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  1. Re: So what you are actually saying... on Record-Breaking 11000ft Flight Sparks Criticism In Pilot Community · · Score: 1

    I do wonder however whether adding a solar cell would allow you to recharge in flight, and whether recharging would sufficiently offset the increased weight.

  2. Re:A preview of America on How Ugandans Overturned an Election-Day Blackout of Social Media Apps (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    > The creeping power of the Executive Branch has grown for decades.

    Hardly. The presidents authority has been regularly limited by Congress. When you say "other stuff", do you include, for example the Department for Transportation, including the Federal Aviation Authority? I don't think I'd like to see the states managing US airspace and aircraft thanks very much.

  3. "I felt a great disturbance in the Force, on Internet By Light Promises To Leave Wi-Fi Eating Dust (yahoo.com) · · Score: 1

    ...as if millions of voices cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced, as if lots of epileptics collapsed on the floor in fits.

  4. I was expecting to read about how they'd used old Apple phones or Steve Jobs corpse to generate electricity.....

  5. Opera's over on Chinese Tech Group Offers To Buy Opera; Board Endorses · · Score: 2

    ..the fat lady has sung.

  6. Re: And when are they going to allow 7 Enterprise on Windows 10 Now a 'Recommended Update' For Windows 7 and 8.1 Users (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    Microsoft could argue that the "extended support" is given by offering you a brand new version of Windows 10....

  7. Re:A change in the Ax meaning? on AMD Launches Enthusiast A10-7860K APU, New Mainstream CPUs and Wraith Cooler (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    How do you get 4 + 8/2 = 10?

  8. Drone Wars - Robot Wars in 3D on Drone Racing League Wants To Be the Next NASCAR (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    The thinking of just plain old racing is limited. As pilot safety isn't an issue, taking out other drones in the course of the race ought to be thing.

  9. Re:New national transmission network on US Could Lower Carbon Emissions 78% With New National Transmission Network (smithsonianmag.com) · · Score: 1

    What's wrong with the Old Ones?

    Great, power supply courtesy of Cthulhu.... their prices per watt are insane!

  10. Re: How smart? on Surprising Support Among Americans For Purchasing Smart Guns (jhsph.edu) · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't it be cool if your smart gun automatically uploaded 15 seconds around a shot to Facebook and Twitter?

    You'd end up with self defence videos, police shootings and great shots of the last moments of your ex when he blows his brains out over your Facebook timeline.... /sarcasm

  11. I am surprised on Google Paid $1 Billion To Keep Search On iPhone (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 2

    that Google is paying Apple at all.

    I would have thought that if iPhone didn't do Google searches there would a great disturbance in the Force, as as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror....

  12. Basically no on Senior Homeland Security Official Says Internet Anonymity Should Be Outlawed (dailydot.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because of the First Amendment, including the right to say things anonymously which has been upheld by the courts numerous times,

  13. This tax would have problems on Trump Says He'd Make Apple Build Computers In the US (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Its effectively a disguised import tariff and the US has gone to a lot of trouble to get "free trade" agreements with many countries, or alternatively deals with minimal customs duties. He'll end up with the regulatory bodies saying that this form of tax is illegal under the agreements and the USA would have to pay a lot of compensation

  14. Incorrect assertion on Tension Escalates Between Netflix and Its TV Foes (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    > Mr. Wurtzel said the data showed that when streaming-service shows debut, viewership is strong and then peters out after a few weeks before viewers return to watching cable or network television.

    No, I and my partner pretty much stay glued to Netflix except for news. Being able to watch complete series of a show over a few nights or a weekend is a big win over cable/network TV. In the time before new shows, we simply reload older ones we like.

  15. Re:TV ratings methodology on Tension Escalates Between Netflix and Its TV Foes (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Incorrect. If the Netflix service is secure, Comcast only know that Netflix was connected to. They don't necessarily know what locations within Netflixs domain were accessed

  16. I prefer a thin superconducting one.

  17. BASIC needed killing on K-12 CS Efforts Earn Microsoft CEO Ringside Seat For State of the Union Address · · Score: 1

    Microsoft probably did the world a favour by ramming a stake through its heart.

  18. The account owners with simple passwords on European Space Agency Records Leaked For Amusement, Attackers Say (csoonline.com) · · Score: 1

    ..were obviously not rocket scientists.

    Oh, wait.....

  19. Can you give some examples.. on Interviews: Ask Attorney and Author Mike Godwin a Question · · Score: 1

    Of when you personally compared someone to Hitler or Nazis recently?

  20. Re: Peak Aeroplane on B-52s: The Plane That Refuses To Die · · Score: 1

    But a modern 747 shares very little with the original, apart from a rough similarity in shape.

  21. ..thats one way of solving conflict in the Middle East

  22. Enterprise Architect? Which one? on Ask Slashdot: Advice On Enterprise Architect Position · · Score: 2

    NX-01 (Archer)
    NCC-1701 (Kirk 1)
    NCC-1701A (Kirk 2)
    NCC-1701B (Harriman)
    NCC-1701C (Garrett)
    NCC-1701D (Picard/Riker)
    NCC-1701E (Picard/Riker)

    I'll forget alternate timelines and also the boats as they've already been "architected."

  23. I find it doubtful on Analysis Reveals Almost No Real Women On Ashley Madison · · Score: 1

    That the ration was 2500 to one. Many people are saying to the BBC and others that they had little trouble meeting on the site.

    There probably was a big disparity for all the reasons stated, but I'd be surprised if the end result was greater than about 50:1

  24. Re:Moon Zero? on Mars One CEO Insists, Our Mars Colonization Plan Is Feasible · · Score: 1

    Well, for one thing, if you could sync up Earth and Mars telescopes you'd have a great Incredibly Long Baseline Array.

  25. Simples on San Francisco's Public Works Agency Tests Paint That Repels Urine · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Pee at an angle to the wall.