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  1. Re:oblink on Signs Point To XKCD's Time Ending · · Score: 1

    Summerfolk? I can hardly believe someone else knows that book.

  2. Re:No such thing as a voice only network on Mount Everest Gets 3G Service · · Score: 1

    It's a sad day when we have slashdotters who are completely unaware of the concept of an acoustic coupler.

  3. So? on How Google Avoided Paying $60 Billion In Taxes · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Apparently this is legal, so why should I care? It's not as if the government is going to do better things with that money than Google is.

  4. Dammit. on Batteries Smaller Than a Grain of Salt · · Score: 1

    I'm already going blind trying to solder components smaller than 0402.

  5. This should be obvious... on Dogs Can Be Pessimistic · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...to anyone who's ever seen a dog get wise to the old "pretending to throw the ball" trick.

  6. Dr. Miles Hawkins sues for prior art on eLEGS Exoskeleton Allows Paraplegics To Walk · · Score: 4, Funny

    How long until some gimpy vigilante begins using one?

  7. So how often is it used legitimately? on Spammers Using Soft Hyphen To Hide Malicious URLs · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Is there any good reason not to just call the presence of soft hyphens as a reliable indicator of spam and use it as the basis of a spam filter?

  8. Fool! on British Teen Jailed Over Encryption Password · · Score: 1

    Now they'll just fall back on plan B: Generate a one-time-pad that when combined with his encrypted data will yield whatever happens to be the most incriminating data imaginable.

  9. Re:No Way! on Should ISPs Cut Off Bot-infected Users? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    They already do that, and their right to do so is written in their contracts.

  10. Re:Really... on Jaguar's Hybrid Jet-Powered Concept Car · · Score: 1

    My 24 year old 0.6 Kawasaki gets 50+ MPG, and does 0-60 in 3.2 seconds.

    Tops out at only 135, lacks turbines, and sucks in the rain though.

  11. Re:Last Digit? on Nicholas Sze of Yahoo Finds Two-Quadrillionth Digit of Pi · · Score: 3, Funny

    Irrational numbers care not for your "rational approach".

  12. Re:Did the author completely overlook,,, on What Nokia Must Do To Stay Relevant In Mobile · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I guess you missed the first sentence of the article.

    Nokia still sells more phones than Samsung, LG, and Research in Motion (RIM) put together, but its inability to produce high-margin, high-end smartphones that can compete head to head with Apple's iPhone and Google Android-based smartphones is causing it major problems.

    Companies that want to make money and stay is business tend to have diverse product lines, catering to multiple niches and price points.

  13. Did the author completely overlook,,, on What Nokia Must Do To Stay Relevant In Mobile · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ... the N900?

    As far as I'm concerned the only thing Nokia is missing is a better marketing campaign for their product that compares very favorably with the Apple and Android offerings.

  14. Re:Still skeptical about all-electric cars on Company Builds Fast Charging Station For Electric Cars · · Score: 1

    Proper gearing will give you all the torque you need to get up any incline with even the tiniest motor. The question is how fast you'll be climbing.

    A properly sized motor will provide all the hill climbing performance you could ever want and the limitation becomes range, as limited by battery capacity.

  15. Some quick math says... on Company Builds Fast Charging Station For Electric Cars · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This thing is putting nearly a quarter megawatt (240kw) drain on the power grid during use.

    I wonder if it has some sort of means of load smoothing and a limited duty cycle, or if it's going to need its own substation.

  16. no perfect answer on Good IC / Electronic Component Inventory Software? · · Score: 1

    Parts&Vendors is a good program geared toward what you're wanting, but it's Windows only. You might see if the trial version will run under WINE.

  17. Re:Why? on Do Scientists Understand the Public? · · Score: 1

    To do a better job of understanding why their insights aren't always well received.

  18. Hyperbole much? on The Ignominious Fall of Dell · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Does anyone here care to name a PC manufacturer with a spotless record of turning out nothing but quality, or who has always been 100% up front about dealing with legitimate manufacturing problems?

    They've all turned out crap and they've all reliably concerned themselves with their own bottom lines first and foremost. It doesn't excuse Dell, but I can't really see why they need to be singled out either.

  19. Aside from the lack of a common language... on Do Scientists Understand the Public? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Many scientists need to realize that their goals, ideals, and ethical standards may not be universal.

  20. Re:It's not cosmic. It's from the die/package on Tracking Down a Single-Bit RAM Error · · Score: 1

    Never worked with lead-free solder have you?

    It's only very recently that it's become practical for widespread use and it's still not settled how well it will work in applications that require maximum reliability. The problems with higher melting points, reduced wetting, tin whiskers, appropriate fluxes, etc. took a long time to sort out.

    I'm sure that when a lot of early supercomputers were being built the components used would have been destroyed by the temperatures required to solder without lead.

  21. Re:erm.... on Tracking Down a Single-Bit RAM Error · · Score: 3, Informative

    Would it really be so hard to read the article before posting?

  22. Re:Well.. on Google Street View Wi-Fi Data Includes Passwords, Email Content · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How about the "if it was private they shouldn't have been screaming it in public to anyone who could hear" argument?

  23. Re:The rollback of the Bush era infringements on Federal Judge Limits DHS Laptop Border Searches · · Score: 1

    Where did you come up with all that?

    I'm not self-employed, my wife is a stay at home mom, I make under $40k/year, and I pay out of pocket for health insurance. It's not even that expensive.

  24. Re:The rollback of the Bush era infringements on Federal Judge Limits DHS Laptop Border Searches · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Thank goodness Obama has done so much to fix all that.

  25. Re:MPG and GPM are both useful on 2 In 3 Misunderstand Gas Mileage; Here's Why · · Score: 1

    Lots of things can increase the tendency to knock.

    Lean fuel-air mixture (which is common these days in efforts to improve emissions and mileage)
    High load (due to towing, steep grade, heavy acceleration, high speed, etc)
    High ambient air temperature
    Too high heat range of spark plugs (which may happen when auto makers are trying to improve warm-up times for emissions purposes)
    Too much boost in a forced induction system

    I happen to live near a freeway (traffic commonly moving at 70+ MPH) that has a steep grade and summer temps over 100F (which means that air conditioning is adding to the engine load too). Knock can be a serious issue.