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  1. Re:Why not load it from the start? on Curiosity Rover Being Upgraded With Autonomous Sensor Program · · Score: 2

    Due to the high radiation, they can not use high density memory chips. At first the landing control software filled it completely. Only after the landing did they replace it with the drivers for the motors and cameras so it could start moving. I suppose the actual upload does not need so much time, it must be a lot of hacking on the software in the meantime, testing and approval.

  2. Re:Fairness on Saudi Arabia Requiring License For Online Media · · Score: 1

    What about a limit where a minority of the population can not overthrow the government, but a majority can. To keep it in this range, a good feedback loop is needed though that I have not seen anywhere in practice.

  3. So if I call the police to catch the thief on Police Can Search Cell Phones Without Warrants · · Score: 1

    So if I call the police to catch the thief of my phone and they arrest him, this gives them the right to search through my phone. I needed this to be safe from those thieves!

  4. Re:I read slashdot on Facebook Knows When You'll Get Dumped · · Score: 1
    I think it is the same reason why I do not buy a lottery. Guaranteed expense/effort and small chance of success. Plus lots of mental blocks that increase the effort and further decrease the chances. It is safer to concentrate on things where one has a chance to be good at - like programming.

    I know every area of activity first gives sucky failures, blows to one's self estimate, etc. Then slowly it may improve. I could not imagine what it is like to have a girlfriend until age 33. Now I have a wife (due to the internet and luck) and two kids. I cannot give recipes because of the luck part. :-)

  5. Re:"insecure electronic voting" on Researchers Reprogram Voting Machine To Run Pac-man · · Score: 2, Interesting
    As far as I understand the problem with the typical US voting machine is that the vendors keep the actual algorithm secret and they do not produce paper trails. These machines were designed specifically for election fraud.

    This is more obvious to the "nerd community" than to ordinary people.

  6. Re:And... on Google Street View Logs Wi-Fi Networks, MAC Addresses · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Here in Hungary the German minority was deported in 1946 based on a previous census where they answered honestly about mothertongue because it was a neutral information at the time the census was made.

  7. Re:Au contraire on Is Sat-Nav Destroying Local Knowledge? · · Score: 1

    Before I had the nav, I just went on a few known ways into the city and used a map in the last couple of streets to get to a destination.

    Now the nav guides me through lots of streets I have never tried before thereby increasing my knowledge.

  8. Re:When can I buy a ridable griffon/dragon? on Flapping NAV Performs Controlled Hovering Flight · · Score: 1

    They are made by Saab: Griffin, Dragon

  9. Re:Lacking in Sardonic Tone on Why Toddlers Don't Do What They're Told · · Score: 1

    It's the sweater.

  10. Re:The mistake was actually not having a standard on Null References, the Billion Dollar Mistake · · Score: 1

    At language design time, it could have been easy to say there are as many string types as integer types, like short string, long string, long long string, referring to the size field. Auto-extending them in a function call may be tricky though.

  11. Re:Police State on UK Government Plans 10-Year Database of Citizens' Travel · · Score: 2, Insightful
    People are sheep. They revolt when someone makes it the craze/fashion/whatever, but then let the country become the same crap as in the west. Here in Hungary we can choose between two similarly corrupt parties, just like everywhere else I see.

    I have seen some good ideas to change things. For example to allow voters to say yes to more than one candidate - so they can vote for the third or fourth party and can still have a say in the fight between the two strongest. Here is one such site: http://www.rangevoting.org/

  12. Re:Love? on Visual Hallucinations Are a Normal Grief Reaction · · Score: 1

    Love is what keeps human communities together. Other emotions mostly direct people to act for themselves. Rules may be created to more or less force them to act in the interests of the community, but if long term stability is a concern, there is not much that is better than love.
    Of course, unjust things can be done in its name as well, but I don't think that is what the religions want (in theory).

  13. Re:Solar commuter cars won't work and here's the m on Using Sun's Energy to Split Water Means Solar Power All Night · · Score: 1

    Even if the solar panel is on the car, it can be let's say 2x3 meters, 6 square meters instead of 1.5.
    This gives 4500 watt-hours.
    I admit the bigger panel may mean a shape with more drag, but not necessarily.

  14. Re:It's a tie on VIA Nano CPU Benchmarked, Beats Intel Atom · · Score: 1

    As far as I heard (about CMOS), the frequency/watt may not be linear. If the Nano is underclocked to be at the same performance as the Atom, can it be more economical?

  15. Red Bull Air race on Rockets To Race Over Wisconsin Skies · · Score: 1

    This is another air race, quite interesting to watch. http://www.redbullairrace.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Bull_Air_Race

  16. Re:What makes this rasp extra special? on Phoenix Mars Lander To Begin Rasping Ice Shavings · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I think the rasp from Home Depot is so cheap because we make up for tool simplicity with smart hands. The rover must do the job of human fingers and collect the material as well.

  17. Re:Better that than the Laptop Flight of Shame... on Doing the Laptop Drive of Shame · · Score: 1

    Knowing today's border control, you may end up worse for not leaving the laptop at home.

  18. Re:Two words on Bacteria Make Major Evolutionary Shift In the Lab · · Score: 1

    About refusing treatments, this reminds me of a joke I heard some time ago.
    A village is flooded and people come for the priest in a boat. "Come, father into the boat!" "No need, my son, my faith is so strong, God will save me."
    The water rises, the priest has to go up into the church tower. The people come again. "Come, father into the boat!" "No need, my son, God will save me."
    The water rises, the priest must climb up to the roof. The people come again, he refuses again.
    The water rises, he drowns and gets in front of God. "Lord, why did you let me die?" "SON, I SENT THREE BOATS FOR YOU, WHY DID YOU NOT ACCEPT THEM?"

  19. Re:In the US no one wants to buy light cars on Efficiency? Think Racing Cars, Not Hybrids · · Score: 1

    I have seen bad crash results of SUV's and good results of small cars. SUV's usually fail to make advantage of their extra weight. The small car uses the crumple zones and cabin reinforcements, the SUV rolls over and frame bars intrude the cabin. I would not feel safer in one.

  20. Re:Often overlooked in Java on What Makes a Programming Language Successful? · · Score: 1

    I have similar experiences. Python functions taking and returning tuples, having to wade through a gazillion calls to get some insight about what those tuples can contain, when. I spent days to map it out for myself. I prefer strong typed declaration over "declaration by assignment" any time.

  21. Re:Back to Basic on What Makes a Programming Language Successful? · · Score: 1

    However, if you try to multiply an Int by a String, it'll throw the same type errors any other strongly type language will. They call it "duck typing." Your point is valid in general, but your particular example is not, because python actually defines multiplication of a string by an integer (as repeated concatenation). But it works just because the operator knows the types of the operands.
  22. Re:World Community Grid on "Nightlife" Harnesses Idle Fedora Nodes For Research · · Score: 1

    I checked it out. Cound not find info about system requirements (platforms), just marketing blurb. Must register and agree to a software license before knowing anything, including posting to their forum.

  23. Re:Free Speech vs Right to Life on YouTube Refuses To Remove Terrorist Videos · · Score: 1

    Your politicians create the enemy image and say it is a time of war because it helps them grab more power. It is easy to find muslim people who will do the dirty work and can be pointed to. History is full of killing people for power and profit - mostly by the local leaders.

  24. Re:Duh... on Smarter Electric Grid Could Save Power · · Score: 1

    We have a low tech system here in Hungary for some decades now. People have a normal meter and a special meter for "night power" that turns on when a signal comes on the wire and turns off at another. The utility company just guarantees that it will be on for X hours per day but the exact timing may change somewhat according to peak consumption. The night current is of course cheaper.

  25. Re:Girlfriend? on Usability Testing Hardy Heron With a Girlfriend · · Score: 1

    What is the repository it is in? Not found in base system.