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  1. Re:Not half of power, half of electricity on Half of Germany's Power Supplied By Solar, Briefly · · Score: 1

    Hydro sort-of does

    Hydroelectric does work and works well unfortunately a hydroelectric dam has other immediate environmental considerations when being constructed.

  2. Re:They hate our freedom on San Francisco Bans Parking Spot Auctioning App · · Score: 1

    They are not profiting from public parking in the way these people are. They are being contracted by the city to provide a wanted service just like the construction crews contracted to do road repairs.

    At no point did the city contract anyone to sit in a parking space on a crowded street and auction it off to highest bidder because the people cried out to the city officials that there were not enough douches on the road.

  3. Re:They hate our freedom on San Francisco Bans Parking Spot Auctioning App · · Score: 1

    The city (at least the one I live in) contracts that service, not only are you responsible for the tow fee you are also responsible for a fine should you leave your car parked to long it is tagged for fine after 72 hours (as an abandoned vehicle) and towed after an additional 48 hours. I'm not sure how long you have to get it out of the city impound but if you don't they eventually auction them off.

    Most of the vehicles towed and impounded here are just broke down and left on the side of the road.

  4. Re:They hate our freedom on San Francisco Bans Parking Spot Auctioning App · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I pay taxes that are used to build and maintain roads including public parking, why on earth would I allow a third party to make money off public parking if it's not re-invested into the road system (hopefully to address problems with parking).

  5. Re:Are customer able to evaulate that objectively? on The Bursting Social Media Advertising Bubble · · Score: 1

    I need something that has a poor selection or can't be found locally... Google would be the only place I have ever clicked on an add and bought an item... I was also specifically searching for it though.

  6. Re:"The Internet" on Steve Wozniak Endorses Lessig's Mayday Super PAC · · Score: 1

    Many candidates would end up doing time in the trenches of local and state government, I'm not so sure you can say everyone would be inexperienced if there was a limited term for congress.

  7. Re:2 trillion tons on Continuous System For Converting Waste Plastics Into Crude Oil · · Score: 1

    In 2012, the United States alone produced roughly 32 million tons of plastic waste

    Operating continuously, the plant can convert up to 10 tons of plastic per day into 60 barrels of oil, with zero toxic emissions.

    So just one years worth of the US's plastic waist could be turned in 192 million barrels unfortunately they can't handle that kind of volume.

    The roughly 21k barrel produced by a facility like this in a year would make a very tiny dent in in the 6.89 billion barrels a year we use http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/...

  8. Re: zuckerberg on Yahoo's Diversity Record Is Almost As Bad As Google's · · Score: 1

    When ever I go to facebook, I have this feeling that it's actually run by stay at home moms in their 20s... maybe that's why he's so tight lipped.

  9. Re:Overreach much? on US Agency Aims To Regulate Map Aids In Vehicles · · Score: 1

    That way if you are in an accident you don't have to pay for it to be repacked/replaced if not needed? I have no idea I didn't design the car.

  10. Re:Overreach much? on US Agency Aims To Regulate Map Aids In Vehicles · · Score: 1

    My 2006 buick detects if someone is not wearing a seatbelt and turns off the passenger side airbag if no one is in the passenger seat {it didn't come with GPS}. If the GPS is built into the car I see no reason why it couldn't do the same.

    You need bricks to put in the car for traction? No, to trick the car into thinking there is someone in the passenger seat so the GPS works when it's not in park.

  11. Re:We want driverless cars TODAY! on US Agency Aims To Regulate Map Aids In Vehicles · · Score: 3, Informative

    We've had electric cars since the late 1800s they were even more popular than gas until cost outweighs the benefit.

  12. Re:Short black with one on How To Make Espresso In Space · · Score: 1

    I'm kind of a coffee enthusiast even tried chocolate and java been chip cookies... they were good but I couldn't eat more than one without bouncing off the walls.

  13. Re:Short black with one on How To Make Espresso In Space · · Score: 1

    I don't like cold brewed... I brew at 200f (93c) and pour directly over ice if I want cold coffee.

  14. Re: while we're bitching about cable companies.. on Cable Companies Duped Community Groups Into Fighting Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    That's doubtful... it would be likely to drive niche viewers away to cheaper streaming services.

    Non-reality reality shows, fake sports, 3 point shots, and I'm already completely disillusioned.

     

  15. Re:I get enough flying priuses already. on Toyota Investigating Hovercars · · Score: 1

    They were both at the same intersection where the speed limit is 20 mph of course they were speeding. The first accident totaled the car and left her bruised and sore for a few weeks. The second accident she was able to drive away from with only a ding on the fender but she was driving my buick century from the early 80s. I recently bought her buick because she was so impressed by how the old one handled that accident.

  16. Re:Competition Sucks on Uber Demonstrations Snarl Traffic In London, Madrid, Berlin · · Score: 1

    Not safer but most personal auto insurance plans won't cover you in the event you are in an accident while driving commercially. My state doesn't require a special license if the vehicle holds less than 16 passengers, but you do need auto insurance that will cover commercial, a tax ID, and you have to pay taxes.

  17. Re:I get enough flying priuses already. on Toyota Investigating Hovercars · · Score: 2

    And WTF is up with idiots that slow down 10 - 20 MPH at every green light?

    That's my wife, she has been hit by people running red lights while texting twice. I saw it happen to someone else Monday.

    The city could make a boat load of money if they had cameras at the traffic lights catching the people running the red lights.

  18. Re:I get enough flying priuses already. on Toyota Investigating Hovercars · · Score: 1

    I doubt that, there would be no friction with the ground meaning it would corner and stop poorly, bridges and other areas with wind gusts would be huge problem. Hover crafts have been around for a while they are notoriously difficult to control.

  19. Re:Cartels on Kim Dotcom Offers $5 Million Bounty To Defeat Extradition · · Score: 1

    No I imagine that getting a movie into a theater is probably harder than getting your music onto a commercial radio station. Most commercial radio stations don't play music from bands that are not signed to a label unless they are promoting a local show {ie. you payed them for advertising}

    The idea that the internet has a made it possible for an artist to make it in music without a label is a farce. My brother plays in a successful local band and I listen to a lot of unsigned bands that have spent the money to record their own music. If you search through various music sites you'll find there is what appears to be an unending supply of bands that range from terrible to amazing that just aren't signed to label and are not making money {not enough to quit their day jobs}.

    As far as Kim Dotcom I find it disturbing that he is not aloud to see the evidence against him in order to mount a defense.

  20. Re:Saves NYers nothing on How Open Government Data Saved New Yorkers Thousands On Parking Tickets · · Score: 1

    Depends on how many charges and how hard they fight, my home stereo was stolen while I was away for a weekend and it sat in evidence for almost a year ... of course I bought a new one before it was released.

  21. Re:Saves NYers nothing on How Open Government Data Saved New Yorkers Thousands On Parking Tickets · · Score: 1

    How about stolen items confiscated from the criminal should go back to the victim and not sit in an evidence locker for a year...

  22. Re:Disagree. on 3D Printed Gun Maker Cody Wilson Defends Open Source Freedom · · Score: 4, Informative

    All the second amendment gets your country is the highest per-capita gun violence rate in the western world. It hasn't gotten you anything else.

    That may very well be true but you have to step back and look at the entire picture. It doesn't even make the top 10 {15 if you look at the pdf} leading causes of death and is ranked below Influenza and Pneumonia things we rarely even think twice about.

    http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastat...

  23. Re:OK, Whatever... on Security Researchers Threatened With US Cybercrime Laws · · Score: 1

    If you want to research how a deadbolt fails buy one test it and send the results to the manufacture. If you break into the manufactures warehouse to test the deadbolts or someone's house you are going jail.

    Yes, either you are invited as a consultant or you do your research in a controlled environment but not on someone else equipment without permission.

  24. I saw that and thought I just saw that shirt the other day but it wasn't his.

    http://www.thinkgeek.com/produ...

  25. Re:Nice try cloud guys on The Energy Saved By Ditching DVDs Could Power 200,000 Homes · · Score: 1

    I asked because of the use of the word agnostic..

    http://www.merriam-webster.com...
    http://thesaurus.com/browse/ag...