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  1. What's making is cost more are monopolies. If only one provider is allowed to service an area, they can set their prices, and people have to pay. It's a little better, but not much different if there are two or three providers and they collude among themselves. In such cases, subsidies will only channel money from the government to corporations. In order to really lower costs, all that's needed is allowing competition.

  2. Re:Propellantless doesn't mean reactionless on China Claims Tests of 'Reactionless' EM Drive Were Successful (popsci.com) · · Score: 2

    But there is momentum exchanged. Photons carry momentum, even if they don't have mass. This drive, if it works as described, violates conservation of momentum.

  3. I think it depends on how big the screens are. If you have a really big screen (like 30''), then I would imagine that wider is better. If not, those extra pixels at the bottom count more.

    Also, the common choise is between 1920x1080 and 1920x1200. If those are your only choices, you get extra pixels at the bottom almost for free, they are only slightly smaller at the same diagonal. Again, with bigger screens and bigger resolutions I would imagine this matters less and width matters more.

  4. I can, and I do.

  5. Re:Nuclear. So yes, inefficient on The World's Largest Cruise Ship and Its Supersized Pollution Problem (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Apparently, the Russian nuclear icebreaker is used for cruises as well. http://www.quarkexpeditions.co...

  6. Re:Inverse problem on 'I Know How To Program, But I Don't Know What To Program' (devdungeon.com) · · Score: 1

    Make a modern Transport Tycoon or Railroad Tycoon. You know, with 3D graphics, something like the latest SimCity or Cities:Skylines, but with the Tycoon gameplay. There are at least two good Rollercoaster Tycoon variants coming out this year, but nothing for transport enthusiasts.

  7. Re:It's all relative on A Majority Of Millennials Now Reject Capitalism, Poll Shows (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't know what you mean by hard-line, but Eastern Europe still has free education and healthcare. So the capitalism there is pretty moderate.

  8. Slashdot, much like the language it was originally written in (Perl), is write-only.

  9. Doublethink on Americans' Evolution Knowledge Isn't That Bad, If You Ask About Elephants (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is a textbook example of doublethink. Nobody actually believes that elephants have evolved over millions of years, but Adam was just put there. So apparently a quarter of people have an inconsistent belief system, or just two conflicting ones - let's say one from school and one from church - without realizing it. I'm sure if they were confronted with this, they would make some sort of excuses or explanations.

  10. Re:Why start with Apple on Trump Says He'd Make Apple Build Computers In the US (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Even though I don't like Apple products, I don't agree with the accusations about treating their workers, and I certainly don't agree with Trump. What I wrote is the reason Trump is targetting Apple, not the reason Apple should be targeted.

  11. Why start with Apple on Trump Says He'd Make Apple Build Computers In the US (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 2

    It's obvious: because it's such a well-known and popular brand, and because it was recently under attack for treating Chinese workers poorly.

  12. Re:Cylon Musk doesn't want any AI competitors.. on Elon Musk, Others Fund $1B Non-Profit To Advance AI Research, Ethics (openai.com) · · Score: 1

    Has anyone seen him hit another man? Has anyone seen him eat? No? Then he's a robot.

  13. I have to call bullshit on that. 16% of France means 10 million people, while the same article claims there are only 5 million muslims there. I'm also pretty sure not all muslims support ISIS, and I'm even more sure that there aren't 5 million non-muslim ISIS supporters there.

    Also, if the article is correct, we have failed as a species and are doomed.

  14. Re:I had a different idea of starship technologies on Self-Driving Delivery Robots To Hit Sidewalks of London In 2016 (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    They had a better name in mind, but it was already taken by some modem manufacturers.

  15. Re:This sort of thing will be a problem on Researcher Hacks Self-Driving Car Sensors · · Score: 1

    And if it's not a legitimate reason, the car has ways to try to shut the whole thing down.

  16. Re:Change the channel, Marge on New Release of the Trinity Desktop Environment · · Score: 1

    This is not *another* DE. It is KDE3, which was the only good one in a time when KDE4 crashed all the time, Gnome3 has arond 3 features in total, and Unity got introduced. Now, however, it's old, and everybody and their mothed has moved on.

  17. Re:THIS I'm OK with. on Toyota To Spend $50 Million On Self-Driving Car Tech · · Score: 1

    Technology is supposed to help horses, not replace horses. Technology in your carriage that helps your horse be a better horse is a good thing. I have been, and will remain of the opinion that attempting to replace horses, literally preventing them from actually drawing the carriage, is a bad thing.

    I'm sure that Henry guy got lots of comments like this.

  18. Re:Proposed solution is more sexist on Researchers: The Thermostat In Your Office May Be Sexist · · Score: 1

    Thank you, as a non-native speaker I'm trying my best to be a grammar nazi, so I'm grateful for any corrections.

  19. Proposed solution is more sexist on Researchers: The Thermostat In Your Office May Be Sexist · · Score: 5, Informative

    Since TFS doesn't say, the old model says 21C is the best, while the "new" model says 24C is the best. The problem is, of course, that one can wear a sweater in colder temperatures, but it's difficult (or inappropriate) to cope with higher temperature.

    As a young fat (by European standards, not American) male in a job with no format attire requirement, I usually wear a t-shirt and shorts in the summer, so there's not much left to take off. I'm still more comfortable at lower temperatures (22-23). I actually like wearing a hoodie, but I never do at the office because it's too hot there.

    And no, opening a window (as suggested in TFA) is not a solution when there's 30 degrees outside.

  20. Re:High tech USSR on Leading the Computer Revolution In a Totalitarian State · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, sudo.su, superuser.su and root.su are all taken. Any other ideas?

  21. Re:If you do go with C++ on Ask Slashdot: Is C++ the Right Tool For This Project? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Agreed. Not only it makes programming easier, the code also tends to be more similar to Java and C#, which he has used before.

  22. Re:That's odd.. on The 2015 Open Source Summer Reading List · · Score: 1

    They tried adding Vim as well, but they only had place for 15 books.

  23. Re:In other words on Microsoft Manufacturing Surface Hub In the US · · Score: 1

    It's not only about the country being poor. Asians tend to have a strong work culture. Africans, not so much.

  24. Noocular on G7 Vows To Phase Out Fossil Fuels By 2100 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Does this mean Germany will start building nukes instead of coal plants again?

  25. Re:Men's Rights morons on Men's Rights Activists Call For Boycott of Mad Max: Fury Road · · Score: 1

    Is the difference only due to China?