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  1. Re: Unconstitutinal on Rightscorp's New Plan: Hijack Browsers Until Infingers Pay Up · · Score: 1

    At least in Canada the reasoning is that the ticket is issued against the car and not the driver. That's why there are no points issued against the driver when a ticket is issued via a red light camera.

  2. Re:Delays... anything new? on Delays For SC Nuclear Plant Put Pressure On the Industry · · Score: 1

    "in 2002 two CANDU 6 reactors at Qinshan in China were completed on-schedule and on-budget, an achievement attributed to tight control over scope and schedule."

    From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  3. Re: And so it begins... on Babylon 5 May Finally Get a Big-Screen Debut · · Score: 3, Informative

    If you want to know about the technomages then read the books about them. There is a trilogy by Jeanne Cavelos. Most of the books in the series are pretty good and fill in the gaps that were left by the series.

  4. Re:Hyperbole much? on World's Largest Amphibious Aircraft Goes Into Production In China · · Score: 1

    I think the other stats, 8.9m length, are for the HO300.

  5. Re:Outstanding... on "Magic Helmet" For F-35 Ready For Delivery · · Score: 1

    That's what I thought when the UK announced their new aircraft carrier recently.

  6. Re:I'm curious on "Magic Helmet" For F-35 Ready For Delivery · · Score: 1

    The F-22 is the special fighter with all of the extras that the US is keeping for just itself while the F-35 is able to be exported to other countries.

  7. iTunes on Mac OS X Yosemite Beta Opens · · Score: 2

    Feels like I've already been doing beta testing since the last major release of iTunes has been released. It's been very buggy, especially where podcasts are concerned. They keep throwing more features in which seem to break basic functionality and slow the application down. It now takes over two seconds to delete a podcast episode since version 11.3 came out. And that's for every episode. If you want to delete three episodes it takes over six seconds. How do you write something that bloody slow? I fear updating to the new version in Yosemite for how bad it's going to be.

  8. Re:I don't see the problem. on Russian Government Edits Wikipedia On Flight MH17 · · Score: 2

    I agree with you that it should not be labelled as an act of terror but if it was a case of misidentifying the plane those responsible should still be charged with manslaughter (or whatever the equivalent is for a wartime crime is). And if it was done on purpose then those who pulled the trigger to those who made the order should be charged with murder.

  9. Re:NASA has become small indeed... on A Look At NASA's Orion Project · · Score: 3, Insightful

    But in the 1960's NASA was involved in a massive dick waving contest which made them take risks that management today would be scared of even contemplating yet alone taking. If there was the money available we could easily go to Mars within a decade. It would be risky but there would be people willing to take those risks.

  10. Re:A noble effort by NASA, but on A Look At NASA's Orion Project · · Score: 2

    Well of course it's got to be tied to a project enabled by government inertia and congressional pork. The only way politicians will let the money be spent is when there's tons of jobs spread out over many districts. And of course you know that in two years after the next set of elections the dynamics between the Congress, Senate, and the new President will have changed which will mean a completely new mission for NASA. Which in turn will mean everything that they have been working on will have to be scrapped and they will begin from point zero on their new priorities.

  11. Re:Who couldn't see this coming? on Massive Job Cuts Are Reportedly Coming For Microsoft Employees · · Score: 1

    Sure they may be making money but that's not what the market is looking for. The market wants pretty numbers in the profit growth and profit margin.

    I was at one company that got rid of a division that was pulling in $500 million in profit a year but the margin was only 6% so it was making the company look bad. Tech companies were supposed to have margins in the teens according to management.

  12. Re:I predict rocket engined powered by... on Scotland Could Become Home To Britain's First Spaceport · · Score: 1

    They'll probably deep fry the rocket first.

  13. Re:World Cup 2018 on Scotland Could Become Home To Britain's First Spaceport · · Score: 1

    They have separate teams because Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, and England all have their own FA. In order to have a single team from the UK then there would have to be a single FA for all of the UK. I doubt there is the will to create the one FA. Though it would be amazing to see Gareth Bale in the next World Cup.

  14. Re:Rather far north. on Scotland Could Become Home To Britain's First Spaceport · · Score: 1

    As is both sides aren't pulling tricks like this. It's the same in every political decision.

  15. Re:is just normal on The Pentagon's $399 Billion Plane To Nowhere · · Score: 1

    The big difference is that they didn't go into production before working out the major problems.

  16. Re:Google should talk with Tesla on Google, Detroit Split On Autonomous Cars · · Score: 2

    Vancouver's train for public transport is fully automated.

  17. Numbers on World's First Large-Scale Waste-to-Biofuels Facility Opens In Canada · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Would like to see the efficiency numbers for the process. They just say how much garbage goes in and how much they expect to get out but not how much energy it's going to take or how much pollution or garbage is going to be resulting from the operation.

    Also when it comes to the 60 and 90 percent diversion rates I think the article is talking about the residential waste stream. From the pictures that is where the garbage for the plant is coming from. I'd like to know if the plant is going to take anything from the commercial or industrial streams. Those diversion rates are usually much worse.

  18. Re:A remember in the early 90 when I lived in the on California Regulators Tell Ride-Shares No Airport Runs · · Score: 1

    They are looking to expand the train here and they won't put the airport on the main line. Maybe in the future they will decide to make an extension and passengers will have to switch. Everyone knows it's the taxi lobby that doesn't want the train even though it would be replacing the bus line that already goes there.

  19. Re:Get rid of NASA on Getting the Most Out of the Space Station (Before It's Too Late) · · Score: 1

    The problem of NASA is the politicians coming in and changing the direction of it's primary focus every couple of years. Plus they see it as a job stimulus project which would exist even if it was moved back into the military (for example, tanks that the military doesn't want).

  20. Re:Booking Photos Database on Chicago Robber Caught By Facial Recognition Sentenced To 22 Years · · Score: 1

    I knew where in the process when you were booked. I was questioning of the possibility about the rights of using the photos of people who weren't found guilty or even those who were found innocent.

  21. Booking Photos Database on Chicago Robber Caught By Facial Recognition Sentenced To 22 Years · · Score: 1

    What's the procedure about booking photos (and fingerprints taken at booking) in the US? Is it possible that your image could be on that database even if you were not convicted of a crime but just processed by the police even for something like being drunk one night and they brought you in to sober up?

  22. Re:meet the new Bus, same as the old bus on 'Pop-Up' Bus Service Learns Boston Riders' Rhythms, Creates Routes Accordingly · · Score: 1

    Most of the routes run around throughout a part of the city from one hub to another or back to the same one. For me to get to one part of my suburb to another I take one route to a hub and catch another local route. Each local route is usually a milk run that winds about in order to make sure that the distance to bus stops is met.

  23. Re:meet the new Bus, same as the old bus on 'Pop-Up' Bus Service Learns Boston Riders' Rhythms, Creates Routes Accordingly · · Score: 2

    In my city they have planned to routes and stops so that nobody has to walk more than a certain distance to a bus stop. Has nothing to do with demand for the service.

  24. Re:Why go to another gravity well? on NRC Human Spaceflight Report Says NASA Strategy Can't Get Humans To Mars · · Score: 2

    Don't worry if we wait long enough an asteroid or two will come to us. :)

  25. Re:Sorry... on NRC Human Spaceflight Report Says NASA Strategy Can't Get Humans To Mars · · Score: 1
    Of course the report is only about using the SLS as a launch vehicle. That's all NASA is allowed to look into by it's political masters. The SLS isn't being used because it is superior technology. It's used because it maximizes the number of jobs across a number of districts for the politicians.

    And NASA could actually reach a goal if it's goals weren't changed every couple of years by Congress or the President.