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  1. Re:intuitively I would think steam would be better on Watch the US Navy Test Its Electromagnetic Jet Fighter Catapult · · Score: 1

    if that were true then we wouldn't have the Flying Scotsman or the Mallard.

  2. Re:intuitively I would think steam would be better on Watch the US Navy Test Its Electromagnetic Jet Fighter Catapult · · Score: 1

    the CDG is the ONLY nuclear powered carrier in service outside the US Navy. Iran have a wooden replica of the Nimitz (seriously!). Citation: http://www.newsmax.com/TheWire...

  3. Re: intuitively I would think steam would be bette on Watch the US Navy Test Its Electromagnetic Jet Fighter Catapult · · Score: 2

    something like the QE has: two gas turbines, 4 diesel, and 4 induction motors to the screws. 77,000 tons to 25+kt.

  4. same as maanaging any other productive group on On Managing Developers · · Score: 0

    from a distance. Say "Make this do this" and stand back, let the kids do their magic (hell, being a manager doesn't require technical knowledge) and look forward to the result. Micromanaging is for kindergarten teachers. You have a team of devs because they know how to code and you probably don't, keep thy nose in thine own trough.

  5. Re:And 4) on NOAA: Global Warming 'Pause' Never Happened · · Score: 1

    newspaper reports maybe?

    You said, and I paraquote here, that settlements have been evacuated due to sea level rise.

    I said I want proof of claim.
    You are attempting to confuse the issue by saying I'm a CC denier.
    I'm not a denier. I'm an AGW skeptic, which I shall remain until hard evidence backed by the scientific process is presented.

    I'm still waiting for proof of claim.

  6. Re:Free Speech on Anti-TPP Website Being Blacklisted · · Score: 1

    HSBC
    the East India Tea Company
    Silk Road Trading

    The real point is that the First Amendment, to take the example, was written in terms of the speech not the speaker. The speaker could be an individual or it could be a corporation (per https://supreme.justia.com/cas... (link will likely kick up a warning, the site is safe)), both enjoy the guarantees of the US Constitution inside the jurisdiction, both also bear the responsibilities.

  7. Re:Free Speech on Anti-TPP Website Being Blacklisted · · Score: 1

    since corporate entities were granted Personhood status in Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 17 U.S. 518 (1819).

    Further reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...

  8. Re:Who was it that allow all the system rot? on Anti-TPP Website Being Blacklisted · · Score: 1

    there is a very simple answer, and I don't give a fuck what you say, this is completely legal: spoil your ballot by marking a single line through ALL the boxes and writing in the margin: "NONE OF THE ABOVE".

    A "NONE OF THE ABOVE" is not a protest vote, it's a vote for regime change.

    Tell me, what changed after the last election? Anything? Was anything brought in by the incumbent immediately reversed by the incoming as they took over? Anything at all? Please, tell me, just ONE SINGLE FUCKING THING?

    I'll wait.

  9. Re: Free Speech on Anti-TPP Website Being Blacklisted · · Score: 1

    Pretty sure if that were true then the Ford Motor Company have a lot to answer for.

  10. Re:And 4) on NOAA: Global Warming 'Pause' Never Happened · · Score: 1

    these are projections, not proof of your claim. Plus the fact it's widely acknowledged that every computer-based climate model has a common fatal flaw:

    they make too many static assumptions.

  11. Re:And 4) on NOAA: Global Warming 'Pause' Never Happened · · Score: 1

    source citations needed.

  12. Re:But dude, there was a snowball on NOAA: Global Warming 'Pause' Never Happened · · Score: 0

    TL;DR

    The important question is, did they adjust the read data by the same offset as the calibration?

    Simple question demanding a simple answer.

  13. Re:We'll talk when on NOAA: Global Warming 'Pause' Never Happened · · Score: 1

    they were exporting wine only 1200 years ago. Some very good grog, apparently. These days they import fruit for wine under the van Schayk label (Kirkwall) and even grow some locally (blueberry, gooseberry, cranberry and elderflower), but back then they grew grapes for entirely locally grown and produced wine which rivalled the best wines of France over the past 100 years to the point where they were exporting it all over medieval Europe.

  14. Re:We'll talk when on NOAA: Global Warming 'Pause' Never Happened · · Score: 1

    thanks :) - and no, I haven't seen it yet. Looks interesting...

  15. We'll talk when on NOAA: Global Warming 'Pause' Never Happened · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Orkney exports a good wine.

  16. Re:three hundred dollars for a desktop speaker?? on Apple Recalls Beats Pill XL Speakers As Fire Risk · · Score: 1

    mine's an ugly setup too, but boy does it sound sweet.

    First, the really loud shit:
    Sansui 331 4-channel amp (a 1975 vintage original!) feeding 4x Goodmans GLS250 shelf monitors

    Then, the studio stuff:
    Acoustic Solutions 5.1 home theatre (which probably has a higher per-channel output than the Sansui!)
    5xCambridge Soundworks satellites (rescued from a blown DTT2200 setup)

    All fed using Tech+Link interconnects. And no clearly I didn't pay £25 per cable. Smart-arsed me only paid £5 for a random box of loose cables from a yard sale. Most turned out to be TL interconnects and Belkin USB cables.

    Total cost: £85 including cables.

  17. Re:1.5V alkaline vs 1.2v NiMH on Company Extends Alkaline Battery Life With Voltage Booster · · Score: 1

    Kodak Easyshare C633, c.2006. Mn-O: fine. Ni-MH: no chance. Zn-C: nope. Ni-Cd: Hell no.

  18. Re:Lots of negative nancies in here on Company Extends Alkaline Battery Life With Voltage Booster · · Score: 1

    "There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home."
      - Digital founder Ken Olsen, 1977, and yes he did in fact say this at the World Future society event in Boston during a talk.

  19. Re:1.5V alkaline vs 1.2v NiMH on Company Extends Alkaline Battery Life With Voltage Booster · · Score: 1

    yep, I had two that had that. One was a Harvard Multi (UK, CEPT & sidebands), the other a Radio Shack 80-channel (UK & CEPT). Both ran on 12V (8xMnO or 10xNiCd - 8xNiCd wouldn't work). I was so happy when I got my Yaesu VX-5 apart from the fact that it doesn't cover MPT-27/81 or CEPT, 49MHz unlicensed or anything above 999.90MHz. Guess I'm stuck using terrestrial bands that everybody else uses. :(

  20. Re:1.5V alkaline vs 1.2v NiMH on Company Extends Alkaline Battery Life With Voltage Booster · · Score: 1

    older digital cameras.

    source: I have many, and they all suffer the same problem: they don't work on NiMH chemistry. ANY of them.

  21. Re:Not very useful on Company Extends Alkaline Battery Life With Voltage Booster · · Score: 1

    Kodak Easyshare C633.

    Great on fresh alkalines, take a dozen flash shots, it's fucked. Or is it?

    Drop the batteries into an LED flashlight like a "Lenser" which are loaded with Cree electronics, and they'll last another three years.

    Source: I have a drawer full of cameras and flashlights are the cornerstone of any discerning hunter's day pack.

  22. Re:You Mean...? on Features That Windows 10 Will Deprecate · · Score: 4, Informative

    in most cases you're looking at a firmware upgrade. Go here: http://www.doom9.org/index.htm...

    HTH.

  23. Re:three hundred dollars for a desktop speaker?? on Apple Recalls Beats Pill XL Speakers As Fire Risk · · Score: 1

    I think my heart just imploded.

  24. Re:Jim Lansing & Jensen Speakers on Apple Recalls Beats Pill XL Speakers As Fire Risk · · Score: 1

    lithium battery.

    Yep, those things that don't like being vibrated to shit.

  25. three hundred dollars for a desktop speaker?? on Apple Recalls Beats Pill XL Speakers As Fire Risk · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ARE YOU FUCKING NUTS??