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  1. Re:laptops are a commodity on Ask Slashdot: Linux Distro For Hybrid Laptop? · · Score: 1

    >>$800-$1200 price point are cheap garbage

    Yep, motre or less.
    But there's a trick : buy a used buisness laptop, 2 years old. Will cost 200 Euros, and will last 5 years more, inclusive battery
    Lenovo or lifebooks are a good place to start.

  2. Re:Or just put linux on it on Ask Slashdot: Linux Distro For Hybrid Laptop? · · Score: 1

    you can also install a good linux distri, and have a windows VM for occasionnal use, when vwndors give you that shitty config utility that is win. only.
    After 2-3 years, you can usually delete the windows VM, and free afew GB of HDD.

  3. Re:What's the new hole? on Writer: How My Mom Got Hacked · · Score: 1

    >> Do these and you eliminate 90% of infections
    or, alternatively, just use linux, and adblockplus.

  4. Re:Keep Windows, VM Linux on Ask Slashdot: Linux Distro For Hybrid Laptop? · · Score: 1

    People don't care about windows. People love linux.
    Heck, even microsoft loves Linux.

  5. Re:yea but on Reaction To the Sony Hack Is 'Beyond the Realm of Stupid' · · Score: 1

    Bullshit.

  6. Re:I don't think it's 1% on Satellite Captures Glowing Plants From Space · · Score: 1

    it's simple : Direct sunlight is 1000W/m.
    Let's say a tree is 1m direct to sun. In nighttime, it would emit 10w over it's surface. That's not realistic.

  7. Re:yea but on Reaction To the Sony Hack Is 'Beyond the Realm of Stupid' · · Score: 1

    >>This is an attack by a foreign power. Laws regarding war apply.

    What are you talking about ?
    Who attacked ?
    Sony left their servers with no security patches, open for anyone since years.
    They simply don't have "computer suecurity" on their list. They're irresponsible.
    You can blame canada lla you want... err, no that was North Korea.

  8. Re:yea but on Reaction To the Sony Hack Is 'Beyond the Realm of Stupid' · · Score: 1

    >> The OP has it wrong. The theaters would be liable.

    Only in the USA. We don't care.

  9. Throw it away. on Ask Slashdot: What Can I Really Do With a Smart Watch? · · Score: 1

    >> What Can I Really Do With a Smart Watch?

    Throw it away.

  10. I don't think it's 1% on Satellite Captures Glowing Plants From Space · · Score: 1

    Hi
    I seriously doubt 1% of light is reemitted. A tree would give more light than a torch.

  11. The best software to revive old Hardware ? Linux.

  12. Re:You're Doing It Wrong on The Case For Flipping Your Monitor From Landscape to Portrait · · Score: 1

    >>There's a great invention for separating the content of a browser or other program.... it's called a WINDOW.
    Forget that, now it's time for Windows >7 without any window.

  13. You're Holding It Wrong on The Case For Flipping Your Monitor From Landscape to Portrait · · Score: 1

    You're Holding It Wrong ...

  14. Re:This really is a man's world... on Bellard Creates New Image Format To Replace JPEG · · Score: 1

    >> it still flies to use a Playboy centerfold cropout as a standard test image in serious work :)
    It encodes Beauty. It has to, An image format for the web must be able to handle nudity :)

      >>And yes, the new format looks great.
    Yep, the picture looks great :)

  15. Re:car on Here's What Your Car Could Look Like In 2030 · · Score: 1

    Here's What Your Car Could Look Like In 2030 :

    http://www.extravaganzi.com/wp...

  16. Re:What do you mean "may be"? on Russia May Be Planning National Space Station To Replace ISS · · Score: 1

    >> the US portion is capable of running on it's own today.
    Aha. and how do you send people to it ?

  17. Re:I'm quite surprised it wasn't on What Would Have Happened If Philae Were Nuclear Powered? · · Score: 1

    >> Furthermore, an aborted launch would end up exploded on the launch pad, or in the ocean.

    or burning on reentry...

  18. Re:I'm quite surprised it wasn't on What Would Have Happened If Philae Were Nuclear Powered? · · Score: 1

    >> If an out-of-control rocket falls on my head
    Perhaps, but, statistically, a failing rocket will not fall on your head, but nearby. Then you care if your land is only burned or irradiated

  19. Re:I'm quite surprised it wasn't on What Would Have Happened If Philae Were Nuclear Powered? · · Score: 1

    it just weights 4 times as much, and it's extremely dangerous.

  20. Re:Nuclear Power has Dangers on What Would Have Happened If Philae Were Nuclear Powered? · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    >> The biggest impact of a dirty bomb in a city would be psychological.

    Yeah, like around fukushima : they all developped psychological cancer, you know...

  21. Re:I'm quite surprised it wasn't on What Would Have Happened If Philae Were Nuclear Powered? · · Score: 1

    >> I had the mistaken belief that all space probes / landers were nuke-powered.
    No.
    On a lander, you need short term peak power >> batteries
    On a probe, you need long term avwerage power >> batteries + solar _or_ batteries + RTG

  22. Re:why no rtg on Philae's Batteries Have Drained; Comet Lander Sleeps · · Score: 1

    >> I'm curious why they went with solar power

    they went with battery power, solar was a bonus.

  23. Re:why no rtg on Philae's Batteries Have Drained; Comet Lander Sleeps · · Score: 1

    >>in 10,000 years ... the parts that are still shiny
    yeah, except when irradiated. Then they deform. crack, leak, and just turn to (very toxic) dust.

  24. Re:HUGE Fiasco sold as a triumph on Philae's Batteries Have Drained; Comet Lander Sleeps · · Score: 1

    it didn't fail. it ended it's mission sucessfully.

  25. Re:A gun and... on Ask Slashdot: Programming Education Resources For a Year Offline? · · Score: 1

    travelling and passing borders with a gun ? really really really really not a good idea.