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• Commented on When is it OK to eat moldy food?
  Fun fact about butyric acid- it's what makes vomit smell like vomit! Course, you knew that already if you've ever smelled rancid butter.......
• Commented on Atheist bus ads roll in London today: massive success
  @ #12 "To say that there is no god would be an assertion of a fact without any evidence (which would be pretty hard to come by), i.e. the very definition of faith." @ #22 "Actually no. "God does not...
• Commented on Video from the Presidential Campaign, Republican Division
  *HORF* btw, I saw Lee Greenwood perform "God Bless the USA" during halftime at a recent Titans football game. I don't know which was funnier: the drunk rednecks that stood up and waved their hands in the air when he...
• Commented on Reuters sues academic for making a Firefox plugin that lets you annotate and reference articles
  Unfortunately, as a scientist, it's not just about me and what I use. What about collaborators and colleagues who use EndNote or (gasp!) Word? Or what about all of the document templates that journals require me to use that are...
• Commented on Chemistry set ad from the pre-War-on-Fun days
  @AIRPILLO: United Nuclear is probably the best bet. I don't know if places like Sigma Aldrich, VWR, Alfa Aesar, TCI, or Strem Chemicals sell to individuals (possibly not) but those are choices that I use in my lab (although a...
• Commented on Hollywood wants to infect all next-gen video with DRM
  @ #4: BINGO! Aren't we tired yet of the MPAA and RIAA members' shitty policies and products? We, as consumers, have the power: stop seeing movies and listening to artists that are members of the RIAA/MPAA. Hell, most of that...
• Commented on Security guard: no photography in Union Station; Congresswoman: Oh yes there is!
  Stupendous! I misread the blurb at first and somehow thought that Eleanor Holmes was also at Union Station when the security guard told Fox News and Mr. Amtrak to buzz off- THAT would've been priceless....
• Commented on Post-Rapture document delivery
  "So, basically the Government of the AntiChrist gets your stuff, unless you make it available in another way." I snorted out loud when I read this....
• Commented on Compendium of "They do it with..." one-liners
  A little specialized, but still my favorite: Spectroscopists do it with frequency and intensity....
• Commented on Vatican comes up with a new list of Seven Sins
  @jamesmason: "I think religion on the whole is a positive force in the world." I almost vomited when I read this. Please tell all of the Israelis, Palestinians, Sudanese, Jews, Native Americans, homosexuals, and too many more to list here...
• Commented on Herbal Viagra contains dangerous chemicals
  Gussy it up however you want, Trebek. What matters is does it work? Will it really mighty my penis, man?...
• Commented on Great tips for taming cables
  "pray elucidate" Some gadget chargers ("wall warts") will continue to use electricity- even when they are not charging something- if they are plugged into a wall outlet. An easy way to test is to plug a wart in and let...
• Commented on Great tips for taming cables
  Very good idea, very bad implementation. For one, this is a fire hazard. Cardboard + heat from charging = ruin your day. Additionally, wall warts have a nasty tendency to drain power when they are not charging anything. True, you...
• Commented on Nanotech lab porn
  I, and probably the other two posters, realize that the molecules in the crystals are on the nano scale. But this is exactly what I'm talking about, so allow me to reiterate my point: Most molecules are on the "nano...
• Commented on Nanotech lab porn
  Cool pic, but these crystals aren't on the nano-scale AFAIK. The giveaway is the line "The finer specimens may be individually mounted and imaged using X-ray crystal diffraction." Ideally, to keep your crystallographer happy, you want a crystal that will...