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  1. Re:"and new ones are coming online daily" on The Quest For an EV Fast-Charge Standard · · Score: 1

    That's great. But some of us drive more than 30mi round trip every day.

  2. Re:different design points on Developing Nuclear Power Plant Tech For the Moon and Mars · · Score: 1

    Space is cold. So very cold. There's no problem dumping heat, rather there's the problem of dumping heat and not destroying your heatsinks and bleeders because of the extreme hot/cold ratios.

  3. Why? on The Quest For an EV Fast-Charge Standard · · Score: 2

    I still don't see why the big desire for batteries. They're heavy, a pain in the ass to change even if you have a standard. You're looking at someone to do it for you, or knowing how to do it yourself using machinery in both cases. In the end, fuel cells will be the way to go, unless there's some amazing earth shattering breakthrough in battery technology.

  4. Re:Better Idea on SignalGuru Helps Drivers Avoid Red Lights · · Score: 1

    Well they could always skip the roundabouts, and instead properly time the lights to speed. I mean in my home town the lights are set so poorly that it takes longer to drive from one end to the other on a busy friday, than it does to drive 35km on the highway. I'm almost sure it's deliberate, either that or it's incompetence from city engineering.

  5. Re:Solar or wind? on Low-Cost DIY Cell Network Runs On Solar · · Score: 1

    The biggest problem in the developing world is a simple steady source of power. And neither solar, or wind cut it. There's been more than a few places that I've visited in Africa which have gotten small scale solar. And lo, there's enough to run a fridge. Or the light. Not both, and that's pretty much the norm.

    If you want "green" power, you need to first have sustainable, and stable power.

  6. Re:No a river, it's called an Aquifer on Evidence Points To Huge Underground River Beneath Amazon · · Score: 1

    According to the articles I've read that's exactly what it does. This moves downstream, following a particular flow, mirroring another river.

  7. Re:This is why we need COMMUNISM! on The EFF Reflects On ICE Seizing a Tor Exit Node · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yeah. And people in positions of power in communist states never expand, consolidate, or take over said 'workers' who own production. In turn claiming that they're working, for the works, to strengthen them. How about the USSR, well I realize that's another failed state. Or Cambodia? China? Look at that, the blood of millions.

    So here's a family story. My mothers father was a farmer in the Ukraine. The government decides to take all of the food and livestocks that's been produced in order to give it to the central state. They leave him with 2 cows, and tell him he needs to have an additional 187 cows the following year. Which is what they took from him. Of course being that he didn't have it, they tossed him in a gulag for 25 years.

    I'm sure that the reality of those of us who had family suffer under the "justice" of communism, are just peachy with your idea. Right behind the mass starvation that the government caused. A communist state is a very nice wonderful utopian idea, that fails in reality because the communist system has no balances, or checks against the inherent greed of a person for power.

  8. Re:This is why we need COMMUNISM! on The EFF Reflects On ICE Seizing a Tor Exit Node · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Funny that. Wasn't it communism that gave east germans the STASI and a few hundred million dead, along with mass starvation now?

    Yeah...

  9. Re:20 right-wing organizations? on Former Wikileaks Spokesman Destroyed Documents · · Score: 1

    Politics.

    And of course you can always go with actual agitation of violence along with blatant hate. I'm sure if you're unbiased, you're pretty good at knowing what the "new tone" is.

  10. Re:We can't compete on Why Amazon Can't Manufacture a Kindle In the US · · Score: 1

    Environmental laws, and 25 year "impact studies" that cost $30 million.

  11. Re:China's currency on Why Amazon Can't Manufacture a Kindle In the US · · Score: 1

    The only fault with that idea is this: Hyperinflation. Turning on the presses might seem like a good idea, then you get Zimbabwe.

  12. Re:My main criticism.... on Deus Ex: Human Revolution Released · · Score: 1

    I like the hacking system, leaps over DX, and by far better than in DX:IW. Honestly though? You're standing around hacking in a trenchcoat, you think someone wouldn't notice that? Or would you take that extra step into reality, and neutralize targets nearby and/or block hostile cameras from seeing you?

  13. Re:!surprise on After Rick Perry's Stem Cell Treatment, Misplaced Enthusiasm? · · Score: 1

    Yeah I mean. How many times can you listen to the ol'Rev scream about death to america, death to whites, and be a racist piece of shit?

  14. Re:Why? on Anonymous Breaches Another US Defense Contractor · · Score: 1

    Yeah, except most suicide bombers when these things start out are well educated, and affluent.

  15. Re:China's currency on Why Amazon Can't Manufacture a Kindle In the US · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Wrong. The Yuan is artificially pegged by and to US debt, and in turn they lock it to the USD. The PRC artificially pushes the yuan's value lower in order to remain hyper-competitive. The Japanese do exactly the same thing in a different way, they buy USD in order to push the yen's value lower. Anyone who's ever done currency trading even a small amount learns this truth of the markets very quickly.

  16. Re:american culture is to blame on Why Amazon Can't Manufacture a Kindle In the US · · Score: 1

    In the USA, people don't want to do things that are hard.

    Actually that's pretty much true of anywhere in the west. Go look at finding job as an apprentice being a mechanic, pipefitter, welder, machinist, CNC operator or anything else where you'd have to put in 3-4 years of time. I'll bet you can find a job at the end of the day, pretty much anywhere in Europe, Canada, or the US.

  17. Re:You realise of course... on Former Wikileaks Spokesman Destroyed Documents · · Score: 1

    Sadly your Irishman quote is far off the mark. Liberals in the US, have akin as much to liberals in Europe. In fact they're far more left leaning, and totalitarian than even the left in Canada. The traditional conservative in the US leans much closer to the stand-in of pesudo-anarchy. Meaning as little government interference in ones life as possible. The republican leans more towards right-fascism. The average democrat also largely reflects the state of liberals in the US.

    That claim, in itself is bunk. And yeah as for traveling outside of the US? I'm a canuck, and have already tossed 36k miles traveling around the world, from europe to asia, and back to north america, to south america and africa.

  18. Re:20 right-wing organizations? on Former Wikileaks Spokesman Destroyed Documents · · Score: 0

    Sadly I probably have a better understanding of politics then you do. Since I do understand the fundamental differences between left and right, including the fact that over the last 40 years; the left has become a bastion of radicalism and many actively support self-destructive causes, or causes which are detrimental to humans. Or actively support acts of domestic terrorism.

    It's only the "ones on the right" that make the news, for the most part. All you need to do, to counter it is look at sunny, sunny california, and the left environmental movement.

  19. Re:20 right-wing organizations? on Former Wikileaks Spokesman Destroyed Documents · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Surprising that they didn't have information from 20 left-wing organizations too. Then this might be newsworthy, instead of being flamebait.

  20. Re:meh on Windows 8 To Fight Piracy With the Cloud · · Score: 1

    Since nearly all games use DX, and don't use OGL, I'm sure that'll work just fine for you. Wine is nice, but isn't anywhere good enough to support current DX titles. Then again if you don't mind playing games that are/or/will be 10 or more years old. Well that's just fine then.

  21. Re:Windows 8? on Windows 8 To Fight Piracy With the Cloud · · Score: 1

    Right. And because there's no way to make DX11 work on XP and Vista without even trying. Oh wait! Not only is there, but it works just fine. And the same with the later releases of IE(if you care about it). To me the entire Windows8 bit will probably be yet another vista moment, or it will be a WinME moment. People will more than likely flat out refuse to buy it, unless it's shoved down their throat. Then they'll simply retrograde install.

    Besides Win7 hasn't even reached 50% market penetration for gaming yet. It's close, but not close enough. XP still holds that crown.

  22. Re:There are no "official" words on "Woot" Becomes an Official Word · · Score: 1

    Yeah most of the popular dictionaries have been doing this for a few hundred years at least. There are a couple(I think oxford u based), that have been doing it closer to 600 years.

  23. Re:I'm confused on Apple Patents Cutting 3.5mm Jack in Half · · Score: 1

    I think so. 1.5mm, 1.25mm, and 1mm phonojacks have been around for awhile.

  24. Re:I don't get it on Coming Soon, Shorter Video Games · · Score: 1

    It's odd, when I was 10 to 15 years younger, I played MP games. Then again these games were Doom/2, Freespace/2, RoTT, Hexen, SoF, and so on. These days? I have no interest in MP content. RDR? No interest, I'm back to my favorite type of gameplay. Challenging SP stuff, RTS's, and so on.

    But you looking for the story? Yeah well, most games seem to have a problem conveying even that anymore. Look at DA2. Some people will say OOH GREAT STORY!!!!1!

  25. Re:This past riot right? on UK Men Get 4 Years For Trying to Incite Riots Via Facebook · · Score: 1

    Countries like the UK, Canada and Japan use group sentencing if all of the same people are caught doing the same thing(i.e. riotous actions, drug smuggling, theft, etc). It saves on time, and court space instead of having 250 or 800 trials. They simply bring them to court, have their lawyer represent them, use a jail feed, or sworn in by affidavit(as required/need), that they're pleading *x* to whatever crime.

    If someone want to dispute it, they can. Then they get shoved off into another court at a later date.