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Most likely several hundred quatloos' worth, I'm guessing. :D Edit: Oh, HN, you are so humor impaired sometimes.

• fsloth 10y ago
  Voting is a mechanism to signal whether the comment adds anything to the discussion. Star Trek references really don't add anything to an actual scientific discovery. I would much rather read actual engineering rather than entertainment driven thought.
  • raarts 10y ago
    I think you've just proven his point.
    • fsloth 10y ago
      Yeah, I know, I might be occasionally too cynical.
  • daveguy 10y ago
    I took the post as commentary on the engineering feasibility of the parent post.
• mrleiter 10y ago
  Simply: this is not reddit. Voting happens based on the content of information added by your comment. Not a joke or a wordplay, unfortunately.
  • pault 10y ago
    I had to downvote you because we're not supposed to compare HN to reddit. ;) Edit: Oops, I cancelled my downvote.
    • grzm 10y ago
      That's a misreading of the guidelines: If your account is less than a year old, please don't submit comments saying that HN is turning into Reddit. It's a common semi-noob illusion, as old as the hills. https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html