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Comment Re:umm (Score 1) 347

The Bullsh*t meter when off when:

* No mention of coil size or currents used or measured. (300 ohm? what gauge, what inductance, what coil radius) How can they say a "small current'. WTF, what kind of field strength are we talking about. Amps, microamps?

* How can you measure or emit 7Hz with a coil that is a few inches in diameter?

* Weirdly using 7Hz and then talking about 7.83Hz Why wouldn't they try these experiments in all of the Schumann resonance frequencies.
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We mentioned on Thursday that Wikipedia has banned edits originating from certain IP addresses belonging to the Church of Scientology; reader newtley writes now that Scientology leader (CEO and Chairman of the Board of the linked, but legally separate, Religious Technology Center) David Miscavige calls the ban "a 'despicable hate crime,' and asks, 'What's next, will Scientologists have to wear yellow, six-pointed stars on our clothing?' During World War II, Hitler forced Jewish men, women and children to wear a a yellow cloth star bearing the word Jude to brand them in the streets of Europe, and in the Nazi death camps."

Comment Not to mention (Score 1) 315

Not only that, those electors may be violating State law, but so what?

There is not Constitutional requirement that the electors vote in any certain way or adhere to State laws or popular vote. That is why we live in a Republic, and there have many historical cases of electors not voting for the "correct" state required candidate. Sometimes by accident even.

Comment Re:Easy start to documentation: write man pages (Score 1) 92

Might I also suggest a look at Restructured Text as another alternative. Comes from the Python community. Raw text is a little easier to read IMHO and can also output to HTML, PS, PDF and LaTeX. Either way you go, one of these formats is nice in that you will easily be able to convert to most any format you'll need to publish your documentation in.

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