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  1. I was the same (but using Fedora), so happy with my 6 year old Dell Inspiron and Linux that I bought a new Dell Inspiron last year. Whoops. It seems the new Dell wifi chip isn't yet supported by Linux :( So I'm using a wi-fi dongle...when I'm not booting into Windows 7.

  2. Re:Hashes not enough either on Australian Tax Office Stores Passwords In Clear Text · · Score: 1

    Does a challenge-response system appear as part of the spec for html, or implemented by common web toolkits? So many websites sound as if they are rolling their own login system which simply hides the password typed in and that's it! Do Amazon, eBay or gmail use a challenge/response system?!

  3. Re:Prices of goods on Corn Shortage Hampers US Ethanol Production · · Score: 1

    I visited the USA last year and found a lot of variation in the taste of Coca-Cola. I swear some tasted like fruit mince pies! Ended up mainly buying Mexican coca-cola which tasted like the Australian version.

  4. Re:Skipping on Walk or Run: Are We Built To Be Lazy? · · Score: 1

    If you had kept it up you could have been an Olympic high jumper like Stefan Holm!

  5. Re:Of course it was! on Nonpartisan Tax Report Removed After Republican Protest · · Score: 1

    It's calculated by assuming you will get the same weekly wage for a year. The tax office produces some tables employers can use as a guide, so if weekly wage is $x, deduct $y as the tax component. I guess any extra pay (overtime, bonuses etc) is paid at your marginal tax rate.

    If you have a second job, that job is meant to tax you at the top tax rate, so the tax office gets an excess of your money and returns it to you when everything is reconciled at the end of the year (by submitting your tax return).

  6. Re:Which is why... on How Big Pharma Hooked America On Legal Heroin · · Score: 1

    When I had my Appendectomy (old style, not key-hole) I woke up 8 hours afterwards and had zero pain!

    It never hurt once, even though the nurse told me they were authorised to give me pain relief all the way up to morphine if I needed it. I assumed they gave me something after the surgery which hid the immediate pain for a day or two.

  7. Re:I can easily Halve the space needed. on Nuclear Powered LEDs For Space Farming · · Score: 1

    Khyber, can you share some ballpark figures on what would be required?

    How low-power can the illumination be to keep the plants healthy during the two week lunar night? Something below full sunlight like 250 W/m2 for 12 hours a day?

    The article says 50 sqm is required for a single person, so to last two weeks that would require 2,100 kWh of batteries. That would take the battery packs from 25 Tesla Model S cars with a weight maybe over 10 tonnes?

  8. Re:Superb coverage on US Viewers Using Proxies To Watch BBC Olympic Coverage · · Score: 1

    No I can't, his website is blocked for international viewers (and I'm in Australia).

    I too will need a VPN...

  9. Re:Dead ringer for Pegasus on Virgin Galactic Announces New Satellite Launch Vehicle · · Score: 1

    Perhaps the aircraft should be a drone? Then no humans would be at risk, plus it might prove marginally cheaper to operate and save on dead weight.

  10. Re:Seems the LHC's win was an IT win on Texas Scientists Regret Loss of Higgs Boson Quest · · Score: 1

    The LHC has 8 teraelectronvolt collisions, with that extra energy making it many times more likely that a 'fragment' of the collision will have the 125 GeV needed to form the Higgs Boson.

  11. Re:Agreed on Why Kids Should Be Building Rockets Instead of Taking Tests · · Score: 1

    Do you know if he's sharing what you've shown him with his school friends? You might have a chance to influence a few more children than just your son.

  12. Re:There should be a price on Texter Not Responsible For Textee's Car Accident, Rules Judge · · Score: 1

    You could do what the ancient Romans did and brand a 'false accuser' with the letter K on their forehead!