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  1. Re:Maybe this corn can be used for food again? on Lawmakers Out To Kill the Corn-Based Ethanol Mandate · · Score: 1

    Too high of an octane in an engine that is not designed (low compression ratio) for it will increase the carbon buildup on the head, piston and valves.

  2. Re:Maybe this corn can be used for food again? on Lawmakers Out To Kill the Corn-Based Ethanol Mandate · · Score: 1

    Not its sole purpose.

    It is also an oxygenate, effectively leaning out the fuel and resulting in cleaner burning fuel.

    It causes a good bit of problems with my older motorcycles, particularly the 2-stroke Vespa. I have had to fit a CHT to ensure it does not run too lean and seize the engine. If I do get a tank that is a bit more than 10%, I have to adjust my air bleed screw to compensate.

    In addition to leaning out the mix and burning hotter, it thins the 2 stroke oil that protects the engine.

    No, you can't just add more, the automixer can't be adjusted and adding oil to the gas makes it even leaner.

  3. Re:Quick Wiki Summary on Theo De Raadt Says FreeBSD Is Just Catching Up On Security · · Score: 1

    Deathmatch with RMS.

  4. Re:Excellent question on Ask Slashdot: Practical Bitrot Detection For Backups? · · Score: 1

    And I have my FreeBSD server acting as a local backup with ZFS backed storage.

    So if I do need something, I just grab it back local.

  5. Re:Small Connectors on Death to the Trapezoid... Next USB Connector Will Be Reversible · · Score: 1

    Bus and Tag, baby!

  6. Re:Henchman on EV Owner Arrested Over 5 Cents Worth of Electricity From School's Outlet · · Score: 1

    Well his last name is FORD.

  7. Re:You're buying an extended warranty on For First Three Years, Consumer Hard Drives As Reliable As Enterprise Drives · · Score: 1

    Any enterprise disk array comes with that level support.

    Granted, only in the case of Hitachi XP are you likely to get the same brand drives in them.

  8. Re:You're buying an extended warranty on For First Three Years, Consumer Hard Drives As Reliable As Enterprise Drives · · Score: 2

    Yeah, it probably is.

    Cheaper to make them all the same, sell them based on the warranty/service than keep 2 production lines going.

  9. Re:You're buying an extended warranty on For First Three Years, Consumer Hard Drives As Reliable As Enterprise Drives · · Score: 1

    And I bet that consumer drive did not come with a CE showing up in 2 to 4 hrs to replace the drive after the hardware called it in automatically.

  10. Re:short story on RF Safe-Stop Shuts Down Car Engines With Radio Pulse · · Score: 1

    Glad I have my 75 CB550 and 77 P200.

  11. Re:3D Print on Ask Slashdot: Recommendations For Beautiful Network Cable Trays? · · Score: 1

    WITH BEADING!

  12. Re:Healthcare on Computer Model Reveals Escape Plan From Poverty's Vicious Circle · · Score: 1
  13. Re:Should be legal, with caveat on Why Scott Adams Wished Death On His Dad · · Score: 1

    Just remember: if you don't get to make that decision, or your family does not to make the decision...

    It might the PHB from a Medical Review Board making that decision.

  14. Re:*** SOMEWHAT SPOILERISH *** on Happy 50th Doctor Who · · Score: 1

    Yes, hence the current spouse of the Queen of England is the Royal Consort.

  15. Re:Answer: No. on Tech Titans Oracle, Red Hat and Google To Help Fix Healthcare.gov · · Score: 4, Funny

    Someone is going to be crucified before this is over...

  16. Re:Answer: No. on Tech Titans Oracle, Red Hat and Google To Help Fix Healthcare.gov · · Score: 1

    The Mythical Man Month Strikes Back?

  17. Re:Answer: No. on Tech Titans Oracle, Red Hat and Google To Help Fix Healthcare.gov · · Score: 1

    Nuke it from orbit, it is the only way to be sure.

  18. Re:Its about the Sum of the Parts [gt] Whole. on Why Can't Big Government Launch a Website? · · Score: 2

    It is.

    There is no gravity, Congress sucks.

  19. Re:NASA isn't a private contractor on Why Can't Big Government Launch a Website? · · Score: 1

    Err. what?

    You think NASA built the Saturn V?

    No, they managed the contractors that built it.. a lot like the Website in question.

    Different results, however.

  20. Re:research contradicts Forester and you on How Safe Is Cycling? · · Score: 1

    Re-read. It is cyclist in all accidents, not just cars.

    I would have to locate the book, if I still have it, and pull the exact number.

    Something like 20% of cycling accidents involve cars, most are solo or caused by contact with another cyclist.

  21. Re:How safe? on How Safe Is Cycling? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    http://www.amazon.com/Effective-Cycling-John-Forester/dp/0262516942

    Has definitive answers to how and why Cyclists get hurt.

    I have an older version, but effectively the injury/death rate is mostly effected by poor decisions by the cyclist, not the car. Getting hit from behind by a car was 2% of injuries (but a major cause of death) while getting hit by the asshole riding against traffic was 33%.

    In fact, the most dangerous thing to a cyclist is another cyclist.

  22. Re:Already happening - slowly on Your Next Network Operating System Is Linux · · Score: 1

    If I every get my Madcat II and that fucker runs Windows, I am gonna be pissed.

  23. Re:Already happening - slowly on Your Next Network Operating System Is Linux · · Score: 1

    Why not?

    The internet is just a series of pipes, just like UNIX...

  24. Re:Doesn't matter on Your Next Network Operating System Is Linux · · Score: 4, Funny

    Electricity has always been in the cloud.

  25. Re:I'm Sorry, China on China's State Press Calls For 'Building a De-Americanized World' · · Score: 2

    I would refer you to the OP, which states China wants a de-Americanized global currency, which they state is because a defaulting US destabilizes the whole world.

    and:

    Swiss National Bank Chairman Thomas Jordan warned Tuesday that failure to lift the U.S debt ceiling could have damaging international repercussions and he urged lawmakers to make a deal.

    "I hope that the U.S. Congress will find a solution before the time limit ... we saw the last time it can really have very negative impacts on international financial markets," he said, according to Reuters, referring to the 2011 standoff that brought the U.S. to the brink of a debt default. - http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/10/8/world-tells-us-thatadebtdefaultwouldbecatastrophic.html