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Comment Re:Books vs. E-books (Score 1) 538

I love to read. I can put HTML into text and save it into my computer to edit into whatever I chose to do. It is fun to recall information using a search function and not be limited to just one text. Blogging gives the average person the ability to give their version of stories and facts. Slash dot is a perfect example of how nerds shape their own perceptions. It may not be to Murdoch's liking but you must admit, he is a powerful person of the media.

Comment Re:I predict a boom in Chinese research. (Score 1) 292

Being inventive is difficult. I believe Thomas Edison said that it takes more perspiration than inspiration to get an invention.OK, America will provide the incentives and the Chinese will take the initiative and succeed in producing more and more useful "junk". Even if Americans and Europeans invent stuff, China will manufacture it and make a profit off of it. Spread the wealth around until slowly but surely China will own the world...

Comment Re:Someone call Natalie (Score 1) 261

We will see the price of Pro Duo MS continue to drop but strangely the price of a regular old Memory stick for 128 is still over $20 because they no longer make them and some orphaned devices can only use up to that size (old Sony Clie) Someone posted the prices for Pro duo. That is useless for the PSP Go because it only uses Micro Memory stick Pro duo. I don't believe there is an adaptor for Micro SDHC to Micro Memorystick pro duo.

Comment Re:Sure, but... (Score 1) 404

I have installed cameras and we purposefully stationed one camera near the cash register. Yes the cashier that was stealing from the company was caught and was given a choice to quit or charges would be pressed. However for survellance of the unsuspecting public? No camera is allowed in the bathroom where their privacy would be invaded. I would hope any idiot who thinks otherwise is caught. Cameras in a hot drug area? It worked at MacArthur Park in Los Angeles. There are no crack smokers there since 2002 after they installed survellance cameras.

Comment Re:Did anybody read his paper? (Score 1) 1057

Let's see what the anti-global warming people are proposing: 1. Sunspot activity is low so we are in a cooling trend right now (but sunspot activity could go up any year now) 2. Add tons of CO2 and yes an overall rising level of CO2 is measureable. How come no warming trend? Skeptical GW people point out: 1. that in order to lower CO2 levels you need more green plants and the ability to sequester CO2. 2. The long period of making more CO2 cannot be instantly countered and it takes years to reduce the levels that will become too late to reduce. What is the threshold amount of CO2 level that is dangerous? Cynical GW people point out: 1. We may never have another opportunity to stop the increasing levels of CO2. When you reach it, it will be too late to save mankind.

Comment Re:Explosions (Score 3, Informative) 281

Let me say this, idiots that don't take care of the new lithium batteries will spur the need for more idiot proof batteries. The article mentions that you should not introduce any amount of water near these types of batteries. Since water is very common, do not put both an idiot and this battery near each other. At ten times the energy output, it may be 10x more dangerous.

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