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  1. Re:Cook or heat faster? on Rocket Scientist Designs "Flare" Pot That Cooks Food 40% Faster · · Score: 1

    Nope, you need 40% less fuel.
    If the food needs 20 minutes of boiling (at 1 atm) then it will still need 20 minutes. Only with 60% of the fuel when compared to a regular pot.

  2. Re:It's not a bundt pan on Rocket Scientist Designs "Flare" Pot That Cooks Food 40% Faster · · Score: 1

    A modern A+ (European energy label) or better dishwasher uses less energy and less water than manual washing. Aside of the convenience, a dishwasher is also better for the environment.

  3. Re:very cool on Rocket Scientist Designs "Flare" Pot That Cooks Food 40% Faster · · Score: 1

    The basic concept has also been done. For example, there are the MSR stove systems.

  4. Re:Insides and outsides on Scientists Have Developed a Material So Dark That You Can't See It · · Score: 1

    That hot water system is not going to be better than common vacuum insulated solar boilers because you lose a lot of heat to the air. You might be able to upgrade the common vacuum insulated solar boilers with the stuff (the vacuum insulation would also eliminate wear and tear on the fragile surface). However that would only be an option if the price is low. Current solutions reflect less than 5% (they seem to be glossy) so the maximum gain you are going to get is 5%.

    This is more for situations where the reflected light is the problem. Normal matte paint reflects 1%. This reflects 0.035%. The problem, thus, is only 1/28th as much. Inside a camera that means 28 times better imaging in certain situations. Situations like in space telescopes.

  5. Re:Here's a better article with actual photos on Scientists Have Developed a Material So Dark That You Can't See It · · Score: 1

    Well, it is better than the article linked in the summary.
    The daily mail actually has pictures of the stuff.

  6. Re:Void warranty on Hacking a Tesla Model S Could Net $10,000 Prize · · Score: 1

    How is voiding the warranty threat show they are taking security seriously? Everyone puts a voids the warranty warning when they don't want you to see whats inside. IF someone hacks your car is the warranty still void?

    That's like buying a nice and secure computer, installing Adobe Reader on it and complain to the manufacturer that it got hacked.
    He didn't just look around. He installed Firefox. While FF is not as idiotic as Adobe's bloatware, it is still an entry vector. They warned him against that.
    Of course Tesla is not responsible when you install a webbrowser on your car, go to some virus ridden site and have a problem. They could have prevented the installation, but they didn't. Instead they warned the idiot that what he was doing was idiotic and beyond their responsibility.

  7. Re:What is life? What is a virus? on Hints of Life's Start Found In a Giant Virus · · Score: 1

    Life started due to a discarded sandwich by a distracted timetraveler.

  8. Re:"Don't be ridiculous." --Balki on Tor Project Sued Over a Revenge Porn Business That Used Its Service · · Score: 1

    Once I found "for a good time, check 127.0.0.1". Dang, the amount of porn I found on that server! And the speeds!

  9. Re:Pretty sure this won't work on Tor Project Sued Over a Revenge Porn Business That Used Its Service · · Score: 1

    Who are they going to sue once it turns out that it is happening anyway?
    Everybody with a SUV? Every coal power plant?

  10. Re: Redneck roadhouse on Tor Project Sued Over a Revenge Porn Business That Used Its Service · · Score: 1

    To make the most silly hat ever.

  11. Re:The moon is hollow, it is a spaceship. on Study: Why the Moon's Far Side Looks So Different · · Score: 1

    The moon is hollow. It's where the director for the TV show "Earth" lives.

  12. Re:Better still on A Brain Implant For Synthetic Memory · · Score: 1

    *Warning: Dollhouse spoilers ahead*

    Meh, if they can replace all memory then the first step will be better hookers. Why settle for a hooker that knows she only pretends to love you when you can order one who doesn't know it's only pretend?
    Next step will be programmable assasins.
    Third step will be a programmed president. Why bribe the current one when you can replace him with one you own?
    Fourth step will be a bigger problem, but it'll take the a while to figure out how to program people over the phone without active architecture.

  13. Re:Contact on Physicists Spot Potential Source of 'Oh-My-God' Particles · · Score: 1

    Nope, it's a targeting laser. We are being painted. The rock will only move at 0.999 C but will be 5 km in diameter.

  14. Re:Garbage In on Avast Buys 20 Used Phones, Recovers 40,000 Deleted Photos · · Score: 1

    If it was installed before you got it you can usually only force it to stop, uninstall updates and turn it off. That is as close as you can get to uninstalling any apps that came with your phone.
    Unless you install a different ROM. Then it's unlikely to be included.

  15. Re:Um.... on A Box of Forgotten Smallpox Vials Was Just Found In an FDA Closet · · Score: 1

    (Hopefully, testing for means to eradicate it.)

    Of course. "It" being our enemies.

  16. Re:X-2 and X-3 on Radical Dual Tilting Blade Helicopter Design Targets Speeds of Over 270mph · · Score: 1

    Have you tried?
    If a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII can tow a caravan (S2E6) then why wouldn't a Bugatty be able to be fitted with a hitch?
    Okay, it won't reach 400 km/h while dragging a boat. It would surprise me if it reached 250 km/h with what once was a boat.

  17. Re:Security... on Wireless Contraception · · Score: 1

    "Few" in this instance includes pacemakers.

  18. Re:Reputational Damage on Goldman Sachs Demands Google Unsend One of Its E-mails · · Score: 1

    OK, so they fixed it after I went for better pastures.
    I would like to withdraw my previous post. Just pretend it isn't there or something

  19. Re:E-mail? on Goldman Sachs Demands Google Unsend One of Its E-mails · · Score: 1

    Forgive me, I am not experienced at this.

    Why can't a filter between the internal network and the big bad internet strip out certain file types? Say: XLS, XLSX and XLTM?
    Or why can't there be a warning: "You are about to send a spreadsheet outside GS. Spreadsheets can contain sensitive information. Are you sure the file is scrubbed clean of that sort of information?"
    And be damn sure the employee knows what'll happen if they click "Yes, send" while they should have clicked "no, cancel".
    They get fired. From a cannon. Into the sun.

  20. Re:Reputational Damage on Goldman Sachs Demands Google Unsend One of Its E-mails · · Score: 1

    Do you know the procedure for deleting an autocomplete contact in Outlook after you have send them 1 erroneous email?
    Delete the entire autocomplete list.

  21. Re:Fission? on New Class of Stars Are Totally Metal, Says Astrophysicist · · Score: 1

    Wow, a Lithium powered sun, that's pretty cool. :-P

    It sure as hell wouldn't be depressed.

  22. Re:Why do we have screen savers? on Bug In Fire TV Screensaver Tears Through 250 GB Data Cap · · Score: 1

    When I got a plasma it started to bug me that movie makers do not use black. Never noticed that with a CRT.

  23. Re:Why do we have screen savers? on Bug In Fire TV Screensaver Tears Through 250 GB Data Cap · · Score: 1

    I have a screensaver at work because it is convenient. It locks my PC if I forget to do it myself.

  24. Re:Why do we have screen savers? on Bug In Fire TV Screensaver Tears Through 250 GB Data Cap · · Score: 1

    My plasma gets burn-in if I pause my DVD player, let the screen on and go play wit the dog for 10 minutes.
    The dark scenes get lighter lines in them.

    Okay, if I run the screen repair feature (sliding lines of a white gradient to black) for half an hour or so the issue is gone. But screen burn in is a real issue with most plasma tv's

  25. Re:Why do we have screen savers? on Bug In Fire TV Screensaver Tears Through 250 GB Data Cap · · Score: 2

    Do those burns have a rough surface and a lighter flame shape?
    Then you may have different problems.
    If the LCD has screen burn in of the other kind then it is heavily abused.

    I once saw a plasma with "it is now safe to turn of your computer" burned in because it was left in that state for a weekend.