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  1. Gravity requirement on Why Are Cells the Size They Are? Gravity May Be a Factor · · Score: 1

    Does this mean that a specific gravity is a requirement for cell formation? Lowering the gravity should allow for larger stable cells up until a certain point, correct?

  2. Sell the car, lease the batteries. on Can GM Challenge Tesla With a Long-Range Electric Car? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    .. then they could advertise much cheaper prices, get people in the door, and sell multiple range options based on the batteries they could afford/lease.

  3. Re:Is Amazon S3 an option? on Ask Slashdot: Cloud Service On a Budget? · · Score: 1

    Mod parent up. BTSync is a useful, low-maintenance/headache sync implementation.

  4. Apple's product line on Can Even Apple Make a Watch Insanely Smart? · · Score: 1

    If you look at Apple's product line, their smart watch would probably fit in mainly as an iOS/OS X remote, letting you connect to all of your iTunes-account-connected devices. Apple TV remote (with accelerometer), autologin/unlock within range, notifications from all of your devices aggregated(?), GPS, maybe some way to access Spotlight on all devices and Siri to tie everything together. Apps would mainly use notifications to work with the device. Home automation and security systems could be interesting.

  5. BitTorrent Sync on Ask Slashdot: Secure DropBox Alternative For a Small Business? · · Score: 1

    You can limit it to VPN and sync folders peer-to-peer. It monitors and syncs changes for you, and is great for making a redundant backup/dropbox-type distribution system.

  6. Copyright as art, i.e the RIAA on Copyright Drama Reaches 3D Printing World · · Score: 1

    The printed object itself may be unbound from copyright violation, but if the object is deemed art and the motion of the printer is considered the performance of said art, then will we inevitably end up with something like a Spotify for 3D printing? This would classify the live printing of the object as a violation.

  7. Bottom-up on Ask Slashdot: How To Start Reading Other's Code? · · Score: 1

    Load up the UI/interface, find a very specific piece of functionality, and then find the UI hooks in the code and work backwards from there. Repeat for another function that involves something completely different, i.e. access control/data/rendering/logic.

    Once you are comfortable with that process, you are ready to absorb from the top-down.

  8. Hash the content on U.S. ISBN Monopoly Denies Threat From Digital Self-Publishing · · Score: 1

    Make an MD5 hash of the book's contents.

  9. Resting hands on Ask Slashdot: Keyboard Layout To Reduce Right Pinky/Ring Finger Usage? · · Score: 1

    I learned the 'home row keys' much too late to be disciplined with them, and probably have slightly longer than average fingers, but I generally only use my left pinky for the Left-Shift key and my right pinky only for the Enter key.

    From left to right:

    Left-Shift, A, W, D, Space - Space, between J and K, between O/0/P, resting on [ but with my fingertip on +, Enter

  10. Re:Help me understand. on Cheap New GeForce 8800 GT Challenges $400 Cards · · Score: 1

    In one year, you will be able to purchase one card that is faster than 8600 SLI, for the same price you paid for your 8600 today. Include the recuperated cost of selling your current 8600 and you will come out ahead without the issues inherent with SLI.

    SLI is a necessity for some machines to run smoothly. Running 2560x1600 on a 30" Dell or 1920x1200 8xAA. In these situations, SLI is often a requirement for even reaching 30fps.

    It's not feasible to use SLI to scrape the bottom of the proverbial graphic technology barrel.

  11. Amiga missing an opportunity with handhelds on Amiga Inc. Reveals Further Info About Amiga OS5 · · Score: 1

    Amiga should give up on the traditional desktop for the time being. Who is going to bother?

    Instead, they could develop something for an N800-style tablet device. The OS is lightweight, there are 'some' applications available already and on an 800x480 screen 4.1" screen, those old AGA games might actually look good again.

  12. Re:Buy the software or suffer the consequences on Vista Pirates To Get "Black Screen of Darkness" · · Score: 1

    Average users are much more likely to go out and buy a $500 Mac Mini to plug into their existing monitor and keyboard than go anywhere near Linux. $2000? Get real, fuddite.

    Linux is becoming more user-friendly, but it's an open sea. People *want* a box they can buy and have 'just work,' and the more people you see become computer savvy, the more the average needs/wants tilt toward the 'just work' mentality. The next step for Linux in the consumer/prosumer marketplace is a trendy 'just working' box. We need a Lin Mini, not GUI-based distro installers.

  13. Re:Bzzzt... *Maybe* 4000 gallons on Spider-Like Catamaran Travels 5,000 Miles On One Tank · · Score: 1

    Definitely not talking about anything that can harness wind power.. as romantic and practical a sailboat is, I would say 80% of the mariners I've seen around Tampa and Seattle are still on good old gas guzzlers.

    i.e. a Regal cruiser or such: http://www.regalboats.com/2008/SportYachts/WindowE xpress/3360/Gallery

    http://www.cruisersyachtsownersclub.com/phpBB2/vie wtopic.php?t=344&sid=fbc2848afe6d8a0eb1bdef40a0731 b46

    "All in all, I'm burning 44 gal/hr at 26.5 mph, or .6 mpg - about what I would expect."

  14. Re:Bzzzt... *Maybe* 4000 gallons on Spider-Like Catamaran Travels 5,000 Miles On One Tank · · Score: 4, Informative

    A mid-range recreational yacht (Say, $60k and 28 feet) will get anywhere from 0.5 - 4mpg. Usually towards the lower end of that scale.. considering the size and speed of that catamaran, it's really not too bad.

  15. Re:h264 acceleration then? on AMD To Open ATI Specs · · Score: 1

    You mentioned 1080p H264 working smoothly for you -- which CPU/video card/player are you using to test?

    What was the CPU usage difference between AVIVO and not with 1080p content? (Would you set TexturedVideo to "off" to test this?)

    I would love to know that I can buy an R500 card and play 1080p H264 with my Athlon 64 3200+ in Linux, instead of rebuilding my entire HTPC with C2D.

  16. Re:h264 acceleration then? on AMD To Open ATI Specs · · Score: 1

    Please, please link us to some instructions or external information on this subject. I'm very interested in finding out more about this.

  17. Re:Amazon S3 on Google Rolls Out Online Storage Services · · Score: 1

    Can you netboot from it yet? :)

  18. Re:Only load what you need: a new concept? on Carmack Shows Off the id Tech 5 Engine · · Score: 4, Informative

    It also opens up the possibility to stream these textures in line-by-line, instead of block-by-block. No need to waste time/memory loading in a 2048x2048 texture of the next area as soon as it's barely visible if we can do it arbitrarily.

  19. blog. $$$ on AMD Invests $7.5M in Transmeta · · Score: 1

    I am a VC and would like to invest $50 million (FIFTY MILLION US DOLLARS) in your blog, please.

  20. How to measure that square? on Measure Anything with a Camera and Software · · Score: 1

    Now where am I supposed to come up with a 7.5" square? I threw away my tape measure.

  21. Re:Close, but not quite. on 256GB Geometrically Encoded Paper Storage Device · · Score: 1

    Hence "theoretically."

    A good spatial printing scheme will use a higher dpi than represented at the printer level to obtain closer to 24-bits per dot at the selected output dpi, so while you will have 3 bits per "dot," it will seem closer (maybe half?) to 24-bits at a dpi resolution beneath the printer's maximum output. Sort of how a 1280x720 LCD actually has 3-4 times as many 'pixels' as represented, but can still reproduce 24-bits at normal viewing distances.

  22. Close, but not quite. on 256GB Geometrically Encoded Paper Storage Device · · Score: 1

    Close, but not quite analogous. A lossless bitmap file needs 24 bits per pixel to store color information. Actually printing on paper would theoretically allow you to map 24 bits against a single colored dot, providing a form of compression.

  23. Re:Classic case of innovator's dilemma? on SGI Sues ATI for Patent Infringement · · Score: 1

    Exactly. It's very possible that SGI's delay in filing this suit is due to them shopping around to be bought-out, with this patent as either their ammo or their blackmail. (i.e., approach Intel with a deal to sell to them just after AMD buys ATI.)

    But the problem here is that they likely already approached AMD and/or ATI and hinted that a buy-out/merger would make this problem go away for them. AMD/ATI would only bite if they thought the patent was irrefutably valid.

  24. Re:This One? on How Do I Filter Phone Calls on a Land Line? · · Score: 1

    That's the one. The model beneath that, with just two handsets/two base stations and no integrated answering supports calling groups also. Good for when your phone service has voicemail-to-web/email.

  25. Handset. on How Do I Filter Phone Calls on a Land Line? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The cheap Uniden dual-handset receiver that came free with my SunRocket service has a built-in phonebook, complete with user groups and different ring-tones. Set the default ring-tone to nothing/one quiet beep and put everyone you know into groups with a real ring.

    No PBX, no software and service independent.