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  1. Re:Good article on American Lung Association Pushes For Ban On Electronic Cigarettes · · Score: 0

    The FDA is studying the issue. The ALA is pushing for a moratorium on sales until the FDA makes its determination.

  2. Re:Good article on American Lung Association Pushes For Ban On Electronic Cigarettes · · Score: 1

    If you had read the article, instead of blindly citing it, you might have realized that the author of that article had an agenda to push.

  3. Re:Good article on American Lung Association Pushes For Ban On Electronic Cigarettes · · Score: 1

    They want the FDA to do the study.

    We agree with the initial FDA determination that these products should be regulated as drugdelivery devices and as such, should not be sold until the FDA has determined their safety and efficacy. The Lung Association has called for the removal of all ecigarettes from the marketplace until they have been determined to be safe.

    source

  4. Re:Tweets for twits and infortainment morons... on Twitter Grows Up, Adds "Promoted Tweets" · · Score: 1

    Who's the Kwisatz Haderach? Glenn Beck?

  5. Re:To little due to distraction by iPad on New MacBook Pros Launched · · Score: 1

    How about a machine without a battery? - most laptops are used at a power outlet anyhow...

    ROTFL.

  6. Re:Still Overpriced? on New MacBook Pros Launched · · Score: 1

    Fujitsu only claims 3 hours and 30 minutes.

    Paying lage premia for weight and power savings is what buying a laptop is all about.
    One thing that I would like to see on portable specs is operating noise. A noisy laptop is obnoxious.

  7. Re:Depends on the location on Red-Light Camera Ticket Revenue and Short Yellows · · Score: 1

    Here's a timing algorithm used in virginia source

    yellow change interval = t + V/(2a +/- 64.4g)
    where:
    - yellow change interval = the length of the yellow phase and is expressed in seconds. -
    - t = the perception reaction time expressed in seconds. This is 1 second unless the engineer responsible
    determines that the situation warrants increasing it to 1.5 seconds.
    - V = the posted speed expressed in feet/second.
    - a = the deceleration rate expressed in feet/second2. This should be 10 ft/sec2 under typical conditions. Engineers
    may decrease this to 8 or 9 feet/second2 if conditions warrant such as heavy truck traffic or increase to 11 or 12
    feet/second2 if warranted.
    - g= the grade of approach (percent/100); use + for a positive grade and – for a negative grade
    - minimum yellow time should be 3 seconds and the maximum should be 6 seconds.
    all red interval = (w+l)/V
    where:
    - all red interval = the length of the all red phase expressed in seconds, and follows the yellow change interval.
    - w = width of intersection, curb to curb expressed in feet.
    - l = vehicle length, taken as 20 feet.
    - V = posted speed in feet/second. - minimum all red interval should be 1 second and the maximum should be 3 seconds. Longer all reds can be used at the engineer’s discretion where extreme conditions warrant.

  8. Re:Depends on the location on Red-Light Camera Ticket Revenue and Short Yellows · · Score: 1

    Virginia. It's illegal in DC, as well

    Yellow light or arrow: A yellow light or arrow are cautions warning that the light is about to change. If you have not entered the intersection, stop. If you are already in the intersection, go through it. Do not speed up to beat the light.

    The programming of red light cameras and traffic lights needs to reflect local laws and customs.

  9. Re:Depends on the location on Red-Light Camera Ticket Revenue and Short Yellows · · Score: 1

    The rule is "stop if you can", not "stop if you want to". Otherwise, you'll get a a ticket for running the yellow.

  10. Re:Depends on the location on Red-Light Camera Ticket Revenue and Short Yellows · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You should get your brakes checked.

  11. Re:your first sentence is technically flawed on Ubuntu on a Dime · · Score: 1

    The Sun-1 also cost 13995. source.

  12. Re:Hogwash on Explaining Oracle's Sun Takeover — "For the Hardware" · · Score: 2, Informative
  13. Re:Oblig XKCD on All the Best Games May Be NP-Hard · · Score: 1

    My favorite Tetris derivative is Falling Up. In the words of the author, "The board will spin, flip, and dance".

  14. Re:flying images on mac on IE9 Throws Down the Hardware Acceleration Gauntlet · · Score: 1

    Quite. The 9400m struggles to run games at 1050*1650. I can only guess how it handles a 1920*1080 screen.

  15. Re:Hey everyone, this is Microsoft! on IE9 Throws Down the Hardware Acceleration Gauntlet · · Score: 1

    Wow, Red Mountain Elementary must upgrade its computer equipment every year.

  16. Re:flying images on mac on IE9 Throws Down the Hardware Acceleration Gauntlet · · Score: 1

    On my iMac, (again with a puny 9400M) it depends greatly on the size of the browser window.

  17. Re:throw hardware at the problem on IE9 Throws Down the Hardware Acceleration Gauntlet · · Score: 1

    Well, if you have 4GB, and run a single system image, you might want the OS to use all of it. But if you run several guest operating systems, you don't want those OS/s being designed by someone who thinks "1GB is for losers". And if the main reason you have multiple gigabytes of memory is to analyze large datasets, the OS needs to respect that.

  18. Re:Thank God! on IE9 Throws Down the Hardware Acceleration Gauntlet · · Score: 1

    as under the hopeful illusion they were depreciating GDI entirely...

    The word is "deprecate". I think you need to spend more time with your compiler, and less time with your spreadsheet.

  19. Re:Hey everyone, this is Microsoft! on IE9 Throws Down the Hardware Acceleration Gauntlet · · Score: 1

    As long as it works on a Core i3, no problem.

  20. Re:Hey everyone, this is Microsoft! on IE9 Throws Down the Hardware Acceleration Gauntlet · · Score: 1

    OS X used to run on only 128 (per system requirements) and now it requires 1 gigabyte.

    I've used OSX from the beginning. My iBook (G3) was quite a bit snappier with 384 Megabytes than it was with 256 Megabytes. However, my PowerMac G4 was quite content with 768 MB until 10.5; at which point, I put in another half a gig, which made it somewhat more usable.

  21. Re:HAMs on Obama Unveils New Nuclear Doctrine · · Score: 1

    Catrina did a great number on the US

    There's a meaningful difference between Catrina and Katrina.

  22. Re:Blah blah blah Western hypocrisy on A Year's Further Research On an Espionage Network · · Score: 1

    That is one thing about the Chinese government, they don't tend to be subtle.

    Not necessarily Perhaps you're transposing the awkward and unsubtle dialect of Chinglish to other aspects of Chinese culture.

  23. Re:Sounds good. on Boy Left Stranded In Tree Because of Health and Safety Policy · · Score: 1

    No, it's just been replaced by "policy."

  24. Re:Forgot who said this on Cold War Warrantless Wiretapping · · Score: 1

    Ironically, Biden was right, though at the cost of destroying his argument... The Vice President is mentioned in both Article I (as President if the Senate) and Article II (as the runner up in a Presidential election),. The Amendments draw the VP closer to the President, but what gave Cheney his authority was a delegation of power from the Executive ( which was bound by certain disclosure rules.) By arguing that the VP was a legislative officer, or worse, an officer insulated from both legislative and executive oversight, Cheney evaded such disclosure rules.

    This sort of an argument belongs in the same category at Guantanomo's prison camps (not subject to either the courts of Cuba or the courts of the United States) and the ongoing conspiracy to torture (torture is ill defined, and therefore we have the opportunity to redefine torture so that it excludes our harsh interrogation policies).

  25. Re:Forgot who said this on Cold War Warrantless Wiretapping · · Score: 1

    Is "Joe Biden" a secret code for one of your talking points, or do you specific evidence that points to Biden taking a anti-civil liberties position? I mean, if you can prove that he's "Dick Cheney" in another body, I'm all ears.