User: ca19

I didn't forget to write a stupid title

On: Scientists Propose Using Cold War Era Weapons To Deflect Asteroids (blastingnews.com)

This post is spam, links to the "real" article that true to get you to "answer a survey question" to actually read it. Nice going slashdump.

Range still not enough to be practical

On: Researchers Improve Efficiency of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles By Almost 12% (dispatchtribunal.com)

Get one charge to go 350+ miles, same as a tank of gas, and they may have something actually useful. Still can't drive from SF to LA without an overnight to recharge. Too much hassle.

Amazon not customer focused

On: Amazon's Thin Helvetica Syndrome: Font Anorexia vs. Kindle Readability (teleread.com)

Amazon doesn't even allow Android kindle users to left justify text, making it far more readable. They could care less about what Android users want. Just a simple fact.

"Might" be outperformed?

On: F-35 Might Be Outperformed By Fourth-Generation Fighters

There is no "might" about this plane - it is fubar, and hugely expensive fubar. Good save the poor pilots who are ordered to take this death trap into combat.