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  1. Re:Ways to prevent jamming. on Intentional GPS Jamming On the Increase · · Score: 1

    Except that it is ridiculously more work to go in the opposite direction. You have to overcome the rotation of the earth first.

  2. Re:The end of ctrl+enter days? on ICANN Board Approves Wide Expansion of TLDs · · Score: 1

    I whole-heartedly agree about history being a tree. It would be enormously more useful to me. I remember pages I visited by how I got there, not by the page title. With that said, some browsers have better history searches than others. On several occasions I've used Safari to search through my history to find a page that I was looking for. Not that it is amazing, just occasionally useful.

  3. Re:And your bad genetics cost ME... on Japan Imposes "Fine On Fat" · · Score: 1
    Actually I've found exactly the opposite. I strongly prefer fresh food, buying almost no pre-prepared items (some exceptions for things like bacon and cheese...). For several years I was very active: cycle at least 12 miles a day (more on weekends) and weight-lifting. My minimum daily caloric intake was 2400 calories.

    Yet I spent less than $100 a month on groceries. At Whole Foods too. Most things there are over-priced crap. Feel free to buy the fresh fruits and vegetables, but steer away from the "organic meals in a box".

  4. Re:The real question is... on Probable Water Ice Sighted On Mars · · Score: 1

    The GP's point is that gravity is a conservative force. So in the absence of drag (roughly like on an atmosphere-less planet) it doesn't matter what path you take between two points, you always do the same amount of work against gravity. As long as you refrain from crashing into things, you can point your rocket any which way and escape velocity will still get you away.

  5. Re:US jury system does it again on Hans Reiser Guilty of First Degree Murder · · Score: 1

    I don't see why you conclude that he wanted to sleep on the floorboard. If I were to sleep in a car I'd want the back seat so I could lie down, but unfortunately there's the problem of my legs being way too long. After removing the front seat I could have them stretched out - sleeping in an L shape. That was my first thought about the passenger seat anyway.

  6. Re:CYA on Google Pulls Map Images At Pentagon's Request · · Score: 1

    While I agree with that statement, it implies that in non-democracies things should be something other than open. But your last paragraph is really bad logic. You set yourself up for this one: Your first statement is really bad logic. It's the converse of his statement, which has absolutely no logical connection whatsoever to what he said.
  7. Re:Why not do it like AZ? on Daylight Saving Time Wastes Energy · · Score: 1

    "Hey, I'll call you tomorrow at 11:00," and there will be no question of "your time or my time?" "Hey, I'll call you tomorrow after work."

    "Your time or my time?"

    Because you end work at 17:00, but they get off at 20:00. Either clocks conform to local events, hence can be referenced relative to local events easily, or all our clocks are based around lunch-time in Greenwich, hence can only be referenced relative to events measured against Greenwich lunch-time

  8. Re:Criminal prosecution? on Cracking a Crypto Hard Drive Case · · Score: 1

    Open source does not create the obstacle but even without obstacle to examination you have no guarantee that objective and capable coders will actually examine the code. Sure you do. You pay them to. If you're really serious about cypto you'd be foolish to trust a system without having an expert or two audit your code. Ideally this is what you'd paid the closed source vendors to do, but they, of course, have a vested interested in making their product look good.
  9. Re:well.. on What Would You Do As President? · · Score: 1

    Actually, as Congress has sole power over the budget (i.e. "power of the purse"), the President can only do number 1.