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• On the post: DailyDirt: Weird Foods That Are Also Natural And Organic

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2011 @ 10:01pm

  Re: The trouble with ?Organic? stuff ...

  Organic is a pretty vague term -- purposely so. If "organic" actually had a regulated definition, then I'm sure it wouldn't be thrown around so much.

• On the post: DailyDirt: Our Eight-Legged Friends

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2011 @ 06:09pm

  Re: Spiders On Drugs

  Have you seen the remix?
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHzdsFiBbFc

• On the post: DailyDirt: Saving The Planet By Using Better Packaging

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2011 @ 01:53pm

  Re:

  Actually, I wonder why chip makers don't partner with the folks behind disposable/reusable containers like Ziplock/Gladware/etc... then you could eat the chips and then keep a re-closable container for future snacks.

• On the post: DailyDirt: Saving The Planet By Using Better Packaging

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 14 Jun, 2011 @ 09:28pm

  Re: Law Of Unintended Consequences

  I don't think people are going to buy more soda than they normally would just because the bottles are more environmentally friendly... but maybe?

• On the post: DailyDirt: Odd Vehicles

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 13 Jun, 2011 @ 07:00pm

  Re:

  NiceDoggy, those are some cool vehicles, too...

• On the post: PrometheeFeu's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2011 @ 01:10pm

  Re: Re: Spell check.

  oops. typos fixed. thanks!

• On the post: DailyDirt: Better Food Through Science

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 10 Jun, 2011 @ 11:44pm

  Re: Nitpicking

  There are other solvents out there besides water! How about an ethanol+dry ice slurry...? I'd think a vodka+dry ice bath wouldn't be too hard to make -- but it'd be a bit more dangerous in terms of handling it without getting frostbite.
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooling_bath

• On the post: DailyDirt: Telling Your Computer What To Do… Nicely?

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2011 @ 07:53pm

  Re:

  There used to be speed-typing/texting competitions, so I wonder if/when there will ever be a speed-gesture competition for entering data the fastest.. How many words per minute can you gesture?

• On the post: DailyDirt: Better Batteries

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 08 Jun, 2011 @ 09:49pm

  Re: Water Scoops and Thinking Outside the Box.

  I don't think battery life is *just* a problem for electric cars... and it's not even clear that pure electric cars are actually that much more desirable than hybrid vehicles.
  
  And there are various ways to wirelessly transmit power -- but it'd be tricky to do for a target that's moving at >55mph....

• On the post: DailyDirt: Better Batteries

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 07 Jun, 2011 @ 06:35pm

  Re: Supercapacitors?

  There are also fundamental limits to capacitors, though... so I think chemistry might be the better bet, even though we're not really satisfied with chemical battery performance.
  
  Maybe superflywheels will trump everything....? :)

• On the post: DailyDirt: Biodegradable Materials Are Good For… Cars?

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 04 Jun, 2011 @ 01:03pm

  Re: dandelions

  heh. well a "nice" salad is in the eye of the beholder....

• On the post: DailyDirt: Winners And Record Holders

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2011 @ 04:20pm

  Re: The Best Illusion are a sight to behold

  Jimr -- 25,000 Big Macs.. not all at once! :P
  
  I wonder what other foods people might unconsciously eat 25,000 of -- maybe M&Ms?

• On the post: DailyDirt: Making Popcorn In Modern Times

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 27 May, 2011 @ 05:56pm

  Re:

  There's also the DIY way to make microwave popcorn in a brown paper bag, from Alton Brown:
  http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/plain-brown-popper-recipe/index.html

• On the post: DailyDirt: Friendly Neighborhood Spiders?

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 27 May, 2011 @ 11:32am

  Re:

  okay.. here's a link to the original research paper, then:
  http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1743-6109.2010.01978.x/full
  
  Nitric Oxide-Induced Vasorelaxation in Response to PnTx2-6 Toxin from Phoneutria nigriventer Spider in Rat Cavernosal Tissue

• On the post: DailyDirt: Satellites Measure All Sorts Of Stuff…

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 25 May, 2011 @ 12:45am

  Re:

  Too bad.. b/c if this project actually gets off the ground, it'll probably be a good ol' tungsten light bulb.

• On the post: DailyDirt: Challenges For Fun And (Non-)Profit

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 23 May, 2011 @ 06:51pm

  Re:

  nice... but it's trademark infringement -- unless Roddenberry actually got a patent on a tricorder! :P

• On the post: DailyDirt: High Performance Vehicles Without Internal Combustion Engines

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 23 May, 2011 @ 01:39pm

  Re: Got to get away from burning dead things for energy.

  "ALL cars USUALLY !!!!!!! great engligh !!"
  
  just a minor note here... the original was "All-electric cars usually" -- meaning "all-electric" as opposed to "partial-" or "hybrid-" electric cars. (That hyphen actually has a purpose...)

• On the post: DailyDirt: You Can't Be In Two Places At Once… Yet.

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 19 May, 2011 @ 11:57pm

  Re:

  There used to be a Robot Wars competition at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco in the summers -- I think that'd be a close approximation of what bullying high school robots would look like... :P
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Wars_(TV_series)

• On the post: What 4th Amendment? Indiana Sheriff Says Random, Warrantless House To House Searches Are Okay

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 19 May, 2011 @ 01:18pm

  Re: Indian?

  fixed. It should be Indiana... just a typo, folks.

• On the post: DHS's ICE Group Accused Of Lying To Court About Expense Of Complying With FOI Request

  

  Michael Ho ( profile ), 19 May, 2011 @ 12:11pm

  Re: psst

  fixed. thanks for pointing that out....

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