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  1. 8 Mwatts of generating capacity on Walmart Goes Solar In California · · Score: 1

    According to my calculations, this works out to about 8 Mwatts of generating capacity, approximately .045% of the total generating capacity in California...

  2. Re:So Amazon is violating copyrights en masse? on Amazon To Offer Kindle ebooks Via Public Libraries · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The libraries buy the books they lend, including ebooks. If they buy five copies, they can only lend five copies at a time. So, if 11,000 libraries are lending your book, there should be at least 11,000 sales to you. You imply that you are already publishing electronically, so why don't you already know this?

    You should have spent the time typing your long-winded response to actually researching the topic.

  3. Re:Yawn.. on Intel's RISC-y Business · · Score: 1

    Let's try this again: Nothing runs Linux like POWER. Nothing can handle virtualization like POWER. Intel only dreams of doing what IBM does every day.

  4. Re:Yawn.. on Intel's RISC-y Business · · Score: 1

    Nothing runs Linux like PowerPC. Nothing can handle virtualization like PowerPC. Intel only dreams of doing what IBM does every day.

  5. Incandescent lights NOT banned on Power Demand From US Homes Expected To Fall For a Decade · · Score: 2

    As we discussed in an earlier article, incandescent lights are not being banned. Only low efficiency lights are being banned. Higher efficiency incandescents are available now but the cost more (surprise!).

  6. It has to do with volume (aren't I punny?) on Is There a Hearing Aid Price Bubble? · · Score: 1

    The reason hearing aids are so high priced is because there isn't much volume (unit sales volume). Sell as many of them as you sell iPads and you'll see the price come way down. I'll bet total sales of each model of hearing aid is fewer than 10,000 units. When GM sells only 10,000 cars of a model in a year, they look to discontinue it. You have to really mark the cost up to cover research and development, tooling costs and the overhead of the office where the guy checks how much correction you need.

  7. Re:Dont give a shit. on WikiLeaks Publishes Cable Archive In Full · · Score: 1

    I am an American, and I'm not going beserk. I would assume that the State Department would be one of the first reading the leaked documents and taking any precautions needed to ensure the safety of their informants. You haven't disputed the question of whether its the State Department who allowed these documents to be leaked in the first place. How big a role did leaked documents play in the Arab Spring?

  8. Re:That they've gotten the message remains to be s on Is Tablet Success Bound To Their Crackability? · · Score: 2

    You need to friend HTC on Facebook. You're out of date.

  9. Not in America! on Apple's Chinese Suppliers Accused of Causing Significant Environmental Damage · · Score: 1

    Of course, companies are not allowed to do this in America. No fracking companies discharging radioactive water upstream from drinking water intakes. No coal-fired power plants dumping tons of mercury into the air every year.

    Even new plants come with their list of nasty things they will discharge and the politicians say, "Jobs, jobs, jobs. Of course you can pollute as long as you add jobs."

  10. Re:Low prices or pollution in China. on Apple's Chinese Suppliers Accused of Causing Significant Environmental Damage · · Score: 1

    Actually, no. Other manufacturers are having trouble matching the price of the iPad 2 and the MacBook Air.

  11. Re:Maybe they should just make them on One Final Manufacturing Run of Touchpads · · Score: 2

    This would interfere with the suicide of the company...

  12. Re:Crazy Response to Attack on Diginotar Responds To Rogue Certificate Problem · · Score: 1

    Apparently, OS X does have one list for the system, or at least that's the list Chrome uses (Firefox, not so sure). And it has a feature where I can disable a CA without removing it. I'm going to disable 80% of the CAs because I really don't know them and see what happens.

  13. Re:Wasn't a forged certificate a big part of Stuxn on Diginotar Responds To Rogue Certificate Problem · · Score: 1

    Confirm that it is in fact removed. The last time I tried that (IE 6?), it reappeared the next time I started the program.

  14. Re:You can do that right now on SignalGuru Helps Drivers Avoid Red Lights · · Score: 1

    break != brake

  15. Re:You can do that right now on SignalGuru Helps Drivers Avoid Red Lights · · Score: 1

    My automatic downshifts when I'm slowing down (2004 Toyota Corolla) and so is using engine braking.

  16. Re:You can do that right now on SignalGuru Helps Drivers Avoid Red Lights · · Score: 1

    I think it works with automatics, too (driving 2004 Toyota Corolla with four-speed automatic; I can drop speed quickly just by taking my foot off the gas).

  17. Re:You can do that right now on SignalGuru Helps Drivers Avoid Red Lights · · Score: 1

    "not sure when it started" My 1994 Toyota Corolla had it. I actually turned the key while rolling down a hill and nothing changed except the dash lights went out.

  18. Re:Prime Hours on Ask Slashdot: Could We Deal With the End of Time Zones? · · Score: 1

    England! The Queen has dominion over time!

  19. Re:Nook Color is brilliant on Amazon's Android Tablet Expected This Fall · · Score: 1

    And Nook Color has a great Sudoku game!

  20. Re:The jury is out? on Amazon's Android Tablet Expected This Fall · · Score: 1

    The only reason that the TouchPad sold out at $100 is because many people thought they could sell it on eBay for $150.

  21. Re:Why.... on Do You Want Best Buy Opening Your New Laptop? · · Score: 2

    I tried to buy a "business class" laptop at the Apple Store and they had no idea what I was talking about...

  22. Re:Historical activity? on 5.8 Earthquake Hits East Coast of the US · · Score: 1

    You must be new to this Internet thing. You should pick up the phone, call the operator, and ask her.

  23. Re:Time discrepancy on 5.8 Earthquake Hits East Coast of the US · · Score: 1

    S-wave hit Cincinnati about 1:54:30 (based on when the previous song finished in iTunes).

  24. Re:USGS Link on 5.8 Earthquake Hits East Coast of the US · · Score: 1

    Sorry, we didn't feel the CO one. You need to make yours more powerful. 7.0 would be good.

  25. Re:Being in Richmond on 5.8 Earthquake Hits East Coast of the US · · Score: 1

    I prefer to call the lines congested rather than out. I doubt any repairs were needed; just get the people to use twitter instead of the phone.