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  1. relative or absolute decrease? on Ask Slashdot: IT Spending In Engineering? · · Score: 1

    Just doubling the salaries will get you to 4-6 %.

  2. Re:Better be an open system on Tesla To Blanket US With Superchargers In Two Years · · Score: 1

    I would guess some communication goes on before the charging starts. So Tesla can license this to Nissan, who may then also have to pay Tesla for each charge (depending on their contract). Nissan can demand Leaf owners to pay for each charge (using some other channel, most probably on-line). You don't pay, your Leaf doesn't charge.

  3. Re:Doesn't really matter on Data Center Managers Weary of Whittling Cooling Costs · · Score: 1

    Once you do all this, you will NOT be cheaper than the grid. Not even with future's higher grid prices.

  4. Re:A solution to a problem that doesn't exist on New Flying Car Design Unveiled · · Score: 1

    <quote><p>they take too much space per passenger (at rush hour, on average, 1.02)</p></quote>
    1.02 may be the number of people per car. The number of passengers per car is even lower. When I drove my wife to the airport and then returned home, the average was 0.5 passengers (plus 1.0 drivers which don't actually want to go anywhere).

  5. preindustrial turbulence level on Climate Change Will Boost Plane Turbulence, Suggests Study · · Score: 1

    Yes, lucky Wright brothers and Icarus for enjoying the smooth flights of the preindustrial era...

  6. restrictions/rights on Defend the Open Web: Keep DRM Out of W3C Standards · · Score: 1

    Why re-defining the R to mean restrictions? Rights management is the correct term, where "to manage X" means "to lessen X/to lessen the effects of X". Like weight management, crisis management, anger management...

  7. Re:Nope on North Korea Threatens US With Preemptive Nuclear Strike · · Score: 1

    you can be just as ambiguous in French as in English.

    And this is exactly the reason why it's useful for diplomatic traffic.

  8. Re:More data needed. on Nukes Are "The Only Peacekeeping Weapons the World Has Ever Known," Says Waltz · · Score: 1

    Two smaller states, like India and Pakistan? As opposed to the really big ones like France or UK?

  9. Re:Probably on Ask Slashdot: What Are the Implications of Finding the Higgs Boson? · · Score: 1

    Why would anyone consider it responsible to have children when they don't have a year's expenses in savings?

    So first you're too young to have children, then your age is fine but you're too poor, and when you're wealthy enough you are too old. The only responsible decision is thus not to have children at all and rely on others having them so that there will be someone to grow your food and wipe your ass once you're 85.

  10. Re:Solar cells? on Nanowire Forests Use Sunlight To Split Water · · Score: 1

    The Holy Grail of solar power is, of course, to turn 100% of sunlight energy (across a huge spectrum) into an energy form that can be directly used.

    I have around 30 such devices in my home. They're called windows. The IR part of the spectrum heats the house in the winter, the visible part lets me see.

  11. Re:And that is the problem with nuclear on All French Nuclear Reactors Deemed Unsafe · · Score: 1

    Nuclear tech doesn't fit in a capitalist democracy.

    On the other hand, the nukes in the Soviet Union were/are incredibly safe.

  12. car analogy on Canadian Government Says DRM Circumvention Not Related To Copyright · · Score: 1

    This is comparable to me loosing my car keys, breaking into it, and then being jailed for circumventing anti-theft protection.

  13. anonymous plaintiff on Google Loses Autocomplete Defamation Case · · Score: 1

    I typed "anonymous" and the fifth suggestion was Sony. I suppose this is the one that translates to "fraud"?

  14. Re:WTF? on Samsung Plants Keyloggers On Laptops · · Score: 1

    What if I provide a vital service to my customers? Does that mean I should be exempt from jail?

    Of course. Have you never seen a movie when a spy or some such gets freed if he agrees to save the world?

  15. Re:Uh oh... on France Planning Non-Windows Tablet Tax? · · Score: 1

    Why? If it runs Ubuntu then it is a computer as well.

  16. Re:College is not just for theory... on Drop Out and Innovate, Urges VC Peter Thiel · · Score: 1

    Nothing is wrong with that, but there's no need to sponsor Jim to drop out of college to do it when it's so obvious that Jane wil do it anyway.

  17. Re:I don't feel sorry, but... on Canadian Spammer Fined Over $1 Billion · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Great news, I got your fine reduced from $1 billion to $10 million"

    ..." and my bill will be just 5 % of this difference."

  18. Yes, but... on Should ISPs Cut Off Bot-infected Users? · · Score: 1

    Yes, but they shouldn't be allowed to bill you for the time you were disconnected. Thus their interest will be getting you cleaned and back on-line ASAP.

  19. Re:Orwell on EU Surveillance Studies Disclosed By Pirate Party · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wonder if forcing every single human being to read George Orwell's 1984

    I think we should force everybody. Of course, to be really sure they read it, they should do it in front of a camera. Moreover, the knowledge from the book has to be refreshed every now and then. Perhaps we should print some "Read your 1984 daily" flyers. Or force everybody to read at least a page every evening in bed. Of course, to be really sure they do it, we install cameras in their bedroom. I wonder what should do to those refusing to read it?

  20. really earthshaking on Knuth Plans 'Earthshaking Announcement' Wednesday · · Score: 1

    The lower serif on the letter 'r' will be reduced by 2 %, despite him once saying "These fonts will never change again".

  21. Re:Puppet on Locking Down Linux Desktops In an Enterprise? · · Score: 1

    I know that CFEngine scares a lot of people off (and maybe puppet does too?), but it is an excellent way to manage a large set of hosts.

    Scaring people off is an excellent way to manage a large set of hosts? ;-)

  22. Re:Numeric Keypads on Lenovo's New ThinkPad Has 2 LCD Screens, Weighs 11 Pounds · · Score: 1

    I, for one, would love a laptop keyboard with full normal arrow, home/end etc keys. I couldn't care less for the numeric pad.