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  1. Re:OR on Unintended Consequences For Traffic Safety Feature · · Score: 1

    Unless you want a bunch of people driving with no license or rioting in the streets, yes, we do.

  2. Re:waste of time on New Chemical Process Could Make Ammonia a Practical Car Fuel · · Score: 1

    Your research seems to have covered large amounts in an area, not small amounts encountered for under a second. In my case, the effects were gone in under a second and I continued with my day. Of course, it wasn't even enough to have a full lung full. Chronic exposure is certainly a bad idea. Unlike the other actually toxic gases, the human body has enzymes that break it down harmlessly (it is present in small amounts in the body normally). As long as those enzymes aren't overwhelmed, it does no lasting damage and indeed clears quickly. That is as opposed to carbon monoxide which takes some time to clear.

    This happened 30 years ago. If there was going to be a problem, it would have shown by now.

    There is current medical research that suggests it could be used in trauma to induce a deep hibernation like state. Other research suggests it could be used for resuscitation in cases where a patient has been without circulation for as much as 30 minutes. In that case, it seems to temporarily prevent the mitochondria from initiating apoptosis, long enough for cell metabolism to normalize in the presence of oxygen.

  3. Nah, they'll just NAT the NATTED NAT and run it all through NAT.

  4. Re:What is old is new again on Philips Ethernet-Powered Lighting Transmits Data To Mobile Devices Via Light · · Score: 1

    Since rs-232 could easily power LEDs, the cheapest way to implement the RX and TX lights was to connect them to the actual serial lines. Use a photodiode rather than a camera and you're all set.

    And, it was actually demonstrated.

  5. Re:OR on Unintended Consequences For Traffic Safety Feature · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you should address the public transportation situation.

    Or are you just wanting to spout off a bunch of unfunded mandates and to hell with everyone else?

  6. Re:OR on Unintended Consequences For Traffic Safety Feature · · Score: 1

    Actually, he was arguing that they must be able to get around in some manner and advocated that that be through an excellent public transit system. But since that has a snowball's chance in hell in the U.S., we have to allow them to drive.

  7. Re:the real question is... on Nathan Myhrvold's Recipe For a Better Oven · · Score: 1

    If you want a pizza cooked that hot, you generally want hot coals underneath rather than an oven.

  8. Re:Why can't on Bug In Fire TV Screensaver Tears Through 250 GB Data Cap · · Score: 1

    POTS charges a flat monthly.

    The power bill, water, etc charge based on what it costs them. The power company has to burn fuel for each KWh you use. The water company has to actually purify the water you use. In networking, the capacity is what costs, not the use of it. An idle connection is just as expensive as a fully loaded one. So networking everywhere else gets billed on the rate of transfer because that is what drives costs. If they have to use a 1Gbps switch rather that 100Mbps, that costs. But once the equipment is dedicated to the task, it costs the same used or not. For that reason, bandwidth is typically billed based on the 95th percentile of the data RATE (more like the billing for the 1/2 inch rather than 1/4 inch pipe).

    So no, network doesn't work at all like electricity or water. It works like POTS or CaTV.

    As a side note, most network connectivity includes a committed rate and a burstable. broadband is all burstable, zero commit. They also don't typically include uptime guarantees. Commercial networking typically offers 5 nines or better these days.

  9. Re:It's 2014 on Bug In Fire TV Screensaver Tears Through 250 GB Data Cap · · Score: 1

    It's actually fairly close. Networking technology has improved drastically over the years and that includes the cost.

  10. Re:It's 2014 on Bug In Fire TV Screensaver Tears Through 250 GB Data Cap · · Score: 1

    What's the problem, particularly if a referendum is held? Why shouldn't it be OK for a group of citizens to agree to form an ISP for the public benefit?

    The worst is when they do so because an ISP has refused to service an area and then that same ISP sues to block it.

  11. Re:the real question is... on Nathan Myhrvold's Recipe For a Better Oven · · Score: 1

    Exactly so. I nursed our old early '70s oven along for as long as I could for that reason. Parts had long ago become unavailable, but unlike newer models, I could even take the switches apart and polish the pits out of the contacts and even build them back up with solder. Finally, too much was falling apart including the basic structure, so we had to get a new one. We found one that at least seems to be somewhat reperable. It is CPU controlled but at least has a PCB with large traces and mechanical relays that can be mapped out when the time comes.

    TFA suggests a fragile oven with practically no chance of repair.

  12. While there is value in an app designed with touch in mind, it's not as if a desktop app is unusable on touch. It's certainly better than not having the app at all.

    The opposite is harder since mouse doesn't do multi -touch. It wouldn't be so bad if the touch app keeps desktop in mind (for example, using the wheel instead of pinch)

  13. Re:Uh, sure.. on Ask Slashdot: Correlation Between Text Editor and Programming Language? · · Score: 1

    Let's not forget that vim isn't a dumb text editor. Add in ctags and enable syntax highlighting and it becomes a lite IDE.

  14. Re:1200 C?? on Nathan Myhrvold's Recipe For a Better Oven · · Score: 1

    Probably because it started out talking about 200C which is way cooler than the elements run, convincing people it wasn't talking about that.

  15. Re:Better question... on Nathan Myhrvold's Recipe For a Better Oven · · Score: 1

    There are a great many chefs with better credentials who do not recommend such nonsense. Listen to them instead.

  16. Re:HOW hot? on Nathan Myhrvold's Recipe For a Better Oven · · Score: 1

    For those applications, a propane torch works even better. The salamander is more necessary in a commercial kitchen where you are producing food in large volumes.

  17. Re:the real question is... on Nathan Myhrvold's Recipe For a Better Oven · · Score: 2

    That was my first thought. Nobody in their right mind bakes at 400C and even the cleaning cycle doesn't do 800C.

    I have no idea why they were talking about sous vide, you don't do that in an oven.

    The whole thing sounds like using a massive amount of expensive technology to replace a very small amount of skill.

  18. Re:Legal Precedent? on Microsoft Takes Down No-IP.com Domains · · Score: 1

    If you control it, you effectively own it, however temporarily.

    I'm sure no-ip will be thrilled to get their sports car back after MS wraps it around a tree.

  19. Re:Bad software justifies bad actions... on Microsoft Takes Down No-IP.com Domains · · Score: 0

    It's not black and white, but MS has a much worse history then the other vendors. There's little point in pretending otherwise.

  20. Re:Sue them for all they're worth on Microsoft Takes Down No-IP.com Domains · · Score: 1

    MS is elite. They have people who have golfed with presidents. They have billions of dollars. NO-IP is a nobody. A peasant that has done well by peasant standards but has no chance of a luncheon at the White House.

  21. Re:Sue them for all they're worth on Microsoft Takes Down No-IP.com Domains · · Score: 1

    They didn't fail to appear, they weren't invited to the party.

  22. Re:Sue them for all they're worth on Microsoft Takes Down No-IP.com Domains · · Score: 1

    There is no need for the judge to take everything claimed at face value. They should at least make sure everything passes the smell test. The judge should be required to understand the implications of his orders or run it past a neutral party who does.

    They should also consider if an ex parte hearing is even justified. For example, if the other party could easily delete evidence anyway and there would be no proof it actually existed before or that it wasn't destroyed in the normal course of business before the order came down, then the point is moot and so the hearing shouldn't be allowed. The party present should be on notice that there will be a hair trigger for perjury charges so they better be above board in every way.

  23. Re:What does it matter? on How Often Do Economists Commit Misconduct? · · Score: 2

    Because governments over the last couple centuries (other than perhaps the Reagan administration) don't do stupid stuff based on what astrologers make up.

  24. Re:Apps which require location? on Ars Takes an Early Look At the Privacy-Centric Blackphone · · Score: 1

    If that's important enough, you must assume they do until proven otherwise.

  25. Re:Apps which require location? on Ars Takes an Early Look At the Privacy-Centric Blackphone · · Score: 1

    The tower knows where you are when the phone part is enabled. Otherwise, it doesn't. You could use an AP at the starbucks to make a VOIP call for example.