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  1. Re:Awesome. on Ex-Astronaut Developing Plasma Rocket To Revitalize NASA · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and they've got a new anachronism-flavored soda you'll just love!

  2. Re:Freeware has a lot to do with it on Most Mac Owners Also Own a Windows PC, But Not Vice Versa · · Score: 1

    What does Graphic Converter do that IrfanView does not do?
    I remember Graphic Converter (and liked it) from the days when i had a Mac, but that's been a while.

  3. Re:Simple on Is Cloud Computing the Hotel California of Tech? · · Score: 1

    I'd rather NOT know what what an inflammation of the large intestine smells like, thank you.
    From the song it does have a warm smell, so maybe it's not so bad.

  4. Re:Favorite Twilight Episodes on 50 Years of the Twilight Zone · · Score: 1

    One of my favorite Twilight Zone episodes was the Misfits of Zante, with those strange little ant-like creatures that turn out to be exiled prisoners from another planet. I liked 'em all though. Used to watch them by myself late at night in re-runs as a kid and some of them were quite chilling.

  5. Re:Don't forget: on Seasonal Flu Shots Double Risk of Getting Swine Flu, Says New Study · · Score: 1

    So we should all get all the health and medical information and advice we need or want in a fifteen minute visit with our doctor every year or two, if we're relatively healthy and that's all we see him/her? Are you insane?

  6. Re:In case of Slashdot, serve cache. on Herschel Releases First Images of Milky Way · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but they would have saved like 100 Grand if they HAD used that instead of the Whatchamacallit they actually used. Almost as expensive as going to Mars.

  7. Re:Damn, beat me to it on Synthetic Sebum Makes Slippery Sailboats · · Score: 1

    Too Much Information.
    Get with it.

  8. Re:It would be more cool if it on Melting Memory Chips In Mass Production · · Score: 1

    For fun, let's say hydrogen. Or tungsten. Your pick.

  9. It would be more cool if it on Melting Memory Chips In Mass Production · · Score: 0

    were based on the phase change between liquid and gas. Boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE) memory chips. It would be one-time ROM though, not RAM, unfortunately.

  10. Re:kairos on Computers To Mark English Essays · · Score: 1

    I agree that it was wrong to call that an appeal to authority fallacy, but since he posted as AC, he couldn't be karma whoring.

  11. Re:so let me get this straight on AU Government To Build "Unhackable" Netbooks · · Score: 1

    Mod up informative: RFID tags can't be read from miles away. It had to be the "tracking software" referred to in the summary.

  12. Re:information smuggling? on High-Tech Gadgets Can Pose Problems At Mexican Border · · Score: 1

    Oh, sorry for replying to my own message, but I think there was confusion about units. 85C is more than hot enough and makes sense given his "and usually lower" comment. Probably that's what GP meant. Your units are degrees F. Wish we could do away with them, although I was raised with them too.

  13. Re:information smuggling? on High-Tech Gadgets Can Pose Problems At Mexican Border · · Score: 1

    If you eat chicken that's only been internally heated to 85 degrees you'll get really really sick.

    Probably, not certainly.
    OTOH, just the texture, smell etc. of raw chicken in my mouth would be enough to make me vomit.

  14. Re:Half the fun is in the danger on Making Safer Lithium-Ion Batteries · · Score: 1

    Oh, your comment is indented so far that it doesn't fit on one line like it should. I guess it is Breaking Bad.

  15. Re:Whoa on New Images Reveal Pure Water Ice On Mars · · Score: 1

    Steam rockets. Cool!

  16. Resemblance on Man Accused of Really Liking Piggy Back Rides · · Score: 1

    He looks a little like John Belushi.

  17. Re:Yes Indeed, But Rocket Propulsion Sucks on Unambiguous Evidence of Water On the Moon · · Score: 1

    I suppose I wouldn't use normality in that sense since it has a chemistry-related meaning that is completely different.

  18. Re:Useful on The World's First Four-Screen Laptop · · Score: 1

    I really do have fewer cuts and nicks with more blades - I think the applied force is spread over more blades reducing the pressure on any given blade - either that or the angle of incidence of the blades is more controlled.

  19. Re:there isa consumer niche on Early Details On Courier, Microsoft's Take On a Tablet · · Score: 1

    Well, if you have the technology/magic you'd need to make a 17x11 object fit into a 9x11 container, you should not want for anything - you should be very rich!

  20. Re:Porn and hamburgers on French Deputies Want Labels On Photo-Altered Models · · Score: 1

    Maybe it's benzoyl peroxide and jelly. Nasty stuff.

  21. Re:Why? on Finding the First Trillion Congruent Numbers · · Score: 1

    Math gives you a highly addictive mind/mood altering experience?

    Yes, for certain values of "you". Apparently, you specifically are not a member of this set.

  22. Re:interest prospect on Using the Sea To Cool Your Data Center · · Score: 2, Informative

    Not to worry. Aluminum isn't used in ship seawater piping - try Ni-Al bronzes, Ni-Cu alloys, like Monel. There are probably some stainless steels in use and titanium alloys but those are more expensive too. One thing the GP got right is that galvanic corrosion is a big concern in seawater piping systems and heat exchangers. Sacrificial zinc anodes are used frequently to prevent it.

  23. Re:interest prospect on Using the Sea To Cool Your Data Center · · Score: 4, Informative

    I hope you intended to mod the comment down. What do you think ship's propulsion plant cooling systems and condensers use for cooling water and what do you suppose they are made of? Yes, seawater flows through metal tubes on every ship on the sea. There are saltwater corrosion-resistant alloys, like some bronzes, Monel, and others. Nobody paints the inside of condenser tubes on a nuclear-powered ship, and the primary reason is NOT because paint is a thermal insulator. It's just not necessary and it would be a PITA to do it.

  24. Re:I often... on Sony Ericsson Develops Contact Headphones · · Score: 1

    No, no. Sony really did enforceably forbid everyone from buying any earphones except the ones mentioned in this article, effective immediately. I always knew they were super evil.

  25. Re:Prime Rib on Malaysia Seeking to Copyright Food? · · Score: 1

    I bought some USDA Prime sirloin steaks at Costco a couple of weeks ago. Mmm, were they good.