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  1. Re:All I can say is... on NASA Morpheus Lander Test Ends In Explosion · · Score: 1

    Yeah.... I can't find anything online regarding tank construction, but I assume all those sparks are bits of carbon fiber. Anyone can confirm?

    Aren't all spacecraft made from aluminium and titanium? Carbon composites seem to be used only in aviation, (motor)sport, and ridiculously expensive golf bats. And maybe some construction, but I'm not sure.

  2. Re:Field dependent requirement on Ask Slashdot: How Many of You Actually Use Math? · · Score: 1

    Or plain like Salisbury Plain? *awaits whoosh*

  3. Re:One thing's for sure on Ask Slashdot: How Many of You Actually Use Math? · · Score: 2

    That's what I don't get about the US word 'math' - like the UK word 'maths', it is short for 'mathematics', which is a plural. Conventionally, plurals end in 's'. Therefore, by convention, 'maths' is the correct abbreviation.

    *waits for the inevitable counter-examples like sheep and data*

  4. Re:TSA to Small Companies at the speed of "vote"! on Store Offers Kinect Body Scanner To Help You Find Jeans That Fit · · Score: 2

    Backscatter x-ray(?) that can see through clothing vs. low-res IR camera where you have to choose to strip off first. I can see how you'd confuse the two.

    Unless you're trying to be funny, in which case, try harder.

  5. Re:They Didn't Pull This Kind of Muscle on Kim Dotcom Raid - What Really Happened · · Score: 1

    Remember when democracy was supposed to give us options?

    You still have options: a douche, a turd, or lucky dip (i.e. don't vote).

  6. Re:Don't underestimate Microsoft on Productivity and Creativity Software Coming To Steam · · Score: 1

    Don't underestimate the energy that Microsoft will put behind squashing the competition once they roll out their own product. They will put every single effort they can trying to kick Steam out of the business.

    The more likely outcome is Steam ends up in the Win8 App Store. I seriously doubt MS will want to piss Valve off so much that Valve abandons the Windows platform - it would significantly impact on the success of Win8 itself, which frankly needs all the help it can get. And I like Win8. A bit. But only for touch-enabled devices. My workstation will retain Win7.

  7. Re:Numbers don't lie on Bad Software Runs the World · · Score: 1

    So the first step is to assume the horse is a sphere with zero friction...

    FTFY

  8. Re:Numbers don't lie on Bad Software Runs the World · · Score: 1

    <

    Easy when you use HTML entities.

  9. Re:What? Since when... on Wikipedia Edits Forecast Romney's Vice Presidential Pick · · Score: 1

    Does that mean NASCAR is illegal in New Jersey? :P

  10. Re:What? Since when... on Wikipedia Edits Forecast Romney's Vice Presidential Pick · · Score: 1

    What's a sunshade got to do with rainwater collection? Or do you just enjoy posting strawman arguments?

  11. Re:Next move on The Internet Archive Starts Seeding Over a Million Torrents · · Score: 1

    flooding the torrent channels.

    Mod parent down -1, Talking Out Of Arse.

  12. Re:Next move on The Internet Archive Starts Seeding Over a Million Torrents · · Score: 5, Funny

    What is an AA?

    It's a bit bigger than an AAA.

  13. Re:They have been doing the same thing since 1980' on Acer: Microsoft Surface 'Negative For The Whole PC Industry' · · Score: 1

    You prefer a Microsoft hardware monopoly to what we have today?

    And there I thought he was saying an MS-brand tablet would make the OEMs up their game.

  14. Re:I see that there is little Slashdot interest... on Astronomer Sir Bernard Lovell Dies At 98 · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, the UK education system(s) don't cover Lovell. Or Berners-Lee for that matter.

  15. Re:well that settles it on The Underground Economy of Social Networks · · Score: 1

    Whereas I previously liked all of Mitt Romney's policies and was going to vote for me, this shocking revelation that his Twitter follower count might be manipulated is just too much for me to swallow, so he loses my vote!

    So you're either gonna NOT vote or vote for the current shitbag in the Whitehouse.... really smart there, Sparky....

    Your 'whoosh', sir. *hands over a card with 'WHOOOOSH!' written on it*

  16. Re:Not just *NES on Ask Slashdot: Understanding the SNES? · · Score: 1

    There's also the Sonic games on the Mega Drive, which pushed the boundaries of the technology of the time, especially with respect to speed.

    *sits back and waits for the inevitable Sonic haters :)*

  17. Re:Too cool on NASA Releases HiRISE Images of Curiosity's Descent · · Score: 1

    I don't care what it costs, I want a drill sent to Europa...

    It's probably cheap enough to send a hand drill to Europa. Don't think it'd be any good, but hey, you get your drill on Europa :)

  18. Re:PROFIT! on Fake Tweet Claiming Assad Is Dead Affects Oil Markets · · Score: 1

    Lose, not loose.

    -The grammar Fuhrer

    Thank you for your helpful correction's.

    Needs more apostrophes.

  19. Re:MOAR Mars Rovers FTW!!1 on Curiosity Lands On Mars · · Score: 1

    Make sure to include Aerosmith - he'll need a kick-ass theme tune :D

  20. Re:beat on Why Intel Should Buy Nokia · · Score: 1

    I think microsoft should beat the shit of nokia and burn them alive. enough with the crap. getting angry for waiting a decent windows phone available on all countries.

    Waiting for a decent windows phone? Isn't that a little like waiting for the first openly gay, married, female Buddhist Pope?

    FTFY.

    FTFTFY.

  21. Re:Codenames are common. on Microsoft Drops 'Metro' Name For Windows 8 UI · · Score: 1

    Metro : US and French name for an underground railway system, aka Underground, Tube, Subway, etc .etc .etc ...

    It (among variants) is also used more generally to describe certain metropolitan public transport networks. In the UK, Manchester has a tram network called Metrolink, and I seem to remember the bus services in and around Leeds being called Metro.

  22. Re:v6? on Physicists Demonstrate Quantum Router · · Score: 2

    Only if you measure it in the right way.

  23. Re:The UK doesn't have broadband? on Missing Paperwork Delays UK Broadband · · Score: 1

    Cable broadband saturation is definitely poor - sometimes, only one side of a street has it. ADSL-based broadband is essentially ubiquitous in all towns and cities, although some remote rural areas are lacking.

    However you look at it, the vast majority of the UK has access to some form of broadband.

    How well they work and how fast they are, now that's a whole other story...

  24. Re:the kick in the pants I needed on Demonoid Down For a Week, Serving Malware Laden Ads · · Score: 1

    You mean something like this, maybe?

    And for those with dick ISPs in the UK (and maybe elsewhere), use the Pirate Party UK mirror.

  25. Re:Expect networks to run to Congress on US Viewers Using Proxies To Watch BBC Olympic Coverage · · Score: 1

    And in other news, water is wet, and fire is hot.