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  1. Re:Who needs privacy when you've got PHP? on How To Write Like Mark Zuckerberg · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, "making money" is a double entendre in the case of government.

  2. Re:better names on Two Elements Added To Periodic Table · · Score: 1

    It also left out the magic water that's left after you dilute all of the _[insert symptom-producing substance here]__ out of it, as in homeopathy.

  3. Re:better names on Two Elements Added To Periodic Table · · Score: 1

    Did the ;-) tell you he was serious?

  4. Re:How close are we to the island of stability? on Two Elements Added To Periodic Table · · Score: 1

    Don't hold your breath, as they say.

  5. Re:How about on Two Elements Added To Periodic Table · · Score: 1

    You'll have to settle for Ca, S and O being on there. There is no periodic table of the compounds.

  6. Re:Works with cornflakes. Seriously. on Researcher Claims Magnets Can Affect Blood Viscosity · · Score: 1

    The concentration of iron is not the issue: austenitic stainless steels are *mostly* iron, yet they are not ferromagnetic.

  7. Re:Sounds reasonable on Researcher Claims Magnets Can Affect Blood Viscosity · · Score: 1

    You're referring to ferrofluids right?
    Just because something contains iron does not mean it is ferromagnetic.
    Austenitic stainless steels are *mostly* iron, and yet they are not ferromagnetic.

  8. Re:Viscosity? on Researcher Claims Magnets Can Affect Blood Viscosity · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you don't understand the meaning of viscosity. Viscosity is simply a coefficient that fits in the equation between flow rate and pressure drop. If you increase flow rate without changing the pressure drop, the viscosity decreased, by definition.
    Simply changing the temperature (not a chemical change) changes the viscosity of all real fluids.

  9. Re:For a school superintendant on School Super Asks Governor To Make His School District a Prison · · Score: 1

    'Who needs more schooling'. Not 'that needs more schooling'.

  10. Re:For a school superintendant on School Super Asks Governor To Make His School District a Prison · · Score: 1

    No, that was just his freshman year(s), then he moved on to more specific fields of study.

  11. Re:subtle issues on Researcher Claims Magnets Can Affect Blood Viscosity · · Score: 2

    But there's a big difference between metallic iron where all the atoms in the magnetic domain are aligned, and individual (unaligned) hemoglobin molecules, each with four heme groups, each of those having a single iron atom. I would not expect RBCs to align in any particular way with an applied magnetic field.

  12. Re:Hallucinogens on Why We Have So Much "Duh" Science · · Score: 1

    It *is* also naturally occurring, as in 'made by mold that grows on rye'.

  13. Re:You must test the obvious on Why We Have So Much "Duh" Science · · Score: 1

    Ah, must've forgot one:
    don't pay attention to anonymous cowards.

  14. Re:MIT Open CourseWare on Ask Slashdot: Good Homeschool Curriculum For CS?? · · Score: 1

    At home, you have 50% probability of being above average, same as in public school.
      I don't know what the "(if you aren't already)" "better than someone who is smarter than you" comments are for.
    If there are two people, you need to need to be better than the other person, period.
    Assuming a symmetric distribution, the median = the average, and you always have an equal probability of being below or above the average.

  15. Re:My three year old laptop on Pixel Qi Demos 10" 1280x800 Pixel Screens · · Score: 1

    I read it. Why else would I include the "but LCD of course"?
    It was just an observation: that the pixel density, by itself, is nothing new.

  16. My three year old laptop on Pixel Qi Demos 10" 1280x800 Pixel Screens · · Score: 1

    has the same pixel density (1920x1200, 15") and aspect ratio, but LCD of course.

  17. Re:MIT Open CourseWare on Ask Slashdot: Good Homeschool Curriculum For CS?? · · Score: 2

    I take it you didn't do so well in statistics and probability yourself.

  18. Re:"Boring Manager Rob" on Jonathan Coulton Answers Your Questions · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Excellent attitude. You're hired!

  19. Re:The United States on Pentagon Says Cyberattacks Can Count As Act of War · · Score: 1

    Since the United States did not exist prior to 1776, your statement is nonsense.

  20. Re:72 year old? on Senior Citizens Lining Up to Tackle Fukushima · · Score: 0

    tl; dr.
    Actual answer: no.

  21. Re:First base! on Linus Renames 2.6.40 Kernel To Linux 3.0, Announces Release Candidate · · Score: 1

    Yes, but you spelled it wrong.

  22. Re:Photocopied? on ATM Repairman Accused of Taking (and Faking) Cash · · Score: 1

    Obviously, it wants to punish you for trying to counterfeit by using up expensive toner.

  23. Re:age on Student Finds Universe's Missing Mass · · Score: 1

    Most guys want to look at the OUTSIDE of them. He wanted to look at the INSIDE of them. That's worth something, isn't it?

  24. Re:Blank spot on A Map of the Universe, 10 Years In the Making · · Score: 1

    As mentioned by the summary. Etc.

  25. Re:Resolution on Computer De-Evolution: Awesome Features We've Lost · · Score: 1

    Did you mean 1920x1200?
    My laptop's got that and I don't want to replace it if it means I lose pixels. I wouldn't mind it being brighter though.