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  1. Re:"Clean Coal" on Energy Secretary Chu Endorses "Clean Coal" · · Score: 1

    Most of Europe and Canada actually. My old university McMaster has a CANDU reactor which recycles the spent nuclear fuel as well. Really it is kind of pitiful the US can't when 'that wierd tall building near the ABB science building' can do it.

  2. Re:Tranquility? on NASA Names Space Station Treadmill After Colbert · · Score: 1

    Lots of flagships actually. The enterprise during ww2 was a huge deal, possibly the most honoured ship in history. But, it was named after countless ships before her. The one I was thinking of helped in the formation of the US. But the name Enterprise tracks back to a french ship from 1671. The brits stole one and the name has passed down to the US. All that history. But, most people i'll say 95% if you say USS Enterprise. They will think to boldly go where no man has gone before. Ah well. I now have no idea what my point was... I voted Serenity looong before /. heard about the vote so boo

  3. Re:how many superfreighters is that? on The Ecological Impact of Spam · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the [citations], my cursory google search results were pretty tame. The car thing is still fear mongering though. Cars producing 101g of SO per year means cars don't really produce SO. Thats like saying a single brownie contains 50,000x the trans fat of a stick of 2nd gen margarine. Its true but its a meaningless benchmark. Though! Don't let that take away from the meaningful numbers. 60,000 deaths a year caused by it IS significant.
    Oh and just to play devils advocate. Aside from moving some production of common goods closer. I wonder how efficient it would be to break up production coming from big factories into smaller ones across the globe. This makes me a strong proponent of taxing emissions. After we put a price on the environment capitalism will figure it out. We will either do as you say and move production closer. OR make ships much more efficient there is probably a lot of room for improvement. But at the moment it is simply not worth the bother to spend money fixing for no reason (from a companies pov). Most likely we'll do a bit of both.

  4. Re:First Amendment on Jack Thompson Spams Utah Senate, May Face Legal Action · · Score: 1

    This is a fallacy most people use. Related to the strawman fallacy I suppose, but since it is slightly less obvious almost everyone falls prey to it. Because doing so is useful in social situations (punishing those who do things you do not like) you become used to it. And then apply it to situations where it is not appropriate.

    Bobby was a jerk to me so i'm not going to Jen's (mutual friend) party. This punishes Jen by not having a guest. It is plain rude, breaking with social rules. It punishes you since you miss a party. And only serves to send a small message to Bobby.

    Stupid but commonplace.

  5. Re:This is just more proof on Jack Thompson Spams Utah Senate, May Face Legal Action · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I got called "the scum of the earth! Lower than scum! It is people like you that are ruining this world for good GOD fearing people." This was while volunteering at a church and fasting for charity. Apparently someone found out I was 'an atheist infiltrator'. This was at the easy going Protestant church, I worry what might have happened had I volunteered at the hardcore Catholic church across the street.

  6. Re:Low lifes on Jack Thompson Spams Utah Senate, May Face Legal Action · · Score: 1

    Not really relevant but adding multiple infinities is perfectly acceptable and sometimes useful. I take it you've never had an advanced Calculus class.

  7. Re:how many superfreighters is that? on The Ecological Impact of Spam · · Score: 1

    I was going to smartly disprove you but i'll just leave it at.

    I don't believe you.

  8. Re:MacAfee Finds Way to Market Product as Green! on The Ecological Impact of Spam · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I think the electricity wasted on your monitor by bringing spam up.. Maybe a few seconds max. That will FAR overshadow any filtering techniques occurring in your processor.

  9. Re:Tranquility? on NASA Names Space Station Treadmill After Colbert · · Score: 1

    The stupid part. Is that Serenity from firefly was named to try to fit in with NASA names. That would be like never naming a ship with the prefix U.S.S. because it makes people think of startrek. In case you didn't know the uss enterprise was a ship in the US navy for like 100 years. Oh wait we have proof this doesn't bother NASA. They named the first space shuttle the enterprise... So I think NASA is just being stupid, got fed up with contest cause of Colbert and decided to ignore the whole thing.

  10. Re:Garbage In, Garbage Out on Google Losing Up To $1.65M a Day On YouTube · · Score: 1

    I think credit suisse is just being a dick. They said hardrives cost 2$ per gig. I can get space for .06c per gig I'm sure google gets it at half that. So their space number is off by a factor of almost 100. And the other figures are totally pulled out of their asses and can't be verified nor shot down.

  11. Re:Garbage In, Garbage Out on Google Losing Up To $1.65M a Day On YouTube · · Score: 1

    At home I get teksavvy dsl. 200GB/mo for 30$/mo. With that I can support lets say 20 average youtube users (everyone watches youtube 3hours/day). That works out to 1.5$/mo or .05c per user per day. I like my ISP and all but I'm SURE google can get a better deal when they buy 100,000times what I use. Even If you give EVERY user their own personal dsl line it costs less than 1$/day. So obviously you are on crack, lots of it.

  12. Re:Why? on Mozilla Mulls Dropping Firefox For Win2K, Early XP · · Score: 1

    Exactly my question. What advantage do they get by dropping the support? Can they add some new wicked feature they couldn't before? If so lets hear it and we can decide if its stupid or not. Otherwise this is meaningless.

  13. Re:So Very Painfully Humiliatingly Guilty on College Police Think Using Linux Is Suspicious Behavior · · Score: 1

    ...And that starts with 'P' and that rhymes with 'T' and that stands for TROUBLE.

  14. Re:Youtube and the death of the advertising model on Google Losing Up To $1.65M a Day On YouTube · · Score: 1

    Don't make fun of him, BadAnalogyGuy is just trying to stay in character!

  15. Re:Garbage In, Garbage Out on Google Losing Up To $1.65M a Day On YouTube · · Score: 1

    It doesn't matter 1~2$ per user per day is a complete lie. Maybe like.... 1$ per user per month. Google buys bandwidth in bulk. at 1~2$ per person per day the average person would have to have FIOS and stream youtube videos 24/7. So lets say they meant 1~2$ per month and aren't complete idiots.

  16. Re:REALLY now? on Google Losing Up To $1.65M a Day On YouTube · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well. I agree that the DMCA BS is terrible. But I don't think that has any bearing on their profit margin. If they are losing money per view... DMCA is probably saving them money by slowly killing youtube. I understand your aggression but clearly it is misdirected.

  17. Re:xp does the job well on 83% of Businesses Won't Bother With Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    Compatability mode is in every version of windows since 3.1

  18. Re:Lot's assumptions on Iraq Game Sparks Outrage, Soldiers Have Mixed Reactions · · Score: 1

    No offense but your friend sounds like a sicko and an idiot. If the fight was about saving the Iraqis then he would want to be wherever he was needed. But no, he wants to be where he gets to kill people. This is NOT an admirable trait. It is disgusting.

  19. Re:NO different than Black Hawk Down on Iraq Game Sparks Outrage, Soldiers Have Mixed Reactions · · Score: 1

    And a total lie. Much of the original plot involving questioning US ethics were removed. The story about their true mission was cut out. And much of the brutalization of somalis was cut out. Even the actors spoke out against it (not that they quit). Also the movie made the Americans look like gods and the somalis ignorant evil monsters. And in the end, a part left out by the movie. The main hero irl became a sicko and is currently rotting in jail for raping his 6year old daughter. Talk about failing to show the realities of war.

  20. Re:I hate life on Rockstar Games Develops Connection Between Flash Gaming, Nintendo DS · · Score: 1

    Except for the case where I am the one in love. My girlfriend supports my nerdyness fully. She even wrote me a love letter in hex!

  21. Don't worry it is OK on Paid Shilling Comes to Twitter · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Twitter was a stupid waste of time already so this changes nothing.

  22. Re:This is an old idea on Better Living Through Nukes? · · Score: 1

    I don't see how a ship the size of a city propelled by hundreds of nuclear explosions sounds dangerous. You just aren't adventurous enough.

  23. Re:Sell them for cash, lots of it. on Better Living Through Nukes? · · Score: 1

    That would never work. All those countries are poor.

  24. Re:Been tried, major fail on Better Living Through Nukes? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Not really. It was just politically infeasible. Nuclear weapons can be built to have very low fallout. So the gas was probably safe to use.

  25. I hate life on Rockstar Games Develops Connection Between Flash Gaming, Nintendo DS · · Score: 5, Funny

    I had plans to do this for an MMO ~4 years ago. Was well into coding, had mostly completed the engine when my main coding partner fell in love and got married totally ruining the project. Curse love! Happiness ruins all good coding projects.