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Comment Re:Implicated? Yeah, and then what. (Score 1) 281

Also, there's the whole issue that the lungs are delicate tissue. There's something that makes me a bit concerned when thinking about breathing in alpha emitters into one of the only real region where they pose a significant threat (in terms of effective dose and alpha emitters). Your skin is meant to take a pretty good pummelling, and it's quite easy to cut out whatever shouldn't be there; not with lungs, and lungs are kind of important to the whole living thing.

Comment Re:How do they know this is remotely valid? (Score 1) 67

If you point a telescope into deeper space you can effectively look further back in time. Maybe not the same thing as watching a single star get older, but it's better than sitting around for 6 billion years and watching paint dry. Hell, you might even be able to measure rotational period accurately enough to verify a theory.

Comment Re:Virtual Desktops (Score 1) 1002

Having two monitors is a huge deal if you're copying something from one program into another. One thing that comes to mind (perhaps not particularly common of a developer) is writing up a project report from spreadsheet data, email reports, paraphrasing a contractor's report, copying a lost file that has only been printed and scanned (not common, but it does happen), etc. In this case, having multiple desktops on one monitor would be not much more than an annoyance in these cases; it's a little like saying "why do I need desk space for one fully open book when I can just look at one at a time, half-open each book to look at, or just put it on the desk behind me?"

Comment Re:another cycle (Score 1) 729

Agreed. Except for the stupid button grouping idea (which everyone seems to be jumping on-board with, and the first thing I disable). "Too many taskbar entries clutter up the taskbar." Then close some windows or get a good tabbed browser!

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