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  1. Re:damn on Treating the Dead · · Score: 1

    Now no more CPR for hot women!!!!!! I don't know, they still recommend lots chest compressions.
  2. Re:Article doesn't claim cause found on Cell Phones Aren't Killing Bees After All · · Score: 1

    You do realize that Nosema is pretty easy to find by examining the dead bees, don't you?

    My father used to have a few bee hives some years ago, but they kept getting wiped out by tracheal mites. Except for Nosema and tracheal mites, bees generally don't live long enough to get any other diseases. However, Nosema and tracheal mites can wipe out a lot of hives in no time at all.

  3. Re:ZOMG on MS Offers Vista Upgrade Pricing To All · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Microsoft is adjusting prices to meet lack of demand? Every sane business does this. There, fixed that for you.
  4. Re:Yet another reason... on Turbo Tax Melts Down on Tax Day · · Score: 1

    ... to not wait until the last minute to do your taxes. Aww, come on. Everyone knows that if it wasn't for the last minute, nothing would ever get done.
  5. Re:Alternativly... on MS Silverlight a Step Back For Linux Users · · Score: 2, Informative
    Nope, no platform support at all. Well, except for maybe these guys.

    From the press release:

    Leading media companies and solution providers have announced support for Silverlight including Akamai Technologies, Brightcove, Eyeblaster, Limelight Networks, Major League Baseball, NaviSite Inc., Netflix, Pinnacle Systems Inc., Rhozet Corp., Skinkers, Sonic Solutions, Tarari Inc., Telestream Inc. and Winnov. All have indicated plans to deliver Silverlight-based experiences for their viewers and customers.
  6. Old saying on Statistical Accuracy of Internet Weather Forecasts · · Score: 1

    Climate is what you expect. Weather is what you get.

  7. Re:Probably not a good idea just yet on The First HD DVD Movie Hits BitTorrent · · Score: 1

    It's the fact that when the RIAA says "You can't do this", their first thought is "Just watch me". It seems to me that there is a world of difference between "can't" do something and "not supposed to" do something. I guess **IAA are finding that out the hard way.
  8. Re:statutory rape on Fighting Porn Vs. Ruining Innocent Lives · · Score: 1

    Where is the line drawn? Depends on what state you're in: http://www.coolnurse.com/consent.htm
  9. Re:What's stopping you? on How Can We Convert the US to the Metric System? · · Score: 1

    40 (rods / hogshead) = 0.00198412698 miles / US gallon, or, another way 10.476 feet/US gallon
  10. Re:Funny, but lame on How Can We Convert the US to the Metric System? · · Score: 1

    Of course, we can thank Adobe for embedding their definition of the point = 1/72" in PostScript (which is slightly larger then the older traditional point.) Check me if I'm wrong, but I think that we should thank Apple instead. As I recall, Apple used 72dpi as the standard resolution for the early Macintoshes (and possibly Lisa, bit I'm not sure about that) before postscript became popular. I remember working a a graphics shop in the mid eighties and more than once mixing up Apple's 72dpi and traditional 96dpi typographic point sizes.
  11. Re:Can anyone tell me why on Discovery Lands in Florida · · Score: 1

    You forgot to mention that you are also wearing hockey gloves while trying to turn said bolt.

  12. Hindsight on In Search of Stupidity · · Score: 1

    I beg to differ. I figure that hindsight is 20/40 at best, with a touch of astigmatism.

  13. Re:I AM a molecular biologist on Stem Cells At The Core of Cancer? · · Score: 1

    This may not be news to you, but it does appear to be news to a lot of other people.

  14. Re:At least the 2004 Florida ballots had a trail on Worst Ever Security Flaw in Diebold Voting Machine · · Score: 1

    A fat lot of good a paper trail does you if you do 3 different recounts on the same paper ballots and get 3 different results. IIRC, during the recounts, there was a lot of confusion as to what actually counted as a vote with all of the dimples and hanging chads.

  15. Re:Stupid Politics on OpenSSL loses FIPS 140-2 Certification (Or Not) · · Score: 1

    I'm guessing that the company will get an explination as to why it's cert gets pulled, but that doesn't mean that the rest of the world needs to know.

  16. Re:Misplaced recognition on 1st Heinlein Prize Awarded · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Maybe every now and then it's good to recognize the inspiration that drives the innovators.

  17. Re:Big Big Drives are great...but backup is a prob on Review of Seagate's 750Gb Hard Drive · · Score: 1

    "The RAID access will be automatic so effectively you're always backing data up." RAID != Backup RAID will only protect the integrity of your data. It will not protect your data from a trojan/worm/whatever nastiness that can blow your data away. It will not allow your to recover that important document that you accidently deleted two weeks ago.