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  1. Re:Are you guys stupid or something? on No Intelligent Aliens Detected In Gliese 581 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Not that magnetohydrodynamic drive exhaust is undetectable but from my understanding, the only way we'd ever see a "signature" is if the engine were pointing directly at us. Given our size, constant movement, and the minuscule amount of ions actually released the probability of ever detecting anything is probably infinitely close to zero.

  2. Re:Good! on Microsoft-Funded Startup Aims To Kill BitTorrent Traffic · · Score: 1

    Source? I'm curious what law specifically. This would be a hell of a stretch for any lawyer to claim first amendment on this...

  3. Re:Yay on DDR4 May Replace Mobile Memory For Less · · Score: 1

    p.s that was both pedantic and shallow....and also a smidge of sarcasm

  4. Re:Yay on DDR4 May Replace Mobile Memory For Less · · Score: 1

    ... shit's gettin' smaller son...deal with it

  5. Re:The Story of 1 with Terry Jones on Study Suggests the Number-Line Concept Is Not Intuitive · · Score: 1

    The same way it carried the coconut

  6. Re:This won't work on National Planetary Exploration Car Wash and Bake Sale · · Score: 1

    Which sucks. We spend more money on defense in a year (~680 billion in 2010) than the entire budget of NASA combined ever (~500 billion....again....ever)

  7. Re:Losses, but due to piracy? on The Numbers Behind the Copyright Math · · Score: 1

    Actually, I have never pirated. But I have downloaded
    Yep, and I've never smoked, but I have inhaled

  8. Re:China on NASA Boss Says Mars Colonization Will Be Corporate Only · · Score: 1

    Mosques on Mars: Starring Bruce Campbell.
    I'd watch it.

  9. Re:I am not worried about it on Don't Worry About Global Warming, Say 16 Scientists in the WSJ · · Score: 1
  10. Re:No they can't on LHC Homes In On Possible Higgs Boson Around 126GeV · · Score: 1

    What if the car is in the driveway?

    On a related note, for those of you that prefer metaphors over math, I suggest watching this: http://www.ted.com/talks/brian_cox_on_cern_s_supercollider.html

  11. Re:Waste of time and money on Is the OMB Trying To End Planetary Exploration? · · Score: 1

    Who's on first. I don't know's on third.

  12. Re:"Bro" on Google To Honor "Don't-Track-Me-Bro" Requests · · Score: 1

    A meme is a meme, it seems, it seems.

  13. Re:Aggregation on How Do You Keep Up With Science Developments? · · Score: 3, Informative

    I've thrown all the feeds from each of these sites into Google Reader. In no particular order:

    wired.com
    slashdot.org
    spectrum.ieee.org
    scientistscanvas.com
    arxiv.org
    techcrunch.com
    techdirt.com
    news.discovery.com
    physicsworld.com
    newscientist.com
    physorg.com
    nationalgeographic.com
    scienceblog.com

    I have plenty more. Any RSS feeder app works. You get some repeats but there's a constant stream of science news.

  14. Re:Yay! on Lawsuit Claims LegalZoom Is Practicing Law Without a License · · Score: 2

    Great point. Does WebMD really have their license to practice medicine? How about FreeCreditReport having having a CPA license? For that matter...is Wikipedia legal in Missouri? All of these sites are available to help, at the users discretion. None of them guarantee accuracy though all of them are regulated to a point where their usefulness outweighs their potential inaccuracies. If you don't like it, hire a real lawyer/doctor/accountant/nerd.

  15. Re:SEX AS A WEAPON !! on Reason Seen More As a Weapon Than a Path To Truth · · Score: 1

    Reminds me of one of my favorite Archer moments: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS-7zTzrSAA

  16. Re:Bill Gates on Is Bill Gates the Cure For What Ails Microsoft? · · Score: 1

    IBM awarded Microsoft a contract in 1980 over Digital Research's OS (DR-DOS) -- so IBM picked Microsoft and used MS-DOS to develop PC-DOS.

  17. Re:Don't worry... on A Bittersweet Finale For Discovery Space Shuttle · · Score: 1
  18. Re:will it be built... on Kentucky Announces Creationism Theme Park · · Score: 1

    First day: Electric installed
    Second day: Plumbing installed
    Third day: Foundation and AC installed
    Fourth day: Lights installed
    Fifth day: Ticket sales commence
    Sixth day: Opening day
    Seventh day: Profit?

  19. Re:Shucks! on Sculptor Gives a Hint For CIA's Kryptos · · Score: 1

    Damn right they do

  20. Re:Prop 19 on Predicting Election Results With Google · · Score: 0, Troll

    Deaths by drunk driving in the US per year (rough average:) ~12,000 -- (1)
    Deaths by Marijuana in the World...EVER: 0 -- (2)

    Sources:
    Reference 1
    Reference 2

  21. Re:This Is a Comment Expressing New Found Skeptici on This Is a News Website Article About a Scientific Paper · · Score: 4, Funny

    This reminds me of: Charlie Brooker Reports the News

  22. Re:GoodLuckWithThat on DuckDuckGo Search Engine Erects Tor Hidden Service · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I can't wait for that last one to show up in Google Trends.

  23. Re:I'll bet on Skydiver To Break Sound Barrier During Free-Fall · · Score: 1

    In fact, if he hits mach 1 at a high enough altitude, I bet there's still no sound of the molecules hitting your feet/wind resistance. The sound isn't the issue. If anything he'd need to find a way to slow himself OR insulate himself as the heat from friction would increase as the density of the atmosphere increases.

    I just hope that whichever dummy they drop (plastic or Austrian) they strap a bunch of sensors on so we know how to prepare for the next dummy.

  24. Re:Watermarking on Indie Game Dev On the Positive Side To DRM · · Score: 1

    What legal right is there saying that "after the first sale there are no contracts that can be bound to that product?"

  25. Re:Watermarking on Indie Game Dev On the Positive Side To DRM · · Score: 1

    Not if their contract says otherwise