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  1. Creepy if you have read Cat's Cradle on New Ice Structure Could Help Seed Clouds, Cause Rain · · Score: 2, Informative

    I can see on the tags that I am not the only one who thought so

  2. Why does anything exists on Science's Alternative To an Intelligent Creator · · Score: 1

    The multiverse+anthropic principle doesn't explain why there is such things as universes. A generalisation called "The Ultimate Ensemble theory" goes further. In short, the universe is just logic and math. Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_ensemble

  3. Infinity symbol shaped double ring on Any Suggestions For a Meaningful Geeky Wedding Band? · · Score: 1

    to be used on two fingers. To symbolise that this is forever :)

  4. Timezone on Firefox Download Day To Start At 1 p.m. EST · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why do slashdot use obscure timezones like PST EST XST when there is a standard UTC?

  5. Re:Seriously? on What to Seek in an Older Subnotebook? · · Score: 1

    Using the technique of Opera Mini that should very well be possible.

  6. Re:huh? on Linus Denounces NDISWrapper, Denies It GPL Status · · Score: 1

    Userspace is some sort of virtual environment shielded from the kernel and communicates through a well defined interface, the system calls. The NDIS driver environment is the exact same thing. They are just two different flavors of environments, one is no more part of the kernel than the other as I see it, correct me if I'm wrong.

  7. ELF Loader also loads non GPL software on Linus Denounces NDISWrapper, Denies It GPL Status · · Score: 1

    How is the Ndiswrapper different from the ELF loader in the respect that it can load non GPL software. The ELF loader is not placed under these restrictions afaik.

  8. Re:All of these frameworks are mostly overkill on GWT Java AJAX Programming · · Score: 1

    It's true that you can get far by a small amount of code without a framework. However in my experience, as complexity grows, javascript suddenly gets very hard. It is important to encapsulate complexity, which your code show nothing of. The main advantage of GWT is static types, and the ability to use a known language and mature development tools. The GWT framework is too low level in my opinion though. I don't wan't to download dubious 3rd party libraries that may or may not work.

  9. Kyoto and peak oil on BBC Wants Evidence of Climate Science Bias · · Score: 1

    Kyoto is actually a fine idea, not because it will reduce a coming climate change, i doubt it will. You can be reasonbly sure that human will burn up any oil, coal, gas it can find. Prolonging the process of burning all fossile fule on earth by 10,20,50 years wont matter that much in the long run.

    What will matter, however, is that Kyoto will speed up the process of shifting to alternative energy sources. When we reach the time when there is no longer gas and oil enough, the world as we know it will change. The less depency of oil and gas we at that time, the better prepared we will be for that situation. I don't know when that time is, but energy prices behave somewhat like the stockmarket, and the seismic shift in price may occur well in advance.