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  1. Self-aggrandizing on Iran Forced To Cancel Its Space Program · · Score: 4, Interesting

    FTA "but had to become an American to realize her full potential."

    Where others might say "had to leave Iran to realize her full potential" ...

  2. Re:What will Cameron do then? on UK ISP Adult Filters Block Sex Education Websites Allows Access To Porn · · Score: 1

    It *already is* presumed consent. When you opt out I hope you enjoy being on Camerons naughty-filthy-dog-buggering-and-political-extremism-terrorist list.

    Encryption. Lots of it. It's almost the only way to be sure :-/

  3. Re:Sure it's a loopy idea on Transport Expert Insists 'Don't Dismiss Wacky Hyperloop' · · Score: 1

    Did you actually read the original paper? It addresses the land problem.

  4. And so it begins on Elon Musk's 'Hyperloop': More Details Revealed · · Score: 5, Funny

    All the /. experts come out of their caves to debunk a paper by a guy that brought us internet payments, commercial space travel, and luxury electric cars.

  5. Re:very unfeasible on Elon Musk's 'Hyperloop': More Details Revealed · · Score: 1

    The article explicitly states that the tube does not hold a vacuum, and thus greatly reduces costs.

  6. Prescription integration on In UK, Google Glass To Be Banned While Driving · · Score: 1

    When Glass devices become available as prescription glasses, I don't see how they can implement a ban. Are they going to start controlling what type of spectacles people wear when they drive?

  7. Re:30 Mbps on Plug Touts Expandable Storage Via USB Drives Plugged In At Home · · Score: 1

    You seem to have entirely missed the point of this device. It's not for your LAN, it's for your mobile remote devices. It just happens to be connected to the net via your LAN. Try reading the funding drive again.

  8. Re:ummm? on Plug Touts Expandable Storage Via USB Drives Plugged In At Home · · Score: 1

    You've clearly missed the bit where it says "Plug is not yet-another-memory" - try reading it again.

  9. Re:ummm? on Plug Touts Expandable Storage Via USB Drives Plugged In At Home · · Score: 1

    I hardly think that's gong to be an issue for your mobile device over a GPRS/3G/EDGE/LTE/etc link

  10. Re:ummm? on Plug Touts Expandable Storage Via USB Drives Plugged In At Home · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We can all see the obvious, that's it's a Bifferboard under the cover. What you should do is read the funding drive. The real magic is in the software, where it intercepts all local storage requests and makes access to your remote disks entirely transparent, and doesn't consume local storage unless you configure it to cache specific items.

  11. Re:Why would you build this in an earthquake zone? on Colorado Company Says It Plans To Test Hyperloop Transport System · · Score: 1

    Only if your target market is the East coast and you don't foresee the need to test against such scenarios...

  12. Route survey on Badgers Block British Broadband Buildout · · Score: 1

    Surely this should have been discovered during the route survey, rather than during the engineering works? Typical of BT maybe? What's a route survey??

  13. Re:depends where you are. on Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Way To Work On Projects While Traveling? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Whilst the original comment is wrong in that it's not "much bigger", Wikipedia also states that you are, unfortunately, wrong as well. USA @ 3,794,101 sq mi vs Europe @ 3,930,000 sq mi

    Either way, they're both big enough to have vastly different cultures and lifestyles depending on where you visit.

  14. FreeSat and Elgato on Ask Slashdot: IPTV Service In the UK? · · Score: 5, Informative

    Get a FreeSat package, put up the dish and cabling, and ditch the receiver, and get an Elgato Netstream Sat from http://www.elgato.com/elgato/int/mainmenu/products/tuner/netstreamsat/product1.en.html

    It'll do all the tuning, and basically takes a LNB on the input, and a network switch as the output. You pick your channels from the M3U playlist, and it does the rest - like magic. Works with MythTV, XBMC, VLC, etc. Fabulous kit

  15. Passing fad on Why Hasn't 3D Taken Off For the Web? · · Score: 1, Insightful

    3D is a passing fad generated by the media companies to try and push more units. Consumers haven't picked up on it as they hoped, and the web is unlikely to do so either. The real future is in higher definitions and larger screens.

    And anyway, who needs 3D when you've got this? https://github.com/404.html

  16. Integration on Glasgow To Be UK's First 'Smart City' · · Score: 3, Interesting

    And this is where integration with existing projects should come first, lest we end up reinventing the wheel. http://www.fixmystreet.com/ http://www.opentraintimes.com/ http://www.openstreetmap.org/ http://www.flightradar24.com/ the 45MB/min MIDAS Gold DATEX traffic information service from http://www.tih.org.uk/ - and many more. And by far not just travel related either, but lets not allow Glasgow to 'create' new apps and datasources that just replicate ideas and services that are already out there.

    I hope the administrators of this fund have a good long hard look through http://data.gov.uk/ for inspiration and partners to work with, and that we as users and techs can help push them to make the right choices.

    I've already emailed a few relevant parties. Have you?

  17. Worldwide? on Worldwide Shortage of Barium · · Score: 1

    FTFA, "National", and from the summary, USA & Canada. What about the 6 billion other people you forgot?

  18. Walled Garden Gardening on Black Sheep Blackberry Blackballed By Business · · Score: 1

    I can't help but think this is what happens when you don't look after your walled garden... Sure, there's a variety of other factors at play, but app choice and quality is certainly a big factor too.

  19. Devils Advocate on OpenStack Board Member Says Adding VMware Was a Mistake · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's comical and a bit sad to think that the board fell for it. The very act of VMware signing up and sitting there to play devils advocate is causing confusion for potential customers. Either way, VMware wins.

  20. Re:Seriously? on WhatsApp Is Using IMEI Numbers As Passwords · · Score: 5, Informative

    There's no need for responsible disclosure when it's been around for months on Github.

    Just check https://github.com/venomous0x/WhatsAPI/blob/63639eafc9a08fd308df72458f1381ec8899940d/README.md and you'll see.

  21. Re:oomph on Sandia's Floating, Dust-Free, Spinning Heatsink · · Score: 1

    It's almost as if they didn't bother reading the fscking article. Oh no, it's the editors that ignore minor details like that!

  22. Re:Startup/Heat Transfer on Sandia's Floating, Dust-Free, Spinning Heatsink · · Score: 4, Informative

    Maybe I just didn't get the message, but what draws heat away from the die itself? This setup probably does away with thermal paste and similar junctions...

    From the video... there's a normal heatsink, and the fan draws the heat from the heatsink through the air bearing.

    The other thing is that hydrodynamic bearings are only self-supporting and quasi-frictionless after a threshold RPM is reached. Before the whole setup is spinning fast enough for hydrodynamic effects to take over, it's going to grind against the chip die, and unless they came up with something good, it's going to destroy it on startup...

    It's Sandia... I'm sure they've thought of that.

  23. Re:Ah good old Kim on Pop Artists Support Megaupload; Universal Censors · · Score: 2

    I wondered where he went! Him and his triple aggregated GPRS connected car and other such nonsense. Best of luck to those that fall for his tricks!

  24. New fangled technology on Dashboard Avatar To Replace Car Owner's Manuals · · Score: 1

    "At one time not all that long ago, cars had a warning light..."

    I remember the days that cars didn't have warning lights, and you had to use intuition and your senses. Now, though, everything has to be pointed out to you. It's a sad state of affairs that we've gotten ourselves into.

  25. Delete it on Ask Slashdot: What To Do With Other People's Email? · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's not your meat...