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  1. Re:Oh...they have access to better imagery... on US Government OKs Sale of Sharper Satellite Images · · Score: 1

    Yep a 30% increase in distance with a good share of that extra distance through that messy atmosphere. Insurmountable, probably not but not a trivial problem either. The main advantage of aerial photography versus satellite photography is the reduced amount of atmosphere that is in the way so yeah extra distance can be a real issue.

  2. Re:The Real Story Should Be... on How Open Government Data Saved New Yorkers Thousands On Parking Tickets · · Score: 4, Informative

    Ex-Firefighter here. Part of the problem is having working room at the pumper panel for the driver. You need space at the hydrant to connect the couplings and also working room at the pump panel for the driver to connect and run the pumps. All this depends on how you lay the hoses out but yeah working room at the hydrant for both hydrant hook up and the pumper is necessary.

    FYI you can have multiple types of pumper setups:
    - Reverse lay (Pumper is closer to the hydrant)
    - Straight-in lay (Pumper is closer to the fire scene)
    - Relay (Multiple pumpers, one at the hydrant and one at the scene)

    And many variations.

    I have never done it myself but witnessed the infamous smash the windows and put the hose through the car once.

  3. Your Tequila is showing on Spanish Conquest May Have Altered Peru's Shoreline · · Score: 1

    Especially on that post.

  4. Re:Weren't the Peruvians altering the coast? on Spanish Conquest May Have Altered Peru's Shoreline · · Score: 1

    I agree with your premise but will say this regarding human alterations to the environment:

    -- Slow changes allow the local flora and fauna to adapt, aka the oyster shell accumulation occured likely over many decades if not centuries allowing different plants to make their way in and establish themselves resulting in an environment that animals can then inhabit.

    -- Fast changes are more likely to cause local flora and fauna to disappear, aka plowing up the prairie in North America in the space of a few decades resulted in the loss of many native plants and animals without the opportunity for replacement or adaption, unless you consider corn and wheat a suitable replacement for the prairie plants.

    Man altering the environment slowly results in a more stable adaption versus quick alteration.

  5. Windows 95 CD on Your Old CD Collection Is Dying · · Score: 1

    But do you have the boot floppy that goes with that Windows 95 CD and do you have the floppy drive for that boot floppy? If not do I have a deal for you.

  6. Bingo on Police Departments Using Car Tracking Database Sworn To Secrecy · · Score: 1

    Can't wait until some enterprising Divorce lawyer uses this data to prove the husband is having an affair or a Criminal lawyer uses it to alibi his defendant.

    All this data should be available for discovery if the Police have access to it an yes I realize that Divorce is civil.

  7. Re:Are there any old drives around that read these on US Nuclear Missile Silos Use Safe, Secure 8" Floppy Disks · · Score: 1

    Yep, had old CP/M based Cromeco systems that had the 8" floppies. For a long time I had a copy of DBase II on 8" floppies to run on that Cromeco system. Lost it in an Air Force move.

  8. Re:Ukraine on Former US Test Site Sues Nuclear Nations For Disarmament Failure · · Score: 1

    Well, the UK nuked sections of Australia (Maralinga anyone) but that was with the permission of the Australian government so I guess that doesn't really count.

  9. Re:The noise problem is not just a TV one. on 60 Minutes Dubbed Engines Noise Over Tesla Model S · · Score: 1

    Hey Navy pukes can drive fast cars just as will as the rest of the public.

  10. Re:Lies on 60 Minutes Dubbed Engines Noise Over Tesla Model S · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you are over a couple of hundred feet away from the explosion there will be a difference that you can perceive. You know that sound and light travel at different speeds, right?

    If you want a fun demonstration of this get a day on an EOD range, you see the explosion, then hear the explosion, then feel the blast wave, then feel the ground rumble all with different time lag from the actual explosion. Really cool.

  11. Re:How is the no fly list legal? on One Person Successfully Removed From US No-Fly List · · Score: 2

    A US Citizens gets put on this list. The US Citizen cannot fly from Denver to Chicago, Nothing to do with a foreigner.

    Travel within and between the states is not a privilege it is a right. Not all rights are explicitly spelled out in the constitution. Look at the ninth and tenth amendments.

    The SCOTUS needs to remember the existence of the ninth and tenth amendments sometimes. In my opinion they should be the most important amendments and I am not a states rights kind of guy.

  12. Re:Why not? on Ask Slashdot: Moving From Tech Support To Development? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Until you need to get a resume by HR.

    12 years as a successful network consultant and getting a resume by HR sucks because I don't have a master's degree and my certifications are old and outdated. I get the job because someone tells HR to stick it and goes around the system.

  13. Re:I'd just like to interject for a moment on Linux May Succeed Windows XP As OS of Choice For ATMs · · Score: 2

    Would that be Gary GANOOOOOOOOOU Linux?

  14. Re:Inheritence = Lottery Winnings on Silicon Valley Billionaire Takes Out $201 Million Life Insurance Policy · · Score: 1

    1) Why is your large family farm not incorporated like so many of the Wisconsin Family Dairy Farms are? This is partly to avoid estate taxes.
    2) $20M - 5M exemption equals 15M taxed at 45% so a 7M dollar bill, already wrong by 2M dollars.
    3) Family Farms have and additional deduction of $1M from value saving another $450,000
    4) Get an estate lawyer specializing in family farms and do some financial planning instead of whining about taxes you probably don't owe.

  15. Re:Estate Taxes on Silicon Valley Billionaire Takes Out $201 Million Life Insurance Policy · · Score: 1

    Please define modern for me, the estate tax is one of the few that was implemented by the founding fathers.

  16. Re:that's what the insurance is for - to pay the t on Silicon Valley Billionaire Takes Out $201 Million Life Insurance Policy · · Score: 2

    Wrong, with the 5M+ exemption the $1M dollar Mcdonalds pays nothing in estate taxes to the federal government. Now many businesses are worth more the and $5M but with a bit of estate planning the ability to avoid a large portion of estate taxes is available.

  17. Re:Bullshit on US Intelligence Officials To Monitor Federal Employees With Security Clearances · · Score: 5, Informative

    I have not waived my right against unreasonable search and seizure, even with my clearance the US Government has the same warrant requirements to come into my home as they have for the general public. The intrusiveness that I have agreed to is the following: periodic re-investigations where they may or may not interview my associates and family members as to my trustworthiness, the possibility of submitting to a non-lifestyle polygraph because of clearance type, having to report contact with foreign nationals (depending on the type of contact), and informing the security manager if I plan on traveling out of the country.

    Not unreasonable search and seizure and a fairly well defined set of requirements for reporting.

  18. Bullshit on US Intelligence Officials To Monitor Federal Employees With Security Clearances · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Civil rights never go out the window. As a cleared government employee I have not waived my civil rights and would never do so. I have agreed to allow some intrusive inspection of my life but I still have and will always have my civil rights.

    Idiots like you who think that national security trumps all are what is wrong with today's national security infrastructure.

  19. Re:Well, what is the alternative? on HP To Charge For Service Packs and Firmware For Out-of-Warranty Customers · · Score: 1

    Don't give a FF about new fixes but HP wants to charge me for old fixes to old computers unless I have a service contract. Think of it this way, I have a Proliant Server that I repurpose to a new job, adding an old network card to it to add a capability, sorry need a firmware upgrade to support the old card. Firmware might be 2 years old but I didn't need it (if it ain't broke don't fix it) now with this network card I need the 2 year old firmware upgrade but can't get it because I haven't been paying HP 22% per year to maintain a service contract and you can bet that if I want a service contract I will have to pay for all the lapsed time not just start a new contract.

  20. Lab Hardware on HP To Charge For Service Packs and Firmware For Out-of-Warranty Customers · · Score: 1

    Sure all my production equipment has current service contracts on them, when a part breaks I need a new part to fix the problem. But when doing a technical refresh the old production equipment typically gets moved to the lab, upgrading the lab. Don't keep a service contract on the lab equipment, why would I? If a part breaks I am not in a hurry to fix it and can typically source it used. Now, HP wants me to keep a service contract on my lab equipment to get drivers and firmware upgrades. That is outrageous and one of the reasons that Cisco is no longer my infrastructure vendor.

    Give me the option of a contract that covers downloads only (Think MSDN) and I might do it but not a full-price (22% of hardware cost per year) contract to support my lab. HP can take a hike.

  21. Re:What are the questions? on Half of US Nuclear Missile Wing Implicated In Cheating · · Score: 1

    You don't memorize the checklist, you pull the checklist out and follow it exactly unless you announce the reason why not. That way if the checklist changes you incorporate the changes and you don't have a senior moment and forget step 37.

  22. Re:What are the questions? on Half of US Nuclear Missile Wing Implicated In Cheating · · Score: 1

    Never worked as a 911 operator did you.

  23. No need on Device Mines Precious Phosphorus From Sewage · · Score: 2

    We don't need to limit entropy, all we need to do is deny it exists, We can be Entropy Deniers. Works for Global Warming why not Entropy.

  24. Re:FCC Shouldn't Ban It, But Airlines Should on Americans To FCC Chair: No Cell Calls On Planes, Please · · Score: 1

    Fewer lunatics? Still trying to see the downside.

  25. Re:Allow it... on Americans To FCC Chair: No Cell Calls On Planes, Please · · Score: 1

    Nope, first class was and is up front and those businessmen would smoke cigars and cigarettes in first class. That air drifted back right into my nose securely located in economy class further back.