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  1. The brakes are more powerful than the engine on Mandatory Brake-Override Proposed For All Cars · · Score: 1

    This has been tested by many of the car magazines. A Toyota Corolla's brakes are stronger than the engine and will stop the car from 50mph while under full throttle.

    Popular Mechanics tested it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOMYjiCiTYg

    Car and Driver tested it and the Corolla stopped only 16 feet longer than with no throttle. http://www.caranddriver.com/features/how-to-deal-with-unintended-acceleration

  2. Re:Why would they? on Will NASA Ever Recover Apollo 13's Plutonium From the Ocean · · Score: 2

    I guess I missed where either Ralph Nader or Dr. Cohen specified which form of plutonium that they were referring to. Maybe "plutonium oxide" means the ceramic oxide or maybe not. Plutonium metal spontaneously oxidizes to PuO2 in an atmosphere of oxygen so it could be as simple as that.

    Besides it was an off hand comment. The point was that the public doesn't care, all they know is plutonium is bad and will kill you.

  3. Re:Why would they? on Will NASA Ever Recover Apollo 13's Plutonium From the Ocean · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because people believe the media's saber rattling and they believe Ralph Nader who said that plutonium is “the most toxic substance known to mankind.” Even though it isn't. It's just too bad Ralph didn't accept Dr. Bernard Cohen's challenge to ingest equal amounts of caffeine to plutonium.

    Basically it's a "Won't somebody please think of the children!" kind of response and the government loves to keep idiots happy.

  4. Re:Duplicity: theres already a "utility parition" on New Xbox Experience Goes Live · · Score: 1

    I've installed GTA4 to the HD and didn't notice any improvment in load times. It was nice to be able to play without it reading the DVD though.

  5. Re:I hope the shuttle comes home safe... on Space Shuttle to Receive Emegency Repairs · · Score: 1

    You should watch "From the Earth to the Moon" sometime. The heatshields where built by hand by about 30 women. They used calking guns to inject the heatshield material into cells. It was then baked to harden it and x-rayed to check for air bubbles. If any were found it was chipped out and done again.

  6. You may have already agreed to the EULAs on What Software Do Cable Installers Place on Your PC? · · Score: 1
    I use Shaw here as my ISP and their service agreement states this:


    "You agree to comply with the applicable terms and conditions of all end user license agreements accompanying any software or plug-ins to such software distributed in connection with Service."


  7. Read your Service Agreement on What Software Do Cable Installers Place on Your PC? · · Score: 1
    My ISP is Shaw and this is from their service agreement


    "You agree to comply with the applicable terms and conditions of all end user license agreements accompanying any software or plug-ins to such software distributed in connection with Service."


    So by agreeing to the service agreement you've basically agreed to all the EULAs in any bundled software the installer puts on.
  8. Re:Cool on Bluetooth And The Common Motherboard · · Score: 1

    because vacuum tubes produce better sound.

  9. Re:Terabytes... on Cray's New Solid State Storage · · Score: 1
    actually its called a googol

    http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Googol.html

  10. Re:Of RPMs and Throughput on IBM 1GB Microdrive Review · · Score: 1

    RPM affects the seek times and transfer rates of a hard drive. The faster the disk spins the quicker that the data will get under the head and give lower seek times. Also the faster the data moves under the head, the faster it can be transfered off of the disk

  11. Re:Advantages? on Putting An Observatory On The Moon's 'Dark' Side · · Score: 1

    Of course the moon rotates. How do you think we see the same side of it all the time? Because it rotates at the same rate at which it orbits the earth. Do some research. It took me 5 seconds to find this on google
    http://newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/env99/env093.h tm

  12. DVD+RW on HP DVD100i DVD+RW Burner Tested · · Score: 1

    DVD+RW is physically able to write to the content protection area of the disk. So with some firmware hack or something it could be done. The problem is that most commercial DVD's use a dual layer format and switches to the other layer part way through. No recorders support this right now so you'd end up with half a movie

  13. Re:IBM is developing MRAM on Why Not Solid State Hard Drives? · · Score: 1

    Try taking the space out of the link. Jeez both of you

  14. Re:Imagine the tech support call from this kid? on Duct Tape · · Score: 1

    You'd think that he'd notice the radioactive sign on the silver container inside of the smoke detector

  15. Re:Boiling Frogs on Hailstorm: Open Web Services Controlled by Microsoft · · Score: 2

    Just put a lid on the pot when the water is cool. Plus the water boils faster that way

  16. Re:NASA propaganda victim on Canada Plans Mars Mission · · Score: 1

    Have *you* ever heard of ICBM's? Makes all your satellite-related examples shit, now doesn't it? So you're saying that war is less of a waste of money? Why get anything acomplished when we can just kill each other

  17. And its only going to get worse on Computers Breeding Harmful Fungus · · Score: 1

    More people are spending more time at their computers. I eat infront of mine all the time. I know someone who has put their keyboard throught the dishwasher because it collects food and all sorts of stuff that can't just be blown out. I got this old 486 from a government office and I was actually afraid to type on the keyboard. I took it out side and shook it out, it was full of hair and dirt. I'd be more worried about stuff growing in there than in the case, especially because we touch the keyboard everyday.

  18. Re:Not surprising. on NSA Tapping Underwater Fiber Optics · · Score: 1

    Who will regulate the regulators? Not much can stop the government from doing this if they really want to know what you have to say in your emails. O by the way NSA I have an assignment due for the 28th incase anyone was wondering

  19. Re:Pressure? on Superconducting Power Cable in Detroit · · Score: 1

    You're effectively doing the same thing. By heating the water the vapor pressure of the water overcomes the pressure that the air is putting on the water and the water boils. A vacuum removes the air pressure so that the vapor pressure of the water is higher and it boils. I'm sure you already knew that though; from high school.

  20. Re:Who gives a rats ass? on What's the Deal With Writeable DVD? · · Score: 1

    yeah thats good storage...nice and fast anyways as long as you don't mind losing everything when you turn the power off

  21. Re:Funny but... on Homebrewed In-Dash CD-ROM Player · · Score: 1

    What is so hard about installing a MS-OS? NT 4 works good. I've installed it many times now. Everyone is always ragging on MS about windows. It usually works well and they are user friendly. Have you ever thought about what would happen if a normal luser were to install linux? Their computer friend who "knows everything" would never hear the end of the crying and whinning.

  22. Re:"double every year and a half" on What 1.7Ghz Is Like · · Score: 1

    Incase you haven't noticed Moore's Law seems to apply to everything about computers. It wasn't that long ago that I had a 2GB HDD instead of an 80