Comment Trivial workaround. (Score 2) 733
All that pet stores need to do is give away cooking instructions with every pet sold. Not their fault if you happen to decide not to eat it after you get it home.
Sheesh.
Comment Intentional? (Score 1) 535
A game that deliberately cripples itself for the sake of a few bucks, and the last two words in the title are "Evil Mercenaries"? Did they do that on purpose?
Comment Re:Until this year I'd only _read_ about ice dams (Score 4, Informative) 439
Get a pair of cheap nylons.
Fill them with rock salt.
Lay them on the roof so that they are perpendicular to your gutters (NOT parallel to or inside the gutters).
The idea is that the salt melts a channel through the ice dam so that the meltage can leak out instead of piling up behind the dam. We did that last year and it really helped. You'll want to watch for salt residue though. If the meltage doesn't wash it away, get a bucket or hose or something.
NASA Says Moon Has More Water Than Great Lakes 255
jerryjamesstone writes "The US Great Lakes have some competition: the moon. Yes, that old thing in the sky may hold more than all of the water contained in the Great Lakes, according to a NASA-funded study. From the article: 'Scientists at the Carnegie Institution's Geophysical Laboratory in Washington, along with other scientists across the nation, determined that the water was likely present very early in the moon's formation history as hot magma started to cool and crystallize. This finding means water is native to the moon.'"
Foldit Player May Have Created a Useful Protein 144
An anonymous reader writes "The organizers of the game Foldit, where you fold proteins for scientific research, announced that a user has found a protein that may be able to bind influenza viruses. Researchers plan to test the protein in a lab over the next few weeks to see if it might be medically useful."
