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  1. Re:Pounds and ounces on Big Test Coming Up For Kilogram Redefinition (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    the SI unit is the kilogram, not the gram. The gram is defined as 1/1000 of a kilogram.

  2. Re:Not Cheap. on Cheap, High-Performance Green Battery Runs On Rotten Apples (gizmag.com) · · Score: 1

    no, it's kWh. It's an amount of energy, in J (approximated to a unitless conversion constant). Power is a rate of doing work, measured in W, where W = J / s. kW/s make no physical sense, it would measure the rate of the rate of doing work...

  3. Re:Not Cheap. on Cheap, High-Performance Green Battery Runs On Rotten Apples (gizmag.com) · · Score: 1

    it's kWh, not kW/h

  4. Re:Corporate States of America on Edward Snowden Calls For Google To Side With Apple On Encryption Debate (techinsider.io) · · Score: 1, Redundant

    or they secretly already cooperated and are legally prevented to disclose their compliance.

  5. Re:Revisionist history? on Auschwitz Museum Releases Software To Rewrite Holocaust Nomenclature (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    Revisionism comes into play when a government try to enforce history by law.

  6. Re:What's holocaust? on Auschwitz Museum Releases Software To Rewrite Holocaust Nomenclature (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    How could your grandparents died when they were 6, yet be your grandparents ? They obviously didn't have time to procreate...

  7. Re:Stupid design on Some Reversible USB-C Cables/Adapters Could Cause Irreversible Damage · · Score: 2

    we're not talking about over current, we're talking about simple wrong polarity.

  8. Re:This is why you buy Apple on Some Reversible USB-C Cables/Adapters Could Cause Irreversible Damage · · Score: 4, Informative
  9. Re:Apple on Some Reversible USB-C Cables/Adapters Could Cause Irreversible Damage · · Score: 3, Informative

    what was your point, exactly ? https://www.choice.com.au/elec...

  10. Re:Essentially a dupe from 3 months ago on Some Reversible USB-C Cables/Adapters Could Cause Irreversible Damage · · Score: 1

    Come... "lab equipment" here is a dongle and a chromebook, not a $10k setup...

  11. Re:Stupid design on Some Reversible USB-C Cables/Adapters Could Cause Irreversible Damage · · Score: 5, Informative

    TFA's title is mislieading. The cable in question was wrongly wired. If you connect GND to V+, and V+ to GND, bad things *will* happen even with USB 1.0.

  12. Re:In the states it is fine to fudge diesel facts on Opel Dealers Accused of Modyfing the Software of Polluting Cars (deredactie.be) · · Score: 1

    Technically, you are polluting everyday when you are taking a shit.

  13. Re:I never upgrade Linux on Fedora Linux Might Drop Incremental Upgrades (happyassassin.net) · · Score: 2

    'never had a problem with Fedora. I've only ever done a single install on the 4 machines I run (2 "desktop + 2 laptop)), and then incrementally upgrade 3 month after a new release.

  14. You obviously have no idea how OS internals are working....

  15. I fail to see how this can increase security, as you just need to fault by writing a single byte and you've got a mostly dirty page.

  16. Purpose of the law... on Federal Law Now Says Kids Can Walk To School Alone (fastcoexist.com) · · Score: 2

    Isn't law meant to say what you "can not" do, rather than what you "can" do ?

  17. Re:Looking for ideas - what's the answer? on Obama Orders Feds To Study Smart Gun Technology (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    maybe start by shrinking the size of the DOD/NSA/CIA and other 3 letters acronym.

  18. Re:Molon labe on Obama Orders Feds To Study Smart Gun Technology (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Why ? The petty thug trying to break in your home is a victime of white privilege. You should let him beat you to death and rape your underage daughter...

  19. Re:Why? on Obama Orders Feds To Study Smart Gun Technology (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    It's not "gun" they like, it's Freedom and Liberty. Something that [modern] liberals hates.

  20. Re:license on Obama Orders Feds To Study Smart Gun Technology (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    don't matter, Obama is all about rewriting history...

  21. Re:That will stop the cartels & thugs on Obama Orders Feds To Study Smart Gun Technology (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    let me fire up my lathe and my CNC mill, and we'll see if everybody is still safe ;-)

  22. Re:It should be compulsory on Obama Orders Feds To Study Smart Gun Technology (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure, the best US school is called the Marines Corps (or Navy / Army / Air Force)...

  23. Re:NOT far enough on Obama Orders Feds To Study Smart Gun Technology (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Come and get them. In the mean time, I'll load my mags and lub my guns.

  24. Re:Do Not Want on The Network Revolution Needed For Remote Surgery (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    I doubt they'll either be in an area with low latency internet...

  25. Re:FTFY... on Twitter Bans 'Hateful Conduct' (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    The fact that I like my women at my knees, my cock in their mouth, is a moral / political stance.