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  1. Re:Back to step 1. on G.M. Opens Its Own Battery Research Laboratory · · Score: 1

    Dealerships still have taken a major hit due to massively increased quality, funds for recall work used to be a major source of revenue . Recall just don't happen much anymore and the issues involved are much smaller.

  2. Re:Simple answer... on How To Manage Hundreds of Thousands of Documents? · · Score: 1

    Yes I was think hire a librarian, that's what they do organize large amounts of documents for retrieval. A big part of the posters problem is legacy documents she/he should start there.

  3. Re:Too big. on DIY 18-ft.-High Robotic Exoskeleton · · Score: 1

    Dude it's only 18HP, get all Tim-Taylor on it and drop in a chevy small-block or even get a Cat Diesel then you'd have something; maybe some accumulators near the control valves to shorten reaction times! An igniter and a acetylene injector in the exhaust stack would be cool for shooting fire-balls everything it punched or stomped something.

  4. Re:Aliens! on DIY 18-ft.-High Robotic Exoskeleton · · Score: 1

    I've always wondered why no one has built a loader a la Aliens yet. Surely it wouldn't be beyond current tech and I'd imagine it would be amazingly useful (not least for fighting Alien queens!)

    They did it was in the movie "Alien"; it would be really hand in a handful of extreme fringe cases. Most time when in those fringe cases a traditional forklift/jitney doesn't fit, they get a custom built automated solution rather than an alien-loader.

  5. Re:Spaced Out on Inflatable Tower Could Climb To the Edge of Space · · Score: 2, Funny

    Not necessarily, If memory serves me correctly some guy named Nimrod tried something similar in Babylon and t didn't turn out well.

  6. Re:OT: Which browser is slashdot supposed to work on FTC Shuts Down Calif. ISP For Botnets, Child Porn · · Score: 1

    Probably so they can tell if moderaters actually go to the article before moderating

  7. Re:Hand It Over to Someone More Capable on FTC Shuts Down Calif. ISP For Botnets, Child Porn · · Score: 1

    In Michigan mother's milk was considered unfit for human consumption for quite a while, see Polychlorinated biphenyl contamination of nursing mothers' milk in Michigan.; so yes the EPA might be involved in spilled blood!

  8. Re:Hand It Over to Someone More Capable on FTC Shuts Down Calif. ISP For Botnets, Child Porn · · Score: 1

    there are two separate issues at work, first the illegal pharmaceuticals themselves is a FDA matter, the sales of the bogus drugs as legit is a FTC matter

  9. Re:Hand It Over to Someone More Capable on FTC Shuts Down Calif. ISP For Botnets, Child Porn · · Score: 1

    What does the Federal Trade Commission have to do with acting on illegal material such as the crazy stuff suggested by the article? Where are the criminal charges here?

    Or is this a bit like the Environmental Protection Agency investigating a murder because... they feel like it....

    The Federal Trade Commission works for consumers to prevent fraudulent, deceptive, and unfair business practices and to provide information to help spot, stop, and avoid them. To file a complaint in English or Spanish, visit the FTCâ(TM)s online Complaint Assistant or call 1-877-FTC-HELP (1-877-382-4357). The FTC enters complaints into Consumer Sentinel, a secure, online database available to more than 1,500 civil and criminal law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and abroad. The FTCâ(TM)s Web site provides free information on a variety of consumer topics. FTC Shuts Down Notorious Rogue Internet Service Provider, 3FN Service Specializes in Hosting Spam-Spewing Botnets, Phishing Web sites, Child Pornography, and Other Illegal, Malicious Web Content

    Actually fraudulent, deceptive, and unfair business practices is pretty much what these scumbags use as a business plan; the FBI can still get involved prosecuting specific frauds and deceptions; RICO charges are defiantly possible here.

  10. Re:jesus on Secret US List of Civil Nuclear Sites Released · · Score: 1

    The report details the locations of hundreds of nuclear sites and activities. Each page is marked across the top âoeHighly Confidential Safeguards Sensitiveâ in capital letters, with the exception of pages that detailed additional information like site maps. In his transmittal letter, Mr. Obama said the cautionary language was a classification category of the International Atomic Energy Agencyâ(TM)s inspectors. U.S. Accidentally Releases List of Nuclear Sites

    As much as I like to ding the Obama administration, the truth is just because the IAEA thinks something is confidential doesn't mean the USG should think the same. Security through obscurity isn't security and all the info is available through other public channels, so I don't see it as a big deal. We invaded Iraq because they made it difficult for the IAEA weapon inspectors, now with the current situation in Iran and N. Korea this accidental on purpose release is an example of leading by example.

  11. Re:Nothing wrong with his analogy on CoS Bigwig Likens Wikipedia Ban to Nazis' Yellow Star Decree · · Score: 1

    "Like all Scientologists, I am outraged that in the 21st century, it is acceptable for Wikipedia's ArbCom to commit such a despicable hate crime as blocking Scientology parishioners from editing Wikipedia in the comfort and security of Scientology-owned properties. Blocking the IP addresses of computers located at Scientology's Pac Base, Int Base and Celebrity Centre is just a way to force Scientology parishioners into an undesired beingness. Rant
    Scientology CEO Outraged About Wikipedia /a>

    That's not the way I read it, he understands what happened completely. What happened to CoS in this matter isn't even unique, if memory serves me correctly Wikipedia once banned all IP addresses from the US Congress at one time.

  12. Re:Nothing wrong with his analogy on CoS Bigwig Likens Wikipedia Ban to Nazis' Yellow Star Decree · · Score: 2

    I would think that a CoS Personality test would fall under the same criteria as a psychic's character reading; except the psychic's read is usually much more accurate.

  13. Re:Nothing wrong with his analogy on CoS Bigwig Likens Wikipedia Ban to Nazis' Yellow Star Decree · · Score: 1

    People taste like pork, kittens taste like chicken.

  14. Re:Pavement on Painting The World's Roofs White Could Slow Climate Change · · Score: 1

    It's the same way with ammunition, we've had some seriously hellatious mad minutes on the firing ranges!

  15. Re:Brazilian Ethanol [Re:Don't blame me] on The Great Ethanol Scam · · Score: 1

    My point is I can't remember how many times a several hundred dollar option was enabled by a simple hack like a jumper being shifted or a new face plate uncovering a hidden switch on a circuit board. These car company will appear to drag their feet and complain about the need for further testing in public and have everything all set for the change in private, lot's of false drama to support a value added price when nothing much has changed under the hood.

  16. Re:24 hour charge?? on Green GT's All-Electric Supercar Unveiled · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Electrics can and do kick serious but in drag racing, barely streetable Corvettes and Vipers getting hole-shotted of the line and their doors blown off in the traps by something that looks like what your Grandmother might drive to the grocery store make an impression too! Check out White Zombie or 0 to 60 in under a second

  17. Re:Brazilian Ethanol [Re:Don't blame me] on The Great Ethanol Scam · · Score: 4, Informative

    it's not the gasoline that freezes, it the water that contaminates it. If you drive on a warmer day, air with more moisture is drwan into the fuel system, at night the moisture condenses out of the air and accumilates in the fuel tank and lines, if it below freezing it turns to ice and can easily occlude the fuel line. Having EtOH in the fuel lowers the freezing point of the water-ethanol mixure and solves the problem; many people in cold weather will add dry gas, methanol, to absorb the water.

  18. Re:Brazilian Ethanol [Re:Don't blame me] on The Great Ethanol Scam · · Score: 1

    How do you really know if they are E85 compatable or not? It's entirely concievable that it's cheaper to build the fleet using all E85 compatable fuel systems than it is to segregate E85 parts from E10 parts. You could probably install the fuel sensor, flash the computers PROM and be good to go. Any part that rots out on E15 is going to rot out on E10 a little slower.

  19. Re:Why now? on Microsoft Blocks Messenger In Five Embargoed Countries · · Score: 1

    I don't know, if I were a spookey CIA type, I'd want the citizens to communicate in those country via a means that not particularly traceable. Back in the day they used to say a better way to defeat the Soviet Union in the cold war was to take cost of one B1 bomber and buy toshiba laptops loaded with Unix and drop them instead of Nuc's.

  20. Re:For Profit Corporations... on Cory Doctorow Draws the Line On Net Neutrality · · Score: 1

    Oh Hell no, not-for-profit just means expenses must match revenues; AGI style bonus plans are an expense! Not-for-profits and nonprofits are known havens for predatory vampires. Most Hospitals in the US are non-profit orgs, just compare your "patient's responsibility" vs. the service you received and you'll understand not-for-profit doesn't mean inexpensive.

  21. Re:Why do we have corporate-controlled wires anywa on Cory Doctorow Draws the Line On Net Neutrality · · Score: 2, Insightful

    because we would still be using telegraph if we had to rely on the government to improve communications infrastructure

    What about

    The ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) created by ARPA of the United States Department of Defense during the Cold War, was the world's first operational packet switching network, and the predecessor of the global Internet.

    Packet switching, now the dominant basis for both data and voice communication worldwide, was a new and important concept in data communications. Previously, data communication was based on the idea of circuit switching, as in the old typical telephone circuit, where a dedicated circuit is tied up for the duration of the call and communication is only possible with the single party on the other end of the circuit.

    sounds like we'd still be using a glorified telegraph without the government to me.

  22. Re:Laughably Medieval on Ball And Chain To Force Children To Study · · Score: 1

    I think each child needs an individualized approach, one grandchild, Kevin telling him once in a calm voice was enough, Katelyn is always into mischief and any punishment devised is only effectiveness for a couple days. raising children isn't and has never been a one size fits all afair.

  23. Re:how is it cannibalism? on Were Neanderthals Devoured By Humans? · · Score: 1

    no wonder the Gieco-anderhals feel so persecuted!

  24. Re:1. Upload to Wikileaks with Xerobank 2. Link to on Hosting a Highly Inflammatory Document? · · Score: 1

    Or... you can do this:

    dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda3

    this assumes that the 20 GB hard drive is located at /dev/sda3

    From what I've read, it's not yet been proven as to whether or not it's possible to recover data that has been zeroed using dd.

    Yes it is, use shred /dev/sda it's much more secure.

  25. Re:I know where . . . on Hosting a Highly Inflammatory Document? · · Score: 1

    unless you leave a big fat thumb print on the drive LOL; I'd use Linux too, no funny traceable DRM things in the file system.