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  1. Re:My cat probably knows more about economics... on White House Advisor Kudlow Says Apple Technology May Have Been 'Picked Off' by China (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    No probably about it. Your cat definitely knows more about economics than Larry Kudlow.

  2. Re:Brand? on 17-Year-Old Radio Astronomy Mystery Traced Back To Kitchen Microwave · · Score: 1

    My GE microwave is 23 years old.

  3. Re:No Smoking or Open Flame Near Fuel Cell! on Enzymes Make Electricity From Jet Fuel Without Ignition · · Score: 2

    JP-8 is nearly identical to Jet A-1, which is the fuel used in commercial jet airplanes and is mostly kerosene. It's not very aromatic and is harder to ignite than gasoline. You may be thinking of JP-4, which is similar to commercial Jet B. JP-4 and Jet B have naptha in addition to the kerosene.

  4. Remember Google Reader on Is Google Voice Doomed To Be 2nd-Class Messaging System? · · Score: 1

    Google killed off Google Reader because it "only" had about a million users. (Although based on the number of new Feedly users it's likely that the number was a lot higher than that.) Google Voice has about 3.5 million users, and while it has a lot of great features it also has a lot of limitations and quirks that have been there a while and there's no sign of Google addressing them. Now Google says that Hangouts is the future, but I suspect the transition is going to be akin to pulling the rug out from under Google Voice users, similar to the way that Google Reader users were "transitioned".

    Full disclosure: I'm not a Google Voice user. I used to be a very satisfied Google Reader user.

  5. Re:Great, now I just need 6 cablecards on TiVo Series 5 Coming This Fall · · Score: 5, Informative

    "M" CableCards can decode 6 streams. You'll need only one for a Tivo with 6 tuners.

  6. Re:There are technical solutions... on Smart Guns To Stop Mass Killings · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Important to note: ammo has a shelf life of a few years. Within a decade, culpability for gun crimes could be much more transparent.

    Good quality ammo has a shelf life of a few decades, or more. I've personally fired commercial 9mm ammo that was 25+ years old; it worked just like brand new ammo.

  7. Re:Casio fx 7000 on Color-Screen TI-84 Plus Calculator Leaked · · Score: 1

    I still have my Casio FX-7000G in my desk drawer. IIRC I bought it around 1987 to replace my beloved TI-58C. I didn't find the graphing very useful, but other than that it was a fine scientific calculator. Eventually it got relegated to the desk drawer and replaced with an HP-32SII.

  8. Re:Missed Opportunity on Google's Nexus 4, 7, 10 Strategy: Openness At All Costs · · Score: 1

    I believe they missed a big opportunity by not delivering a Verizon LTE capable phone in the $350-$450 range. There is a significant portion of users who are still grandfathered on to "unlimited" data that are approaching upgrade time (e.g., early adopters who bought VZW's first LTE phone, the HTC Thunderbolt back in Dec 2010). There's a large market of people that would choose an unsubsidized LTE Nexus 4 which lets them keep unlimited data for that price. The competitive subsidized phones (i.e. GS3 or Note 2) would only be about $200 or so less but would cost the user their unlimited data plan which a lot of people value more than $200.

    The HTC Thunderbolt was released in March, 2011. However, your comment is still valid - a lot of people who bought a Thunderbolt then will become eligible for a phone upgrade in November, 2012. A Nexus 4 that runs on Verizon's LTE network would be an attractive alternative.

  9. Too much sacrifice for openness on Google's Nexus 4, 7, 10 Strategy: Openness At All Costs · · Score: 2

    I'm all for openness, but I'm not going to buy an "open" phone that's starkly lacking in features. The Nexus One had the best hardware of any smartphone on the market when it was introduced. The Nexus S? Nice, but not spectacular. Galaxy Nexus? Nice, not spectacular, crappy camera. Nexus 4? No LTE - that's a deal breaker for a lot of people. Was the Nexus One a fluke, or has Google given up on trying to deliver a Nexus phone with great hardware?

  10. Got me out of jury duty on Minnesota Supreme Court Rejects DUI Challenges Based On Buggy Software · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I was #8 in the jury pool for a DUI case. They were empaneling 12 jurors so I was going to be on the jury unless the prosecution or the defense chose to strike me. During voire dire the prosecutor asked a general question along the lines of "how do you feel about DUI cases?" I raised my hand, explained that I was a computer programmer, and said that I was skeptical of the reliability of breathalyzers because of articles I had read in trade journals concerning buggy breathalyzer software. I was not picked to be on the jury.

  11. Re:Mr Cynic here on Amazon To Offer Kindle ebooks Via Public Libraries · · Score: 1

    Overdrive offers library e-books in several formats. All the books I browsed through at my library today were offered in Kindle, ePub, and PDF.

  12. Re:Do you have any evidence to support that claim? on Facebook May Bust Up the SMS Profit Cartel · · Score: 2

    I'm skeptical too. None of the Google Talk messages on my phone have been billed as SMS.

  13. Re:WTF ? on Car Glass Rules Could Impair Cell, GPS and Radio Signals In CA · · Score: 1

    I think "glazed glass" means literally glass that's installed in some sort of frame (i.e. the panes of glass in a typical house window are glazed into the window frame). TFA says "advanced window glazing". I think we have a Bad Submitter - perhaps his eyes were glazed over when he RTFA.

  14. Why isn't this headline PINK? on IE 8.1 Supports Firefox Plugins, Rendering Engine · · Score: 4, Insightful

    April Fool's deserves the full color treatment!

  15. Re:Horde! on How Do You Manage Your SD Card Library? · · Score: 1

    My keys, phone, wallet, etc. are always either with me or on top of the tall cabinet that my toddlers can't reach. Fortunately I don't have any pets to worry about (at the moment).

  16. Mobile browser for desktop OS?! on Mobile Firefox Alpha 1 Released · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I'm really interested in trying Fennec on my actual mobile device. Oh well, I'm glad to see they're making progress.

  17. Re:Oblig. Futurama reference: on Pixar to Release All New Movies in 3D · · Score: 1
    Same for me - I'm completely blind in one eye. 3D movies don't excite me one bit.

    ... except for that cheesy 70s 3D porn movie I saw a few years ago. That excited one bit of me in spite of the funny red and blue colors.

  18. 3G != iPhone on 3G iPhone on the Way? · · Score: 2, Insightful
    In the last year I've owned three cell phones that were all capable of 3G and all worked fine on AT&T's 3G network.

    AT&T currently offers about 18 different phones that are 3G capable. While I'm sure that AT&T is looking forward to a 3G-capable iPhone, I think it's much more likely that their ongoing 3G expansion is more about supporting their current customers and current product lineup than about supporting future products.

  19. Re:Diesels on Stopping Cars With Microwave Radiation · · Score: 1
    Most of them also have a "limp-home" mode, for when things go dead. Its not like the laws of physics (including how diesel engines work) suddenly get suspended. It can be damned HARD to shut off a diesel engine. For example, if the oil seal splits on the turbo and engine oil gets fed into the engine intake - it'll burn, and pulling the manual fuel shut-off won't do squat. I know because I had that happen to me on a Case 780. Couldn't even stall the engine.

    What about common-rail diesels? These are now the prevalent type in passenger cars. If the ECU goes out what do the injection solenoids do? I suspect they'll just close up tight and the engine will quit.

  20. 100 Hz? on Stopping Cars With Microwave Radiation · · Score: 2, Informative

    From TFA it looks like the 100 Hz number comes from the fact that it generates 100 pulses per second. The radio frequency that it operates is "tunable in the 350-1350 MHz range".

  21. Re:Diesels on Stopping Cars With Microwave Radiation · · Score: 2, Informative

    Modern passenger car diesels use a microprocessor to control injection timing, turbo boost, etc. I would imagine they're just as vulnerable as gasoline engines.

  22. I'm in on Child's Play 2007 Gets Underway · · Score: 1

    $18 and about five minutes of my time. I hope some kids enjoy the heck out it.

  23. Re:And yet it works FINE when you GRAPH it... on Excel 2007 Multiplication Bug · · Score: 4, Informative

    That's true, but if you add 1 to that result you get 65537. And dividing either "1000000" or "100001" by 2 gives the correct results. I can replicate the problem as a display problem, but I can't produce any actual calculation errors.

  24. Re:And yet it works FINE when you GRAPH it... on Excel 2007 Multiplication Bug · · Score: 1

    I agree. As far as I can tell this is a display bug and not a calculation bug.

  25. Technical? on First Technical Look at the Second Life Client · · Score: 1

    That's technical? It's just some tips (albeit useful ones) on how to build the Second Life client. Don't waste your time with TFA unless you're interested in building the client.