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  1. "I'm actively disinterested in it."
    A haters got to hate.

  2. Re: Apples and Oranges on Google To Require As Many As 20 of Its Apps Preinstalled On Android Devices · · Score: 2

    Android and the MS case aren't even comparable. It's like comparing oranges to trucks.

    Apple can make demands on the phone companies, and Apple can make changes to the carriers don't move any device. This would hurt more then just Apple.

  3. Re:Seattle to China on Microsoft Revives Its Hardware Conference · · Score: 2

    East or West, your going to end up in the same place eventually!

  4. Re:Frosty pasta! on Microsoft Revives Its Hardware Conference · · Score: 2

    No, MS had touch tablets years ago.
    It's took Apple to tell people they wouldn't be cool if they didn't have one.
    And I'm glad they did it, I love tablet computers of all sorts.

  5. While there is doubt about the 10,000 hour on New Research Casts Doubt On the "10,000 Hour Rule" of Expertise · · Score: 1

    rule, that article reliance on genetics isn't it.
    And a lot of it no longer jives with modern genetic science.

  6. Re:It's true on Former GM Product Czar: Tesla a "Fringe Brand" · · Score: 1

    Wow. it's like your from the 1970's.

  7. Re:Tesla is worth 60% of GM ! on Former GM Product Czar: Tesla a "Fringe Brand" · · Score: 1

    So you not only don't understand market cap, you also didn't read what he was talking about?

    Hint: Tesla is NOT worth 60% of GM.

    Yes, Tesla is a fringe product. And it will be until there are less expensive models.

  8. Re:How does the quote go...? on Former GM Product Czar: Tesla a "Fringe Brand" · · Score: 1

    Tesla is a cutting edge car, and they are planning on less expensive models.
    Initially, the automobile was a fancy tow for the rich.

  9. Re:How does the quote go...? on Former GM Product Czar: Tesla a "Fringe Brand" · · Score: 0

    And there are much bigger things with combustion cars that can go wrong that can go wrong with a Tesla. Your point?

  10. Re: Yeah ... but ... it's true. on Former GM Product Czar: Tesla a "Fringe Brand" · · Score: 1

    "...volume doesn't mean dick."
    of course is means something, don't be daft.

  11. Re:How does the quote go...? on Former GM Product Czar: Tesla a "Fringe Brand" · · Score: 1

    "one of the most heavily subsidized corporations in the HISTORY of CAPITALISM"
    no it isn't, not even close.

    Did you read what he said? of course not, to busy jumping to conclusions.
    Of course, the bailout was due to the financial division, not branding, marketing, or cars.

  12. Re:How does the quote go...? on Former GM Product Czar: Tesla a "Fringe Brand" · · Score: 1

    It's a complete BS saying based solely on biased hind sight.

    Because there are thousands of:

    "First they ignore you, then you go out of business"
    "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then you go out of business"
    "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you go out of business"
    "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win., for a while."

    Being around for a while doesn't mean what you peddle works.

    The guy is right. Until they have a more affordable version, the with be a niche. Bugati is also a niche. Niche doesn't mean bad.

  13. Re:I have this system to win at craps on Statistician Creates Mathematical Model To Predict the Future of Game of Thrones · · Score: 1

    "All that math is hooey."
    misapplied, not 'hooey'.

    "Past events don't affect future events for random acts like throwing dice or flipping a coin"
    but they with people.

  14. Re:My mathmatical prediction on Statistician Creates Mathematical Model To Predict the Future of Game of Thrones · · Score: 1

    You said math. Lets see it.

  15. Re:There Ain't No Stealth In Space on The Physics of Space Battles · · Score: 1

    It would look a t little like this:
    http://goo.gl/CNd2mT

    a black dot with energy around it.
    Picture as an example of the point.

  16. Re:There Ain't No Stealth In Space on The Physics of Space Battles · · Score: 1

    The fact that you can't grok that he brought Mars up in order to give an example of the types distance speaks volumes on why the rest of you post is deflection and nonsense.

  17. Re:There Ain't No Stealth In Space on The Physics of Space Battles · · Score: 1

    You're post is correct, except for:
    "There is no stealth in space."

    Actually there can be. Mostly by using weapon that look like asteroids, or loiter.
    If you engines aren't running and you are just maintaining velocity, then you an be stealthy.
    Stealth just means people do't know who you are or that you are a threat. You don't have to be invisible.

    Also, the post you are replying to is either a troll, or some who doesn't understand physics at even an 8th grade level.
    Anyone who bring feminism into a discussion about physics should just be dismissed, and preferable banned from posting under that story.

  18. Re: Umm no on The Physics of Space Battles · · Score: 1

    you seem to have forgotten the mass side of that equation.

  19. Re:That depends upon the writer. on The Physics of Space Battles · · Score: 1

    You can if your x-ray lasers are at 250 km!
    Or if you can use aground based laser to destroy satellite; which you would have.

    Also, it doesn't actually protect much, and has higher cost then ground launch systems.

  20. Re:That depends upon the writer. on The Physics of Space Battles · · Score: 1

    Fermi (Hart) Paradox isn't.

    Space is big.
    There is no reason a specie will continuously expand.
    The universe is to young to expand everywhere with even the most hypothetical technology.
    And if you only expand as needed, and you are expanding in the sphere, then the more you expand the slower you need to expand... as an average.

  21. Re:That depends upon the writer. on The Physics of Space Battles · · Score: 1

    A) there is less war now then ever.
    B) If we have space battle cruisers, then we have opened up space, and resource are no longer an issue.

    Resources on Earth= Finite.
    Resources in space= Infinite.

  22. Re:That depends upon the writer. on The Physics of Space Battles · · Score: 1

    "Missiles travel very, Very, VERY slow (in space)." Complety depends on th tech they are using for space flight. chemical engines? sure. FTL missles?

    War wouldn't be about resources, it would be about religious zeal.

  23. Re:Babylon 5 Starfury on The Physics of Space Battles · · Score: 1

    B5 had the worst space physics. Completely impractical, too slow, and it would smoosh a humans brains.

    And the way to generate gravity? Completely wrong. A giant spinning ring does not create gravity.

    I like the character and stories, so it was a win overall.

  24. Re:In space on The Physics of Space Battles · · Score: 1

    Lame.
    I prefer an internal system using sounds as identifier in 3d space.

  25. Re:A coffee shop name on At CIA Starbucks, Even the Baristas Are Covert · · Score: 1

    Of course it doesn't. paranoid means specifically that people are out to get you.
    Paranoid Delusion mean you think they are, but they aren't.