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  1. Re:Ho hum on World's Fastest Hybrid OK'd For Production · · Score: 1

    Yeah they'll pimping the thing, but:

    What about rollover potential?
    Rollover is a great danger for many vehicles and the Tango, being so narrow, would look to the layman's eye to be unstable. However, because of the batteries and sometimes additional ballast just 4" off of the ground, the Tango has achieved a NHTSA 5-star equivalent static rollover threshold rating. This is approximately 56% - or as an example, about the same as a 911 Porsche. In fact, the Tango has stability that exceeds that of most sport cars.

    I would like to verify that personally.

  2. Ho hum on World's Fastest Hybrid OK'd For Production · · Score: 1

    Will it even do 120, or a 12 second quarter mile on the electric motor?

  3. This requires a government study on The Physics of a Rolling Rubber Band · · Score: 1

    Similar to the one done to determine the flow rate of ketchup...

  4. Re:What? on Oracle's Java Company Change Breaks Eclipse · · Score: 1

    Do you trust apt/yum/portage/whatever on your Linux/BSD distro of choice?

    Nope

    Same thing...

    Yep...

    If you're not turning on automatic updates on Windows boxes (and even MacOS and Linux boxes), you might be part of the problem.

    Nu'uh

    I've configured Mom's laptop to get all updates ASAP straight from the vendor... She hasn't had major breakage from an automatic update from any vendor in more than a decade (unless you count Adobe, whose best code is still horribly broken)

    What?

    To steal a proverb:

    One martini is not enough
    Two martinis is too much
    Three martinis is not enough...

    What does that have to do with the price of rice? Beats me... but thanks for making my point. Trust, but verify.. first

  5. Re:We are living in very interesting times. on AT&T Won't Block Black Hat Eavesdropping Demo · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...critical systems are now running in a decentralized manner...

    Not so. Your entire internet is still in the hands of a small group that can cut your connection at any time with a simple flip of a switch or drop of an anchor.

  6. Re:I'm puzzled on Chevy Volt Not Green Enough For California · · Score: 3, Funny

    Barstow and Lodi... More cosmopolitan, hip metropolises you'll never find. I'm thinking "Monorail"...

  7. Re:Debates are almost worthless on ASCAP Refuses To Debate Lessig · · Score: 1

    His position is well thought-out and basically unimpeachable...

    And like most statements of fact, it has no chance against irrational dogma.. Same as politics in general. Debates are for historians. The fight for freedom will always remain just that, a fight, usually with guns... or at least a billy club.

  8. Re:Why ask? on What To Do About CC License Violations? · · Score: 1

    As long as the law is on the books, you have every right to complain, sue, and all that other stuff, just like they do. Kill the law and all will be well. In the meantime, milk it for all it's worth.

  9. What? on Oracle's Java Company Change Breaks Eclipse · · Score: 1

    People actually trust automatic updates? I have to admit I find that rather humorous...

  10. Re:Apply logic to other things... on UK Courts Rule Nintendo DS R4 Cards Illegal · · Score: 3, Funny

    Logic? That's only a device to circumvent a judge's arbitrary ruling, and thus prohibited by law.

  11. Advertisers have turned the net into slime* on How Google Trends & News Pollute the Web · · Score: 2, Insightful

    What else is new? Try to find drivers and service manuals... Virtually all the results are spam sites.. I got better returns 20 years ago when Compuserve was king.

    *Kinda reminds me of a nerdy news site that treats binspam as actual news on its front page. Eh... all part of the dumbing down process.

  12. Re:Slashdot Had the Option to Interview Him in Mar on Interview With the Man Behind WikiLeaks · · Score: 1

    Slashdot is here to serve advertisers, not its readers... That's why most of the articles are little more than binspam for Apple, Google, MS, etc.

  13. Re:If you've nothing to hide... on Facing 16 Years In Prison For Videotaping Police · · Score: 1

    This might not be direct response to your statement, but photographing public officials while in public is not subject to public opinion, just like gun ownership or free speech rights, etc. If we are to grant them any more leniency than the rest of us, then we must hold them to a higher standard and subject to closer scrutiny to go with that privilege. Fair price, no? They will only be as accountable as we make them. But it is our decision to make.

  14. Re:Posting is forever on The End of Forgetting · · Score: 1

    Or unless his prospective employer is the US government.. I doubt they'll wait for a subpoena or warrant.

  15. 'societal forgetting' is dumb on The End of Forgetting · · Score: 1

    What we should have is 'societal ignoring' of things that are irrelevant to the situation at hand. You know, things like credit history or a piss test for a burger flipper at MickeyDees.

  16. build forgetting into the Internet on The End of Forgetting · · Score: 1

    Oh.. Just what we need. Make the internet like talking to Abe Simpson.

  17. Re:One good purpose on Glass Invisibility Cloak Shields Infrared · · Score: 1

    The transparency will just have to be dynamically adjustable. If you let the right amount through it will be more effective in blending with the surroundings, otherwise it wouldn't be cloaking.

  18. One good purpose on Glass Invisibility Cloak Shields Infrared · · Score: 1

    For grow houses to keep the cops from snooping.

  19. Re:what about the "trafficking" prong? on Court Rules That Bypassing Dongle Is Not a DMCA Violation · · Score: 1

    In the US ANY infringement on speech is invalid under the 1st Amendment, but we don't have anybody that will uphold the law.

  20. Re:what about the "trafficking" prong? on Court Rules That Bypassing Dongle Is Not a DMCA Violation · · Score: 1

    The only way to fix the DMCA is for Congress to kill it.

    But first we have to fix congress

  21. has never been observed in practice... on The Possibility of Paradox-Free Time Travel · · Score: 1

    Well DUH!

  22. Re:The Romans did it on Porn Sites Still Exposed In China · · Score: 1

    I want deaths.

    :-) I'm sure there's some war footage that could satisfy your tastes... Place your bets on who gets shot first... It would be a bit more difficult to rig than your regular stadium sports there. Gladiators gone wild... Or an Animal Planet program on warriors in their natural element. See the ten year old get his brains splattered on the wall while his sister's cadaver smolders nearby.. fun for the whole family.

    Attn mods: Please make sure your sarcasm meter is functionating properly before hitting the button... aiieeet?

  23. Re:Censoring porn is an American thing on Porn Sites Still Exposed In China · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think it's a neat trick. It's a shot across America's puritanical bow while serving its prurient cravings.. And it will be a data miner's wet dream... hehehe

  24. Re:Time to get to scammin' on Dell Settles With the SEC For $100M · · Score: 1

    Well, 100 mil is pretty high when you consider that for only 500 million you could rip off the whole planet for trillions..

  25. Re:the internet has become fetishised on AU Government Censors Document On Planned Web Snooping · · Score: 0, Troll

    Offtopic?! You even read the goddamn link? There's a whole bunch of people here who think voting in the Greens will bring some sanity to their government, and I'm just trying to show them that they're way off base.

    For anybody who cares, the guy's name is Clive Hamilton, and he's a bigger freak than the front runners..

    Quote: "All but the most unthinking libertarians accept censorship laws that limit s-xual content in film, television, radio, books and magazines. Yet the hysterical response from the internet industry and libertarian commentators to the Government’s proposal to require ISPs to filter heavy-duty p-rn shows how the internet has become fetishised."

    He's nuts, but there he is pushing the filtering back then, and probably more so now behind the scenes. Look how goofy he is.. He can't even say porn or sex. Talk about fetish!

    The elections are coming soon. It would do you good to throw these Greens out before more people start believing whatever crap they're telling you now. That is if you actually believe in civil liberties, because they'll rip 'em right out from under you a hell of lot quicker than any Tory, Conservative, or Republican. They are as corrupt as it gets. Not just Australia, but Germany too, and Mexico, where they allied with that country's most corrupt political party. In the US? I can assure you the tea party is no worse. These (Greens) are the kind of people that real fascism arises from. You'd better watch them real close, because you'll be in for a real surprise if you don't, and you won't like it one bit. Their platform means nothing with people like Mr. Hamilton on their ticket. If they were to ever gain any real power, that platform will change quite dramatically. It's bait and switch, just like how the democrats did in the the US.

    To paraphrase: *If you think your rights are bad off now, just wait till they get through with them.*