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  1. It might work ... on Tech That Will Save Our Species - Solar Thermal Power · · Score: 1

    as long as we don't run our force fields at full strength. The additional pressure on the magma could create enough pressure to cause an eruption. Even the ancients knew that ...

    [cf. Stargate Atlantis, season 2, episode "Inferno"]

  2. Re:Real Physics engine goal on Nvidia Physics Engine Almost Complete · · Score: 1

    You can break that easy with an overclocked TI-89.

  3. Re:Is that admissible in court????? on US To Employ Overhead Spying Domestically · · Score: 4, Informative

    "National security" are the words they need to use to push the courtroom proceedings from being judge/jury situation to a military tribunal. And of course if it's "in the interest of national security" then the information cannot get out because it will "jeopardize national security."

    The parent mentions dictatorship. Here is a great article about the steps necessary to secure power in that fashion, and the author (Naomi Wolf) compares what has happened recently to other situations in the past.

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/naomi-wolf/ten-steps-to-close-down-a_b_46695.html

  4. Re:No, it's not drug abuse. on Many Scientists Using Performance Enhancing Drugs · · Score: 1

    * I've seen the SAME coffee brewed 3-4 days running, eventually creating a brown fluid only slightly resembling the intended substance. Oh, the humanity...

    As a graduate student in the sciences, I must add that coffee brewed 3-4 days running is fresh. The real abuse comes after the first week.
  5. Re:No, it's not drug abuse. on Many Scientists Using Performance Enhancing Drugs · · Score: 1

    I think you are missing the bigger picture. The blame clearly falls on the shoulders of funding agencies.

    Our scientists are using performance enhancing drugs like Ritalin. That means they are using cheap drugs and need better funding from the NIH, NSF, and others. Your average wallstreet businessman wouldn't make do with anything less than 100% pure Colombian cocaine. Clearly U.S. science will not be on par with its other markets until this imbalance is resolved. And I think the legislators will fix this problem if made aware.

  6. Re:No, it's not drug abuse. on Many Scientists Using Performance Enhancing Drugs · · Score: 1

    That's just your opinion ...

  7. Re:Duh - we all do. on Who Pays for Rebuilding the Internet? · · Score: 1

    And Iraq is being rebuilt in part by Halliburton--Cheney's old company. I know this is slightly off-topic, but it's important to note that the contacts often reflect the cronyism inherent in the system. And cronyism means that the bid is NOT for the best offer, and the bid is not exactly "won" necessarily.

    Would the cost of a packet plummet? I would check your cable bill for TV by comparison or the cost of phone charges. The system would most likely be the same simply with different owners and profit-reapers.

  8. Re:Maybe because you have read about it before: on Alligator Blood May Be Source of New Antibiotics · · Score: 2, Informative

    And of course several species are going extinct. Will this finding change anything? Probably not once the blood has been well studied such that the components can be synthesized.

    Here is a good link for you (http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cnhc/csl.html) if you're interested in all the different species. I imagine that the differences in their immune systems would also be of some benefit.

  9. Choice of games on Computer Games Make Players Less Violent · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I'm sure it's difficult, costly, time-consuming to do these surveys, but I imagine the type of game is key. They chose a relatively benign game for their study. If they had chosen a more stressful game, the results surely would be different. (F.E.A.R., Doom 3, etc.)

    First-person shooters vs. RPG vs. strategy ... they'll all have slightly different effects on average, and they'll all affect different personality types differently ...

    The point is that by choosing different types of games, it would show that not all games induce violent behavior even if they have some degree of violence.

  10. Re:For the first time in a while... on Computer System Makes Best Sports Bets · · Score: 1

    I wonder if the computer picked Davidson going to the Elite 8 ...

  11. Re:Why not do another book in the series on New Dune Movie Confirmed · · Score: 1

    Ditto. The Lynch version has a certain appeal in its wackiness. Of course it gets nowhere near covering the depth of the book, but it at least has an interesting way of presenting the material.

    Let's not forget the last line of the movie ..

  12. Re:Not very if there is a monthly throughput cap on Comcast Offers 50 Mbps Residential Speeds · · Score: 1

    Better ping?

  13. Re:How odd on Daily Caffeine Protects Your Brain · · Score: 1

    Now where did I place my mug ...

  14. Re:That's nothing... on Scientists Discover Teeny Tiny Black Hole · · Score: 1

    I would go so far as to say even larger black holes are created all around us. Just look at the White House ...

  15. SNAP on Tsunami Spotted on the Surface of the Sun · · Score: 4, Funny

    Your momma is so fat when she steps into the ocean her ripples cause a tsunami ... ON THE SUN

  16. Re:Are they kidding? on T-Mobile Claims Trademark In the Color Magenta · · Score: 1

    Who cares. Let 'em have magenta. Now if they want fuchsia, we've got a problem ...

  17. Re:Or, on the other hand... on Study Shows Males Commonly Mistake Sexual Intent · · Score: 1

    It may be advantageous for women to be unclear about their intentions because it maximizes their choices. There are several evolutionary benefits to this. Women ultimately want to choose the best mate because they will be stuck with that choice for a long time. Choosing the best mate maximizes the chance that their DNA will be passed down. Men want to maximize the passing down of their DNA, too. Since they were not stuck with their choice of mates (until recently), it may be advantageous to see every possible flirtation as a chance for success.

    It's too bad that this situation is annoying as all hell sometimes. You would think that condoms and birth control would completely change the situation. Alas ...

  18. Re:Next Attack for Anonymous ... with Beer and Piz on Griefers Assault Epileptics Via Message Board · · Score: 1

    I wonder what they will post on internet addiction sites ...

  19. Silicon circuits pfft on Silicon Circuits That Bend and Stretch · · Score: 1

    So first we hear about the chips bending and stretching, next we hear that silicon chips have died ... coincidence?

  20. Re:I think that's not what they had in mind on Suspended Animation In Mice Without Freezing · · Score: 1

    I don't care what it's for as long as they never revive Walt Disney ...

  21. Re:One day? on Someday You'll Hate Apple (And Google Too) · · Score: 1

    I must say I already dislike Apple for the fact that their products do not last long. iPods tend to crap out within two years. I've had to repair my own iPod (warrantee ran out) and had better luck than my friends with warrantees. I've noticed that even with the extended warrantee, it's more likely that the iPod repeatedly breaks anyways.

    I've also seen similar problems with Apple laptops although my sample size is much smaller.

    Cheers to Apple for making products that look good, but they could work on their durability and longevity. I get the feeling these failings are part of their business model.

  22. Re:Just be happy it didn't say THIS: on IT Workers Split For McCain, Obama · · Score: 1

    That could have just as easily been McCain stripping for IT workers ...

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  24. Re:Yay for statistics on Scientists' Success Or Failure Correlated With Beer · · Score: 1

    Yes, but in this case moose are known to affect the development of mammary glands. It may not explain why Canadians have smaller mammary glands, but it's interesting.

  25. Re:Many problems with that study on Scientists' Success Or Failure Correlated With Beer · · Score: 1

    To add to that, even among graduate students there is competition, and only when drinking do "bold" ideas get proposed and either laughed at or talked about. Several times my friends have noted how the solutions to their experimental roadblocks were discovered when drinking. However, perhaps if we got together and drank grape juice on a Friday night in a bar we'd still have the same ideas.

    I imagine that alcohol will always correlate with failure to some degree for any discipline. Anyone who has time to drink could be spending the time better elsewhere, and those who take it too far are doomed to failure. Perhaps the chaps who drink a lot in the UK are numerous, but maybe the ones who do not drink outperform (and make up for) the ones who do.