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  1. Re:We will get solar when there's a profit. on Existing Solar Tech Could Power Entire US, Says NREL · · Score: 1

    People in Australia got retardedly-high feed-in rates (ie. every kWh they feed into the grid provides a power bill rebate of ~50c compared to every kWH they pull out of the grid costing them ~15c) as well as state and federal government subsidies that made the cost of the panels extremely low to begin with. The blow out in costs was several hundred million in my state alone.

    Without either of those things the ROI is much, much longer. You can check it out yourself now that they've ended.

  2. Re:Piracy is not the problem - incumbency and bugs on John Romero's Doomy View On Android and Ouya · · Score: 1

    There are no forced updates on iPhones.

    Not that I support Apple's IOS versions making older phones unusably slow, which did happen.

  3. Re:Who need lots of connections on Budget 27" IPS Displays From Korea Are For Real · · Score: 1

    You're confusing your bit depths.

    TN monitors are typically 6 bits of colour per channel, not IPS.
    IPS monitors have the "full" 8 bits of colour per channel.
    CRTs had the same "full" 8 bits of colour per channel. "32 bit" was always a bit of a furphy because 3x8=24.

  4. Re:2560 x 1440 is sweet! on Budget 27" IPS Displays From Korea Are For Real · · Score: 1

    Don't forget Win+Shift+[Left|Right] to snap a window instantly between screens.

  5. Re:Not related on Mac Clone Maker Saga Ends As SCOTUS Denies Appeal · · Score: 1

    The GPL is not a software licence and it would not have been affected at all by a pro-Psystar ruling in this case.

  6. Re:HTPC on AMD Trinity A10-4600M Processor Launched, Tested · · Score: 1

    Got any recommendations for an A-series build? (or links to where to find one?)
    I've been looking all over for something around $150 but most of the info is trash.

  7. Re:So how come they are "smart" meters? on FBI Says Smart Meter Hacks Are Likely To Spread · · Score: 1

    How many times can you pull the meter out to check the wear on the contacts before you wear off the plating yourself?

  8. Re:# 2 is 1280 x 800 on Windows 8 and Screen Resolution: WXGA Still Most Popular · · Score: 1

    DVD is 480p at best, not 720. You may be thinking of "HD" vs. "Full HD."

  9. Re:9/3 on You're Driving All Wrong, Says NHTSA · · Score: 1

    A normal driver has to be able to lean and turn his body which is an impossibility in a race harness. In contrast, a race car driver does not need to back out of his driveway or peer around the blind spots of the A pillars.

  10. Re:1366x768 on Windows 8 and Screen Resolution: WXGA Still Most Popular · · Score: 1

    you'd have horizontal bars anyway because 16:9 is a compromise format in itself. Most movies are even wider than that, so 1920*9xx pixels or sometimes even shorter.

  11. Re:Male companion on New Doctor Who Companion Announced · · Score: 1

    Leela was still a human though. Her tribe were the degenerate descendants of a surveying mission that crashed or got stranded or somesuch.

  12. Re:Here's my hope. on Sandboxed Flash Player Coming To Firefox · · Score: 1

    FlashBlock keeps the web usable unlike NoScript. If you have to install just one it's a far better option.

  13. Re:Reading List on Ask Slashdot: Transitioning From 'Hacker' To 'Engineer'? · · Score: 1

    I would also add "The UNIX Hater's Handbook" to that list. This book isn't just about programming in UNIX. It is more about the philosophy behind UNIX, which in turn, through negation, describes properties of any sustainable software system.

    It can be found online here: http://m.simson.net/ugh.pdf

    One of my favorite parts is on transparency and discoverability: Chapter 8; csh, pipes, and find; Power Tools for Power Fools

  14. Re:Mr. Fusion on Another Stab At Sorting Hybrid Hype From Reality · · Score: 1

    "Mr. Fusion only powers the time circuits and the flux capacitor, but the internal combustion engine runs on ordinary gasoline; it always has."

  15. Re:I never get to see "100MPG+" on Another Stab At Sorting Hybrid Hype From Reality · · Score: 1

    Mine changes to L/hour when idling, which makes sense and provides value too.

  16. Re:Marathon and the Halo Series on Aleph One 1.0 Released · · Score: 1

    True enough that DOOM was first, but not "ages before" by any means. 1993 vs. 1994.

  17. Re:Do you have to live in USA? on 3-Way Price War On Black Friday: iPad, Nook, and Kindle · · Score: 1

    Steam's prices are definitely not the same in every country. Australian and UK prices are always much higher than US ones, forcing people into using proxies and disposable credit cards, or buying Russian activation keys through dodgy third party sites.

  18. Re:Increased Lion capacity on Research Promises Drastically Increased LiOn Capacity · · Score: 1

    Diablo II?

  19. Re:my experience on Apple Acknowledges iPhone 4S Battery Problems · · Score: 1

    whoosh

  20. Re:In other words, we should give up. on Ron Paul Suggests Axing 5 U.S. Federal Departments (and Budgets) · · Score: 1

    whoosh

  21. Re:Sounds pretty easy on What's the Carbon Footprint of Bicycling? · · Score: 1

    Pretty much everything on a bicycle is simpler, lighter and more efficient than a car. Although the lifespan of some of the parts can be lower, bearings, chain and so on.

    A car can do tens of thousands of kilometers without even the most basic of maintenance.

    A bike can't get away with even a few hundred in comparison.

  22. Re:Incorrect summary on AMD Releases Fastest Mobile GPU · · Score: 1

    Not to mention that the desktop 6990 is a dual GPU card... a better comparison would be the 6970 which is the high end single GPU Radeon.

  23. Re:Tacoooo on Happy Pi Day · · Score: 1

    22/7, rather....

  24. Re:Tacoooo on Happy Pi Day · · Score: 1

    22/4 is closer to Pi than 3.14 is.

  25. Re:Deffinitions of Hollywood on MPAA Threatens To Disconnect Google From Internet · · Score: 1

    Whoosh.