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  1. Re:How silly on World's Most Powerful Rail Gun Delivered to US Navy · · Score: 1

    >> I also heard something about some nuke carriers carrying bunker fuel to help keep the destroyers topped off but that seems a bit silly since there are already fleet oilers to perform that task.

    The oilers can't keep up with a nuke task group at top speed. Most of the destroyers have GE turbofan engines to drive the shaft so they won't be too far behind. http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/tech-028.htm

  2. Re:Talking in a movie? on Impress Your Friends While Watching "Untraceable" · · Score: 1

    >>I don't know what kind of dates this guy has, but I don't think any date I have had would want me to talk through a movie and nitpick on every little detail.

    A fix for the movie talker. http://mysite.verizon.net/res02dad/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/scott2.mpg

  3. Re:The size of the Hubble? on Defunct Spy Satellite Falling From Orbit · · Score: 1

    How do you think Lockheed knew how to build Hubble? ;-) Our old pal Perkin-Elmer built the optics. http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/19910003124_1991003124.pdf
  4. Re:Rumor had it... on How PALS Help Secure Nuclear Weapons · · Score: 1

    I was a lot less worried about pals being set to all zeros when I discovered the safe that held the Sealed Authentication System codes had a large hole covered up by a magnetic clip-board. The CMS http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/navy/docs/swos/ops/72-23.html guy somehow hozed the combo and didn't want to report it. Luckly it was only the outer safe that held the SIOP-ESI level material. The release codes where in a safe inside the first one that I had the combo to.

  5. Re:DC vs AC on The Last DC Power Grid Shut Down in NYC · · Score: 1

    Don't forget the effects of large solar storms on AC power transmission systems.
    http://personals.galaxyinternet.net/tunga/SSTA.pdf

  6. Re:I've done it since Win3.1 on Microsoft Windows 7 "Wishlist" Leaked · · Score: 1

    DEC
    Run by that great visionary Ken "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home" Olson.
    They did make some nice rackmount cabinets.

    Using DECFORMS to program Vt320 terminals with VAXC via a 9600 baud modem in Japan. "priceless"

  7. Re:You would need to shield the entire wiring harn on Stopping Cars With Microwave Radiation · · Score: 1

    Naw, just install some snap-on ferrite beads on the harness just before it connects into the box.

    http://www.ferrishield.com/html/ferrites/busbarferrites.html

  8. Giant Roach Teachers on Mythbusters to Test Cockroach Radiation Myth · · Score: 1

    Anyone remember the name of a PBS ecology show during the 70's that taught by giant roaches. It shows the destruction of humans because of pollution and the rise of the roach

  9. Re:Randi missed his target on James Randi Posts $1M Award On Speaker Cables · · Score: 1

    "
      In audio impedance mismatch might occur relative to two outputs (and their sinks), which could possibly affect an amp. As far as impedance mismatch between source and sink causing reflection in a cable then the relevant numbers would be 20KHz and 344m/s (speed of sound; since the electrical waveform mirrors the waveform in air, one simply being the other run through a transducer). This gives a wavelength of 17.2mm. One quarter of that would be 4.3mm ... about 1/6th of an inch.
    "

    What a fool!

  10. Re:Ahh, back in the day on A Brief History of Slashdot Part 1, Chips & Dips · · Score: 1

    Ha yes, the good old days...

    Nothing like the ascii picture of a A**hole to light up your day.

  11. Breaker 1 9 on Powerful Blast Confuses Astronomers · · Score: 1

    I had my CB amp cranked to 11 that day. Sorry bout that.

  12. Re:Bullshit. It's a ruse for the media. on Air Force Mistakenly Transports Live Nukes Across America · · Score: 1

    It's a message to the ruskies that we have nukes on our planes too, so stop the buzzing Norway crap.

  13. NSA works for TPC. on DOJ Still Looks To Have Suit Against Verizon Tossed · · Score: 1

    He found out the hard way. http://www.nsaspook.com/9166_0029.jpg

  14. Re:This is troubling on Zap2It Labs Discontinuing Free TV Guide Service · · Score: 1

    The men in the black suits are now knocking at your door.

  15. The bizarro world red button: Battle-Short switch on Big Red Button Disasters? · · Score: 1

    Flipping this baby means now the interlocks are disabled and will run until it melts through the floor.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bizarro

  16. Re:Just Like The M16 on U.S. Soldiers Hate New High-Tech Gear · · Score: 1

    Bingo. Give me a gun that don't jam, good boots and socks so my feet don't rot and endless supply of baby wipes so I don't get monkey-butt.

  17. Re:Doesn't Matter on Pendulum Swinging Toward Privacy · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you have a old SSN card like mine it says on the bottom

    FOR SOCIAL SECURITY AND TAX PURPOSES-NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION

    This is from about 1970ish.

  18. Re:PICmicro on What Micro-Controller Would You Use to Teach With? · · Score: 1

    How about #1 8bit microcontroller market share.

    http://ww1.microchip.com/downloads/en/devicedoc/39 746A.pdf

    I don't speak for microchip, just work there.

  19. Texas Fuel on The Replacement For the Battery? · · Score: 1

    Who needs caps or a fancy battery when you can just drop a pill in the tank.

    http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:BioPerforma nce_Fuel

    http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff179058.h tm

  20. The best by far. on 10th Annual Wacky Warning Labels Out · · Score: 2, Funny
  21. Re:Portland OR Metro area on Top U.S. Tech Cities · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Portland has more strip clubs per capita than any city in America.
    http://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2006/12/st rip_clubs_help.php

  22. Re:Do you really want a law breaker? on Scientist Organizes Resistance To Polygraphs · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Back in the day, you could lose it by getting the clap too many times.
    http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/usa/doctrine/dod/dod d-5210_42.htm/

  23. Re:Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on The Numbers Stations Analyzed, Discussed · · Score: 1

    INT WTF

  24. Re:Forgive and forget? on Former President Gerald Ford Dead at 93 · · Score: 1
  25. Re:Where to Move Servers on Shortage of Electricity Drives Data Center Talks · · Score: 1

    Well google building here. https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/op/d/thedalles.asp
    Now that the smelters are all shutdown there is a lot of excess power here. And it's cheap, clean and a damn nice place to live.
    http://utterlyboring.com/archives/2005/03/20/why_i s_google_building_in_the_dalles.php