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  1. Re:Wow on Apple iPhone Dissected · · Score: 1

    In opening the iPhone to change the battery, the case components will be easily damaged.
    Apple could also include a replacement case (it's cheap cf. the wizzbang internals) in an iPhone battery replacement part.
    This refurbed iPhone would regain 'shiny'. Importantly Apple could charge more for the service :)

  2. Re:Strangely Apt Quote... on The Man Who Went Through 11 Xbox 360s · · Score: 1


    Alex St John: You'll never hear this from anybody else because they probably don't know. The original codename for Direct X was "the Manhattan Project," because strategically it was an effort to displace Japanese game consoles with PCs and ultimately the Xbox. We called it "The Manhattan Project" because that was the codename for the program developing the nuclear bomb. We had a glowing radiation logo for the prototype for Direct X, and of course as soon as that got out and the press covered it, it caused a scandal. Microsoft PR said, "You have got to change that. You cannot be using a radiation symbol and calling this thing 'The Manhattan Project'." So we renamed it Direct X but we said, "Everybody loves the radiation symbol, so what we'll do is add legs to it to make it an 'X'."
    http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=283& page=2

  3. Re:Planting? on Scientist Calls Mars a Terraforming Target · · Score: -1, Troll

    Lets terraform that sucker and see what develops.
    After the wonderful success of terror-forming in Iraq, what could possibly go wrong?

  4. Bradshaw Foundation on Ancestry.com To Add DNA Test Results · · Score: 5, Informative

    FFS! Rather than moderate the /dribble about DNA forensic testing as OT, I'll contribute.

    This is a valuable service (yes there are others available) that tests certain parts of the mitachondrial DNA to establish your maternal lineage and tests certain parts of the Y chromosome (I make the assumption that 98% of the readers are male) to establish your paternal lineage.
    If you want to educate yourself on one of the benefits, please take a few hours to learn how this technique has provided amazing details of the 165k yr journey of mankind to populate the planet http://www.bradshawfoundation.com/journey

  5. Re:On the other hand, they also make great Bourbon on Creationism Museum Opening in Kentucky · · Score: 1

    >My friend as Penn & Teller say, "Creationsim is Bullshit!"

    The Creation Museum opens Monday at 2800 Bullitts^H^H^H^Hshitburg Church Road, Petersburg, Ky.; (888) 582-4253.

  6. Re:Patents are useless against Linux on Why Microsoft Won't List Claimed Patent Violations · · Score: 1

    Vista Windows
    Drivers wanted

  7. Re:Tony needs to talk to George first on Tackling Global Warming Cheaper Than Ignoring It · · Score: 1

    > The melting polar cap stops the Gulf Stream elevator dead.

    Urban myth.
    The Gulf Stream is driven by the wind stress of air flowing from the Pacific over the Rocky Mountains!
    http://www.americanscientist.org/template/AssetDet ail/assetid/51963?fulltext=true

  8. Re:Only solves 50% of the problem on Solar Power Minus the Light · · Score: 1

    You aren't trying hard enough.
    I got 12x125W (1500W) for AUD10,800 less AUD4000 Commonwealth Photovoltaic Rebate, equals AUD4.50 (US3.40) per watt.

  9. Re:Only solves 50% of the problem on Solar Power Minus the Light · · Score: 1

    Except that energy hitting the solar cells now isn't hitting the roof. You should be able to turn the aircon off...
    Yes the solar panels will shade the roof, but they will radiate heat onto the roof. Solar panels are 14-17% efficient. Some of the other 80% of the light energy is converted to heat, enough so they run about 25C above ambient temperature. Solar panels are mounted at least 10cm (a few inches) above the roof so that air can flow freely to help cool the panels.