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  1. Re:Man up! on Underwater Nuclear Power Plant Proposed In France · · Score: 1

    Knowledgeable people don't blindly assume modern jets will have safety records as poor as older models. The same can be applied here.

  2. Re:I have a brilliant idea on How Europe Will Lower Emissions — Self Driving Cars · · Score: 1

    and then the people are always just a few minutes away from their destination and never a half-hour walk in freezing or broiling temperatures...

  3. Re:The pilot thing shows how stupid it really is on National Opt-Out Day Against Virtual Strip Searches · · Score: 1

    It's not an all or nothing proposition. Pilots should be able to go through the metal detectors and that's it. Their belongings get x-rayed, and they get to bring a pocketknife or scissors through along with a gun if they have the permit.

  4. Re:The privacy/security scale tips again. on National Opt-Out Day Against Virtual Strip Searches · · Score: 1

    If not one person, then two or three who take turns using an airport bathroom stall and remove the triple-saran-wrapped components. The third person assembles it and carries it aboard a plane.

    In the aftermath, I expect bathrooms will have a screening station to re-enter the terminal, or removed from the secure area entirely.

  5. Re:Earthlink? Network Solutions? on Cryptome Hacked; All Files Deleted · · Score: 1

    Video backup systems don't store the feed forever. Waiting a month to use the activated cards should be enough time.

  6. Re:I never said it would be soon on Can We Travel To That Exciting New Exoplanet? · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Perhaps the poster was confusing the size of the theorized Oort cloud? There may be specks and pebbles of matter orbiting the sun from as far away as a light year.

  7. Re:Banned from PSN... on Sony Has Lost the PS3 Hacking War · · Score: 1

    If Ford disabled the heated steering wheel function, but the heated seats, heat, AC, power windows, headlights, signals, engine and transmission and everything else in the car still worked... it wouldn't be the end-of-my-world-panties-in-a-bunch thing that some PS3 owners are making it out to be.

  8. Re:One thing missing... on New Google Research On Social Networks · · Score: 1

    How about a pie chart/archery target? Groups of contacts are created through tags or algorithms, then displayed like slices of pie. The farther from the center, the more distant the contact. Users can touch using a finger, or click with a mouse to select what parts of the chart to share content with.

    The system could remember common and uncommon chart configurations. So when a user begins selecting distant relatives, the system suggests a previous chart as an overlay.

  9. Re:Still too slow, Hydrogen is endgame on Company Builds Fast Charging Station For Electric Cars · · Score: 1

    The stations take the packs out of circulation, but they might not own the packs. Nissan and dedicated battery companies could own the packs and be responsible for recycling and disposal. The consumers ultimately pay for the packs.

  10. Re:Still too slow, Hydrogen is endgame on Company Builds Fast Charging Station For Electric Cars · · Score: 2, Informative

    I saw an article a bit ago doing the math about how many cars can move through a electric equivalent of a gas station, and something like 10x more gasoline powered cars are able to fuel up FULLY over the course of an hour.

    That's why there's an alternative proposition to use replaceable battery packs. Pull the car in to the station and a mechanical device removes the tamper-resistant-and-registered bank of batteries from the car. Then it lifts a charged pack in. This also means the owners don't have to spend thousands of dollars after so many charges for a new set of batteries.

  11. Re:Had this problem myself on Paperless Tickets Flourish Despite 'Grandma Problem' · · Score: 1

    We should be able to transfer tickets with zero markup online. If I want to get rid of my tickets, I'll go to ticketmaster's tickettransfer site and register them as available. My info is kept hidden but the seats are shown. Buyers can select my seats and buy them like regular tickets. They pay what I paid, or that plus a BS $3.50 service fee. This way the venue and ticketmaster don't lose money on refunds. If the concert doesn't sell out that's tough luck for me.

  12. Re:AppleCare memo on how to mislead users... on Apple Hires Antenna Engineers. Really. · · Score: 1

    As your quote says, they won't refund the purchase price.

  13. Re:something to hide? on Inventor Demonstrates Infinitely Variable Transmission · · Score: 1

    The back of it is the weak electric motor. It doesn't need to be powerful and the teeth at the right angle junction will not slip.

  14. Re:There WILL be unbreakable DRM, heres how: on Ubisoft's DRM Cracked — For Real This Time · · Score: 1

    I agree with you but we don't matter because gamers like us constitute a tiny fraction of the market.

  15. Re:Callous disregard of safety on EU Conducts Test Flights To Assess Impact of Volcanic Ash On Aircraft · · Score: 1

    They actually got all four engines back, then started ascending back into the damn ash. They needed to clear some mountains between them and Jakarta, but went far higher than they needed to. But they didn't know any better.

  16. Re:One new thing - transatlantic on 2 engines on EU Conducts Test Flights To Assess Impact of Volcanic Ash On Aircraft · · Score: 1

    If you're too close to a chemical weapon you die. If you're far enough away you live and suffer no ill effects. If the ash concentration is low enough, it will be safe to fly through.

    In real life a 747 engine restart is not dependent on having enough battery or generator power. The limiting factor is the amount of sky to glide through.

  17. Re:Keep them on the ground on EU Conducts Test Flights To Assess Impact of Volcanic Ash On Aircraft · · Score: 2, Interesting

    It will only kill an engine when sufficient amounts have built up to cause enough airflow disruption. Such an amount is easily observable after each flight. The engines can have maintenance done at the appropriate time. Presently large amounts of European airspace have very small concentrations of ash between certain latitudes. Jetliners can fly below this layer as well as above it at 38,000 feet. They can take off and if deemed necessary, fly several hundred miles under the layer to a thinner area, ascend through it, and cruise above it.

  18. Re:Starting to get ridiculous... on EU Conducts Test Flights To Assess Impact of Volcanic Ash On Aircraft · · Score: 1

    How do you know that? Are you connected with the NTSB? Which should not be confused with the FAA, who I don't have nearly as much respect for.

  19. Re:Starting to get ridiculous... on EU Conducts Test Flights To Assess Impact of Volcanic Ash On Aircraft · · Score: 1

    The abrasion isn't the problem and isn't what caused engines to go out in the previous incidents. Maintenance schedules can be adjusted. I don't suppose you know the MD-80 series, MD-90 series, and Boeing 717 series all have an elevator that does not have a redundant system? The elevator is adjusted using a three foot long screw and electric motor. In the 90s Alaska Airlines cut back their maintenance so much that the screws weren't getting greased often enough. On flight 261 the now-dry screw stripped the housing threads out resulting in a loss of control that killed all 88 people on board. There have been no further accidents caused by that screw because of maintenance is being followed now.

  20. Re:Depends on 9 MA Cyberbullies Indicted For Causing Suicide · · Score: 1

    Some bullies can be educated. Kids need adults to make them think about what they're doing why they're doing it.

  21. Re:Oh really on How Telescopes Deal With Earthquakes In Chile · · Score: 1

    You missed the parenthesis. The OP is correct. A human life is priceless to someone, not to everyone.

  22. Re:As much genre as you want on Triumph of the Cyborg Composer · · Score: 1

    I think if you re-read Cope's thoughts, you'll see he's saying something different. He's saying that to some degree or another we're all standing on the shoulders of giants. We're all influenced by past music and sounds. That knowledge can be programmed. What you've heard is influencing your music even if you don't want it to or don't think it is. What you think is random playing on the keyboard isn't as random as you wish it were, unless you've got a random number generator determining the notes for you.

  23. Re:Sad news on Obama Choosing NOT To Go To the Moon · · Score: 1

    So if the USA cuts military spending over eight years, that gives Britain and France eight years to raise their spending, if they still want the protection. We stop cutting as they raise theirs to meet ours.

  24. Re:Sad news on Obama Choosing NOT To Go To the Moon · · Score: 1

    We don't need to go to the Moon immediately to practice AI and robotics in a dusty zero-g environment. We still need to fund better technologies to get payloads into space and around it.

  25. Re:It makes sense really on Wii Hardware Upgrade Won't Happen Soon · · Score: 1

    It sounds like you're in the minority of console gamers who never has moments like "holy shit that looks amazing!" Better graphics make that possible.