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But, it is flawed -- simply because its so incomplete. There's simply too much we have absolutely no clue about and we have a lot of gaps that don't neatly add up. Our ignorance is…

This is actually quite interesting but sadly not entirely surprising.

Wow. Platypus is very nice. I like the text window output option. Very, very nice. Thanks for the tip.

They seem really desperate to utterly reinvent everything about themselves lately. Hmmmm. Wonder why?

Apart from never being able to make this work, what would be a better way of lifting people out of poverty and making their lives better would be the government to abolish the cast…

This technique was known about at least as far back as the forties. What sort of RF gain do these provide? Not much, I would think.

DOS was (is) a loose collection of small (optional) utilities, a tiny bootloader (IO.SYS) and a limited command interpreter -- command.com and the bootloader was all that was stric…

You would have to be insane to even think like this.

You can install minimal (mini or server) then add just what you want when you want it. And yes, you've always been able to build your own distros with as much or as little as you l…

Paid up-front for a nice Android phone just over a year ago and shopped around and found a £10 a month deal -- 250 talk minutes (which I never use), unlimited texts and unlimited d…

I used to see a lot of TW tubes and it is amazing these are still vitally important and have never been surpassed in terms of gain and low noise. Vacuum tubes (or valves here in th…

I've surprised myself by actually liking it. A lot.

In the UK LSD is prescribable by a consultant for certain intractable conditions but you need a Home Office license to do it. It appears capable of curing chronic migraine (one dos…

I like RandomPlay or CMUS in preference to iTunes. Their randomness is more suited to my collection. Both on Linux and OS X. But what I love more than anything is listening to the …

> "Also, though I have no sources on this other than personal experience, linux skills are frequently indicator of heavy prorastinator." What on Earth are you talking about?

Any time now ... C and Assembler ... emitted as JavaScript. Sheesh .

Apple has officially, unmistakeably and categorically jumped the shark.

I have often thought that statistically most astronauts are quite long-lived (barring launch pad accidents). That, and their careers are usually quite short. Unlike airline pilots.…

But then, Seth once made a bet with me that by now we would have AI's. Although I do personally think he's spot on. We will, eventually, detect , at least, evidence of another radi…

Pointless question. It isn't their business model.