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  1. Re:Well, I am 53... on Excess Coffee May Be Linked To Early Death · · Score: 3, Funny

    In American English your comment is very funny. You mention forgetting homosexuals, but you drink tea. I know what you meant, but man you are a bunch of Nancies.

  2. Re:causation versus correlation on Excess Coffee May Be Linked To Early Death · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why would you ever want to thin it that far?

    I find Starbucks coffee already too weak. I want a fork to stand up in the coffee, ideally.

  3. Re:SCIENCE! on New Treatment From Australia For All Cancers · · Score: 1

    Because when we used wood fires no one breathed any particulate?

  4. Re:SCIENCE! on New Treatment From Australia For All Cancers · · Score: 1

    Tobacco smoking has been available lots longer than that. Nor does is require rolling. Smoking near constantly has been something people have done, the few who could afford it, for much longer than that.

    Try again?

  5. Re: Here's the real problem on Studying the Slow Decay of a Laptop Battery For an Entire Year · · Score: 1

    Sure, but eventually they fail. My spouse's car had functional mounts, until about a year ago.

    Once we replace that I am just not keeping them that long anymore.

  6. Re:SCIENCE! on New Treatment From Australia For All Cancers · · Score: 2, Informative

    You mean living longer and better diagnoses?

    Because that is what caused increase in cancer diagnoses. There is no evidence of anything else.

  7. Re:Exciting Times on New Treatment From Australia For All Cancers · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Such a claim requires some serious proof.

    Unless you mean our current means of food production enable people to live long enough to get these diseases.

  8. Re: Doesn't make sense on Red Hat CEO: Bring On the Clones · · Score: 2

    This.
    I have never used their support, but we pay for it on any server running commercial software since their license always requires it.

  9. Re:Reference to... on "451" Error Will Tell Users When Governments Are Blocking Websites · · Score: 0

    But it is still wrong.
    It should be a 3XX or 5XX.

  10. Re:Love my MacBook Air, hate the battery on Studying the Slow Decay of a Laptop Battery For an Entire Year · · Score: 1

    Selfish? You think they ship phones back to China to fix?
    I void warranties with pride, I do it long before those items are old. This is what geeks do.

  11. Re: Here's the real problem on Studying the Slow Decay of a Laptop Battery For an Entire Year · · Score: 1

    Drive a new car and tell me that.
    By 10-15 the motor mounts are shot just from dry rot.

  12. Re: Here's the real problem on Studying the Slow Decay of a Laptop Battery For an Entire Year · · Score: 1

    Lead acids do last a long time, if you never deep cycle them. They suck at all other measures though.

    Pretty much all batteries are replaceable, just takes a little effort.

  13. Re:Laugh on Studying the Slow Decay of a Laptop Battery For an Entire Year · · Score: 1

    Nope these are business PCs. On 30 of them you are talking several thousand dollars.

  14. Re: Here's the real problem on Studying the Slow Decay of a Laptop Battery For an Entire Year · · Score: 1

    The motor and trans mounts are probably shot too.

    The interior will be ruined etc.

  15. Re:Then replace the... oh thats right on Studying the Slow Decay of a Laptop Battery For an Entire Year · · Score: 1

    Really? You can't remove screws in public?

    This user always has his multitool with him. The screws are not Apple proprietary they are available to anyone who wants to use them and you can easily swap it over to whatever you like for screws.

    Could it be easier? Sure, but then rigidity of the case goes down. The dell 6430u is a pretty decent compromise. I personally don't swap batteries much so I am not worried about it.

  16. Re:Power storage that doesn't degrade... on Studying the Slow Decay of a Laptop Battery For an Entire Year · · Score: 1

    I don't need to think about it, the numbers are available. Batteries beat fuel cells if you use electrolysis.

    Portable electronics use far more power than any small cylinder will provide. H2 is terrible volumetrically. Compressing it will not be enough, nor will liquefying it. Metal hydrides are the only option.

    Your pockets are airtight? What kind of pants are you wearing?

    I would not be surprised on bit, it is terrible compared to metal hydrides or batteries.

  17. Re:non-replaceable batteries on Studying the Slow Decay of a Laptop Battery For an Entire Year · · Score: 1

    I would also like to mention that I opened and inspected a Nexus 7. When I found out that unit was still under warranty I returned it and they fixed the issue free of charge. So the warranty clearly was not voided.

  18. Re:Love my MacBook Air, hate the battery on Studying the Slow Decay of a Laptop Battery For an Entire Year · · Score: 0

    If you had a warranty you would not need to do this.
    So which is it?

    No, the point is you are changing the argument now that you clearly lost.

  19. Re:non-replaceable batteries on Studying the Slow Decay of a Laptop Battery For an Entire Year · · Score: 1

    If it was under warranty you could have them do the work for free. So which is it? You are under warranty and don't need to worry or you are not and voiding it does not matter?

    Bullshit, I have found parts for many smartphones, including screens and power ports. No different than getting ebay laptop parts.

  20. Re:Love my MacBook Air, hate the battery on Studying the Slow Decay of a Laptop Battery For an Entire Year · · Score: 2, Funny

    You don't want to void a warranty and you call yourself a geek?

    How much did you pay for that UID on ebay?

    Warranty will be expired by the time most batteries will be needing replaced.

  21. Re: Here's the real problem on Studying the Slow Decay of a Laptop Battery For an Entire Year · · Score: 1

    $2500 is about what they are, not exactly boatloads.

    Most 10-15 year old ICE cars will require extensive maintenance. Go look what a Gen1 Insight with a manual is going for. They seem to retain their value pretty well.

  22. Re: Here's the real problem on Studying the Slow Decay of a Laptop Battery For an Entire Year · · Score: 1

    Nothing at first.
    They are typically warranted for 10-15 years.

    Most people will not own them that long.

  23. Re:Laugh on Studying the Slow Decay of a Laptop Battery For an Entire Year · · Score: 1

    Dell 6430u, actually manages this quite well.
    It uses an SSD and a 14" display. Honestly the best Dell I have seen in years as far as build quality goes.

    Typically markup on day of sale on RAM upgrades from the OEM are 100%. We always get them with a lower amount of RAM and order more from newegg to have it arrive the same day.

  24. Re:every apple product on Studying the Slow Decay of a Laptop Battery For an Entire Year · · Score: 1

    That is because each one is more scratch resistant.
    Android phones are the same, I only own those actually. The harder the glass gets the more brittle iy is.

    Their malfunction rate went up with volume, not really surprising. I hate to be defending Apple, but you are being rather unfair.

  25. Re:Then replace the... oh thats right on Studying the Slow Decay of a Laptop Battery For an Entire Year · · Score: 1