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  1. Re:I can see a business case for this on Solar Impulse Airplane To Launch First Sun-Powered Flight Across America · · Score: 1

    How do you deal with night?
    Sure altitude can be used to store power, gain altitude during day, glid down at night, but will that last the whole duration?

  2. Re:"To show the world 'power of green technology'" on Solar Impulse Airplane To Launch First Sun-Powered Flight Across America · · Score: 1

    There is a solution to this;
    Use solar derived electricity to crack water, then use this combined with CO2 derived from whatever source you like to make jet fuel. Or just make biodiesel and refine that into jetfuel. If you can get away without having to meet the JetA specs it should not be that hard. Turbines are pretty flexible.

    An article about this tech:
    http://www.gizmag.com/air-fuel-synthesis-gasoline-from-air/24739/

    Yes, it is a very lossy process, but the energy density of liquid hydrocarbons is hard to match.

  3. Re:Darwin and Motorola on Google Pledges Not To Sue Any Open Source Projects Using Their Patents · · Score: 5, Informative

    KHTML is what WebKit is based on.
    It was not developed by Apple.

    They did make major improvements, but they did base their work on KHTML which is LGPL.

  4. Re:Determining vulnerability? on Misconfigured Open DNS Resolvers Key To Massive DDoS Attacks · · Score: 1

    I believe any server it lists is part of the problem.
    Servers that are not part of the problem should not be listed at all.

  5. Re:Accidentally, or not? on Misconfigured Open DNS Resolvers Key To Massive DDoS Attacks · · Score: 1

    It might also be an old DNS server no one is using or remembers they have up.

  6. Why are people not being alerted? on Misconfigured Open DNS Resolvers Key To Massive DDoS Attacks · · Score: 2

    Why are they not sending out emails to the people running these things.

    Check which domains these servers are authoritative for and send them a damn email.

  7. Re:Me, too! on MySQL's Creator On Why the Future Belongs To MariaDB · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Performance is secondary to your data being there. Also I want to see some evidence of that, I have trouble believing it in 2013.

    I actually admin a fairly large set of Postgres DBs, just so you know smartass.

  8. Re:Sodium Hydroxide on When Your Data Absolutely, Positively has to be Destroyed (Video) · · Score: 1

    Drives are made of aluminum right?

    Remember not to smoke while you use that approach then.

  9. Re:Hammered on When Your Data Absolutely, Positively has to be Destroyed (Video) · · Score: 1

    A sledge hammer would be a lot faster.

    I find something in the 30 caliber rifle line to be a far more fun way to destroy data though.

  10. Re:dd on When Your Data Absolutely, Positively has to be Destroyed (Video) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    What are you going to do with several hundred 40GB IDE drives?
    How about some SCSI320 drives?

    No one has enough room to store all this crap.

  11. Re:Me, too! on MySQL's Creator On Why the Future Belongs To MariaDB · · Score: 1

    I am very familiar with both. Postgres is a great database, MySQL is a damn shame. It simply should not be popular, and proves that marketing and PR are more important than a good product.

  12. Re:The big question on Interviews: James Randi Answers Your Questions · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Shit, I am surprised Zues really does exist.

    You die, and it turns out your were wrong there is a god other than the one you pray to. What do you say?

  13. Re:This man on The Man Who Sold Shares of Himself · · Score: 1

    And they only cost $11.

    I would love to buy a huge chunk, if he let me vote on more interesting things, or better yet let me propose what we are voting on.

  14. Would be worth it if you could vote on more stuff. on The Man Who Sold Shares of Himself · · Score: 1

    I would buy many shares if I could vote on more important stuff. Since they are only $11 and it appears ~100 shares is enough to control a decision I would be a buyer when he offers up more control.

    I also hope he enjoys eating broken glass and putting tattoos on his face.

  15. Re:Any Word On compatability? on Sony Reveals More PS4 and Dual Shock 4 Details · · Score: 1

    Yup.
    That is the reason I am likely not getting one.
    That and the fact that the PS3 still works fine. Heck, I am still backlogged with PS2 games to play.

  16. Re:The problem with ram on Ask Slashdot: Getting Apps To Use Phones' Full Power? · · Score: 1

    No, I was well aware of the issue with SD cards. Flash used in phones has more write cycles and would be fine for two years that a user will keep one.

    If I had worked on Symbian I would never mention it again. Go play with your iphone and leave slashdot to the geeks.

  17. Re:IT admins are special on Most IT Admins Have Considered Quitting Due To Stress · · Score: 2

    For a Jr, it is not that bad. $50k is about Jr money. One day when you trade the Jr for Sr or just drop the Jr, you will get more money.

    The stress issue is separate, not all employers are like that.

  18. Re:IT admins are special on Most IT Admins Have Considered Quitting Due To Stress · · Score: 1

    I own a home near lake Erie as well, near Buffalo. I would put the parents income guidlines as spot on.

  19. Re:IT admins are special on Most IT Admins Have Considered Quitting Due To Stress · · Score: 1

    I did not intend to offend, just the low salary and inclusion of Apple, which has no more servers made me assume.

  20. Re:Me, too! on MySQL's Creator On Why the Future Belongs To MariaDB · · Score: 1

    If we have to select the needlessly duplicative one to ditch, then lets ditch mysql. It is the weaker product.

  21. Re:IT admins are special on Most IT Admins Have Considered Quitting Due To Stress · · Score: 2

    My commute is 5 minutes, I never see users and I still would not go for that deal.

    For $11/hour you can work at McDonalds.

  22. Re:IT admins are special on Most IT Admins Have Considered Quitting Due To Stress · · Score: 1

    Really?
    I would not open xterm for that kind of money. Is this windows only folks maybe?

  23. Re:IT admins are special on Most IT Admins Have Considered Quitting Due To Stress · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That is only $48k. That is terrible pay for sysadmin work.

  24. Re:IT admins are special on Most IT Admins Have Considered Quitting Due To Stress · · Score: 2

    This should be modded informative not funny.

    When the clock says 17:30 the drinking can begin. Until my next on call rotation, then I have to be sober for a whole week. That shit should be illegal.

  25. Re:NVIDIA..? "Sky" on AMD Reveals Radeon Sky Series For Cloud Gaming, Previews Radeon HD 7990 · · Score: 4, Informative

    They already announced it.
    It is called NVIDIA GRID.