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  1. Re:Huh? on Designer Creates a Water Bottle That You Can Eat · · Score: 1

    refilling plastic bottles in public places spreads diseases. our work place had 4 water coolers on each floor and they had to be regularly sanitized because people were getting ill from refilling their bottles

  2. Re:Slightly misleading... on American Judge Claims Jurisdiction Over Data Stored In Other Countries · · Score: 1

    Only if the data belongs to american citizens, they shouldn't have access to Irish citizens' data

  3. Re:Thank God on FTC Approves Tesla's Direct Sales Model · · Score: 1

    "Just look at the whole start-button thing with windows 8. " - you could change your comment to "Just look at Windows".

  4. Re:Will not matter. on FTC Approves Tesla's Direct Sales Model · · Score: 1

    Its taken 150 years for ICE to get to this level of fuel economy, cleaner exhaust fumes and power output. I bet in the early years of the ICE was only relevant to less than your estimate for electric cars.

    "Why is there so much about tesla anyways" - because all the vested interests in ICE and fossil fuel are looking to the future and seeing a decline so they are putting as many stupid road blocks in the way of progress as possible. Maybe they are going to join forces with the RIAA soon

  5. Re:Shocking... on The US Public's Erratic Acceptance of Science · · Score: 1

    aha, thanks for explanation

  6. Re:"Fully Half Doubt the Big Bang"? on The US Public's Erratic Acceptance of Science · · Score: 2

    "When Sir Fred Hoyle named the theory in 1949, he was essentially being sarcastic. The astronomer disliked the theory. In two words, he diminished what is a rather complex explanation of how the universe was born. He was likely on board with most astronomers at that time. The idea that the universe could or would expand was considered ludicrous. In 1931, Georges Lemaitre, a physicist and priest from Belgium, introduced what we now call the Big Bang Theory. Lemaitre did not call it that. Originally written in French, when the title of his paper is translated into English, it reads as A Homogeneous Universe of Constant Mass and Growing Radius Accounting for the Radial Velocity of Extragalactic Nebulae. Though not quite as catchy, the title clearly portrays more closely what this theory is attempting to explain. Lemaitre was not the only one who was of the conviction that the universe was not static. Edwin Hubble was seeing proof of this through his telescope in California; far away galaxies seemed to be moving away from Earth. Plus, the farther away any given galaxy was, the faster it appeared to be moving."

  7. Re:Shocking... on The US Public's Erratic Acceptance of Science · · Score: 1

    what was your vaccine? chicken soup?

  8. Re:X Miles IS a standard for me on Will the Nissan Leaf Take On the Tesla Model S At Half the Price? · · Score: 1

    Maybe this is what you want... Jaguar C-X75... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J...

  9. it seemed to be outside the US.

  10. Re:Please change the name! on Not Just a Cleanup Any More: LibreSSL Project Announced · · Score: 1

    English shares about 800 words with French, and French tend to use "re" instead of "er" hence words like" theatre" in English.

  11. Re:The term "Sexual Harassment" is very misleading on GitHub Founder Resigns Following Harassment Investigation · · Score: 0

    i'd rate that blog as 0% credible

  12. Re:The term "Sexual Harassment" is very misleading on GitHub Founder Resigns Following Harassment Investigation · · Score: 1, Troll

    why can't you just grow up and treat women as human beings with equal status. Neanderthals like you are the problem.

  13. Re:False dilemma on Oklahoma Moves To Discourage Solar and Wind Power · · Score: 1

    "There are companies that have grown by 10%+ per year on average for decades."

    have they stayed totally in the same business for all those years or diversified by acquisition of other companies that do other things?

  14. Re:...news for nerds.. on In a Hole, Golf Courses Experiment With 15-inch Holes · · Score: 1

    You get the cheering etc in golf after a brilliant shot, golf fans are a bit more cerebral in their appreciation. They way you like it is more about you than the sport involved, i can go to any sporting event and watch it and appreciate it without being yobbish about it, but then i'm older now. it was different when i was in my 20s or younger.

  15. Re:...news for nerds.. on In a Hole, Golf Courses Experiment With 15-inch Holes · · Score: 1

    Not really, its fluency and accuracy of the swing. too fast and hard will make it more difficult to be accurate. The only time strength might be an advantage is when you are doing the driving competition where distance matters.

  16. Re:Once upon a time, golf was a game for the rich. on In a Hole, Golf Courses Experiment With 15-inch Holes · · Score: 1

    I think golf club memberships are actually traded in Japan because they are so hard to get

  17. Re:Nothing to do with hole size on In a Hole, Golf Courses Experiment With 15-inch Holes · · Score: 1

    you could always just do 9 holes instead of 18.

  18. Re:...news for nerds.. on In a Hole, Golf Courses Experiment With 15-inch Holes · · Score: 1

    I know what sport is, i've played soccer, rugby, tennis, squash, athletics, cycling, cricket, scuba... i wasn;t complaining about it being outside, i think you suffered a "whoosh" moment about my original post, think about where geeks live and work (note to self, put a /sarcasm tag on jokes)

  19. Re:...news for nerds.. on In a Hole, Golf Courses Experiment With 15-inch Holes · · Score: 2

    thats very limiting. human strength and speed and skill don't always go together. Golf has a high level of skill but you don't have to be very strong or fast. Some sports have participants that have one or more of those 3 attributes but not all in the same package.

  20. Re:...news for nerds.. on In a Hole, Golf Courses Experiment With 15-inch Holes · · Score: 1

    whats your definition of a sport?

  21. Re:I see the disconnect. on In a Hole, Golf Courses Experiment With 15-inch Holes · · Score: 1

    its more of a sport than gymnastics or ice dancing..

  22. Re:...news for nerds.. on In a Hole, Golf Courses Experiment With 15-inch Holes · · Score: 2

    yeah, but its outside directly under the sun......

  23. Re:it's a good effort on OpenSSL Cleanup: Hundreds of Commits In a Week · · Score: 1
  24. Re:Open Source gone corporate? on OpenSSL Cleanup: Hundreds of Commits In a Week · · Score: 1

    "Semi-fascist" - ????

    Libreoffice does the job for me, not sure what you mean by "workable piece of software" in this context.

  25. Re:I would think on OpenSSL Cleanup: Hundreds of Commits In a Week · · Score: 1

    "I have yet to see one valid counter point" - it was all said on a previous topic about openssl, go and read the comments there for an answer