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  1. Re:Informative graphic on No Spitfires In Burma After All · · Score: 2

    You don't really know the history behind the P-51, do You? It first came out with a license-manufactured Allison british-designed engine. Only when the british Rolls-Royce Merlin was implanted into the P-51 it started to excel.

    It is true that a german aircraft could dive straight away, whereas the Merlin-engined had to do a half-roll first in order not to empty the carburettor of fuel.

    The great thing about the P-51 was it's critical wing profile, that caused much less drag. This allowed the aircraft to have the range the Spitfire needed, as well as superior speed. These wing profiles are very much in use to day in sailing crafts, both under and above the surface.

  2. Re:Serious issues with this on Secure Syslog Replacement Proposed · · Score: 2

    Wait a minute. I didn't log on to that system!

  3. Who's gonna be the first? on Vint Cerf Keeps Blaming Himself For IPv4 Limit · · Score: 3, Interesting

    $ host -t AAAA slashdot.org
    slashdot.org has no AAAA record
    $

    'nuff said. Our organisation (that's me) is already 96% dual-stack. We treat non-ipv6 connectivity as fatal. When are you gonna do it?

  4. What's the difference? on Microsoft One Step From World's Greenest Company · · Score: 1

    If I turn off my computer the electricity or energy gets diverted to the heating of my house instead.
    And the heating is doing just that, heating. No computing as a bonus. I'd rather have my computer heating
    my house.