How long before they slap some wooden panels onto it together with a triple price tag? ;-)

Whenever I see the juxtaposition "predatory scientific journals", I'm immediately reminded of the unforgettable Monty Python archeology sketch.

Obviously, they're using the advanced computer technology to do reviews for them.

I'm not a biologist, but it seems to me that life is more keen to utilize energy through more complicated but well defined pathways rather than through unpredictable thermal excitations, much like your car prefers a piston engine and a gearbox to Orion-style detonations.

Considering the Japanese penchant for rare sea delicacies, this could certainly provide a boost to their space program. Unless they get overtaken by the Chinese in case we find alien sea cucumbers on Europa, of course.

Power loss mitigation or power-caused-hardware-loss mitigation? I thought that in data centers, the batteries are for the former.

Those who can't buy them online, because they're not online yet? Just a thought...

I have no idea why you're addressing this random comment of yours to me.

Is "class-conscious" some new euphemism for "assholes" that I haven't previously been aware of?

Here's an interesting chart for you.

Just use a very large laser pointer. ;-)

640KB is enough for some things. Every time you increase it by an order of magnitude, it becomes enough for more things. Eventually, the set of things that it's not enough for becomes too small a market to justify the R&D investment.

The main reason for doing it with mattresses is that it lets brick and mortar stores compete with online and makes price comparisons hard. I looked at some mattresses in a shop, where I could try lying on them, and then tried to check the price online and see if the local store was competitive (I'd accept some premium for being able to try it, but not an extra 100% markup). Not only could I not find the same model online, I couldn't find it in other brick and mortar stores either. I've no idea whether the two that were priced differently were the same, or just nearly the same.

The first amendment says that the government can't stop you from saying things they don't like. Free speech in general says that someone in a position of power can't stop you from saying things that they don't like. No matter how much free speech you have, the rest of society is still free to think you're an idiot when you open your mouth...

Most of the explanations of what 'modern feminism' is that I've seen have come from its detractors. Actual modern feminists seem pretty rare and, when you do meet them, far more rational than either their detractors or their portrayal by their detractors.