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  1. It's just a dick-wagging contest, since EPB "only" offers 1Gbps. Besides, the boilerplate undoubtedly says that is maximum theoretical and the guaranteed minimum is like 1% of that.

  2. Re:https://youtu.be/7jVsQToSfag?t=50 on US Successfully Tests Self-Steering Bullets · · Score: 1

    I was going to be disappointed if someone hadn't linked Zorg demonstrating that gun in Fifth Element...

  3. Re:Astronaut-booze on Powdered Alcohol Banned In Six States · · Score: 1

    Small of your back in the waist elastic/whatever. Never seen them be interested in checking anything but a bag thoroughly as long as you don't set off a metal detector.

  4. Re:If i can't work on my car on EFF Fighting Automakers Over Whether You Own Your Car · · Score: 1

    I have a 2011 Mazda6, and had both of my low-beam headlight lamps fail within 2 days of each other, before I had time to replace the first one. Long story short: The bulb access is through the wheel well— behind the debris shield attached with about a dozen grommets. Of which you can only access half of them without removing the wheel itself. What should be a process that takes minutes was instead an agonizing 90 minutes in 10F weather with no gloves, as it was late at night and I was nowhere near home. I damn near ripped the liner out completely in frustration. The next day I went and paid the $65 extortion charge for replacing the other standard halogen bulb. Getting the brighter type I would have installed myself would have cost me closer to $100 from them.

  5. Re:The downside: It won't protect from direct hits on Boeing Patents Star Wars Style Force Field Technology · · Score: 1

    You don't have time for seatbelts when you have to be able to instantly rush to cover a station after it blows out and kills the person manning it, duh.

  6. Re:Buggy whip makers said automobiles aren't... on Lyft CEO: Self-Driving Cars Aren't the Future · · Score: 1

    Considering just the bottom line, I see automated vehicles as an inevitability, whether we like it or not. Companies will always seek more profit, and what's cheaper than having a driver you don't have to pay, works 24/7, will never complain or quit, and doesn't need benefits either. Lobbying will make this happen. They already own congress.

  7. Re:Space for solar hasn't been much of a concern on Deploying Solar In California's Urban Areas Could Meet Demand Five Times Over · · Score: 1

    Build infrastructure-class carbon scrubbers to sequester CO2 with the excess power during the day then? :)

  8. Re:I still don't know why ... on Nintendo Finally Working On Games for Smartphones · · Score: 1

    Still cheaper than the NeoGeo. That thing was like $799 in the late 80s. Each GAME cost somewhere between $150-200 even...

  9. DeNA is terrible. on Nintendo Finally Working On Games for Smartphones · · Score: 1
    If their smartphone app manga service is any indication, they're incompetent and Nintendo will be worse off for working with them. Their UX is so horrible that I found the app to be literally unusable. No search function, no info pages for titles, no listings of what titles are in each what they call "Issue", etc. One must manually delve each "Issue" page and scroll through the 30 picture icons looking for the series you want and see if its in color (updated) or b/w (not out yet in that "issue"). Some series are flat-out missing from the app that can be found via the desktop version. No way to leave feedback about titles, their only contact info is a generic Twitter address, etc.

    I've also heard from several people they're one of those smartphone game companies that does shovelware apps that just look to nickel and dime people to death.

  10. Re:Space for solar hasn't been much of a concern on Deploying Solar In California's Urban Areas Could Meet Demand Five Times Over · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Feed into a small molten salt reservoir buried in the yard to pull out of at night? Or some sort of battery to draw out of instead? Assuming high-draw appliances like the stove, water heater, and furnace were from an alternate source like natural gas, the rest shouldn't draw all that much power at night. And even the water could be switched over to an on-demand system, rather than what most US homes use right now.

  11. Re:i'th Post on State Employees Say Rules Prevent Open "Climate Change" Discussion In Florida · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The irony in this statement is so palpable, one could cut it with a knife: Florida, the Sunshine State, is a poor choice for solar due to "cloud cover" ...

  12. Re:amazing on Intel Moving Forward With 10nm, Will Switch Away From Silicon For 7nm · · Score: 2

    I think the bigger problem is, what happens when we reach the long-tail of process development, and demand tapers off to the point they can't fund further R&D?

    IE: Systems are "good enough" and people go from buying one every 3 years to "only when they break". That could be 10+ years.

    I suppose Intel would just follow the carrot to the next profitable market like they are pushing Atom CPUs lately?

  13. Re:Taken to the cleaners... on LG Exec Indicted Over Broken Samsung Washing Machine · · Score: 2

    The problem here is they probably had the units setup and working for the start of the show, and come time for the reveal -- suddenly they are broken because this competitor was messing with them prior to opening. Yeah they might have broken during others testing during the show -- but at least that is with Samsung staff around to guide the demonstration or watch over the testing.

  14. Re:A precaution when done ahead of time. on Nuclear Plant Taken Down In Anticipation of Snowstorm · · Score: 1

    Known inadequate seawall led to flooding of the generators, which in a highly faulty design, were placed in the basement rather than behind the plant uphill. Another plant had made the necessary seawall upgrades and successfully repelled the tsunami wave and had no issues. Amongst a litany of other oversights, these were the two crucial ones.

  15. Ride-share + Parcel Delivery on The Prickly Partnership Between Uber and Google · · Score: 2

    I could see this as being feasible for cases where delivery times are flexible. Have a queue of deliveries, and when a ride is called that takes a driver passed that location, they would pick up/drop off the parcel there while also giving the rides.

  16. Re:Government! Start with thyselves! on Report: Automakers Fail To Fully Protect Against Hacking · · Score: 1

    I don't think they really enforce the Pass matching the plates though. I've used mine with rental cars, or along with my parents on a trip, etc. and never seen an issue with them claiming any sort of violations. I think it only comes into play if you report the Pass stolen.

  17. Equatorial Ridge on The Strangest Moon In the Solar System · · Score: 1

    My armchair theory for the ridge would be it wasn't always tidally locked, and plowed through a significant amount of debris material along that plane originally. Eventually becoming tidally locked, and the larger particulate had been mostly thinned out. And the tilt happening as the rotation failed, much like a top wobbles and falls over after losing momentum.

  18. Re:Making their lives easier... on Police Stations Increasingly Offer Safe Haven For Craigslist Transactions · · Score: 1

    Like pennies from heaven!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  19. Re:Some things are just before their time as well on How, and Why, Apple Overtook Microsoft · · Score: 1

    As an addendum to this: The Newton even has a very similar function and form-factor to the current-day Samsung Note series.

  20. Some things are just before their time as well on How, and Why, Apple Overtook Microsoft · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Apple Newton was AFAIK, one of their first PDAs on the market in the early 90s. It's not much of a stretch to say that a smartphone is essentially an internet-enabled PDA that can also make calls. While the Newton failed, the iPhone was eventually a big success due to technology advances allowing for a smaller footprint and appealing design aesthetic.

  21. Re:when-all-the-astroturfing-is-accounted-for dept on FCC Says It Will Vote On Net Neutrality In February · · Score: 2

    The problem here is Tom Wheeler, afaik, already was a corporate bigwig in the telecom industry. So he has a vested interest in helping out all his buddies. His being chairman is a pretty big conflict of interest, but such is the US today.

  22. Re:Are they good? No. on Out With the Red-Light Cameras, In With the Speeding Cameras · · Score: 1

    The problem with the school zone ones are, they obnoxiously are active well outside of school hours, weekends, and holidays. Some are reasonable with allowing 5mph before they go into alert status. Some in the area go to "high alert" with even 1mph over the speed limit -- speed numbers in red with strobing red and white blinking lights around it. Even at 2am. On a Saturday.

  23. Re: Public Stoning is too good... on Lizard Squad: Xbox Live, PSN Attacks Were a 'Marketing Scheme' For DDoS Service · · Score: 1

    You're pretty judgmental of what random people on the Internet do with their time. Who died and made you King? They cost companies a lot of revenue, and ruined Xmas for thousands of children who don't care about epeen wars. They just know they can't play games with their family or friends on a holiday bc some script kiddies wanted to advertise to make a few thousand dollars selling ddos. Which BTW takes far less effort to implement than defend against due to inherent flaws in Internet protocols.

  24. Re:Motive on Did North Korea Really Attack Sony? · · Score: 4, Funny

    Coal?! Definitely not! That would just help them stay warm through the winter. Send dirt instead.

  25. Re:What's next? on An Automated Cat Litter Box With DRM · · Score: 1

    The Keurig 2.0 has the "only drink liquids specified by the manufacturer" part down already.