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  1. Re:I would be very concerned on Electronics In Flight — Danger Or Distraction? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I'm not saying it was EMI, just that it is possible and offered up as one theory. I'm not aware of any other crash where it was even suggested.

  2. Re:I would be very concerned on Electronics In Flight — Danger Or Distraction? · · Score: 1

    Mod parent up! I wish the airlines would tell us the same thing... perhaps they know that no one gives a shit about anyone but themselves?

  3. Re:I would be very concerned on Electronics In Flight — Danger Or Distraction? · · Score: 1

    Well, I'll echo it, as someone who's never tried to bring a screaming baby on an airplane.

  4. Re:I would be very concerned on Electronics In Flight — Danger Or Distraction? · · Score: 1

    Awesome for you. Moronic, but awesome nonetheless.

  5. Re:I would be very concerned on Electronics In Flight — Danger Or Distraction? · · Score: 1

    Why not just tap the back of your hand on the car first? That's what I do to doorknobs and such in the winter.

  6. Re:I would be very concerned on Electronics In Flight — Danger Or Distraction? · · Score: 1

    No, it's not. It's likely to keep someone from getting hit in the face with a cell phone moving at 100mph in a sudden deceleration.

  7. Re:I would be very concerned on Electronics In Flight — Danger Or Distraction? · · Score: 1

    Are you sure you're correct? There have been instances of pressurization issues that involved holes several inches across and they weren't a big deal in flight.

  8. Re:I would be very concerned on Electronics In Flight — Danger Or Distraction? · · Score: 1

    So far the only one I know of where it's even been thought of as a possibility is Turkish 1951, although I haven't been following that one lately, so it could be that they've ruled that out by now.

  9. Re:I would be very concerned on Electronics In Flight — Danger Or Distraction? · · Score: 1

    One should be listening to the crew at that phase of flight and be paying attention to what's going on. Seconds can matter. Granted, the likelihood of something happening is minuscule, but why mess around?

  10. Re:I would be very concerned on Electronics In Flight — Danger Or Distraction? · · Score: 1

    My father installed seat belts in a car for this very reason before they were required. He had to make some sort of sharp turn and did not stay in place.

  11. Re:Rapists. on Scientists Find Tears Are the Anti-Viagra · · Score: 1

    Do you really not know what that means? It means that rape has little to do with sex and more with the desire to dominate, violate, and humiliate.

    Sex in a relationship is not the same as sex as part of a rape.

  12. Re:The real problem with TSA and US govt... on A Nude Awakening — the TSA and Privacy · · Score: 1

    I wonder whether "Christmas Tree Lighting" was a slip or an attempt at humor, because I found it really amusing.

  13. Re:Great on Google Loses Street View Suit, Forced To Pay $1 · · Score: 1

    How do you figure?

  14. Re:He will have a hard time geting a job now on Student Googles Himself, Finds He's Accused of Murder · · Score: 1

    Someone at my university wrote something and included Soundex searches. It is really dead on for finding the right spelling of the name with a misspelled name.

  15. Re:Go for it on US May Disable All Car Phones, Says Trans. Secretary · · Score: 1

    You ever had a cell phone work an emergency? I haven't. They're toys.

  16. Re:End users hate the registry? on Should Being Competitive With Windows Matter For Linux? · · Score: 1

    I am really confused as to how that's even possible, unless you have a ton of RAM and the usage has been increasing without bothering you.

  17. Re:End users hate the registry? on Should Being Competitive With Windows Matter For Linux? · · Score: 1

    They don't hate the registry because they don't know to hate it. They hate that Windows gets slow after being installed for 6 months, and that is because of the registry.

  18. Re:Eheh on Google Sues US Gov't For Only Considering Microsoft · · Score: 1

    This post MIGHT have made sense, if it weren't for the fact that this very article is about Google not getting what it wants and having to sue the government to get it.

  19. Re:LOL on Thief Returns Stolen Laptop Contents On USB Stick · · Score: 1

    No, they don't. They exist to protect employees from their management. No union on earth can really protect an incompetent employee, unless their management is even more incompetent (which appears to be the case most of the time). Unions are the primary target because the side with the money wants it that way... and you fell for it.

  20. Re:LOL on Thief Returns Stolen Laptop Contents On USB Stick · · Score: 1

    The union bashing is incredibly relevant to this conversation -- congratulations for being the one who picked up on it.

    Now, as far as a non-idiotic comment goes, I'm sure you'll find people in ALL walks of life who do not back up their data like they should, IT people included.

  21. Re:Backup? Shoulda dropbox'd it on Thief Returns Stolen Laptop Contents On USB Stick · · Score: 1

    You must have not that much work or that stack of papers on top of your wife's computer would get pretty inconvenient after awhile.

  22. Re:Honor Amongst Thieves on Thief Returns Stolen Laptop Contents On USB Stick · · Score: 1

    I got fooled once by the hubcaps on a Toyota I used to have -- there are fake lugnuts as part of the hubcap. The real ones are completely underneath.

  23. Re:I'm a Phoenix (yay) on What If We Ran Universities Like Wikipedia? · · Score: 1

    You must be new here.

  24. Re:I'm not so sure. on What If We Ran Universities Like Wikipedia? · · Score: 1

    I also went to Rutgers, and nearly all of the faculty I encountered were outstanding. I think the breakdown of those that had full time jobs elsewhere was like 30/70, and I still had a lot of excellent teachers. Maybe it's different in engineering, but a professional is not always the best teacher.

  25. Re:Degrees on What If We Ran Universities Like Wikipedia? · · Score: 1

    Funny, we put so much faith in accreditation we don't even realize how bad it is. To the real world (for most degree programs, the top 1% ignored) they teach you how to operate their oldest equipment, with out of date methodlogies using theories that were sound 5+ years ago.

    It'd give those of us with 10+ years of experience (and no paper) a way to teach.

    I cannot reiterate my belief that the current education system overemphasises repetition while often overlooking, or outright ignoring, critical thinking and self directed research.

    Or to put it another way: The best CS class I ever received was from a Borland Developer who had just gotten laid off, the best math class, an architect who got credentialed to supplement his pay in a bad economy, and the best History class a former District Attorney of the state of Indiana.

    Teachers who go to school learning from teachers learn how to teach teachers, not professionals.

    This really isn't true. Just because you're good at something doesn't mean you're good at teaching it. My HS actually tried this originally and ended up realizing that it just doesn't work that way. Teachers learn how to teach -- it doesn't make much difference who they are teaching, they are there to facilitate learning.