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  1. But the brakes are designed to overpower the engine and the vehicles could still be stopped...

    Very reassuring although this must hurt braking distance a bit...

  2. I do I pronounce $1,000,000 on Gamers Behind Fatal 'SWAT' Call Now Face Life In Prison (wlwt.com) · · Score: 0

    From TFS:

    and pay a $1,000,000 fine

    I do I pronounce $1,000,000
    1 decaMillion?

  3. Re:Damn, that's COLD on Newest NOAA Weather Satellite Suffers Critical Malfunction (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Busted, apparently the thing has a geostationary orbit so very little time in Earth shade, few minutes if not seconds. It would have been nice to mention the orbit in TFS but oh well...

  4. Re:Damn, that's COLD on Newest NOAA Weather Satellite Suffers Critical Malfunction (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 0

    Sure it is cold but it is cold in space. The funny part in TFS is:

    The cooling system is only reaching that temperature 12 hours a day.

    It shouldn't be to hard to keep that temperature with no direct sunlight on the satellite like, when it is, say, in the shade of planet Earth which should be close to 12 hours a day if the satellite is close enough to Earth although not 12 consecutive hours.

  5. Re:Still need to take this with skepticism on First Cuba, Now China? A Worker In US Embassy In China Experienced 'Abnormal' Sounds, Brain Damage (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, given the tendency nowadays, if the intelligence and military agencies of the great and powerful USA can't detect it and it happens in Cuba and China, it obviously has to be Russian technology! Of course they wouldn't use it in Russia if it was...

  6. Dupe!
    https://search.slashdot.org/st...

    Editors: I suggest to just google the title you are about to publish to help avoid dupes.

    Example: I googled for " US Treasury Secretary Calls For Google Monopoly Probe" and found the previously posted article right away ("Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin Wants Justice Department To Scrutinize Big Tech")

  7. Re:Say What? on New Toronto Declaration Calls On Algorithms To Respect Human Rights · · Score: 1

    It seems like you will have to wait a little still, it is coming really soon although. Then, all you will have to do is go to a friendly cannabis store like the "Société Québécoise du Cannabis", note that these will be government owned stores.

    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

  8. Re:Some context on People Hate Canada's New 'Amber Alert' System (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    Indeed, the contrast is stunning.

  9. Re:Still better than sms on People Hate Canada's New 'Amber Alert' System (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    I believe that you might have a point. SMS systems usually queue the messages 1 by 1, 1 for each recipient and seem to lack the broadcasting ability required hence the need for a parallel broadcasting system. Otherwise, a special "emergency flag" on SMS, usable only by authorized sender, would have been sufficient.

    For the Canada system, this was announced a few mouths ago with great hype and watching the press releases and TV, I couldn't have guessed that what is happening today would have somehow happened.

  10. They forgot to mention AI. on Floating Pacific Island Is In the Works With Its Own Government, Cryptocurrency (cnbc.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Along with a cryptocurrency, it has to use AI to keep the island afloat and manage it to be a winner.

  11. Re:Another example on 'Yanny vs. Laurel' Reveals Flaws In How We Listen To Audio (theproaudiofiles.com) · · Score: 1

    Exactly, but just like for those optical illusions, I am able to condition myself to see or hear either known alternatives. Anybody else?

  12. Re:Dupe on Encrypted Email Has a Major, Divisive Flaw (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    The stories were encrypted so the editor could't read their contents and tell they were dupes. The stories are proof of concept by themselves and only become readable once published on Slashdot with the help of the MIME hack.

  13. yawn, nobody with half a brain pipes user input directly into sql queries these days...

  14. Re:They should make them misdemeanors on California High Schooler Changes Grades After Phishing Teachers, Gets 14 Felonies for His Efforts (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 0

    Did you stop school at 12 or soon after?

    Because, when continuing a little, I realized that the reference books were then allowed in exam rooms making the kind of cheat you mention useless.

  15. Re:Class action = Apple's 2nd tier of tech support on Class Action Suit Filed Against Apple Over the Keyboards in MacBook Pro and MacBook Laptops (theoutline.com) · · Score: 1

    woosh, I don't think it's the same AC...

  16. Re:Employee my arse on The Smithsonian's New Tour Guide Is a Robot (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    You are missing the point completely. As the TV series "Covert Affairs" accidentally leaked, Smithsonian is a front for CIA and everybody knows CIA is a front for aliens.

    And I mean, look at that robot. The aliens will be real employees. This is just getting people ready to accept it. :)

  17. Re: I want a smaller one on wheels... on Russia Launches Floating Nuclear Power Plant That's Headed To the Arctic (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Well, "even built" and "ever built" kind of mean the same anyway friend.

  18. Re:I want a smaller one on wheels... on Russia Launches Floating Nuclear Power Plant That's Headed To the Arctic (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Hey! Thanks for that dude!

    "Nuclear battery technology began in 1913"

    +5!

  19. Re:I want a smaller one on wheels... on Russia Launches Floating Nuclear Power Plant That's Headed To the Arctic (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Fuck mate I meant "'ever built" and I cut and pasted from the OP :(

    Sorry about this

  20. Re:I want a smaller one on wheels... on Russia Launches Floating Nuclear Power Plant That's Headed To the Arctic (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Cool mate but this is concept car. I was asking for "the smallest nuclear electricity generator even built" info.

    Thanks anyway mate!

  21. I want a smaller one on wheels... on Russia Launches Floating Nuclear Power Plant That's Headed To the Arctic (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    I want a smaller one on wheels please!

    1 MW or even 0.5 MW will be plenty for my use case. Since I live in Alaska, the steam output will come handy too.

    Any ideas for this kind of market? What is the smallest nuclear electricity generator even built?

    It would be cool to have one for camping trips.

  22. Re:Pretty Good on All Indian Villages Now Have Access To Electricity (indiatimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Neither can US, for the same geographical reasons as Canada:
    https://www.adn.com/rural-alas...

  23. Re:Killer App on Amazon Will Now Deliver Packages To the Trunk of Your Car (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    hey, hey, bro...

    I guess you abstracted my point pretty well...

  24. It's amazing... on Amazon Will Now Deliver Packages To the Trunk of Your Car (theverge.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's amazing how much amazon has access to your stuff, isn't it?

  25. In TFA, they cite "gif" without any ideas what it means and it just went up the chain as is.

    For your png input, it must be that twitter converted it to png from the gif mentioned in TFA.

    If I didn't know gif format, I would have thought that "Gif" meant "Gallactical Input Facilities".