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  1. Mir went the same way on The ISS Is a Cesspool of Bacteria and Fungi, Study Finds (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 2

    After 15 years Mir had 140 known micro-organisms. It also stank.
    The ISS has been up for 20 years with another 11 to go. It's going to get pretty foul up there!

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  2. 2006 Panasonic Lumix TZ1 anyone?
    https://www.dpreview.com/artic...

  3. Re: Ok, bye bye intelligence access on US Tells Germany To Stop Using Huawei Equipment Or Lose Some Intelligence Access (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Goalkeeper uses a US gun, the General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger. It's famously used in the A-10 as well.

    The only carriers ever fitted with Goalkeeper were HMS Invincible and HMS Illustrious, both of which are long gone. The USN carriers use Phalanx, which is a US made system.

    ROKS Dokdo and ROKS Marado use Goalkeeper, but they're classed as amphibious assault ships*, not carriers.

    *LPH for you naval types.

  4. Re:Everybody On Windows Uses MPC-HC Anyways on Windows Media Player Set To Lose a Feature on Windows 7 (onmsft.com) · · Score: 1
  5. Re:in my late 50s... on Ask Slashdot: Do Older IT Workers Doing End-User Support Find It Gets Harder With Age? · · Score: 2

    Let me see...

    spywhere: I've done everything from ... but now ...
    geek: ... you're in your late 50's and never advanced beyond ...

    He clearly advanced, now he's gone back to it for (specified) reasons.

    Then there's this:

    spywhere: [big post]
    geek: [reply]
    spywhere: You failed reading comprehension.
    geek: No, but you certainly did.

    Did you not notice (or comprehend maybe) that you're responding to the same guy?

  6. Re:Well lets see... on Slashdot Asks: Windows 10 Creators Update Goes Live On April 11, Will You Upgrade? · · Score: 1

    I don't know the True Name of Candy Crush but Powershell does. The wildcards should handle it for you. Try this:
    Get-AppxPackage *candy* | Remove-AppxPackage

    The safer option is to get the name first, then use that to uninstall:
    Get-AppxPackage -Name *candy*

    Or this gives you the full list of internal names, some translation required:
    Get-AppxPackage | Select Name, PackageFullName

    Note that Groove shows up as Zune, there will be others with odd names.

  7. Re:Well lets see... on Slashdot Asks: Windows 10 Creators Update Goes Live On April 11, Will You Upgrade? · · Score: 2

    8. Ability to scribble and make notes on Microsoft's Maps app.

    I don't use Maps and in fact if I could uninstall it I did or would if I could.

    Open Powershell as administrator and run this:
    Get-AppxPackage *windowsmaps* | Remove-AppxPackage

    Want to remove any others?

  8. Re:Consider the source on DJI Proposes New Electronic 'License Plate' For Drones (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 1

    I seriously doubt there are enough people home-building drones for DJI to be concerned. It's far more likely to me that they are trying to self-regulate the industry so drones don't get banned or restricted. They don't want most of their market to disappear.

  9. Yeah, that one's a pain in the arse. Removing the folder from Quick Access will make it behave itself again.

    Obviously we need a real fix but I won't be holding my breath.

  10. Re:Odd name for a supermarket on Iceland is Suing a Supermarket That's Using Its Name (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    And you should learn the difference between trawlers and naval vessels. Firing on civilians in international waters during the Cod Wars did not make Iceland any friends in the UK.

  11. No-one said it was a 35mm SLR. They could be comparing it to a 110 SLR - Pentax made a few.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  12. Re:Softare and wording problem on Sony To Boost Smartphone Batteries Because People Aren't Replacing Phones (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Some Vaio laptops have an option to only charge to 80%. I set in on mine and the battery is still trucking after many years.
    Of course Sony Mobile is the old Sony Ericsson, a completely different business unit. They probably don't know about it and the patents, if any, may have been sold with the laptop division.

  13. Re:rough landing on World's Largest Aircraft Crashes Its Second Flight (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    The Hindenburg isn't an aircraft. Well, not any more anyway. I know Slashdot is a bit slow reporting news but it caught fire and crashed 80 years ago.

  14. Re:This is just the sir mix a lot version of on World's Largest Aircraft Completes Its First Flight (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually they were both designed by the same guy - Roger Munk.

  15. Re:Airblades are horrible! on Dyson Launches New 'Supersonic' Hair Dryer To Revolutionize Hair Care (nbcnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Speaking as a Brit, Xlerators are better than Dyson Airblades and I don't give a damn where they're made.

  16. Re:Peak Aeroplane on B-52s: The Plane That Refuses To Die · · Score: 1

    The three V bombers were designed for high altitude operations. They were switched to low altitudes due to the threat of SAMs. The air down there is denser and wears aircraft out faster.

    The Vickers Valiant wore out first, with it's long flexible wings.

    The Avro Vulcan has delta wings which are less flexible and allowed it to operate at low level for far longer.

    The Handley Page Victor lasted longest because it was converted to reconnaisance and tanking and stayed in thinner air. It's enormous bomb bay made it suitable for this job.

    The B52 was never switched to low level operations so comparing the fatigue life of its airframe to the V bombers isn't really fair.

  17. TFS mentions two companies. One of them is Chinese (DJI).

    I doubt the other Chinese companies can beat them so easily.

  18. Re:Stupid article on British Spaceplane Skylon Could Revolutionize Space Travel (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Not an SR-71, a Tu-160. Specifically the TU-160SK / Burlak combo, which was actually studied by the Germans.
    First stage ignition at mach 1.7 and 13500 metres altitude to get a 1100kg payload into a 100km orbit.

    The plane was considered to be the zeroth stage.

  19. Re:um on Guy Creates Handheld Railgun With a 3D-Printer (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    they are worthless for hitting anything after the first round

    That was the point! They say you should never explain a joke, but just for you...

    The first few shots hit the victim, recoil pushes the gun off target and the rest of the bullets cause collateral damage. Therefore semi-auto has less cost to the taxpayer as the bullets all hit the target, which explains governments don't like civvies getting automatic weapons - they want us to do our murders cleanly.

    There, feel better now?

  20. Re:muzzle velocity comparison with firearms on Guy Creates Handheld Railgun With a 3D-Printer (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    the semo-automatic version would have the same muzzle velocity as the automatic. And feature higher accuracy.

    And less collateral damage for the taxpayer to fix. See, banning fully automatic weapons is in the public interest! Murders are inevitable but messy side effects can be avoided. :)

  21. Re:Smokeless powder on Guy Creates Handheld Railgun With a 3D-Printer (engadget.com) · · Score: 2

    The main problem with magazine explosions in warships or tanks is the propellant charge, not the shell filling. Shells are generally pretty insensitive and the bursting charge of an armour piercing shell is comparatively small.

    Obviously rail guns remove the risk of propellant and warhead explosions, but the price is no indirect fire. Naval gunnery is mosty used for shore bombardment these days, firing at targets behind a hill isn't going to happen with a railgun.

    While "traditional" tanks rounds were explosive, modern ones are generally kinetic, but ammunition explosions are still a risk due to the propellant. Surprisingly some WWII tanks fired solid shot at the start of the war, but almost modern APDS rounds appeared in 1944.

  22. Re: Time to drop the prices? on Wind Power Now Cheapest Energy In UK and Germany; No Subsidies Needed · · Score: 2, Funny

    We can't flood all of Wales for pump storage power stations. I'm willing to give it a shot though.

  23. Time to drop the prices? on Wind Power Now Cheapest Energy In UK and Germany; No Subsidies Needed · · Score: 4, Funny

    So my electricity bill's going to go down now? No, I didn't think so either.

    It's a pity wind and solar aren't reliable in the UK. Maybe we could install the turbines in parliament and make use of a ready supply of hot air. We could install solar panels too, the MPs all think the sun shines out of their arses.

  24. Re:Apropos of nothing... on Uber Raided By Dutch Authorities, Seen As 'Criminal Organization' · · Score: 1

    Doesn't matter. A law is a law. Period.

    Apropos of nothing, how do you feel about Rosa Parks not moving to the back of the bus?

    She was not legally required to.

    According to the law, no passenger would be required to move or give up his seat and stand if the bus was crowded and no other seats were available. Over time and by custom, however, Montgomery bus drivers adopted the practice of requiring black riders to move when there were no white-only seats left.

  25. Re:If bribery works for anyone... on Uber Raided By Dutch Authorities, Seen As 'Criminal Organization' · · Score: 1

    Bribery works everywhere. Every country can't be in the third world.