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  1. Re:Actually... on The Quiet Revolution of Formula E Electric Car Racing · · Score: 1

    Yes, hence my choice of '*rough* equivalent'. You obviously know WAY more about this than I do, but that was about the best thing I could come up with on the fly.

  2. Re:Actually... on The Quiet Revolution of Formula E Electric Car Racing · · Score: 1

    This is true, but I see the reasoning behind it. It's a rough equivalent to the salary cap in team sports. If you don't do this, it's highly likely that most of the time, the championships start just rotating between two or three most well-funded teams. And this makes it boring for everyone.

  3. Re:Actually... on The Quiet Revolution of Formula E Electric Car Racing · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the tip, and it actually reinforces my larger point: that it's going to be the racing side of the automotive industry that drives the kind of innovation in electric cars that will eventually make them more attractive to the average buyer.

  4. Re: Put me squarely in on The Quiet Revolution of Formula E Electric Car Racing · · Score: 1

    Oh yeah, I've been to MotoGP as well. I still prefer the sound of the F1 cars, but yeah, the bikes are pretty amazing, too.

  5. Re:Actually... on The Quiet Revolution of Formula E Electric Car Racing · · Score: 1

    I'd love to check out a Formula E race if I have a chance, and I hope the series does well. I think there's the potential for an all-electric racing series to contribute toward the technological development of powertrains in electric road-going cars, just as traditional gas-powered auto racing has with ICE road cars.

    Concur. There's no amount of pedantic eco-shaming that's gonna convince me to buy and drive an utterly boring crapbox, which is the only affordable option these days. If anyone can figure out how to up the performance without sacrificing too much efficiency, it's F1. I'm excited to see them getting into this.

  6. Put me squarely in on The Quiet Revolution of Formula E Electric Car Racing · · Score: 1

    ...The "opera" category. I'd never been to any sort of motorsports event until I experienced F1 at the Circuit of the Americas. There is nothing like hearing that banshee wail coming at you from all directions. Amazing.

    That being said, hearing little but tire noise during a race would be pretty damn interesting, too. I'll definitely check it out if it comes to COTA.

  7. Re:IANA Physicist, So... on Navy Debuts New Railgun That Launches Shells at Mach 7 · · Score: 2

    OK, hot, yes, but wouldn't they need something combustible to actually erupt into flame? Or what am I missing?

  8. IANA Physicist, So... on Navy Debuts New Railgun That Launches Shells at Mach 7 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ...Can someone who is explain where the big fiery explosion out of the railgun is coming from, if this thing is electromagnetically driven?

  9. Important Question on Confirmed: F-1 Rocket Engine Salvaged By Amazon's Bezos Is From Apollo 11 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does it qualify for Super Saver Shipping?

  10. Sounds like on Describe Any Location On Earth In 3 Words · · Score: 1

    solution.needing.problem

  11. Iceman Had Bad Teeth on Iceman Had Bad Teeth · · Score: 2

    From the No-Shit-Sherlock dept.

  12. Re:Lockin on Apple Now Shipping Lightning To 30-Pin Adapters · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm $ure there'$ a perfectly good rea$on for them not to u$e a $tandard U$B connector format, but I can't for the life of me figure out what it i$. Anybody?

  13. Yes, bits are bits from a technical perspective, and it shouldn't really matter what device in the chain is doing the requesting of said bits. Unfortunately, he put his signature to a contract that (I'm guessing) defines it otherwise. Right or wrong, technically correct or not, he will have agreed to it, and (again, guessing) that's going to carry a lot more legal weight than any technical argument.

  14. Re:I bought an iPad! on AT&T Threatens To Shut Off Service of Customer Who Won Throttling Case · · Score: 1, Funny

    Welcome to SXSW. Hope you enjoy your stay.

  15. Spaccarelli has admitted that he has used his iPhone to provide Internet access for other devices, a practice known as tethering, which violates AT&T's contract terms. AT&T says that means it has the right to turn off his service.

    Game, set, match. I have NO love for AT&T, but if this guy admits to violating their ToS, he doesn't have much of a leg to stand on.

  16. Re:Would MAC address filtering counter this proble on The Wi-Fi Hacking Neighbor From Hell · · Score: 1

    You catch someone doing something like this, and you put them under arrest yourself and then hope they resist, at which point you may use necessary force to subdue them. In California, anyway. Bring a witness with a camera.

    Almost. You beat his ass first and then figure out how to blame it on him. In Texas, anyway. Bring a shotgun.

  17. In a related story... on German Police Train Vultures To Find Bodies · · Score: 2

    German police train flies to find shit. Film at 11.

  18. And the corollary... on Forty Years of P=NP? · · Score: 1

    YP != MP

  19. Re:CIA Cookbook? on CIA Declassifies Pages From Their Cookbook · · Score: 1

    Ehh, that recipe blows.

  20. Re:CIA Cookbook? on CIA Declassifies Pages From Their Cookbook · · Score: 1

    Actually, you're right. Adding a couple of teaspoons of shit to this makes it taste better.

  21. CIA Cookbook? on CIA Declassifies Pages From Their Cookbook · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mix 5 drams copper acetol arsenate. 3 ounces acetone and add 1 pint amyl alcohol (fusil-oil). Heat in water bath — steam rising will dissolve the sealing material of its mucilage, wax or oil.... Do not inhale fumes.

    This recipe is terrible, and tastes like shit. Conclusion: The CIA's cooking sucks.

  22. Is Sugar Toxic on Is Sugar Toxic? · · Score: 2

    Why, yes, when you shove about a metric ton of it up a lab rat's ass, yes, it's toxic.

  23. Dammit, jddorian... on Ask Slashdot: Do I Give IT a Login On Our Dept. Server? · · Score: 1

    ...You're a doctor, not a network engineer.

  24. I'd say that it's the MBAs. on Which Grad Students Are the Most Miserable? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Oh, shit, wait...sorry, I read that as "Which Grad Students _Make Us_ the Most Miserable?"

  25. As long as the review was honest... on Blogger Sued By Restaurant For Bad Review · · Score: 2

    ...Benihana really doesn't have any room to complain. On the other hand, if the blogger was pulling a Deadspin vs. ESPN move, they *should* go after him.