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  1. Re:Those poor people on Gunman Opens Fire At LAX · · Score: 1

    But by the same token, we shouldn't let you own it, now should we?

  2. Re:Missed a step concerning CO2 on How Earth's Biosignature Will Change As the Planet Dies · · Score: 1

    The summary is misunderstanding/misquoting the paper. The paper says that increased heat will increase silicate weathering, which results in more carbonate deposits; part of that is pulling CO2 out of the air. The reduction in atmospheric CO2 will allow more CO2 to come out of the ocean, but that'll get fixed into carbonates too.

  3. Re:Its a shame. on Arizona Commissioner Probes Utility's Secret Funding of Anti-Solar Campaign · · Score: 1

    Not having to build new peaking plants to handle growth in demand for a while?

  4. Re:Insurance on Atlanta Man Shatters Coast-to-Coast Driving Record, Averaging 98MPH · · Score: 1

    He can worry about that once he gets out of prison, I expect.

  5. Re:Why on Ars: Cross-Platform Malware Communicates With Sound · · Score: 1

    since parent said that the target is already infected, one would guess that the virus got the audio network up and running.

  6. Re:Brighter whites? Really? on Panasonic Announces an End To Plasma TVs In March · · Score: 1

    Agreed. One of the first things in any "how to get the best picture on your TV" guide that I've seen is "turn down your brightness", usually followed by "turn down your contrast". Eyepoppingly bright color gets attention at the store, but is not generally what was intended by the video editors.

  7. Re:Best of both worlds on FAA To Allow Use of Most Electronic Devices Throughout Flights · · Score: 1

    You've never gotten pleasure from watching someone fail to get away with something they're not supposed to be doing? I believe that qualifies as a miracle; two more and you can make saint.

  8. Re:inb4 on Drive With Google Glass: Get a Ticket · · Score: 1

    Except for the eyepieces, that's what we already have.

  9. Re:Impaired Driving Abilities? on Drive With Google Glass: Get a Ticket · · Score: 1

    doubtful; the law in question specifically allows GPS units. (It would be interesting to see how an assertion that the HUD doesn't have a display screen would fly, but given the exemption it will probably not come up.)

  10. Re:Impaired Driving Abilities? on Drive With Google Glass: Get a Ticket · · Score: 1

    Well, that's a question, isn't it? According to the phrasing of the law, it may not be, since it's capable of displaying entertainment material (particularly video). The law has an exemption for GPS units, but the phrasing gives me the impression they meant purpose-built GPS units, not phones running GPS software. I don't know if that's ever been tested.

  11. Re:Good on Drive With Google Glass: Get a Ticket · · Score: 1

    How about clipped to the AC vent, or otherwise attached to the dash?

  12. Re:Good luck with that... on Cisco Releases Open Source "Binary Module" For H.264 In WebRTC · · Score: 1

    It's not that it doesn't involve patents, it's that Cisco is paying the patent license fee and not charging anyone else for it.

  13. Re:Dare to Hope on Cable Lobbyist Tom Wheeler Confirmed As New FCC Chief · · Score: 1

    It would not surprise me in the least if that is considered to be the initial trigger for a sequence of conflicts culminating in what gets called World War 3. Of course, it would be equally unsurprising for it to be "twin towers knocked down; USA gets paranoid; USA surveillance erodes trust; opposition to X is fragmented; kaboom."

  14. Re:Shutting down Virgin Media? on RIAA Targets 21 Sites For Shutdown · · Score: 1

    I figured they were one of the member labels (there's a crapload of those, after all), but they're not on the board, which means they have no control, they're just paying their protection fee.

  15. Re:Shutting down Virgin Media? on RIAA Targets 21 Sites For Shutdown · · Score: 3, Interesting

    This brings to mind a persistent fantasy of mine: buying a substantial share of an RIAA member, and having them repudiate the RIAA and otherwise stop being evil, and watching the rest of the RIAA panic as they lose market share. The reason this comes to mind is that while I don't have the resources to do it, Richard Branson might...

  16. Re:wtf on Toyota's Killer Firmware · · Score: 1

    The jury hears more than two sentences extracted from a summary of talking points.

  17. Re:What? on Toyota's Killer Firmware · · Score: 2

    Trust? No, I'd want to see test results. Believe that it's possible? Hell yes.

  18. Re:I wish they'd do it here. on NYC's 250,000 Street Lights To Be Replaced With LEDs By 2017 · · Score: 2

    In my experience streetlights aren't helpful for seeing traffic, but they are very helpful for seeing the path of the road. Once on a road trip I was out in the middle of Wyoming at night and it was disconcerting to be unsure of the edge of the road; I had to pay more attention to the section right in front of me and thereby pay less attention to what was coming up further ahead.

  19. Re:There really is no point on 4K Ultra HD Likely To Repeat the Failure of 3D Television · · Score: 1

    bleah. That makes a lot of sense (and explains why work is making my eyes tired more now), but rearranging my desk so my monitor is 45 inches away is going to be troublesome. :)

  20. Re:All I can say to that is... on Rental Business Aaron's Admits Role In Spying On Customers · · Score: 1

    I wish I'd had that class. Mine went over how to read bank statements and balance a checkbook, but nothing about resumes, interviewing, nutrition...

  21. Re:*sigh* .. "The cloud" doesn't exist on The Cloud: Convenient Until a Stranger Nukes Your Files · · Score: 1

    do they have cloud services or do they have things that can be assembled into cloud services? I've occasionally looked for how to use my fileserver as a dropbox replacement and all I've found is "set up rsync on everything you own and create cron-like jobs", where what I really want is something more like "this file changed, replicate it now".

  22. Re:Complacency on The Cloud: Convenient Until a Stranger Nukes Your Files · · Score: 1

    how does "with you" avoid the mugging situation?

  23. Re:Complacency on The Cloud: Convenient Until a Stranger Nukes Your Files · · Score: 1

    Oh, for mod points... :)

  24. Re:Firewire's failure begat USB 2.0 on USB Implementers Forum Won't Play Nice With Open Hardware · · Score: 1

    depends on the data usage. USB2 is fast enough to move bulk video for display (it's got a higher throughput than bluray). Not so much for editing, of course.

  25. Re:Halifax too! on Connecting To Unsecured Bluetooth Car Systems To Monitor Traffic Flow · · Score: 1

    me too. The trick is being sure that it stays anonymous, which if they're storing much beyond "there were N cars here at this time" gets difficult.