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  1. Re:Do electric cars actually produce CO2? on Mazda Says Its Upcoming Gas-Powered Cars Will Emit Less CO2 Than Electric Cars · · Score: 1

    Why The honda VX with lean burn will still be better than what mazda and toyota are coming up with. Sadly they are Insanely hard to find any honda with the lean burn option in the USA anymore. Some guys are getting successful with flashing the ECM in the 8th gen with the european program that enables lean burn though. Reports of 2006-2007 Civics getting 50mpg highway by just flashing the ECM and setting the Camber front and rear to 0 degrees.

  2. My 48mpg motorcycle with a 1300cc engine doesn't. Fuel injected and has a Catalytic converter, granted it's extremely new..... 2003. BMWK1200LT
    Not all bikes are made cheaply or designed specifically to make a "look at me" blap blap blap sound that proper fuel and exhaust management would solve.

  3. Re:Do electric cars actually produce CO2? on Mazda Says Its Upcoming Gas-Powered Cars Will Emit Less CO2 Than Electric Cars · · Score: 1

    So my honda civic that I regularly get 44mpg out of is better than the Leaf, Tesla, and Volt.
    I am so going to rub this in the face of the hipster at starbucks tomorrow morning.

  4. Re:Do electric cars actually produce CO2? on Mazda Says Its Upcoming Gas-Powered Cars Will Emit Less CO2 Than Electric Cars · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Not for me, I get my power from Nuke plants. it's the most environmentally friendly power source out there. IF the government was not filled with retards and allowed the spent fuel to be used in breeder reactors.

    Nuke is better than anything else, it's the morons in DC that make it less than perfect.

  5. Re:Fundamental problem with OUYA on Ouya Dropping 'Free-to-Play' Requirement · · Score: 1

    EB games. $99 for an xbox 360 with one controller.

    What moron would pay full retail of $200 for a used Xbox360?

  6. Facebook Rift! on Facebook Buying Oculus VR For $2 Billion · · Score: 1

    Now you can watch your friends Drama Llama in 3D reality!

  7. Re:Fundamental problem with OUYA on Ouya Dropping 'Free-to-Play' Requirement · · Score: 0

    Or the fact that you can buy a refurb/used Xbox360 or PS3 for the same price and get far more and far better games?

    I was in the kickstarter, and discovered that the whole platform was doomed from day one. All of their promises and "Features" have now disappeared.

  8. Re:Dumb move... on Ouya Dropping 'Free-to-Play' Requirement · · Score: 3, Informative

    I'm guessing you know nothing about OUYA. they started this as a selling point for the whole platform. It was one of the underlying features ans selling points of the platform.

  9. Dumb move... on Ouya Dropping 'Free-to-Play' Requirement · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They are a barely alive gaming platform and they are starting remove features they were built upon...

    Not smart.

  10. Re:Asleep at the wheel. on Remote ATM Attack Uses SMS To Dispense Cash · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Banks barely do anything. They make insane profits but the scumbags refuse to spend a dime on security or maintenance.

    The difference between a bank and organized crime is that you know what to expect from organized crime.

  11. Re:Gokart tech to the rescue on Is the Tesla Model S Pedal Placement A Safety Hazard? · · Score: 1

    Nope. line lock lets you keep the throttle at 25-50% and auto releases when you mash it. making you launch like a maniac while keeping the turbo spooled.
    you are thinking of a brake lock that locks the front brakes but leaves the rear disengaged.

  12. Re:drive with two feet? on Is the Tesla Model S Pedal Placement A Safety Hazard? · · Score: 1

    Because the average IQ and training level of a driver is so low that the added complexity seems to confound them.

    You have to dumb it down for their safety, or make getting and keeping a drivers license a lot harder.

  13. Re:WTF? on Google Glass Signs Deal With Ray Ban's Parent Company · · Score: 1

    Scoble is irrelevant. he is as accurate as a random blogger.

  14. Re:80% of market in terms of what? on Google Glass Signs Deal With Ray Ban's Parent Company · · Score: 1

    Expensive lenses? sounds like someone doesn't know about Zenni optical. I refuse to buy my glasses from the optician. I get my prescription and then order them from the same place he orders them from.

    Most expensive lenses I ever bought are on my face now. Nikon Eyes lenses with every single coating available. (Note: the anti dirt coatings last only 2 months, do not bother getting them.)

    $60.00 for the lenses, $30 for the frames that have the magnetic sunglasses that match them perfectly.

  15. Re:80% of market in terms of what? on Google Glass Signs Deal With Ray Ban's Parent Company · · Score: 1

    Only if you are dumb and buy them at a boutique. you can get RayBan at wholesale prices all over the place. go to Shen-Wa's upscale sunglasses emporium and try them on, then go order off of amazon.com or other places that don't sell them for the 3500% markup that is MSRP

  16. Re:They need to fix Touch first. on Ubuntu Phone Isn't Important Enough To Demand an Open Source Baseband · · Score: 1

    and the latest nightly is not much better.

    Ubuntu Phone is at LEAST 2 years out before it is even ready for beta testing.

  17. Re:Firmware on Is the Tesla Model S Pedal Placement A Safety Hazard? · · Score: 1

    in michigan if a car rolls back at you and hits your car at a light, you were too close to them and you get the ticket you are required to give several feet of roll back distance on hills.

    When I drove clutch I would roll back into people all the time, mostly BMW's and I would tell them to call the cops and smile as they get the ticket.
    Michigan Street hill in Grand Rapids, MI is the best place to punish rich idiots that dont know the rules of the road when you drive a beater with stick shift.

  18. Re:Gokart tech to the rescue on Is the Tesla Model S Pedal Placement A Safety Hazard? · · Score: 1

    I just push the button on the dash labelled "launch control". and real cars had a line lock on the brakes to do that as well. I know my dad's superbee had a line lock on the brakes from the factory.

  19. Re:drive with two feet? on Is the Tesla Model S Pedal Placement A Safety Hazard? · · Score: 1

    No, we would have one pedal. pull back for gas, push foreward for brake, 100% safer as it is impossible to hit both at the same time.

  20. Re:I can think of a case on Is the Tesla Model S Pedal Placement A Safety Hazard? · · Score: 1

    What car needs the brakes dried? and how deep of a puddle do you drive through because even a 4" deep puddle will not get the brakes wet.

  21. Ha! on Is the Tesla Model S Pedal Placement A Safety Hazard? · · Score: 1

    He thinks the tesla spacing is bad. Try driving a Pantera. the Tesla has HUGE spacing compared to the pantera.

  22. Last entry.... on Scientist Live-Blogs His Lab's Attempts To Generate New Type of Stem Cells · · Score: 1

    Another failure, but this one is ... moving... what is... Aaaaaargh......

  23. Re:Flight recorder on How Satellite Company Inmarsat Tracked Down MH370 · · Score: 1

    You are 100% sure of that? because I am not. drive by wire cars are having this problem, Prius software glitch was causing the brake to fail and accelerator to stick. I know that all the systems in the 777 all talk to and control each other, Power failure on a main bus can take out all transponders and a glitched autopilot not releasing control will keep it on a heading.

    Fly by wire if designed properly should have a physical switch that the crew can throw to completely disable all control systems except for an emergency manual control system. IT does not have such a thing. if the flight control computer dies, you are on a ballistic trajectory.

    a Lithium battery fire can take out both Main power busses, as well as the crew. autopilot will still continue as long as it can, if it was given a brown out it can even change course.

  24. Re:Flight recorder on How Satellite Company Inmarsat Tracked Down MH370 · · Score: 4, Funny

    They already know about your Skull Volcano island... they dont care because the US government hopes to contract out your services for the "protection" of the American People...

    BTW: you have those genetically altered badgers ready yet?

  25. Re:Flight recorder on How Satellite Company Inmarsat Tracked Down MH370 · · Score: 1

    Contrary to movies, spy satellites do not watch every inch of the planet. Nor can you easily steer them into another orbit for live James Bond style feeds.

    ZERO spy satellites point at the open ocean, nothing interesting going on out there.