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  1. Re: wimpy talk on Graphene: Fast, Strong, Cheap, and Impossible To Use · · Score: 1

    Megaflock of nanomachines .... so you will have milligrandkids....weird but ok!

  2. Re:Redefined Retrofit to make that work... on LA Mayor Proposes Earthquake Retrofits On Thousands of Buildings · · Score: 1

    50 is a bit on the extreme side....I think that would actually crack the Earth like an egg.

  3. Re:the mysterious "us" on LA Mayor Proposes Earthquake Retrofits On Thousands of Buildings · · Score: 1

    Christchurch, New Zealand.

  4. Re:Magic Pill - Self Discipline on "Fat-Burning Pill" Inches Closer To Reality · · Score: 1

    You said "Attractive women in uniform: check ;)"; but that is not the same as "uniformly attractive women"....just sayin

  5. Re:Byebye supercooling, hello pressure containment on High Temperature Superconductivity Record Smashed By Sulfur Hydride · · Score: 1

    Is there a limit to the pressure that "god" can apply? 150GPa is a lot of pressure....but you know it is supposed to have unlimited power etc....

  6. Re:Even if their wet? on Trains May Soon Come Equipped With Debris-Zapping Lasers · · Score: 1

    Just use 40 1W lasers and focus them on the offending bug!

  7. Re:next gen batteries on Multiple Manufacturers Push Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars, But Can They Catch Tesla? · · Score: 1

    Diesels have glow plugs; they explosion is caused by the high compression of the fuel air mixture along with the added heat from the plugs. Not spark plugs like in a petrol engine.

  8. Re:One man's moat.... on Congress Suggests Moat, Electronic Fence To Protect White House · · Score: 1

    Dry moat....much harder to breach then a moat with something you can conveniently swim in or float a boat on.

  9. Re:"This is windows support calling... on Court Shuts Down Alleged $120M Tech Support Scam · · Score: 1

    I have had this exact thing happen; "press F8 when booting to get into safe mode"...."but I just said I'm not running windows, there is no 'safe mode'....what should I do?"...usually results in a confused silence.... :)

  10. Re:Small fish on Court Shuts Down Alleged $120M Tech Support Scam · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I wanted to mod this "funny" but it is too close to the truth....where is the "sad but true" mod!

  11. Re:How do I refill it? on Toyota Names Upcoming Hydrogen Fuel Cell Car · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure you know what you are saying...there was plenty of whoosh there!

  12. Re:Google's Paypal on Google Wallet API For Digital Goods Will Be Retired On March 2, 2015 · · Score: 1

    Rockwell

  13. Re:trolling on slashdot on Crowd-Sourced Experiment To Map All Human Skills · · Score: 1

    I suppose that depends on the nature of the trolling; is this a sub-skill of general trolling. Or is is more of a parallel skill to general trolling. I know trolling IRL is a different skill then trolling "on the internet".

  14. Re:Great in the winter .. on Germans Can Get Free Heating From the Cloud · · Score: 1

    I do that with my cell phones; I buy the hardware up front and get a much cheaper plan saving me more then double the original cost of the phone over a two year period. Thus every two years I buy a new phone and am still better off then if I got a subsidized plan and a "free" phone.

  15. Re:Parenthood on Canadian Police Recommend Ending Anonymity On the Internet · · Score: 1

    To be fair I don't think "butt-reaming" will result in being a father.

  16. Re:Australians aren't prudes on Australian Courts Will Be Able To See Your Browsing History · · Score: 1

    We are; after a sheep is all used up we butcher it and send the meat to Australia; pre-marinaded.....old Kiwi reply to lame sheep jokes.

  17. Re:If seawater is 832x denser, then not correct on Scotland Builds Power Farms of the Future Under the Sea · · Score: 1

    where (rho) is density....

  18. Re:If seawater is 832x denser, then not correct on Scotland Builds Power Farms of the Future Under the Sea · · Score: 1

    Energy in a moving fluid is 1/2 x (rho) x (area) x (velocity^3); needless to say a wind turbine can be much much larger in area then a water turbine; but the density is a big win here and can easily make up for the lack of area.

  19. Re:This article needs fact checking on Scotland Builds Power Farms of the Future Under the Sea · · Score: 3, Informative

    You assume that a 1MW generator won't generate 1MW....based on what exactly? If the electrical part of the generator is able to produce 1MW then you size the mechanical parts to supply the required power to spin the generator appropriately.

    Yes there are times of dead tide, twice a day for about an hour, which are very predictable. Actual practical efficiencies are another story; how are the mechanical parts of the system going to be fouled, how long it will take etc...

    Also your 2/pi number is irrelevant; when a generator is specified it is at RMS; 1MW is 1MW and if you have a perfect electrical machine it is also 1MVA but a practical machine may get max around 950kVA after that the system load will determine the exact power factor and thus the efficiency. In this system the mechanical design is significantly more complex then the electrical side; which is extremely well understood and will be in a sealed box unaffected by the environment.

    Disclaimer I work with electrical machines from time to time.

  20. Re:How big a fuss is it, really? on How Apple Watch Is Really a Regression In Watchmaking · · Score: 1

    Loosen your watch....I have a pebble; I wear it constantly until it needs a charge (7 - 8 days) then charge for a few hours and put it back on. You need to let it move around a bit just so it gets air under it....no smell; little sweating....easy.

  21. Re:Tractor on Australian Physicists Build Reversible Tractor Beam · · Score: 1

    Firing a "beam" of tractors would rip through most targets

  22. Re:That's nothing! on No Nobel For Nick Holonyak Jr, Father of the LED · · Score: 1

    I was sure Mao was still in 1st...

  23. Re:Why would anyone want Wi-Fi in an ebook reader? on Adobe Spies On Users' eBook Libraries · · Score: 1

    How do I know that the WiFi is turned off on my ebook reader? (Kobo Aura HD) Simple battery life, more then doubles when the WiFi is off, thus it is always turned off. All files come through the USB cable and my collection is managed by Calibre on my Linux laptop.

  24. Re:Write-protect the microcontroller firmware, sil on Hacking USB Firmware · · Score: 2

    Well obviously we just ignore anything that has the evil bit set!

  25. Re:Really? on Will Windows 10 Finally Address OS Decay? · · Score: 2

    As a counterpoint to this; I had a reasonable machine for work. Win7 Pro, then IT got hold of it and connected it to the new domain etc; now it is much slower. Booting, shutting down, launching programs...everything is slower then the day before.