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  1. Re:Why not both? on Sharp Announces Sales of DC Powered Air Conditioner, Other Products To Follow · · Score: 1

    Wow, I stand corrected. I wonder how reliable they are vs. a transformer

  2. Re:Why not both? on Sharp Announces Sales of DC Powered Air Conditioner, Other Products To Follow · · Score: 0

    I don't think you'll find solid state DC-to-DC converters that can upconvert to 330kV @ 100A

  3. Re:Why not both? on Sharp Announces Sales of DC Powered Air Conditioner, Other Products To Follow · · Score: 2

    The advantage of AC for transmission is that it can be transformed up into the 100kV range, at relatively low current, thus minimizing losses in the resistance of the transmission cables. To do the same with DC would require up/down converters which would require chop->transform->rectify anyway (the transformers might be smaller and more efficient, though)

  4. Re:Disappointed on Sharp Announces Sales of DC Powered Air Conditioner, Other Products To Follow · · Score: 1

    The will arrive just after my goose lays the first golden egg.

  5. Re:Windows 10 Sucks on NVIDIA Tegra X1 Performance Exceeds Intel Bay Trail SoCs, AMD AM1 APUs · · Score: 1

    .. and succeeded at being un-funny

  6. Re:And the point is... on Ask Slashdot: Everyone Building Software -- Is This the Future We Need? · · Score: 1

    No this goes way beyond coders. The company culture that allows these security problems to be possible - from architecture through to QA, is at fault.

  7. Re:What's the point? on LibreOffice Ported To Run On Wayland · · Score: 1

    Wow - Wayland prevents typos? Wow!!

  8. Re:What's the point? on LibreOffice Ported To Run On Wayland · · Score: 1

    Yes, of course - I didn't rush out and buy a Tesla - even if I could afford one, I would ask precicely those questions. Isn't that how one makes purchasing decisions? My question was not meant as a criticism - I really wold like to know, what are the advantges of Wayland. I've read a few articles, but I'm still not clear

  9. What's the point? on LibreOffice Ported To Run On Wayland · · Score: 2, Interesting

    What does Wayland solve for me, a standard Ubuntu user? What I have wordks ok, why does it need to change?

  10. Re:Used to be an obligatory post on Cray To Build Australia's Fastest Supercomputer · · Score: 1

    It is its own Beowulf cluster !

  11. Re:I've seen this up close on Solar Impulse Grounded Until 2016 · · Score: 1

    Wheras you are an anonymous fuckwit

  12. Re:So... on Scientology Group Urged Veto of Mental Health Bill · · Score: 1

    Until you decide to end your life by jumping in front of a train, causing the driver and onlookers severe PTSD

  13. Re:Everything is relative on Chinese Girl Receives Full Skull Reconstruction Via 3D Printing · · Score: 1

    We made their bed .. and forced them to lie in it. Fixed that for you

  14. Re:I'm gay, YES i am! on Future Microsoft Devices Will Take Cues From the Surface Tablet · · Score: 2

    Says the anonymous coward

  15. Re:I'm mostly qualified (for low bars on 'qualifie on Rich and American? Australia Wants You · · Score: 1

    Don't take the piss out of Fosters, it needs all the flavour it can get!

  16. Re:He stole, he got arrested on Man Arrested After Charging iPhone On London Overground Train · · Score: 1
  17. Re:Well done, cops. on Man Arrested After Charging iPhone On London Overground Train · · Score: 2

    So are there on most inter-city trains in the UK. The difference is this one was at floor level, not close to a seat, and clearly labelled 'not for public use' I can image a scenario where a charger was damaged at hat level, exposing live terminals.

  18. Re:He stole, he got arrested on Man Arrested After Charging iPhone On London Overground Train · · Score: 3, Informative

    Not so powerless as you might think: https://www.gov.uk/government/... [www.gov.uk] In this case, she simply alerted 'real' police officers to the 'offence'. If the guy had not bercome aggressive I expect he would have been sent on his way.

  19. Re:He stole, he got arrested on Man Arrested After Charging iPhone On London Overground Train · · Score: 2

    You're funny :)

  20. Re:He stole, he got arrested on Man Arrested After Charging iPhone On London Overground Train · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Don't you think a reprimand - "you can't do that here sir" - would have been more appropriate? He probably 'stole' less in monetary terms than if he'd used an excessive amount of loo paper.

  21. Re:abstracting electricity? on Man Arrested After Charging iPhone On London Overground Train · · Score: 1

    abstract Oh yes we can: verb gerund or present participle: abstracting bstrakt/ 1. consider something theoretically or separately from (something else). "to abstract science and religion from their historical context can lead to anachronism" 2. extract or remove (something). "applications to abstract more water from streams" synonyms: extract, pump, draw (off), tap, suck, withdraw, remove, take out/away; More

  22. Re:Abstracting on Man Arrested After Charging iPhone On London Overground Train · · Score: 5, Informative

    Uh ... seems right to me: abstract verb gerund or present participle: abstracting bstrakt/ 1. consider something theoretically or separately from (something else). "to abstract science and religion from their historical context can lead to anachronism" 2. extract or remove (something). "applications to abstract more water from streams" synonyms: extract, pump, draw (off), tap, suck, withdraw, remove, take out/away; More

  23. Re:Tax dollars at work. on Man Arrested After Charging iPhone On London Overground Train · · Score: 4, Funny

    You do realize this is the UK? We don't use dollars here. I agree however, with the sentiment of your post.

  24. Re:Disable Java == Broken Websites on First Java 0-Day In 2 Years Exploited By Pawn Storm Hackers · · Score: 1

    Not sure what you mean by this. Can you elaborate?

  25. Re:divorce psudocode on Taking the Lawyers Out of the Loop · · Score: 1

    Thank you ... yes it was intended to be a joke .. oh well