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  1. Will probably be sunk by icebergs on World's First Floating Wind Farm Emerges Off Coast of Scotland (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    or U-Boats or the Spanish Armada. There is always something out to do harm to things off the British Isles.

  2. Force Facebook users to Google+ and MySpace on Democrats Propose New Competition Laws That Would 'Break Up Big Companies If They're Hurting Consumers' (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Force Facebook to give up users to Google+ and MySpace. Maybe even bring back Friendster.

  3. Re: How quickly people forget... on Fact-checking and Rumor-dispelling Site Snopes.com Held Hostage By vendor (savesnopes.com) · · Score: 2

    I would check The Onion for the truth.

  4. Three point turn on UK To Require Drone Registration And Safety Exams (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    This is like getting a driver's license. Just add a three point turn to the test. That will cut down the number of users.

  5. I use President@whitehouse.gov on Ask Slashdot: Someone Else Is Using My Email Address · · Score: 4, Funny

    Four administrations now, and the Secret Service hasn't called me yet.

  6. Re:I dunno. on The Proton Is Lighter Than We Thought (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    What do you mean? African or European swallow?

  7. DC to NY needs more approvals than going to Mars on Elon Musk Says He Has a Green Light To Build a NY-Philly-Baltimore-DC Hyperloop (theverge.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It is easier to get approval to send men to Mars than it does to build a tunnel from DC to NY.

  8. Re:Taxation without representation on Elon Musk Says He Has a Green Light To Build a NY-Philly-Baltimore-DC Hyperloop (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Then don't say "Taxation without representation". Say "taxation without public review". Say what you mean, don't use a common saying to mean something other than what it means.

  9. Re:Taxation without representation on Elon Musk Says He Has a Green Light To Build a NY-Philly-Baltimore-DC Hyperloop (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Public discussion is not representation. You elect representatives to Congress, and they represent you.

  10. What support does a CPU need? on Windows 10 Will Cut Off Devices With Older CPUs (pcworld.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I can see video cards that need drivers, but what support does a CPU need to keep functioning with newer versions of Windows?

  11. Nice explanation. Just confusing since the topic was translated into English, but used a word that very few English speakers would know. The monetary unit in rupees would be fine, but I didn't even recognize lakh as a numeric unit.

  12. Not sure what unit of measure you are using, or how many that is.

  13. Re:'trolley' ? on Michigan Will Build 25 Self-Driving Trolleys In 2017 (observer.com) · · Score: 1

    We call them shopping carts. Here is a guide to identifying them in the wild: https://www.amazon.com/Stray-S...

  14. Re:You can't have a female James T. Kirk on Doctor Who's 13th Time Lord Announced: Actress Jodie Whittaker (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Are Time Lords another race?

  15. Re:You can't have a female James T. Kirk on Doctor Who's 13th Time Lord Announced: Actress Jodie Whittaker (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 0

    *you're

  16. Re:You can't have a female James T. Kirk on Doctor Who's 13th Time Lord Announced: Actress Jodie Whittaker (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    Every new Doctor seems strange. Yes, a woman will take time to get used to. As long as the keep the plots true to the show, it should be good.

  17. Lost Doctor Who episodes on Scrap Dealer Finds Apollo-Era NASA Computers In Dead Engineer's Basement (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    The tape probably only contain copies of old Doctor Who episodes.

  18. Probably turn them all into zombies on Vaccines May Soon Be Mandatory For Children In France (theverge.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    In France, they might not notice the difference.

  19. Re: Radiation on NASA Releases Juno's First Stunning Close-Ups of Jupiter's Giant Storm (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes, but only the Diode part failed. The Light Emitting part keep working ;)

  20. How would you possibly do that? Also, the probe has to be powered from launch to end of mission. Most of its time is spent cruising to the planet. You would have to build 2 power sources, which adds weight and expense. They are also doing their best to avoid exposure, since it damages equipment and instruments.

  21. Re:Build a mass driver on Private Company Plans To Bring Moon Rocks Back To Earth In Three Years (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Skylab missed everyone there, so that should work.

  22. Build a mass driver on the Moon. Use it to fling rocks back to the Earth. Just watch out that you are not under them when they arrive.

  23. Re:Radiation on NASA Releases Juno's First Stunning Close-Ups of Jupiter's Giant Storm (theverge.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    The probe will fail due to radiation exposure, but the orbit was designed to minimize that. The main radiation belts are farther out, and the polar orbit actually avoids the highest concentration zones. An explanation: "The orbits were carefully planned in order to minimize contact with Jupiter's dense radiation belts, which can damage spacecraft electronics and solar panels, by exploiting a gap in the radiation envelope near the planet, passing through a region of minimal radiation. The "Juno Radiation Vault", with 1-centimeter-thick titanium walls, also aids in protecting Juno's electronics. Despite the intense radiation, JunoCam and the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) are expected to endure at least eight orbits, while the Microwave Radiometer (MWR) should endure at least eleven orbits. Juno will receive much lower levels of radiation in its polar orbit than the Galileo orbiter received in its equatorial orbit. Galileo was damaged by radiation during its mission, including an LED diode in its data recording system."

  24. They lost on Jeopardy? on Space Data Lawsuit Has Alphabet's Project Loon In Jeopardy (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Cue Weird Al!

  25. Alcohol fueled vehicles on France Set To Ban Sale of Petrol and Diesel Vehicles By 2040 (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Gives them somewhere to get rid of excess wine.