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  1. Re:Something isn't adding up... on Sagita Displays Hot Air Powered Helicopter · · Score: 1

    Or you could just go calculate it with 1/2 rho v^2 and realise it's 0.1 psi...

  2. Re:Has he thought this through? on 2 Men Accused of Trying To Make X-Ray Weapon · · Score: 1

    Gah, not dispersion, divergence.

  3. Re:Has he thought this through? on 2 Men Accused of Trying To Make X-Ray Weapon · · Score: 1

    No, it still follows the inverse square law due to dispersion; it's just that your initial gain is very high compared to a isotropic radiator.

  4. Re:A conspiracy... on 2 Men Accused of Trying To Make X-Ray Weapon · · Score: 1

    They're also regulated to ensure humane kills e.g. you can't hunt deer with a .22 because you're most likely to just seriously wound them.

  5. Re:Can we trust anyone? on Google Files First Amendment Challenge Against FISA Gag Order · · Score: 1

    I trust Google to use my data for income and to do me no harm.
    I can't say the same about any government.

  6. Re:Not for long. on Cerulean Studios Releases Trillian IM Protocol Specifications · · Score: 1

    It's implemented using a question and answer that should be known only to the two participants. I don't know if that counts as secure to you.

  7. Re:Not for long. on Cerulean Studios Releases Trillian IM Protocol Specifications · · Score: 1

    I didn't really understand it, but it looked like socialist millionaire's protocol used by OTR reveals man in the middle key fudging.

  8. Re:Too little too late on Cerulean Studios Releases Trillian IM Protocol Specifications · · Score: 1

    Except the OTR plugin for it is old and goes nuts when talking to newer libOTRs and having multiple devices logged in.

  9. In the central district of Seattle (2.5 mi from downtown), my ex is paying something like $70 per month for 7/5 with a Microsoft discount. I couldn't find anything better than that that was available to her house that didn't need to be bundled with expensive cable TV. Lucky you.

  10. Re:At that price on A350XWB, the Plane Airbus Did Not Want To Build, Makes Maiden Flight · · Score: 1

    Ha, I never though of delaminations as being cracks; but yeah, now I can see that it's a cleaving between plies. Good thing I'm a static stress guy rather than Fatigue and Damage Tolerance :)

  11. Re:Interesting on A350XWB, the Plane Airbus Did Not Want To Build, Makes Maiden Flight · · Score: 1

    It's kind of dishonest to say they don't fatigue, because they do through the growth of delaminated areas, which come about easily enough from certain overloads and impacts.

  12. Re:Hmm... on A350XWB, the Plane Airbus Did Not Want To Build, Makes Maiden Flight · · Score: 1

    If you believe the analysis of a slashdotter that confuses the sonic cruiser with a supersonic aircraft (which Boeing considered in the 60s IIRC), you probably should refrain from forming an opinion on this topic.

  13. Re:Footnote on A350XWB, the Plane Airbus Did Not Want To Build, Makes Maiden Flight · · Score: 1

    That's nice, but I have no idea what plane you're talking about.

  14. Re: Hmm... on A350XWB, the Plane Airbus Did Not Want To Build, Makes Maiden Flight · · Score: 1

    You realise that Airbuses were first built by a consortium and now by EADS owned companies around the world? Looking at the 787, it appears to be quite an important difference.

  15. Re:At that price on A350XWB, the Plane Airbus Did Not Want To Build, Makes Maiden Flight · · Score: 1

    It's more about propagation of delaminations rather than cracks.

  16. Re:At that price on A350XWB, the Plane Airbus Did Not Want To Build, Makes Maiden Flight · · Score: 3, Informative

    I'm a stress engineer working on the forward fuselage (S13/14) for build standards MSN5 and MSN17 and the skin, stringers, and frames are all carbon fibre. It's a shame you've been moderated to 5 because you're wrong. You also seem to be confusing frame with frame*s*. There isn't a frame with a skin just wrapped around for aerodynamics; the stringers and frames are there to stop the skin buckling and the skin takes most of the loads.

  17. Re:NSA, are you supised we caught you? Really? on NSA Surveillance May Have Dealt Major Blow To Global Internet Freedom Efforts · · Score: 1

    But AFAIK for the caller there's no distinction between land lines and mobile phones.

  18. Re:Constitution on The NSA: Never Not Watching · · Score: 1

    You're not making any sense, the requests are constant so there's no warning given to enemies.

  19. Re:Reasons on Facebook Silently Removes Ability To Download Your Posts · · Score: 1

    "Can't fix stupid".
    FFS, get out and live more. Perhaps you don't see the benefit, but for most people that "wish you were here" post is more beneficial than the remote chance that one of their friends will assist in their house getting broken into.
    You need to stop and think about the big picture, and not get bogged down by tin foil fantasies (going by probability).

  20. Re: Conservation of Energy on Own the Controversy! Blackbird DDWFTTW Up For Auction! · · Score: 1

    So, how about windmilling turbofan engines driving hydraulics (ram air turbines aren't as universal as you might think)? Or an autorotating helicopter where the rotor is acting as a turbine to maintain RPM? And on the basis of quantity, I wouldn't say that you typically feather props, as most in the world are fixed pitch, and regardless of that you never call them a retarder.

    I think you're mistaking camber for angle of attack, but my point is: don't be an ass about semantics.

  21. Re:How on Beer Fridge Caught Interfering With Cellular Network · · Score: 1

    Actually increasing the bits per symbol requires a higher signal to noise ratio, which is exactly the opposite of what you're claiming. You need to fall back to smaller constellations when the fridge is running.

  22. Re: Conservation of Energy on Own the Controversy! Blackbird DDWFTTW Up For Auction! · · Score: 1

    Goodness me, we'd better tell the aviation industry that it's incorrect to call a propellor a propellor when the throttle has been shut or the engine completely killed/died! From now on we will refer to a windmilling prop as a windmilling turbine, and we will ensure that shaft torque is always measured so that we never use the wrong term. Every prop can function as a turbine and every turbine as a prop. Stop being such an ass.

  23. Re:How on Beer Fridge Caught Interfering With Cellular Network · · Score: 1

    What the fuck does phase or frequency shift keying have to do with interference avoidance? Are you getting confused with frequency hopping? Read the AC replies below.

  24. Re:Respect Your Elders, Telstra! on Beer Fridge Caught Interfering With Cellular Network · · Score: 1

    Aren't you clever? Go back and reread wikipedia and look at the tolerance band. And then go and stick multimeter probes into a Melbourne powerpoint, as I have. 240 V is what you'll find.

  25. Re:Almost on Beer Fridge Caught Interfering With Cellular Network · · Score: 1

    It's in almost every bottleshop; I was actually drinking it frequently in 1999 before I moved on to other beers.