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  1. Re:Honestly... on Red Light Cameras Raise Crash Risk, Cost · · Score: 1

    Or color-slide the bottom green gradually to yellow over 5 seconds or so, then add the middle yellow (optionally flashing rapidly), finally switch to top red. Add red+speed camera to discourage gunners and collect evidence for the few remaining t-boners.

  2. Re:Simple way to improve intersection safety on Red Light Cameras Raise Crash Risk, Cost · · Score: 1

    Are you 100% sure you'll never do them homely clockwise ?

  3. Re:Great, but... on 100km/h Sailboat Sets Speed Record · · Score: 2

    Thanks, information bearing pedant !

    Though I hoped someone would have catched the references to Vangelis' Albedo 0.39 and Pink Floyd's Another brick in the wall.

  4. Stabilized windsurfer ? on 100km/h Sailboat Sets Speed Record · · Score: 1

    I wonder whether it would be possible to design an autonomous, computer-stabilized wind/kitesurfer. Free of human limitations this could go faster still.

  5. Re:Great, but... on 100km/h Sailboat Sets Speed Record · · Score: 2

    That's how many acres per chain and per sidereal year, pretty please ?

  6. Re:Germany on Vendors Sue Dutch Government Over Media Levies · · Score: 1

    Not to mention that Germans tend to ship with the quite cheap and reliable DPD or GLS whereas the Dutch ship through the more expensive PostNL and their scumbag affiliates that do the final delivery.

  7. Re:Majority may not even have "souls" on Cockatoo Manufactures, Uses Tools · · Score: 1

    You have interesting ideas and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

  8. Re:Tools reclassified again? on Cockatoo Manufactures, Uses Tools · · Score: 1

    "Combining {whole} from {parts}" is an acceptable language construct.

  9. Re:Translation: on Tesla Motors Sued By Car Dealers · · Score: 1

    It's not simply because you WORK and take risks that you add much real value. Not saying you aren't, but a plain storeowner isn't likely to do so anymore these days. Sorry if this sounds harsh.

  10. Re:Apple sells techno-fashion. on Samsung's Galaxy S III Steals Smartphone Crown From iPhone · · Score: 1

    There's absolutely nothing wrong with the latest versions of Sense like on the One X for instance. It's lite, quick enough and looks nice. You can always install another launcher if you're bothered for some weird reason.

    HTC is just suffering from too little marketing.

  11. US ? That's nothing. on Boeing 787 Makes US Debut · · Score: 4, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, Boeing 787 Makes YOU Debut !

  12. No. on Slashdot Asks: Are You Preparing For Hurricane Sandy? · · Score: 1

    There's a f*cking ocean between the question in the headline and me, so no.

  13. Re:bad designs on HTC Losing Ground Faster Than RIM or Nokia · · Score: 1

    Htc one x could of been a contender to the galaxy s3 if they didn't go full retard on design and put a non removable battery and no expandable memory on their flagship phone.

    I don't care for either, but opted for the better screen, camera and a thinner but way stronger case at a lower price. HTC is simply outmarketeered.

  14. Re:What is sad here on Mother Found Guilty After Protesting TSA Pat-down of Daughter · · Score: 1

    -1, Yuck

  15. Re:Comments from a Laser Jock on DIY Laser Cutter Raises Capital, Concerns · · Score: 2

    ...but just about everything is shiny at 10 microns, thus that needs to be watched

    Or rather not.

  16. Re:Retina Displays? on Samsung Terminates LCD Contract With Apple · · Score: 1

    I'd go for a Fovea Display instead.

  17. Re:"Bad news" on Raspberry Pi Gets 512MB Filling · · Score: 1

    But then again if my ZX81 still worked, I'd be playing with that...

    Mine still does, but I'm bored with it since I've tried out all 256**1024 possible programs.

  18. Re:Not rude on Why Are We So Rude Online? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They don't want to trick or guild-trip you, they want to see themselves being polite and convincing.

    So the small talk is addressed to themselves, not you.

    Knowing this will not soften your hate. Sorry !

  19. Re:evil samsung on Galaxy Tab Sales Ban Lifted, Samsung Sues Apple Over iPhone 5 · · Score: 1

    Oh, I thought she was German. My mistake, that would have been Judge Kuh.

  20. Re:"we have guns" . . . on Ask Slashdot: Best Incentives For IT Workers? · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure the ample income from energy resources is what allows Norway to afford its welfare state. I do agree that in this context its social policies are way better than that of other countries with a similar endowment, though.

    But keeping a large and well off middle class without such a windfall requires that they be productive. Not to be insulting, but Norway used to be a stiffled backwater not that long ago, and to be honest still is below the surface if you think away said windfall.

    My concern is that misguided policies waste valuable potential. Bureaucrats shifting paper and creating hoops for others to jump through do not create value. A large part of the population standing on the sidelines doesn't either.

  21. Re:"we have guns" . . . on Ask Slashdot: Best Incentives For IT Workers? · · Score: 2

    You couldn't be more wrong. Anyway, since you have godwinned this branch by trying to associate me with a gruesome part of history, I refrain from discussing further with you.

  22. Re:"we have guns" . . . on Ask Slashdot: Best Incentives For IT Workers? · · Score: 2

    The reason why there is less buying power is that an ever bigger part of the economy is wasted. One team filling the virtual pits another team is digging while a third team is watching consumes resources but does not create value.

    The problem is not the level of income of the diggers/fillers.

  23. Re:"we have guns" . . . on Ask Slashdot: Best Incentives For IT Workers? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Quite bizarrely I see the same results in my west European country that used to be rich but is becoming less so every day. You blame it on raw capitalism, but here the ever increasingly socialist policies are sucking a part of the middle class (the part that is still working in a productive sector) bone dry to the benefit of lazy bureaucrats and entitlements for public teat suckers.

    It seems that in both environments disrespect for those who actually create value is the reason for the downturn.

  24. Re:Gimme, gimme on Another Call For Abolishing Patents, This One From the St. Louis Fed · · Score: 1

    I think a typo has entered early on, and we should read inventor/invention as investor/'investion'.

  25. Re:pharma? on Another Call For Abolishing Patents, This One From the St. Louis Fed · · Score: 1

    Indeed.