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  1. Re:Already denied on Engine Data Reveals That Flight 370 Flew On For Hours After It "Disappeared" · · Score: 1

    Sorry, my bad. The spot 3 and some earlier versions do use satelites
    coverage map below
    http://www.globaltelesat.co.uk...

  2. Re:Already denied on Engine Data Reveals That Flight 370 Flew On For Hours After It "Disappeared" · · Score: 1

    That device used GSM to transmit data. The satelite part is GPS. It is a minimal GPS cell phone.

  3. Re:Science will NEVER be settled. Counter-argument on Can Science Ever Be "Settled?" · · Score: 1

    Why do you need to prove that you love your children or your wife? Your behaviour shows that you do (although you may do it for other reasons). You are a single sample and not a universal model of "loving your wife"

  4. Re:Who believe "just metadata" reassurances anyway on Metadata and the Intrusive State · · Score: 2
  5. Re:Volume not weight? on Exploding Oil Tank Cars: Why Trains Go Boom · · Score: 1

    At atmospheric preasure they can increase the density by up to 0.1% (usually much less depending on the hydrocarbons in the mix) but they also have value to the refiners.

  6. Re:Science will NEVER be settled. Counter-argument on Can Science Ever Be "Settled?" · · Score: 1

    If you have no way of showing that the truth is the truth then how do you know it is the truth?

  7. Re:Moisture inside the dam wall on Damming News From Washington State · · Score: 1

    In an inadvertant way they do.

    However they still have the potential to cause similar problems (rust) as reinforcement bars can. That depends on what kind of steel was used and many other things. They do not seem to be a problem at the moment though. The builders also seemed to get lucky as the agregate they used does not react with alkaline moisture which could make it brittle.

  8. Re:Moisture inside the dam wall on Damming News From Washington State · · Score: 1

    The Hover dam is not reinforced but is full of 1 inch diameter steel pipes (that were used for cooling)

  9. Re:Not plastic, titanium on 3-D Printed Pelvis Holding Up After 3 Years · · Score: 1

    If you read the article you would know that the entire frame was printed.

  10. Re:Oh well on China's Jade Rabbit Lunar Rover Officially Declared Lost · · Score: 1

    Opportunity. I must get that right.

  11. Re:Oh well on China's Jade Rabbit Lunar Rover Officially Declared Lost · · Score: 1

    Really it is fucking amazing that it got there.
    Curiosity! Well that is beyond anyone’s expectations. The little thing just keeps going.

  12. Re:Oh well on China's Jade Rabbit Lunar Rover Officially Declared Lost · · Score: 1

    All the Pioneer and Ranger missions?
    Luna, Cosmos, Zond?

    Yep lots of failures.

  13. Re:The difference between innovation & imitati on China's Jade Rabbit Lunar Rover Officially Declared Lost · · Score: 1

    Do you know how many times the US and Russia failed
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...

  14. Re:"Must accept harmful interference..." on L.A. Building's Lights Interfere With Cellular Network, FCC Says · · Score: 1

    The manufactorer may be selling a legal product in many juristictions. It is up to the buyer to determine if it is legal in their juristication.

    The people who made it may know but the companies who retail it are not them. And if they are not covered by FCC regulations (different country) why would they care?

  15. Re:When you are a criminal on Snowden Used Software Scraper, Say NSA Officials · · Score: 1

    Which enemy? The rest of the world?

  16. Re:popcorn at 11 on First New Generic Top Level Domains Opening · · Score: 2

    there are a fair few .aero domains but you are unlikely to come across them unless you are in the industry (and many .aero owners also have more common TLD's).

  17. Re:Also relevants... on DHS Turns To Unpaid Interns For Nation's Cyber Security · · Score: 1

    Yep you have to ask why.

  18. Re:Evil Plot on DHS Turns To Unpaid Interns For Nation's Cyber Security · · Score: 1

    :)

  19. Re:The intern is a **known**, a safe hire ... on DHS Turns To Unpaid Interns For Nation's Cyber Security · · Score: 1

    Yep.

    I was only worried by the"unpaid" part.:)

  20. Re:Get your security clearance before graduation . on DHS Turns To Unpaid Interns For Nation's Cyber Security · · Score: 2

    I don't know how it works in the US. In the UK a security clearence is bound to your employer. Getting a new job involves transfering it.
    Mind you getting a SC is easier if you have had one previously.

  21. Re:Bad news for string theory on "Perfect" Electron Roundness Bruises Supersymmetry · · Score: 2

    A hypothosis does not require any theory or fact to define it. It is postulated so that it can be tested. If it fails the tests it needs to be revised or disarded. If it explains many observations then it may become a theory.

    Oddly supersymettry is not one concept. There are many flavours. They may all be wrong. Some may be less wrong than others.

    If you don't have people comming up with the concepts then you have little to design an experiment to test.

  22. Re:supplementing the diet of well-nourished adults on Multivitamin Researchers Say 'Case Is Closed' As Studies Find No Health Benefits · · Score: 1

    And why not? Well not to excess.

    It is sort of why a sunday meal for your family is nice. It costs a bit more but lots of people enjoy it. Have a treat.

    Peruvian? Well I did not know that was a trend for people from Peru.
    Oh well guinea pigs :P

  23. Re:Ungrateful krauts on Amazon Workers Strike In Germany As Christmas Orders Peak · · Score: 1

    Times change, the economy changes (inflation, local cost of living etc.), labour supply changes, business practices change, working environment changes.

    At some point you do need to renegotiate the terms of the agreement.

  24. Re:Word unlocked. on North Korea Erases Executed Official From the Internet · · Score: 1

    The idea remains the same. The method has changed.

    Now you ensure that there is so much information out there that nobody can be bothered to trawl through it. Even if people do then their findings will mostly be ignored.

    The great part is that you (as the perpitrator) don't have to do much at all. Just let the pundits run with it.

    In a few years you will have people stareing at pictures claiming the man did exist and many others claiming he did not and his existance was a consipracy (or some odd opinions inbetween)

  25. Re:guy at the top was in on the ruse too on Healthcare.gov and the Gulf Between Planning and Reality · · Score: 1

    I also live in country with a national health service.
    All these US insurance companies sold insurance before this web site and now people are claiming they can't buy it because of the we site. Yeh the laws have changed but the insurance companies are the same. The policies may differ but people used to shop around via phone or web sites and can still do so. The federal site is just icing on the cake to mak it easier. It is not necessary