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  1. Re:The lesson here isn't about free speech on Man Ordered To Apologize To Wife On Facebook · · Score: 1

    True, I have seem much of this.

    What you omit is the man's behavior that landed them in divorce court.

  2. Remind me again how Facebook is beneficial on Man Ordered To Apologize To Wife On Facebook · · Score: 4, Insightful

    All I seem to read about is how governments/stalkers/employers/ex spouses/what-have-you use your profile against you.

  3. Re:Heil TSA. on Damaged US Passport Chip Strands Travelers · · Score: 1

    No, your idiocy shines through brightly indeed.

    (Since you didn't read the article.... It was American Airlines who denied the travellers, not the TSA.)

  4. On behalf of the hunters... on Hunters Shoot Down Drone of Animal Rights Group · · Score: 3, Insightful

    ...I would like to thank the Animal Rights group for providing a far more entertaining target than mere pigeons could ever be.

  5. Re:no space combat on Ask Slashdot: What Would Real Space Combat Look Like? · · Score: 1

    That is a very stupid assumption.

    On this planet, the only model we have, those with plenty... more than enough to survive and thrive in complete luxury, still subjugate and exploit those with less to get at their resources for nothing more than financial gain (not that this gain will impact their standard of living at all, it simply makes huge balances on a ledger sheet huger).

    I see no reason at all why any other race would be different.

    You project your ideals onto them. I project our current reality. Maybe we are both wrong, but I am betting the loser in this argument would be you and your ilk.

  6. Re:Death Throes on Carbohydrate-Based Synthesis To Replace Petroleum Derived Hydrocarbons? · · Score: 2

    They will fight it as long as it is more profitable for them to exploit their existing manufacturing base for crude oil.

  7. Re:How many barrels of oil does it take on Carbohydrate-Based Synthesis To Replace Petroleum Derived Hydrocarbons? · · Score: 1

    I meant to say > 1:1. Oops!

  8. Re:How many barrels of oil does it take on Carbohydrate-Based Synthesis To Replace Petroleum Derived Hydrocarbons? · · Score: 1

    Recalling my thermodynamics class over two decades ago, I would say 1:1 if the biofuel is to be manufactured directly for use as fuel.

    However if it is recaptured from what is currently considered waste, then it can be assumed to be close to zero.

  9. Re:Play EVE Online on Ask Slashdot: What Would Real Space Combat Look Like? · · Score: 1

    Yes because ships that can only fly in certain directions (warpables), can run into each other at full speed and incur absolutely no damage at all, and absolutely cannot hide (local) would be reality.

  10. Re:FFS on Ask Slashdot: What Would Real Space Combat Look Like? · · Score: 1

    You mean the one where they somehow had gravity on the ship and never ran out of booze?

  11. Having worked in missile defense for years... on Ask Slashdot: What Would Real Space Combat Look Like? · · Score: 1

    ...I can tell you that it will look like a computer screen.

    Some sort of situational awareness display, in my case it usually showed a globe centered on Hawaii (Kauai actually) with various tracks being displayed.

    On the wall you had video feeds. The target launching (when you see it in person it is loud, and out of sight in about 10 seconds. Neat smoke trail. Loud).

    The interceptor launching (about the same).

    A video feed from a telescope watching the impact: black.... Somthing happening very fast (about 1 second) and a flash. Bingo.

    30 minutes later you get the video from the KV point of view. See above. This is slowed down to show the brass. Kind of neat.

    You don't see anything of the engagement: too fast, too far away.

    Oh yeah... cruisers: it was usually the USS Lake Erie, once the USS Shiloh.... IIRC. A few destroyers tracked the missile, but they didn't shoot.

  12. Note in the "this" meme on VLC 2.0 'Twoflower' Released For Windows & Mac · · Score: 1

    It is very 2011.

    Carry on.

  13. The fact that this is kept secret only means... on Deadly H5N1 Flu Studies To Stay Secret... For Now · · Score: 4, Interesting

    ... that it is relatively easy to produce this deadly strain.

    If it were hard, say like producing an atomic bomb (rather, producing the fuel for an atomic bomb)... then there would be no reason to keep it secret.

  14. So that $14K machine in the airline magazine ad... on Scientists Study How Little Exercise You Need · · Score: 1

    actually works????

  15. Re:Why don't I exercise? on Scientists Study How Little Exercise You Need · · Score: 1

    Well I know what you mean. I literally have to drag myself to workout.

    But the payoff is great - it feels wonderful afterwards, and I have much more energy. Plus I sleep better.

    All that said... the next day I literally have to drag myself to do it again. Things like mountain biking and hiking and skiing help too - they are fun in their own right.

  16. Printing on Microsoft's Killer Tablet Opportunity · · Score: 1

    A true enterprise class printing capability would do wonders for this effort.

    AirPrint? Really?

  17. Re:But dump Mars missions? Lost my vote... on Obama Budget Asks For 1% Boost In Research · · Score: 1

    Mars is dumb. We know more about Mars than we do about the ocean floor... and there is actually resources, land, water, oxygen, and food there.

  18. Re:Good lord. on NASA To Drastically Cut Mars Mission Funding · · Score: 1

    Clearly you missed the part which stated that two major manned systems are getting funding priority.

  19. Re:Audiophiles on Pink Floyd Engineer Alan Parsons Rips Audiophiles, YouTube and Jonas Brothers · · Score: 1

    A mortar once exploded about 10 yards in front of me and that didn't knock the wind out of me.

    I seriously doubt your speakers will either.

  20. Re:Excuse me... not a programmer's fault. on Programming Error Doomed Russian Mars Probe · · Score: 1

    Space rated hardware, software, and (more relevantly) firmware is designed to handle this type of problem (to the fullest extent possible).

  21. If you are going to try this.... on Defendant Ordered To Decrypt Laptop Claims She Had Forgotten Password · · Score: 2

    ....be sure to have plenty of emails to Symmantec (or a LUKS or GPG or whatever) user group / customer support asking how to decrypt a file to which you have forgotten the password to.

     

  22. Re:What if the content is no longer retrievable on Defendant Ordered To Decrypt Laptop Claims She Had Forgotten Password · · Score: 1

    Solar backed UPS.

  23. Her two crimes on Defendant Ordered To Decrypt Laptop Claims She Had Forgotten Password · · Score: 1

    1) Defrauding down on their luck folks out of their homes

    2) Setting precedent that will put folks who are honestly forgetful behind bars

  24. Eurofighter loss, not American on India Turns Down American Fighter Jets, Buys From France · · Score: 1

    If the article is actually read, you will see that the big loser is actually the Eurofighter, not an American jet.

  25. Re:Do they ? on The Destruction of Iraq's Once-Great Universities · · Score: 1

    People from those countries funded those organizations, not the countries themselves.