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Comment: Re:Compared to a movie night... (Score 1) 301

by Bender0x7D1 (#39544941) Attached to: To me, lotteries represent ...
Actually, the payout is around 2/3 of the total amount, so around $400 million. That's $133 million each. After federal taxes, they are looking at $85 million. State taxes will vary. Lawyers are very cheap at this scale - a $2000/hr lawyer means 500 hours before you hit $1 million - and that's a LOT of paperwork.

Comment: Re:Fun science experiment you can do at home (Score 1) 1367

Now, repeat your experiment using salt water in your measuring cup, instead of fresh water, and float fresh water ice cubes in it. That will more accurately model reality and that's REAL science, my friend.

Note: What do you think will happen when the fresh water melting lowers the density of the liquid (fresh water is less dense than salt water) but the overall mass remains constant?

Comment: Re:Ready, set, go! (Score 1) 60

by Bender0x7D1 (#36060046) Attached to: Rocket Blasts Off With Missile-Warning Satellite

Personally, I prefer using a little bit of it for both.

In case you haven't noticed, the world is a messed up place. If we, as a country, don't have the ability to kill people efficiently, and in large numbers, we likely wouldn't exist as a country. Someone else, willing to spend money on killing people, would come in and take over.

As for welfare - I like the sig for "shutdown -p now" - "I like paying taxes. With them I buy civilization." I'm not saying that we should support a professional welfare class, but we should make sure everyone has BASIC needs so they don't decide to start mugging people and robbing houses to avoid starvation..

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Dragon Age DRM Servers Down-> 1

Submitted by Bender0x7D1
Bender0x7D1 writes "It seems BioWare is having server issues, leaving them unable to authorize downloadable content to their Dragon Age players. According to their forum players have been unable to access their content since Friday, and it may not be resolved for another day. Players are understandably upset about the issue, but are even more upset that there is no official comment by BioWare forcing them to rely on other players for information."
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What Happens If You Get Sucked Out of a Plane? 327

Posted by Roblimo
from the do-not-try-this-at-home dept.
astroengine writes "We've all wondered about it. When flying at 30,000ft, you look around the cramped economy class cabin thinking 'I wonder if I'd survive being sucked out of this plane if a hole, say, just opened above my head?' That's probably around the time that you should fasten your seat belt. According to medical experts interviewed by Discovery News in the wake of the Southwest Airlines gaping hole incident, the rapid depressurization, low oxygen levels and freezing cold would render you unconscious very quickly. Assuming you don't get chopped in half as you exit through the hole and hit the tail, you'd be long dead before you hit the ground. Nice."

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