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  1. Re:Up to date? on Merry Christmas - Be an Erector Engineer! · · Score: 0

    I don't think he's the negative one here... Jeez.

  2. Re:j^2 on Should a Mars Colony Be Independent? (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    j is the square root of -1 in electrical engineering, so your subject works on both levels.

  3. Basically on Galloping Gertie, Engineering's Most Misunderstood Failure (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    If I may extrapolate what I know about open-reel tape decks, this sounds like flutter. But in the other axis.

  4. That's OK on North Carolina Town Defeats Big Solar's Plan To Suck Up the Sun (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just tell them we'll add two hours to daylight savings time to make up for it.

  5. Re:This is getting nuttier by the day on Donald Trump Obliquely Backs a Federal Database To Track Muslims · · Score: 1

    Frederik Pohl?

  6. This is getting nuttier by the day on Donald Trump Obliquely Backs a Federal Database To Track Muslims · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Lately I've been feeling like I'm in a Philip K Dick novel.

  7. Re:no electrical CAD software on The Intel 4004 Microprocessor Turns 44 · · Score: 1

    Intel was a tiny company back then, they probably had to do it by hand. Even in the 1980s companies like Commodore had lots of manual input to chip design even though they had CAD.

  8. Re:commie keyboards on New Plastic For Old Amigas and Commodores · · Score: 1

    You have *four* SXs? What's wrong with the keyboards? You mean they're missing? I guess that's why you got 4 of them, without the keyboard they're pretty cheap. You can plug in a 128D keyboard, it works, but they're just as hard to find. Some monkey on eBay is selling each key separately it seems.

  9. Re:I found another unicorn! on A Fresh Take On Fake Meat · · Score: 1

    I only like cow's milk when it's steamed in my capuccinos. Weird, huh? I don't drink milk otherwise. My favorite ersatz milk was Oat Dreams, which I can't get anymore in Montreal.

  10. Re:Record License Plate Number? on Tesla: Journalists Trespassed At Gigafactory, Assaulted Employees (teslamotors.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Except when they're speeding cameras. Then they can capture a license plate on Pluto.

  11. Re:Actual proper Silly question but.... on Apollo-Era Photos Now Up at NASA's Flickr Account, In High-Res · · Score: 4, Informative

    They've always been available; as printed books. I have NASA Gemini mission books that are nothing but plates.

  12. Re:I get my soft drink cravings on The Decline of 'Big Soda': Is Drinking Soda the New Smoking? · · Score: 1

    Maybe a soda siphon would help?

  13. Re:I get my soft drink cravings on The Decline of 'Big Soda': Is Drinking Soda the New Smoking? · · Score: 1

    That's fine, but I'd be really surprised if the phosphoric acid that's in Coke appears in club soda.

  14. I get my soft drink cravings on The Decline of 'Big Soda': Is Drinking Soda the New Smoking? · · Score: 1

    ...but I drink club soda, all the bubbles, none of the sugar, acid or caffeine.

  15. Re:The Stupid Brits can do what they want... but.. on British Movie Theater Staff To Wear Night-Vision Goggles To Combat Movie Piracy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No, government is just the publicly-funded private police for the corporations. Thank Milton Friedman for that!

  16. Someone doxxes me, I doxx them on Ask Slashdot: How Do I Recover From Doxxing? · · Score: 2

    This is a stupid word in any case. There is tons of publicly available information on people, just the municipal tax roll for starters, then the business registry.

    No special leet skills required.

  17. Re:Many eyes... on Crash Chrome With 16 Characters · · Score: 1

    Raises the question. Please.

  18. Re:I support space research. on Whisky Aged On NASA's International Space Station Tastes "Different" · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes, cognac.

  19. Re:So it's not unlimited, then... on T-Mobile Starts Going After Heavy Users of Tethered Data · · Score: 1

    Wow, I hope you never buy a house. The difference between the marketing garbage from the realtors and the actual documents you sign will shatter your mind.

  20. Wow, yeah, I do... on Windows 95 Turns 20 · · Score: 1

    I remember moving the mouse around and noticing how fine the detail was on the mouse pointer, at that point I knew the Amiga, with its chunky sprite mouse pointer, was dead.
    Same thing when I saw the video demo... Sadly had to get rid of the stuff, Commodore was bankrupt by then anyways.

  21. Re: Wow on Indian Ocean Debris Believed To Come From Missing Flight MH370 · · Score: 1

    Thanks for that. That was way before my time but I've got quite a fondness for that era. Like the whole late-1950s to 1970s.

    " In the early 1970s, while Jack Schleh was closing Soundac and moving the company's materials to a van, car thieves stole the van, which was never found."

    So sad, and mysterious. I wonder if we'll find film rolls as people pass on?

  22. Re:So what? on HP R&D Starts Enforcing a Business Casual Dress Code · · Score: 1

    Yes. I may have a unique metabolism, I don't know, but anything else than a white cotton t-shirt and I break out in smelly sweat.
    Polyester is the worst.

  23. Seems simple enough on "Ludicrous Speed" For Tesla's Model S Means 0-60 MPH In 2.8 Seconds · · Score: 1

    You want the torque and power curve of an electric motor but the convenience of tanking up with kerosene?

    http://www.ultimatecarpage.com...

  24. Re:I seriously would like to know on Russian Progress Cargo Ship Docks With Space Station · · Score: 1
  25. Re:not legal on Quebec Government May Force ISPs To Block Gambling Websites · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Perhaps you are not aware:

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

    And my taxes pay for these fine people's salaries and retirement fund... while I scramble for crumbs.