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  1. Re:Kardashev scale on Norway's Army Battles Global Warming By Going Vegetarian · · Score: 1

    Relatively speaking yes all power generation has a cost even the allegely "green" ones

  2. Re:Kardashev scale on Norway's Army Battles Global Warming By Going Vegetarian · · Score: 1

    Ah the little mishap where no one died caused by a tsunami that killed >15k People

  3. Re:That's interesting! on Elevation Plays a Role In Memory Error Rates · · Score: 1

    They where taken out by shogotths whats that knocking at the door oh apparently its a nice nice man from the laundry says i have to come with them :-)

  4. actualy 10 years ago on Building an IT Infrastructure Today vs. 10 Years Ago · · Score: 2

    You'd be doing what we do now except maybe some types of networks that use leaf and spine rather than a tree design.

  5. Re:Kardashev scale on Norway's Army Battles Global Warming By Going Vegetarian · · Score: 1

    Pumped storage is expensive and requires flooding areas whose inhabitants/users might object to ie flooding a glen in Scotland to provide power for the English might not go down to well

  6. Re:Kardashev scale on Norway's Army Battles Global Warming By Going Vegetarian · · Score: 1

    Compared to the average coal mine accidents not so much Aberfan killed 116 children and 28 adults in 66 and in china hundreds die every year in mining accidents (and thats not counting those miners who will die early from silicosois)

  7. Re:Illegal on Many UAVs Vulnerable To Directed-Energy Weapons · · Score: 1

    But the inverse square law applies the problem becomes increasing the power output and having good enough fire control to be able to direct the beam onto the target (maneuvering in 3d space) for long enough to be useful as opposed to the trusty Dushka (12.7 mm HMG)

    Of course you then just fly the drones with escort drones and when they detect a CREWS attack you whack a hellfire equipped to home on radiation to kill the attacker - you could probably automate this or just have a big red button next to the drone pilots seat that triggers.

  8. Re:How is this disturbing? on Meet the 'Assassination Market' Creator Who's Crowdfunding Murder With Bitcoins · · Score: 1

    3) Three letter agency that put up the site knocks on your door. - with a breaching charge

  9. Re:Wrong way round. on Skype Is Evaluating Adding Typing Suppression Feature · · Score: 1

    Type M for the win

  10. Re:What's wrong with typing? on Skype Is Evaluating Adding Typing Suppression Feature · · Score: 2, Insightful

    testify Bother testify

  11. Re:What's wrong with typing? on Skype Is Evaluating Adding Typing Suppression Feature · · Score: 1

    Not if they are using a decent mic - you wont hear something happening 2 foot away from your mouth.

  12. SPAM SPAM SPAM on Alfred Poor Says HDTV Manufacturers are Hurting (Video) · · Score: 1

    what is this doing hear

  13. Re:Not even then on US Gov't Circulates Watch List of Buyers of Polygraph Training Materials · · Score: 1

    I wasn't suggesting removing judges at all - just not have the public elect them

  14. Re:Predictable on Italy Investigates Apple For Alleged Tax Fraud · · Score: 1

    They also get a subsidy via in work benefits for their low paid workers who they import from poor country's - its Befords (nearest big town to one of their big distribution centers) claim to fame it used to be the brick works that imported an new ethic group every generation to work in the brick fields.

  15. Re:If they're based in Ireland, why are they in It on Italy Investigates Apple For Alleged Tax Fraud · · Score: 2

    And a lot of eu states are not happy with the way Ireland behaves over this - I suspect that a quick cut to the CAP (farm) subsidy and removing it from the list of "poor" countrys that get EU infrastructure funds would bring Ireland into line.

  16. Re:Not even then on US Gov't Circulates Watch List of Buyers of Polygraph Training Materials · · Score: 1

    not electing judges at all would even be better - to much temptation to turn down that death row appeal for the mentally subnormal black man because it wont play well with the electors

  17. Re:Not even then on US Gov't Circulates Watch List of Buyers of Polygraph Training Materials · · Score: 1

    um and defense attorneys dont do this - casting doubt on a woman's sexual history is par for the course for defense lawyers.
    But any nominee for your supreme court should have a minimum of 20 years actual judging experience no more paper layers from university law depts even if they are best buds with the president

  18. Re:1.21 PetaFLOPS (RPeak) on 1.21 PetaFLOPS (RPeak) Supercomputer Created With EC2 · · Score: 1

    But how is the EC2 network set up how do make sure you have the right balance between N/S and E/W traffic

  19. Main Q sould be what does brazill want on Brazil Orders Google To Hand Over Street View Data · · Score: 1

    to do with the data?

  20. Depends if they aren't "players" not so much - hint dont hire ones who are paper professionals with a mba from harvard. Its all fun and giggles until you end up in in court and a £1000 an hour barrister from matrix chambers elegantly ripping your guts out onto the floor and you can see your career and your mangers on the witness stand dispersing down the plug hole.

  21. as Kara is not an experienced HR?IR professional - she is qualified to comment on this matter how exactly.

  22. Re:Hello, future leakers! on The NSA Is Looking For a Few Good Geeks · · Score: 1

    tech crunch is mostly abotu finding the next way to use peoples personal information to sell adds - with out that pesky FISA court getting in the way

  23. Re:All in favor of Elop getting the job? on Stephen Elop Would Pull a Nokia On Microsoft · · Score: 2

    Which is why Mulaly should be the one to get the job not a failure from Nokia

  24. Re:Bike & bikepaths anyone? on UK Town To Get Driverless 'Pods' Mixing With Pedestrians · · Score: 1

    Double points for a blind person remember "drive offensively"

  25. Re:Fire them on Snowden Used Social Engineering To Get Classified Documents · · Score: 1

    yeah i woudl have been in our security officers office raising 7 kinds of hell.