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  1. Re:RTFA on Tablet Prototype Needs No External Power Supply · · Score: 1

    Even suns needed an external power source, it was big and it went bang a long time ago.

  2. Re:Rocket-powered? on Aerial Drone To Hunt For Life On Mars · · Score: 1

    You know what, that description isn't close to correct either, I am suffering caffeine withdrawal. But it is a lot better than "vacuum".

  3. Re:Rocket-powered? on Aerial Drone To Hunt For Life On Mars · · Score: 1, Informative

    What? I can't tell if you are trolling or on crack. "Vacuum" inside a ballon? really?

    For all intents and purposes, given the same temperature and pressure any volume of gas has approximately the same molar density.

    Hydrogen and Helium balloons float because they have less mass per molecule than earth air (and much less per molecule than mars air), and that mass difference is enough to make up for the relatively high density of the relatively thin balloon.

  4. Re:Governator! on Scientists Propose One-Way Trips To Mars · · Score: 1

    Your issue with solar on mars isn't really an issue. It is about 50% farther from the sun than the earth. Solar power will be less efficient than on earth, but not exceptionally so.

  5. Re:What's the adage? on China To Build Its Own Large Jetliner · · Score: 1

    Exactly.

    Burger flippers and checkout jockeys are hard to export (though we are trying to automate them out of the picture as well).

    In reality land it takes about 1.5 full time minimum wage jobs to provide minimum basic support (rent, utilities, food, vehicle) for single person, 2 for a couple, 3 for a couple with children. Note that this does not include any allowances for education, healthcare, accidents, retirement, entertainment, clothing, furniture, etc.

  6. Re:Don't let actual facts slow down a good rant on China To Build Its Own Large Jetliner · · Score: 1

    Gold is also a corrosion resistant malleable conductor with a low melting temperature. That makes it almost ideal as a connecting material in electronics. Copper and silver have better conduction and strength for use in wiring, but are easily corroded and require significantly more energy to work with.

  7. Re:Judgment Day? on Pluto Might Be Bigger Than Eris · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It seems perfectly acceptable for a religion that advocates the murder by magical bears of 42 children for the sin of pointing at a man, laughing and calling him bald.

  8. Re:still not a planet per the IAU on Pluto Might Be Bigger Than Eris · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Apophis would like to have a word with you.

  9. Re:Bias? on Obama May Toughen Internet Privacy Rules · · Score: 1

    I automatically think the house of representatives. Congress is the union of the house and the senate.

  10. Re:Why? on Can Windows, OS X and Fedora All Work Together? · · Score: 1

    That does not help me. Enforced policy only allows me to use outlook 2003.

  11. Re:Simple math correction on Iron Man Is Another Step Closer To a Reality · · Score: 1

    no
    ironman - man = (iron)*(man) - man

    It doesn't reduce that simply

  12. Re:Intended Use? on Iron Man Is Another Step Closer To a Reality · · Score: 1

    That didn't stop them from deploying EVAs to defend Tokyo 3 against the angels.

    In regards to batteries the developer had this to say: ""If they get breached, they aren't gentle in the way they explode,"

  13. Re:Damn you George Bushitler!!! on White House Edited Oil Drilling Safety Report · · Score: 5, Funny

    Damn right its Clinton's fault! If she had been elected we wouldn't have had to deal with this mess!

  14. Re:Why? on Can Windows, OS X and Fedora All Work Together? · · Score: 1

    simple test. There is something in your mail that you need to find, you remember a few key words and search for it...

    In outlook this fails utterly. You can set up a custom folder with filter criteria to fake a search, but its a pain in the ass.

    Every other email client is capable of handling this simple task with relative ease.

  15. Re:Worried? on 3D Printing May Face Legal Challenges · · Score: 1

    Legos are perfect to down the the scale of micrometers. That is one of the reasons that they have stayed successful while their copycats have mostly failed or barely survived. No other interlocking plastic brick is as well fit. No home prototyping machine will be capable of duplicating that precision.

  16. Re:While I agree it's not as good as... on Did the Windows Phone 7 Bomb In the US? · · Score: 1

    That isn't entirely true...

    One of the win phones has a big surround sound speaker that makes it better for mobile audio and arguably video for more than one person. That is something no iPhone or Android has.

    Other than that? Not much to make it stand out compared to android, but it does have iPhone beat by having models with different features intended for different users including 2 styles of physical keyboard.

  17. This actually makes a lot of sense on Feeling Upset? Look At Some Meat · · Score: 1

    By the time you turn an animal into meat, you don't need to fight or run any more as long as there isn't to much competition within your group.

  18. Re:Mag? Really. on Engineers Propose Lily Pad-Like Floating Cities · · Score: 1

    The reason they want to use magnesium is because they can harvest it out of the salt water and build the structure without dependency on traditional materials. But you are right, it will decompose unless the structure can be sealed away from the water very, very well.

  19. save money? on Gold Nanoparticles Turn Trees Into Streetlights · · Score: 1

    I am sure that gold nanoparticles in leaves that need to be replaced at least once a year are going to be really cheap. Plus if you RTFA, they need to shine a black light on the trees to get them to glow and that will suck up a lot more power than the LEDs that glowing trees could replace.

  20. Re:Tsunamis on Engineers Propose Lily Pad-Like Floating Cities · · Score: 1

    I RTFA, they plan to use space based solar beamed down with microwaves... It really is ridiculously out there.

  21. Re:Suck it up Zuck. on Google Asks Users To Complain Against Facebook · · Score: 3, Informative

    Last I checked, you don't actually have to give facebook your login credentials for gmail or yahoo, both gmail and yahoo have an api for exporting contacts. You won't be prompted for your username/password if you are already logged into your email.

    Linkedin however does ask for your username and password.

  22. Re:huh? on Chinese Ad Resellers On Anti-Google Hunger Strike · · Score: 1

    Or their google jobs were the only thing putting food on their table. If they are going to starve anyway, might as well get attention and possibly redress for it.

  23. Re:Oracle is Evil, C# Java on Apache Declares War On Oracle Over Java · · Score: 1

    c# has some nice friendly language features. But the JVM still vastly outperforms the CLR runtime.

  24. article sucks on Real-Life Gadgets For Real-Life Superheroes · · Score: 1

    It sounds like the guys in the article are just barely a step past LARPers in crazy.

    There really are masked vigilantes out there, one in Virginia I read about a few months ago and a group in southern Florida.

  25. Re:Oh common.. on Real-Life Gadgets For Real-Life Superheroes · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Most US states follow the castle doctrine to some extent. If someone breaks into your home and you feel threatened, you can use deadly force in defense. Some states extend the area to private property and vehicles. I know Texas, Florida and Mississippi have this kind of law, not sure about anywhere else.