hopeless without it.

    (BTW, I live on 160W of solar panels 3 months out of the year, I LIKE alternative energy!!!)

  2. Coating by coating???? on Researchers Develop Self-Cleaning Clothes · · Score: -1

    "Researchers ... have found a process to coat natural fibers ... by coating their fibers with titanium dioxide nanocrystals".

    Yeah, that makes sense.

    Copy-editing... it's for everyone.

  3. U of MI ??? on U of MI Produces Strongest Laser Ever · · Score: -1

    A postal zone has a university now?

    Seriously, what's wrong with spelling out "Michigan", or using "Mich."?

    "MI" is not a state, it's a federal convenience (a designation).

  4. Insightful? Your knowledge is imperfect... on Yahoo Bid shows Microsoft on the Ropes · · Score: -1

    ...on buying stock in the market. Buying a controlling interest would send the price to the moon... hence the offer at a fixed price.

  5. Mitosis? on Yahoo Bid shows Microsoft on the Ropes · · Score: -1

    "helping neighbour with their computer"

    So... he completed mitosis before you finished?

  6. Resent? on Scientists Claim Infrared Helmet Could Reverse Alzheimer's Symptoms · · Score: -1

    Why resent the "wontwork" tag? The scientific method DEMANDS methodical proof. Until then, it's unproven. It's witchcraft until then, in other words.

    Wanting something to work does not make it any more likely to work.

    Sorry about your father's condition, though.

  7. Want IR on your head? Go outside! on Scientists Claim Infrared Helmet Could Reverse Alzheimer's Symptoms · · Score: -1

    Same thing.

    This "invention" is probably snake oil.

  8. How / why did you get the job... on Tools For Understanding Code? · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    ...if you don't understand the language?

    Seems basic to me.

  9. Is anyone surprised by "green" fraud? on FTC Offput by Offsets · · Score: 1

    "Green" fraud is everywhere, starting with the big lie (man-caused "global warming"), and working down to the little lies (Compact Fluorescent Lighting is good for you).

    Who's shocked?

    Not me....

    Are you.... really?

  10. Green? Wrong-o, it's all **red**... on White House Gets Green by Putting Federal Budget Online · · Score: 1

    ...as in "red ink", since the country is technically bankrupt already.

    No way to pay back the loans the gov't (actually, we through our representatives) have made.

  11. Why is this an issue? on Adobe Quietly Monitoring Software Use? · · Score: 0

    Anyone with a (personal) firewall can control this "phone home" behavior.

  12. Wrong... eight 12" speakers have... on The Death of High Fidelity · · Score: 1

    ...PLENTY of low end.

    Enough to move your pants legs when you stand close.

    It all depends on the guitar amp and playing technique.

    >>check out its spectrum; there's not much low end at all

    Where did you get the guitar spectrum from? A poorly-recorded song? That's the point.

  13. Eventually deliver solar electricity for $1/watt on Silicon Valley Startup Prints $1/watt Solar Panels · · Score: 1

    Key word: "eventually".

    Not now.

    So much for reading comprehension, OP.

  14. "wait to long" on Facebook Users Complain of New Ad-Based Tracking · · Score: 1

    Hey, phonetic editing!

    If it *sounds* right, it *must* be right!

    Nice!

  15. Breaking the law? What law? on Wi-Fi Piggybacking Widespread · · Score: 1

    Just name it, code and section.

  16. Re:Sky filled with people without pilot's licenses on Where Are the Flying Cars? · · Score: 1

    You're correct- I should have said "powered".

  17. You all now have a green light... on Where Are the Flying Cars? · · Score: 1

    ..to make numerous ignorant comments about flying, aerodynamics, the ATC system, and pilot skills, now that an aviation-related post has been made on Slashdot.

    Go ahead... you just KNOW you want to.

  18. "Not clear what the advantage is" on Where Are the Flying Cars? · · Score: 1

    It's not all that hard: You get somewhere faster, usually about 1/3 the time it takes to drive the same route.

    Makes a big difference when you're going long distances (Rockies to East Coast, for example).

    My weekly "commute" is 1 hour by plane, 4 hours by winding road.

    That should clear it up for you.

  19. "Damage in crashing a car is trivial"?? on Where Are the Flying Cars? · · Score: 1

    Wrong.

    Car hits a truck head on at 75 mph.

    Plane hits mountain at 150 mph.

    Roughly the same energy.

    There, that wasn't so hard to think through, was it?

    Physics much, do you?

  20. Sky filled with people without pilot's licenses??? on Where Are the Flying Cars? · · Score: 1

    "A sky filled with people who don't have pilot's licenses could also be a problem"?

    Huh?

    It won't happen. You need a pilot's license to fly one of these things.

    You need a pilot's license to fly ANYTHING that is capable of going more than 10 feet off the ground.

  21. So, the fat paycheck isn't enough? on NASA Knows How To Party · · Score: 1

    Then screw you all... party's over once the taxpayers find out.

  22. And the power souce will be what? on Microsoft Plans $500 Million Chicago Data Center · · Score: 1

    Coal? Burning natural gas?

    At least Google got near some hydroelectric power up northwest....

  23. So Grove doesn't like smashing... on Former Intel CEO Rips Medical Research · · Score: 1

    ...virus protein shells with ultra-short frickin' laser pulses?

    That was just one big medical advance for last week.

    Mr. Grove, exactly what did YOU do last week?

  24. Foxit is NOT free.... on Adobe Intends To Move All of Its Applications Online · · Score: 0

    ...you need to jump through hoops and buy something.

    Ick.

  25. Touchy-feely BULLSHIT! on Swearing at Work is Bleeping Good For You · · Score: 1

    Touchy-feely BULLSHIT!