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  1. Re:IS it more stable, or does it FEEL more stable? on Ford's Bringing Adaptive Steering To the Masses · · Score: 1

    You only need power steering at no/low speeds. Hydraulic Power Steering works all the time (most models) and makes it feel too loose at higher speeds, using electric assist gives power steering at no/low speeds then shuts off at higher speeds which makes the steering feel less sloppy. Example, an old 1968 Ford stationwagon with power steering was easy to steer until hwy speeds then feels like it oversteers way too much.

  2. Re:Bad Kitty Litter on Organic Cat Litter May Have Caused Nuclear Waste Accident · · Score: 1

    Replace the kitty litter with 81 packs of Pop-Rocks and enjoy the show.

  3. Re:Space: 2099 on Dump World's Nuclear Waste In Australia, Says Ex-PM Hawke · · Score: 1

    They tried it in 1999, but Moonbase Alpha blew up, the moon left orbit, and came back for a sequel.

  4. Re:True on 5 Years Later, 'Do Not Track' System Ineffective · · Score: 1

    I prefer flac but Amazon only had mp3. And, It wasn't available anywhere else.

  5. True on 5 Years Later, 'Do Not Track' System Ineffective · · Score: 1

    I bought an mp3 on Amazon, went to facebook on the same tab before closing my browser, and found an ad for the same song had slipped through adblocker.

  6. Re:The solution on The Brakes That Stop a 1,000 MPH Bloodhound SSC · · Score: 1

    You forgot to include a boat anchor.

  7. Re:Bullshit. on Studies: Wildfires Worse Due To Global Warming · · Score: 1

    Ran out of mod points, but you would've got a +1

  8. My Farts cause global warming too on Studies: Wildfires Worse Due To Global Warming · · Score: 0

    Waiting for the Clean Air Resources Board to tax me for that too.

  9. Would have worked correctly... on Emory University SCCM Server Accidentally Reformats All Computers Campus-wide · · Score: 1

    If it installed Linux on all the computers then on itself.

  10. Re:The Zombie Attack has already started on Pentagon Document Lays Out Battle Plan Against Zombies · · Score: 1

    Because zombies only care about feeding themselves.

  11. The Zombie Attack has already started on Pentagon Document Lays Out Battle Plan Against Zombies · · Score: 1

    Brainless Walking Dead, that describes most of the politicians running/ruining the country right now.

  12. Re:Space is cheap, rip to FLAC on Your Old CD Collection Is Dying · · Score: 1

    I FLAC'd my BMG music DVD @96khz, it's was a special high quality track that wouldn't fit on a CD. File size came out to about 1.6gb.

  13. Re:Space is cheap, rip to FLAC on Your Old CD Collection Is Dying · · Score: 1

    Yes, The first thing I do is backup to FLAC, and sometimes bit to bit copying of the entire CD to hard drive. Amazon offers free (crappy) MP3's of any CD you buy, but once you go FLAC you never go back.

  14. Re:Like this doesn't happen all the time? on Zuckerberg's $100 Million Education Gift Solved Little · · Score: 3, Informative

    Oh, here it is, not the Turkofile I remember but the same story. See "Why this fence?" http://www.utsandiego.com/unio...

  15. Re:Like this doesn't happen all the time? on Zuckerberg's $100 Million Education Gift Solved Little · · Score: 1

    I really tried finding it just for you, but this was at least 10-15 years ago. I'm pretty sure Turkofiles covered it at KUSI. Sorry no link found.

  16. Like this doesn't happen all the time? on Zuckerberg's $100 Million Education Gift Solved Little · · Score: 2

    San Diego schools got lots of money years ago for teachers and supplies, most of it was spent in consulting what to do with it, the result was one new fence, and there was nothing wrong with the old one. It was all over the news

  17. Re:USPS should offer a subscription service on How the USPS Killed Digital Mail · · Score: 1

    I had the Junk mailers blocked and the dumba$$ postman still delivers it, to make matters worse they still mis-deliver my mail to my neighbors.

  18. Designed To Fail on Ask Slashdot: What Tech Products Were Built To Last? · · Score: 1

    "Designed To Fail" That pretty much sums it up. Almost all electronics are designed to last for whatever the warranty lasts. It's no longer "you get what you pay for" well, mostly anyway. Some things even have an electronic "fuse" that renders it unusable, some inkjet cartridges for example that still have plenty of ink but is disabled because of the BS fuse/timer built into it. Other cost cutting shortcuts, crappy resistors, capacitors, IC's, etc. which barely last past the warranty. When I build or repair something electronic, I go overboard with better parts to make it last longer. Even hardware and software, designed to be inoperative if you try to update some other part of the system, one reason why I switched to Linux. They just don't build stuff like they used to.

  19. Re:GUFW + Privoxy on Ask Slashdot: User-Friendly Firewall For a Brand-New Linux User? · · Score: 1

    Yes, privoxy works great for the custom rules. It's has a slight learning curve but it's not that difficult.