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  1. The smile on my face... on Smithsonian Releases 128-Year-Old Recording of Alexander Graham Bell · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Seriously, how f*cking cool is that! Goosebumps and the whole nine yards.

    Being able to extract the information from the disc without using its native interpreter in order to preserve it, is just brilliant. Then we just use our smart computrons to simulate it being played and voila.

    We're seriously badass... I wonder if Mr. Bell was thinking the same thing!

  2. Re:Summary? on Why It's So Hard To Make a Phone Call In Emergency Situations · · Score: 1

    Yet you type remarkably well. Please pull your pants up.

    Grrrrr no mod points!

  3. Forget the batteries... on Memory Effect Discovered In Lithium-Ion Batteries · · Score: 1

    I need science to figure out why my significant other has these 'memory issues' -- I'd like to win at least one discussion in my life...

  4. Re:And... it's gone on North Korean Missile Raised To Firing Position, Says US Official · · Score: 1

    Naw... There's Nodongs to be errected in the first place!

  5. How about the pilots and aircrew? on "Dark Lightning" Could Expose Airline Passengers To Radiation · · Score: 1
    We've been flying commercially for how long?

    If pilots/aircrew were dropping dead from illnesses, I'd have an easier time believing anything related to this article.

    Aircrew & Radiation

  6. Doh on AMI Firmware Source Code, Private Key Leaked · · Score: 1

    'The worst case is the creation of a persistent, Trojanized update that would allow remote access to the system at the lowest possible level,' researcher Adam Caudill said. 'Another possibility would be the creation of an update that would render the system unbootable, requiring replacement of the mainboard.'

    It's safe to assume the latter, as malware commanders don't want the computer offline or under scrutiny. Just give them another vector to attack and easier ways to cover up the bot.../p

  7. Re:umm? on World's Most Powerful Private Supercomputer Will Hunt Oil and Gas · · Score: 1

    Which /still/ isn't corrected! C'mon ./ editors, and hold yourself up on the same soapbox your readers do!

  8. ...and the dolphin bumps into a shark on Ukrainian Attack Dolphins Are On the Loose · · Score: 1

    "Say 'ello to my little friend!"

  9. Remarkable Species on New Research Sheds Light On the Evolution of Dogs · · Score: 1

    Considering all the characteristic differences (Mastiff v. Chihuahua) are accounted for in 1% of the genetic makeup, dogs are incredible animals...

  10. Re:Hope no one hacks our entire Air Force one day on Future Fighters Won't Need Ejection Seats · · Score: 1

    ...but slashdot readers will try!

  11. Re:Hope no one hacks our entire Air Force one day on Future Fighters Won't Need Ejection Seats · · Score: 1

    MIRVs decelerate quite rapidly as the re-enter the atmosphere as I understand it. To the point of glowing brightly like a small meteor. Not that I've ever seen a MIRV in action, nor want too FYI.

    Pretty sure I speak for most of /. when I say that I'd absolutely love to see a MIRV in action... Just let the warheads be inert.

  12. Re:Hope no one hacks our entire Air Force one day on Future Fighters Won't Need Ejection Seats · · Score: 2

    Just send a strong signal that trashes the military channels so that it falls back to civilian, which can then be spoofed.

    This might just work if it weren't for the fact the US military controls the civillian GPS.

    Civillian GPS would be skewed in the region of conflict, so if the military channels are blocked I don't think an engineer would ever program it to fall back on a less-secure system to rely on navigation. Last good known location, gyros, accelerometers and all the other navigation sensors would easily allow the plane to reverse maneuver back to It's original point of origin or at least close to but definitely not the enemy's runway.

    For all we know, civillian GPS could be skewed in an 'area of effect' around sensitive military equipment for just this reason. No military channels available? Return to point of origin as quickly and accurately as possible based on remaining sensors and telematics.

  13. Slightly used...? on For Sale: One Nobel Prize Medal (Slightly Used, By Francis Crick) · · Score: 1

    Someone should have told him to stop trying to use it in vending machines...

  14. Paradigm Shift - Remember SEGA? on Is the Wii U Already Dead? · · Score: 1

    I think we're seeing the outward struggle of a leader who feels the need to continue making the hardware so they don't become solely a software business, and It's translating poorly for the consumer.

    While it would be weird to see BigN's triple A titles and franchises on Sony or Microsoft's offerings, I think it might too late for Nintendo to catch back up in the console hardware race, especially considering they skewed their release cycle. Sounds like we may see some major change drastically within the Nintendo-sphere here shortly...

  15. Non-Science guy questions... on Quadrocopters Throwing and Catching an Inverted Pendulum · · Score: 1

    Is the actual balancing performed based solely on the forces applied to the sending/receiving actors? How necessary are the data markers on the stick? I'm wondering that if the two actors knew where each other were in space, and based on the balancing the sending actor has to perform couldn't the receiving actor make a guess where it needs to be in any case? Could I (as an actor in this scenario) make an educated guess as to the length of the stick based on the corrections I have to perform in order to keep it upright? Of course I may be asking questions that can't be answered because we don't have the full picture from the demonstration.

  16. Re:Did they try Chinese? on US Stealth Jet Has To Talk To Allied Planes Over Unsecured Radio · · Score: 1

    They're in Shanghai, not Beijing.

    Here, actually: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=31.34923,121.573515

    Cold Drink Wholesale?!?! Those stolen Coca Cola negotiating tactics make so much more sense now!

  17. Re:Man. on Hundred-Ton Dome To Collect Oil Spill · · Score: 1

    Well then per the progressive agenda... "Down with Humanity!"

    In Soviet Russia, Humanity down you!

  18. Re:Man. on Hundred-Ton Dome To Collect Oil Spill · · Score: 1

    And who says the "next-gen" fuels won't have equivalent dangers, once some are found which will scale to what oil use is today?

    Then I guess you'll be commenting on that slashdot thread warning us to watch out for said "next-next-gen" fuels...