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Comment: Re:http://www.foldscope.com/ (Score 1) 80

by davewoods (#46454777) Attached to: Stanford Bioengineer Develops a 50-cent Paper Microscope

Why use fancy laser cutters and such when the technology and means to mass produce them cheaply already exists?

Because things need to be incredibly precise. I asked the same question initially, but there is no way I could ever cut the pieces out precisely enough to be usable, even with a precision knife (Exacto, etc)

Comment: Re:Is that legal in the UK? (Score 1) 306

by davewoods (#46445773) Attached to: Mozilla Is Investigating Why Dell Is Charging To Install Firefox


The ACTUAL procedure.

Customer does not want Firefox installed:
When loading the image for the system, select the "No Firefox" image.

Customer wants Firefox installed:
When loading the image for the system, select the "With Firefox" image.

Estimated time difference: .8 seconds.

Comment: Re:Value (Score 1) 253

by davewoods (#46351169) Attached to: Blizzard To Sell Level 90 <em>WoW</em> Characters For $60
Indeed, this brings to mind images of 30 year old babies that have no motor skills aside from walking. When I played, I could run into almost any situation and know exactly what strategy to use. These people would end up lumbering around mashing random buttons/skills/spells until they found the first thing that kinda works, and rely solely on that. Then as soon as the situation changes, they are useless again.

Comment: Re:Drake (Score 1) 77

by davewoods (#46350551) Attached to: Kepler's Alien World Count Skyrockets

Surely this is pushing up the lower bounds of some variables?

Doubtful. This is just making it faster to confirm exoplanets, it is not changing what types of exoplanets we can detect.

As AC said above:

The way we search for planets, we only discover planets of certain mass (the larger, the easier), AND/OR at certain location from the star (the closer, the easier), AND/OR at particular ecliptic's angle compared to ours...

Comment: Re:DOTA2 (Score 1) 669

by davewoods (#46306853) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Games Are You Playing?
I agree with everything you have to say about this. The only reason I started playing other games is because one of my good friends became interested in Warframe, so I play that with him from time to time. But DOTA 2 is definitely my favorite, especially with the new Ability Draft mode, it really keeps things fresh.

Comment: Re:DOTA on WCIII (Score 1) 669

by davewoods (#46306811) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: What Games Are You Playing?
FYI, they did a really good job with DOTA 2. Much better graphics, fine tuned gameplay, new heroes, special events, and free. I play often with friends, I was able to pick it up very quickly my first time because I had so much WCIII DOTA under my belt, so other than learning the new heroes/items, you should not have any issues.

God doesn't play dice. -- Albert Einstein