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  1. Re:Makes perfect sense on Startups Ditching Silicon Valley For New Cities (economist.com) · · Score: 1

    Is the King's Head still around? Another fave was around the corner from the main library and opened onto the street.

  2. Re:Pumping the water back up? on Can Hoover Dam Become a Giant $3B Battery? (cleantechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Lake Mead isn't as full as it once was either. I cannot envision Hoover operating at >20%

  3. Re:You need excess power AND water on Can Hoover Dam Become a Giant $3B Battery? (cleantechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Why not just build-up the dam on Lake Mohave to create a larger reservoir below Lake Mead?

  4. Re: Nah, 'diving' did that a long time ago. on Has Video Refereeing Ruined The World Cup? (npr.org) · · Score: 2

    VAR is an attempt to put a halt to the drama. Goal-line technology not so much, but still needed. IMHO, if a match goes to extra time, the teams should be limited in some way to make a goal more likely; my pet idea is to have the keeper lose the ability to use 'his' hands. Perhaps one day there will be an honest discussion on this topic.

  5. Wouldn't something as simple as a round clown nose counter this sufficiently?

  6. Re:Got My Startup Name & Slogan Ready To Go on Is Cockroach Milk the Ultimate Superfood? (globalnews.ca) · · Score: 1

    Precursor to the Buggalo?

  7. then there will be no AT&T or Verizon

  8. Re:Suicide is not a problem on US Suicides Spiked 10 Percent After Robin Williams's Death, Study Finds (bbc.com) · · Score: 1
  9. Re:Easy - buyt a container. on Ask Slashdot: How Should I Furnish (And Secure) My Work-From-Home Office? · · Score: 1

    I thought they started making these out of composite now?

  10. Re:Google is a one-trick pony on Google Has Stopped Developing Its Own Self-Driving Car - Report (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    ditto

  11. Re:I don't believe this on Google Earth's Timelapses Offer a 32-Year Look At Earth's Changing Surface (pcmag.com) · · Score: 2

    Yes

  12. Hope the standard doesn't cave to pressure as when 4G was deployed.
    Let's not do this again with 5G

  13. Re:Laserdisc, Pocket PC, Nokia phone, Thinkpad T42 on Ask Slashdot: What Old Technology Can't You Give Up? · · Score: 2

    I like showing off Star Trek TOS without all the fancy CG...

  14. Re:How much does it block your vision when off? on Google Glass User Fights Speeding Ticket, Saying She's Defending the Future · · Score: 1

    Baseball cap
    Google Glass

    I'm not sure why asking a perfectly simple - and in the light of the above example which shows there is a difference in how Glass and a hat might be positioned, still perfectly reasonable - question (to which I do not have a preconceived notion of what the answer might be) deserved to be met with such a sanctimonious response.

    Have you tried Glass? Did you think it blocked your vision less severely than a baseball cap? If so, say so, and I'll be more informed than I was.

    With the cap on, looking straight ahead, the bill blocks the top half of the display. The cap itself blocks much more than the GG display which is transparent. At least on me.

  15. Re:Like 100 years ago... on Google Glass User Fights Speeding Ticket, Saying She's Defending the Future · · Score: 1

    I can easily look through my GG at the road. You _can_, normally up and to the right in the visor as stated.

  16. Re:Already happening on Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing), Gun Control, and Patent Law · · Score: 1

    Conductive filament for 3d printers is imminent. One would still need a source of semiconductors.

  17. Re:Someone made an Abrams do this on The Mercedes-Benz 'Cloaking Device' · · Score: 1

    WWII Panzer diesel motor generated electricity to power the motors that drove the wheels. So yes, but only 70 years ago.

  18. Re:Just coat them with plutonium on New Cable Designed To Deter Copper Thieves · · Score: 2

    Pole line stolen three different times last year by three differing thieves, several miles total. They all get caught because the scrap yard requires ID and imposes a delay. FYI, when the line goes down, speed is reduced until crews can arrive on the scene. What is needed is education because each successive thief is unknown to the previous one. No Darwin type evolution can take place because the thieves are completely independent of each other.

  19. Re:And presumably this can be defeated by... on Tanks Test Infrared Camouflage Cloak · · Score: 1

    Here's a pic of the M60" searchlight, both visible and IR. Couldn't find a similar mount for the Abrams, it may be integrated.

  20. Re:Thanks on Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda Resigns From Slashdot · · Score: 1

    I sense the candle flickering.

    All the best Rob.

  21. Re:Ford Nucleon? on 8 Grams of Thorium Could Replace Gasoline In Cars · · Score: 1

    I recall reading an article that Mercedes(Daimler Benz) was playing around with one around 1984. It was on the cover of one of their magazines.

  22. Re:Don't get one. on Testing Geiger Counters · · Score: 1

    Different types of concrete also have an active content. Driving along the freeway you will see the levels rise while passing under a concrete bridge as the material is quite different than that of the the roadbed.

  23. Re:Better way on Erasing CDs By Using 150,000 Volts of Electricity · · Score: 1

    When pre-recorded CDs first came out I noticed that one could tell where the data ended. Only about 2/3's of the disc was used and I thought it would be slick to write the name/logo in this space. So I would place the CD on a plasma globe and position the blank area over a large plasma streamer. With the use of an insulated dental pick or small screwdriver, I was able to draw the plasma stream out of the globe through the CD, vaporizing the aluminum.
    Kids: don't try this at home. You've been warned.

  24. Re:Hope he doesn't get into trouble on Dutch Radio Geek Tracking Libyan Airstrikes · · Score: 1

    What happens when a coalition plane encounters an unauthorized aircraft? I cannot believe that radio contact is not initially attempted and that would be in the clear. Or just shoot first?

  25. Re:I'd be open to it, but good luck with everyone on Robert X Cringely Predicts More Mininuke Plants · · Score: 1

    Unless under extreme pressure, doesn't a hydrogen reaction with oxygen create an implosion? A large volume of gas reduced to a few drops of water, the change in volume would indeed be violent. It's not any less powerful.