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  1. I am curious. on SpaceX Launch Not So Perfect After All · · Score: 1

    How many of those nine engines can fail before the system cannot compensate?

  2. Re:Looking back at history on Boston Airport Replacing X-ray Body Scanners · · Score: 4, Funny

    With our luck lately, we will look back at this era as the "good old days" when the TSA was only in the airport and they only irradiated us instead of doing a strip and full-cavity search.

  3. Re:More important... on Singer Reportedly Outbids NASA for Space Tourist's Seat · · Score: 1, Funny

    That is what credit is for!

  4. Re:On the bright side... on Starting Next Year, Brazil Wants To Track All Cars Electronically · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It would fail outside the major cities at least. The cops over there can't even keep people from hacking into the water and power system. I went to one place where there was a literal "wrong side of the tracks". On one side, everyone paid for their utilities. On the other side, water was spraying out of pipes duck taped into each other in all directions and extension cords were running under the tracks. I am curious, are you Brazilian? You spelled Brazil with an "s" instead of a "z" like Brazilians.

  5. Re:1984. Not just a book or conspiracy theory anym on Starting Next Year, Brazil Wants To Track All Cars Electronically · · Score: 1

    I guess he should have written the book in Portuguese.

  6. Re:Well, DUH. on Intel CPU Prices Stagnate As AMD Sales Decline · · Score: 1

    The fact is, you no longer have to replace that PC and its CPU every other year.

    Now you have to replace your smartphones instead.

  7. Re:The goalposts is too mobile. on Illegal Downloading Now a Crime In Japan With Increased Penalties · · Score: 1

    And that is when the hardware store should start selling screwdrivers.

  8. Re:Why rewrite homework problems? on Brown Signs California Bill For Free Textbooks · · Score: 2

    Of simply have a computer randomly generate them with the answers included..

  9. Re:why does free have to be funded? on Brown Signs California Bill For Free Textbooks · · Score: 2

    One of my professors took a sabbatical to write an electronics book for one of his classes. He released it under the Creative Commons. I am sure he is not the only professional out there willing to write free books.

  10. Re:..and... on Brown Signs California Bill For Free Textbooks · · Score: 1

    Professors might want to use the free books but the colleges/universities might not. They can't get a cut from the bookstore if the bookstore doesn't sell any books.

  11. Re:..and... on Brown Signs California Bill For Free Textbooks · · Score: 1

    I have heard about on-demand book printing kiosks that print and bind books for you.

  12. Re:Sounds like defeat on Appeals Court Caves To TSA Over Nude Body Scanners · · Score: 5, Insightful

    By your logic, as long as walking is permitted all other modes of travel are available for infringement.

    If they start searching for all non-walking modes of transportation, why do you think they will stop at walking?

  13. Re:Bad Track Record on Appeals Court Caves To TSA Over Nude Body Scanners · · Score: 1

    According to TFA, by the time February comes around, 19 months would have passed since the court order. So far, there has been little bark and no bite.

  14. Re:List of Airports to Avoid on Appeals Court Caves To TSA Over Nude Body Scanners · · Score: 1

    How can you avoid an airport if you have to travel for business? Everywhere you go and come from has multiple airports?

  15. Re:List of Airports to Avoid on Appeals Court Caves To TSA Over Nude Body Scanners · · Score: 1

    Do the airports have any choice in the matter?

  16. Bad Track Record on Appeals Court Caves To TSA Over Nude Body Scanners · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What happens when the TSA does not turn in their formal report in February?

  17. The New World on Global Bacon Shortage 'Unavoidable' · · Score: 1

    And out of the ashes of the Old World the New World rose. A world where everything was paid for in bacon.

  18. Re:republicans on Light Bulb Ban Produces Hoarding In EU, FUD In U.S. · · Score: 2

    So in other words, if we ever get into a war with China, we won't even be able to light up any buildings.

  19. Re:So you're a twat. on Light Bulb Ban Produces Hoarding In EU, FUD In U.S. · · Score: 1

    That was exactly what I was thinking. Littering in public directly affects others. What bulb you choose to put in your house doesn't.

  20. Re:Buy local on Sweet Times For Cows As Gummy Worms Replace Corn Feed · · Score: 1

    Never mind. My eyes skipped over "free range" the first time I read it.

  21. Re:Buy local on Sweet Times For Cows As Gummy Worms Replace Corn Feed · · Score: 1

    Did you let them roam or did you keep them in the coup? Except during the winter, ours spent most of their day outside the coup. They probably ate a lot of bugs and grass seed.

  22. Re:Buy local on Sweet Times For Cows As Gummy Worms Replace Corn Feed · · Score: 1

    I haven't done a comparison with meat but eggs are fairly obvious. We used to have chickens and we would give away eggs to friends sometimes. We have had people afraid to eat them because the egg yokes were "too yellow". They also taste a lot better. Of course, I am sure freshness also affects the eggs. Home raised eggs are usually consumed closer to creation than commercial eggs.

  23. Re:I'm one of those crazy guys... on Get Your 15 Years of Slashdot Shirt (For free, Depending) · · Score: 1

    That is probably before shipping.

  24. Re:Age of Slashdot Accounts on Get Your 15 Years of Slashdot Shirt (For free, Depending) · · Score: 2

    Does anyone in the single digits ever post anymore?

  25. Re:more privacy oriented Bing search engine on Microsoft Urging Safari Users To Use Bing · · Score: 1

    Does Bing or DuckDuckGo allow you to filter results based on time? A lot of my searches are time sensitive. They are either technical questions, technology news, events, or political news. Any search engine that does not let me filter out results based on time is a no-go from the start.