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  1. Ahh, but methane is a MUCH more potent greenhouse gas than CO2.

    The (much) bigger radiative forcing of methane is already accounted for in the 3.5 times influence of CO2

  2. Exactly. No ordinary battery would power a radio actively listening for a command for years, and still run a shredder after that.

    I call the "a few years ago I secretly built a shredder into a painting" bullshit.

  3. If Earth were a larger planet then the L2 point would be darker with no direct sunlight.

    Is it? If Earth were a larger planet then the L2 point would be farther, assuming similar Earth density.

  4. Re:It isn't his decision on Nope, No Intel Chip Recall After Spectre and Meltdown, CEO Says (cnet.com) · · Score: 2

    Currently, we have only verified Meltdown on Intel processors. At the moment, it is unclear whether ARM and AMD processors are also affected by Meltdown.

    Here, FTFY.

  5. Re:Is the production of new vehicles accounted for on France Set To Ban Sale of Petrol and Diesel Vehicles By 2040 (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    ... in 2039, and you buy one, you'll still be able to drive it 500,000 in France.

    Only if you find gas stations. Because most of them would close in just a couple of years.

  6. Re:Metadata on Wired Profiles John Brooks, the Programmer Behind Ricochet · · Score: 3, Informative

    A possible solution, only practical for small messages, would be a merge of a public message board with encryption. You would be able to decrypt only the messages sent to you, among the hundreds that you would have to download - just to verify which ones you can decrypt.
    In such environment there is no open metadata identifying "To" and "From." You encrypt the message to "To" and it is added to a group of messages.

    Of course there must be methods to limit the groups sizes, and to allow you to find which group to access. Both doesn't seems to be that difficult.

  7. Re:UXGA - 10 years ago on Rise of the Super-High-Res Notebook Display · · Score: 1

    Thank you for the hint. I haven't noticed it, perhaps because brazillian Dell is not actively marketing the Precision line. But it is possible to order it nevertheless.

  8. Re:UXGA - 10 years ago on Rise of the Super-High-Res Notebook Display · · Score: 1

    I still work on my five+ years old dell D830 for this exact reason. Just couldn't find a new notebook with similar or better screen. Still waiting. Too bad the the new screens are being fitted only in the new minimalist trendy shapes, too fragile and light, without a big HD and upgreadable memory.

  9. This last year I saw the ads getting localized. They are now mainly in our native language, instead of English, and quite related to the things I do.

    I click more than ever in the slashdots ads now. This year I should have clicked in... hum, almosts a dozen. Compared to zero in the previous years, it's a big (relative) improvement.

  10. Re:Resolution on Dell Designing Developer Oriented Laptop · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure Dell sells laptops that do 1920x1200 as well, it may not be as a standard feature like Apple, but definitely available as an option.

    Currently you are pretty wrong, then. I still have a D830 with 1920x1200 in a 15.4" LCD, and it is awesome. I am not replacing it until something equivalent becomes available.

    Now the best you can find is a too-wide-for-plane (15.6") 1920x1080. This resolution would still be fine, though, if in a little smaller screen.

  11. Re:Same ratio as /. on Third of Content On Popular BT Portals Are Fake · · Score: 1

    So now the logical fakers strategy would be commenting negatively real torrents.