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  1. Re:May I suggest Justin Bieber? on International Effort Could Put First Canadian On the Moon · · Score: 1

    Yes. Expensive fuel tanks holding cheap fuel. Total cost for the Apollo 11 launch: $355 million. Total cost for fuel: $155 thousand, or 0.05% ot the total cost.

  2. Re:Let's see... on Ask Slashdot: Good Ideas For Creative Gaming With Girlfriend? · · Score: 1

    They didn't invent video games to be played with girlfriends.

    Yes they did. It's called Ms Pac-Man.

  3. Re:Solar Perhaps on How To Monitor Leaky Radioactive Water Tanks · · Score: 1

    How does solar power help inside a hermtically sealed containment tank...?

    Solar cells can respond to radiation as well. All that's needed is for energy to dislodge electrons in the cell. It's the same basic principle that pacemaker batteries use.

  4. Re:Least true of Van Gough among most painters on Van Gogh Prints In 3D: Almost the Real Thing For $34,000 · · Score: 1

    Meh, I saw all of Van Gogh I needed to in "Vincent and The Doctor".

    Besides, given the title, "Van Gogh Prints In 3D: Almost the Real Thing For $34,000", I was expecting a story about a high end 3D printer.

  5. Re:I never thought I'd hear the phrase on Will the Headless Ape Robot Win the DARPA Challenge? · · Score: 1

    Sadly, some here are old enough to have heard such words. Sadder still, there may yet be some places where they still may be heard.

  6. Re:How will they arm it? on Will the Headless Ape Robot Win the DARPA Challenge? · · Score: 1

    Oh! If only someone were to apply the tax brakes.

  7. Re:The Trekkies will finance on New, Canon-Faithful Star Trek Series Is In Pre-Production · · Score: 1

    [ I do like strong, smart, independent women. ]

    Same here. Pity it's never mutual.

  8. Re:Why? on Don't Fly During Ramadan · · Score: 1

    So a witch hunt negatively affecting a of majority innocent people is perfectly justified if you catch a small handful of people who are the real deal.

    Yes. It is. (at least in some people's minds). Here's the problem: You cannot go about finding a needle in a haystack without disturbing the hay.

    Stupid metaphor is stupid. Magnets.

    Magnets don't work on bone needles, or don't you watch Mythbusters?

  9. Re: How? on New, Canon-Faithful Star Trek Series Is In Pre-Production · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That Abrams guy is a real asshole. He turned a Star Trek movie into something entertaining that audiences, and critics who usually rip on blockbusters both seemed to have enjoyed.

    He turned Star Trek into something that everyone BUT a Star Trek fan seemed to enjoy.

  10. Re:Shades of Blake's 7 on New, Canon-Faithful Star Trek Series Is In Pre-Production · · Score: 1

    Not only that, but rogues, renegades, edginess and fast pace just screams, "We don't know how to write interesting conversations!"

    I don't know about that. Babylon 5 pulled it off.

  11. Re:Evidence? on Don't Fly During Ramadan · · Score: 1

    We only have the testimony of the victim. We must admit the possibility of a biassed account.

  12. Re:Why? on Don't Fly During Ramadan · · Score: 1

    Also, newsflash, many major religions support the cause of converting others or killing them. Including Christians and Jews.

    Citation needed (bible chapter and verse).

  13. Re:Why? on Don't Fly During Ramadan · · Score: 1

    So a witch hunt negatively affecting a of majority innocent people is perfectly justified if you catch a small handful of people who are the real deal.

    Yes. It is. (at least in some people's minds). Here's the problem: You cannot go about finding a needle in a haystack without disturbing the hay.

  14. Re:In the the land of he free on Don't Fly During Ramadan · · Score: 1

    They should run that segment as a full page ad in every paper right before election day. Of course the Reptilees will have a field day.

  15. Re:I told you so! on Ancient Egyptians Made Iron Jewelry From Pieces of Meteorite, Archaeologists Say · · Score: 2

    You didn't hear? They recently translated a heiroglyph that reads: "Ahepmoset's Limestone - You need blocks? We've got them." Turns out the pyramids were nothing more than Ahepmoset's warehouse.

  16. Re:Inuit also used iron meteorites on Ancient Egyptians Made Iron Jewelry From Pieces of Meteorite, Archaeologists Say · · Score: 1

    The Inuit would work the metal using cold forging

    You don't say.

  17. Re:Live a little on Dentist Wants To Clone John Lennon Using DNA Extracted From Lennon's Tooth · · Score: 2

    The Turin Shroud is full of it.

    Interesting turn of phrase.

  18. Re:Brilliant! on US Gov't To Issue Secure Online IDs · · Score: 1

    What about foreign nationals, and folks from outside the US who want to use US websites?

  19. Re:Insecure Passwords will Be Toast ... on MIT Reports 400 GHz Graphene Transistor Possible With 'Negative Resistance' · · Score: 1

    Don't worry. They'll build Graphene GPUs at the same time as they build CPUs out of them. I'm still waiting for the low power, sunlight readable, full color displays to come out.

  20. Re:America! Fuck yeah! on San Francisco Fire Chief Bans Helmet-Mounted Cameras For Firefighters · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You Americans are not paying for European defense. You are paying for defense of American interests in Europe. Troops are stationed in friendly countries simply because they are within striking distance of unfriendly countries.

  21. Re:NHTSA pushed a 5 star rating on NHTSA Gives the Model S Best Safety Rating of Any Car In History · · Score: 3, Informative

    Gasoline engines do not work when submerged. They require high voltage electrical sparks to ignite the fuel. Being submerged robs them of the spark they need to run. You would have to do special waterproofing of all of the engine's electrical works before it can run submerged.

    Diesel engines, on the other hand, do not use spark plugs or electrical components (other than for starting the motor), so all you need is a snorkel. Those Humvees and Land-Rovers you see crossing rivers and streams with the snorkels all have diesel engines.

  22. Five Star on NHTSA Gives the Model S Best Safety Rating of Any Car In History · · Score: 5, Funny

    Five star safety rating across the board. Excellent! Now if only it didn't come with a five star price tag

  23. Re:hmm on Joining Lavabit Et Al, Groklaw Shuts Down Because of NSA Dragnet · · Score: 1

    So basically they Won.

    They don't win unless we've stopped fighting. And we're a long, long way from that.

    The problem is that by the time the people START fighting, the war will be over.

  24. Re:Translation: Groklaw has been gagged on Joining Lavabit Et Al, Groklaw Shuts Down Because of NSA Dragnet · · Score: 1

    Because if you're trying to hint that you're not allowed to talk about the reasons, inventing valid but false reasons would seem to be the wrong way to go about it.

    ...especially when they have the ring of truth about them. Besides, it would be very easy to hint at a gag order without actually saying so. One could spend 20 years less a day coming up with euphemisms; walking in the muffled silence, choking on words, or " " as Winston Smith might say.

  25. Good! on UK Government Destroys Guardian's Snowden Drives · · Score: 5, Funny

    With the drives destroyed, and the leaks plugged, we can all get back to our normal lives under the new heightened levels of paranoia.