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  1. Re:What's revolutionary? on DARPA Director Leaves Pentagon For Google · · Score: 1
  2. Re:Keep the 80 Hour Work week. For my Sake. on Bring Back the 40-Hour Work Week · · Score: 1

    I was onto you as soon as you referred to it as a sport. Nice try though.

  3. Re:So in other words... on Iran War Clock Set At Ten Minutes To Midnight · · Score: 1

    Assuming the scale is linear.

  4. Re:Fucking magnets on Startram — Maglev Train To Low Earth Orbit · · Score: 1

    Obviously we'll need some miracles.

  5. Re:Nice upgrade, but no big surprises in the new i on Apple Unveils New iPad · · Score: 1

    I'm saying that in a scenario where your phone does not have service, you're less likely to keep it on you.

  6. Re:Nice upgrade, but no big surprises in the new i on Apple Unveils New iPad · · Score: 1

    You may be more likely to have your e-reader (iPad) on hand than your non-working phone. On the other hand, the camera on it is really just a bonus - clearly based on the accessories, software, and it's inter-connectivity with iCloud, Apple is marketing this towards amateurs who want to do light duty photoshop and share images with others. It's hardly meant to be a primary camera, though it'll fill in - in a pinch.

  7. Re:Did not steal from scammers on Nigerian Scam Artists Taken For $33,000 · · Score: 1

    This. In fact, the money she took was her cut. It was an agreement she set up with the scammers. As in, she's complicit in their crimes.

  8. Re:Cheaper iPad 2 on What the iPad 3 Looks Like · · Score: 2

    "Cranberry" I'm sure refers to the way canned cranberry retains the exact shape of the can even after it is removed from the can, to the point where the rings (another reference) that provide subtle structural integrity to the can are still visible.

  9. Re:Not well thought out on Tesla Reveals Its Model X Gullwing SUV · · Score: 1

    From the images, I'd guess that the doors are just high enough that i'd still have to duck while getting out of the car at 6'4". Therefore, I'd suggest that unless your garage has a 8' ceiling/door rails, you should have no issues. Remember: while they're calling it an SUV, it's not riding on a 10" clearance or anything of the sort.

  10. Re:Battery on US Air Force Buys iPads To Replace Flight Bags · · Score: 1

    These people are flight crews, not infantry. I think you can expect that they'll treat electronics issued to them with a modicum of respect.

  11. Re:Perspective on The iPhone Is a Nightmare For Carriers · · Score: 1

    I'm quite certain Apple sets the price for their wares, which is why during the holidays you see iphones/ipods 'discounted' with free gift cards.

  12. Re:truly breaking reporting on 4G Phones Are Really Fast — At Draining Batteries · · Score: 1

    Dodge's HEMI engines do the same thing, or at least it did in my 2007 Charger. Plenty of power when you need it, but is basically a really heavy 4-cylinder on the highway.

  13. Re:Airplanes? on The Engineer Who Stopped Airplanes From Flying Into Mountains · · Score: 1

    Aeroplane suits the melody of that song, where 3 syllables are necessary and 2 would just sound odd/not rhythmic . In fact, while many may write "aeroplane" and say "airplane" or very subtly include the third syllable, that song makes a point of enunciating the "o" because of the otherwise syllabic deficiency.

  14. Re:Well on What If the Apollo Program Never Happened? · · Score: 1

    Apsis of less than 1.3 AU, that should read.

  15. Re:Well on What If the Apollo Program Never Happened? · · Score: 1
  16. Re:Perspective... on What If the Apollo Program Never Happened? · · Score: 1

    It's pretty difficult to enumerate in dollars the benefits of the Apollo program, but I'd go out on a limb to say that it didn't cost tax payers a penny either (not that you were necessarily arguing this point).

  17. Re:Well on What If the Apollo Program Never Happened? · · Score: 1

    [Citation Required]

  18. Re:Well on What If the Apollo Program Never Happened? · · Score: 1

    Maybe. But it'll certainly broaden our technological capabilities for one day changing that.

  19. Re:I'd start by shooting the Captain.... on What To Do With a 1,000 Foot Wrecked Cruise Ship? · · Score: 1

    Sorry, but that is the job. You want the big chair? You want that captain's check? This is what it costs. It's not likely that he's going to have to perform these duties, but that doesn't negate the fact that they are his duties. There's no excuses. If you're a coward, maybe you don't take the big chair. Or maybe, just maybe, you don't play games with people's lives like steering too close to a rocky shore. Maybe know the difference between 400 yds and 4 miles (which is where he was supposed to be). Or just evacuate immediately so you can your coward ass off the boat before it's half-way submerged. But I suppose those are just suggestions.

    And by the way, you may hear alot of armchair ship captains (yours truly) criticizing the guy. If you look around, it's easy enough to find actual ship captains being just as critical.

  20. Re:Nice concept on Supercomputer Cools Off Using Groundwater · · Score: 1

    In California, the Air temperature is already pretty well linked/controlled by the water temperature. I'm not certain what could actually be accomplished there, although perhaps southern california could render some benefit.

  21. Re:Would love to see some naval battle on Iran Tests Naval Cruise Missile During War Games · · Score: 1

    The only thing Arabs hate as much as Jews, are Persians.

  22. Re:Only once have I splurged like that on AMD Radeon HD 7970 Launched, Fastest GPU Tested · · Score: 1

    Any new machine with a graphics card can. It's an old game at this point.

  23. Re:Now these guys have some balls on Iran Wants To Clone Downed US Drone · · Score: 1

    Why say "I'm sorry" when "you're welcome" will do?

  24. Re:Good luck with that on Iran Wants To Clone Downed US Drone · · Score: 2

    The US is probably most interested in knowing what went wrong with it.

  25. Re:why no self-destruct? on Iran Wants To Clone Downed US Drone · · Score: 1

    According to the experts, the composition of the paint is pretty well known. Manufacturing it en masse is another story.