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  1. Re:Python on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Released · · Score: 1

    It's enterprise software with a support contract. You do /nothing/ that could potentially screw something up.

    If you need old RHEL with new Python, you compile it yourself or use a third-party repository, and don't expect support from Redhat.

  2. Re:Oh joy... on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Released · · Score: 1

    I've never had those kinds of dependency problems with Debian. One simple "sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude safe-upgrade" and some time, and I've got the latest.

    OTOH Debian is usually farther behind than Fedora or RHEL.

  3. Re:You know why Amazon charges that much? on Build Your Own $2.8M Petabyte Disk Array For $117k · · Score: 1

    Your assumptions aren't even wrong.

  4. You know why Amazon charges that much? on Build Your Own $2.8M Petabyte Disk Array For $117k · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Support.

  5. Re:In Flight School on India's First Stealth Fighter To Fly In 4 Months · · Score: 1

    I remember reading that another test pilot succeeded in shooting himself down because he was able to fly his supersonic jet fighter faster than some cannon shells he test-fired, and then slowed down enough that the shells caught up. Had to bail out.

  6. Re:In Flight School on India's First Stealth Fighter To Fly In 4 Months · · Score: 1

    Also if you're flying a twin-engined fighter like a P-38 Lightning & have lots of altitude.

    The story goes that a test pilot has been told that /nobody/ can rescue the P-38 from a flat spin, so he has to try (because it's there). He eventually succeeds in getting his '38 out of a flat spin, but it took IIRC about thirty thousand feet of altitude. He said the trick was to figure out which way the plane was spinning, apply max power on the inside engine (toward the spin), cut power on the outside, apply full reverse rudder, and hang on for dear life. He had only a few thousand feet to spare.

  7. The turbines are in a fixed location on Wind Farms Can Interfere With Doppler Radar · · Score: 0, Redundant

    In that case, you can obviously tell the radar to ignore readings with such-and-such parameters in the spot with the turbines. It's not like the turbines are going to be traveling SSE at 30 MPH.

    It's very much like ground clutter caused by buildings with older radar systems.

  8. Re:Where do you put it? on Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch Worries Researchers · · Score: 1

    A lot of it went into the ocean because it was swept overboard during storms while it was being shipped.

    I'd expect lots of it could be recycled.

  9. Re:And the solution...? on IBM, Other Multinationals "Detaching" From the US · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Honestly, it will take a /long time/. I've known conservatives to pull "but Clinton!" even in the final year of Bush's term. It's about equally retarded no matter which side is doing it... though I'm still pissed that Bush got away with what he did.

  10. Re:USA vs Europe on US Life Expectancy May Have Peaked · · Score: 1

    CDC says it's various sorts of accidents. Looking at another site with more breakdown, it's car wrecks, then falls, poisoning, drowning, fire, and firearms, in that order.

  11. Re:Microsoft using Linux? on Network Adapter Keeps Talking While a PC Is Asleep · · Score: 1

    VxWorks is also quite standard for consumer routers.

  12. Re:Agree with the artist and then some on Flickr Yanks Image of Obama As Joker · · Score: 0

    Actually, the author says he voted for Obama and was just noodling around with ideas in Photoshop. Someone snarfed the picture and used it to make the Socialism poster.

  13. This list is probably drivel on The Mindset of the Incoming College Freshmen · · Score: 1

    I'm extrapolating from the 2002 list, which is the oldest one and for the class that was born the year after I was. Many of the things they claimed people of that age never experienced or were too young for, I knew about back then.

    Granted, I'm a little sharper than the average, but it was just /full/ of inaccuracies. I don't expect this list to be all that much better.

  14. Re:Diesel is so obviously better for hybrids on World's Only Diesel-Electric Honda Insight · · Score: 1

    Then why does the Civic's electric motor only operate when the gasoline engine is running? Does "parallel" not imply being able to operate independently?

  15. Re:Diesel is so obviously better for hybrids on World's Only Diesel-Electric Honda Insight · · Score: 1

    Wrong. The Civic Hybrid is also a series hybrid.

  16. Re:More Like... on EA Looking Into Reviving Classic Games? · · Score: 1

    Bigot.

  17. Re:Stale gasoline problem? on Chevy Volt Rated At 230 mpg In the City · · Score: 1

    You can buy a gasoline additive to prevent it going stale for a while longer.

    Said highly-exaggerated little old lady probably wouldn't buy a car like this. Too expensive, for one, and if she's driving that little she ought to get a golf cart or (if she drives weekly to town to buy groceries) any random gasoline-powered car, because the fuel savings is so tiny versus the purchase price that it's pretty stupid to buy something like this, and it's really just a strawman anyway.

  18. Re:Heat & A/C on Chevy Volt Rated At 230 mpg In the City · · Score: 2, Informative

    My '05 Civic hybrid can turn off the engine in these conditions:

    1) Driver MUST push dash-mounted button to engage "Economy" mode. This mode is sticky between driving sessions.
    2) Engine MUST be somewhat warm. My temp gauge doesn't have units, but it needs at least four bars.
    3) The car has come to a halt for a couple seconds and you haven't engaged in behavior that the car thinks is stop-and-go.

    When the engine is shut off, the air conditioner doesn't run, simply because the compressor is belt-driven, which requires the engine to be running. You can still run the fan and/or open the windows.

    Saves a ton of gas, though.

  19. Re:Perhaps, but another reason on GM Gets To Dump Its Polluted Sites · · Score: 1

    Jesus must be really proud of you. Don't you know lying is a sin?

  20. Re:Perhaps, but another reason on GM Gets To Dump Its Polluted Sites · · Score: 1

    The difference being that "Dubya", as has already been pointed out, was to distinguish between him and his father, much as John Quincy Adams is always referred to with his middle name so we know we're talking about him and not his father.

    Also there wasn't the "lol cryptomuslim, lol Saddam Hussein" aspect, /and/ the "Dubya" moniker was accepted by Republicans.

  21. Re:Perhaps, but another reason on GM Gets To Dump Its Polluted Sites · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Horseshit. Why do the birthers, etc. always refer to him as Barack Hussein, but average people do not? The answer is perfectly obvious.

  22. Re:RAM optimization on Microsoft Denies Windows 7 "Showstopper Bug" · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Haven't read many kdawson stories?

  23. Re:Doesn't sound the same on Playing a First-Person Shooter Using Real Guns · · Score: 1

    Red Orchestra: Ostfront makes you correct for range with all weapons, and individual rounds are simulated. No wind in-game, though, and you need a mod to simulate penetrating walls.

  24. Re:One must wonder, on Mac OS X v10.5.8 Ready For Download · · Score: 2, Informative

    lolwhut? Nobody forced you to upgrade past 8.1 if you had a 68K Mac, and dropping support for the old ones was necessary to speed up the newer PPC Macs, because prior to that release a bunch of code was unoptimized or just 68K code running in emulation.

    Much like 10.5 and PPC Macs, really. Don't know if you've used Leopard on a PPC Mac, but even dual G5s can be a bit poky compared to Intel Macs, and forget about running it on a G4.

  25. Re:Fox News on Murdoch Says, "We'll Charge For All Our Sites" · · Score: 1

    Oh yes, some USians certainly do watch Fox News, generally those with Republican tendencies.

    I have the same reaction to their content as you do; it's obviously slanted and meant to pander to the audience's (and owner's) biases.