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  1. ...pry my soldering gun from my cold, dead hands. on You Might Rent Features & Options On Cars In the Future · · Score: 1

    If it's hardware, it's mine to do with as I please, up to and including enabling any functions that are disabled by the computer. The seat heaters are a good example. There are wires and connectors _somewhere_. I can't see that business model working for anything mechanical.
    Software, such as the navigation system, is a different story. Need navigation? There's an app for that!

  2. The NTSB report... on NASA Scientists Jubilant After Successful Helicopter Crash · · Score: 1

    ... will probably blame it on pile-it error.

  3. Nothing new under the sun on Google Bumps Up Search a Notch With Google Nose BETA · · Score: 1

    News? This has already been around for almost 20 years.

    http://web.archive.org/web/19970416020233/http://realaroma.com

  4. Re:But Charging system was already cleared on Dreamliner: Boeing 787 Aircraft Battery "Not Faulty" · · Score: 1

    It's controllers all the way down.

  5. Re:those billions on US Air Force Scraps ERP Project After $1 Billion Spent · · Score: 1

    Oh, my kingdom for a mod point....

  6. Re:13,000mph? on DARPA Set To Blast Falcon Mach 20 Test Flight · · Score: 1

    Because a reasonable person can understand they are comparing the speed of the shuttle in the medium in which it travels (space) with the speed of sound in the medium in which _it_ travels (ie. the atmosphere at ground level). This isn't rocket science.

  7. Re:All of My Electrons are Certified Organic on Attack of the Killer Electrons · · Score: 2, Funny

    like this: .-- --- --- -
    --

    "wootm" ???

  8. Re:On The Other Hand on How Easy Is It To Cheat In CS? · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dear god, anything but a copy and paste programmer. We had one here and the results and the results are devastating

    So, did they let you keep working there, anyway?

  9. It's a matter of perspective. on "Smart" Parking Meters Considered Dumb · · Score: 2, Informative

    Or maybe the Chicago ones are too sparse and the Portland ones are placed frequently enough?

    Portland has twenty blocks per mile compared to the more typical ten blocks per mile in most other big cities. So if there is a meter on every block it's going to be much closer to you in Portland than elsewhere.

  10. Re:Lisp in a Box on Best Free Open Source Software For Windows · · Score: 2, Informative

    "These are your father's parentheses. Elegant weapons, for a more... civilized age." - Randall Munroe

    Fixed that for ya.

  11. Comment field size {was: Re:Link} on Iran Tries To Pacify Protesters With Lord of The Rings Marathon · · Score: 1

    Now the comment field is about 3cm wide.

    Not for me, it isn't.

    (and it does work with 3.5RC2 if you hack maxVersion in install.rdf)

  12. Re:Remember... on When Hacked PCs Self-Destruct · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hackers can turn your home computer INTO A BOMB

    Yeah, let's see MacGyver do THAT!

  13. Re:Myth busters episode on Spider Bite Allows Man To Walk Again · · Score: 1

    They can blow up the corpses after they die

    The poison: very effective. The explosion: not so much.

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_t44siFyb4

  14. Re:No license necessary on A Software License That's Libre But Not Gratis? · · Score: 1

    A Circuit Court in the US once held that buying a copyrighted work, affixing it to another copyrighted work, and reselling them was copyright infringement.

    Uh... didn't they say the exact opposite, that it was not infringing? Or did I misunderstand your point?

    Annie Lee creates works of art,...
    One Deck the Walls store sold some of Lee's notecards mounted...
    Lee contends that these tiles are derivative works...
    Her position has the support of two cases holding that A.R.T.'s business violates the copyright laws. Muoz v. Albuquerque A.R.T. Co., 38 F.3d 1218 (9th Cir. 1994), affirming without published opinion 829 F. Supp. 309 (D. Alaska 1993); Mirage Editions, Inc. v. Albuquerque A.R.T. Co., 856 F.2d 1341 (9th Cir. 1988). Mirage Editions, the only full appellate discussion, dealt with pages cut from books and mounted on tiles; the court of appeals' brief order in Muoz concludes that the reasoning of Mirage Editions is equally applicable to works of art that were sold loose. Our district court disagreed with these decisions and entered summary judgment for the defendant. 925 F. Supp. 576 (N.D. Ill. 1996). ...
    Affirmed

  15. Its use is completely correct on How Does a 9/80 Work Schedule Work Out? · · Score: 1

    argh...take that extra ' out of your sig please, it burns me

    Its use is completely correct when it's a contraction.
    Hey, apostrophes aren't evil, they're just typed that way (even if some people do seem to think it means, "Look out! An 's' is coming!")

  16. Re:Contacted the Gov about this on Oregon Governor Proposes Vehicle Mileage Tax · · Score: 1

    SMacD wrote:

    We will no longer tax the out-of-staters (both people traveling from CA to WA & vice versa, as well as all of the people who choose to live in Vancouver and work in Portland)

    Ummmm.... no.

    TFA says:

    A GPS-based system kept track of the in-state mileage driven by the volunteers. When they bought fuel, a device in their vehicles was read, and they paid 1.2 cents a mile and got a refund of the state gas tax of 24 cents a gallon.

    So if you're from out of state, or if you drive out of state, or if you drive an older car that doesn't have the GPS device, or if you sacrifice your tinfoil hat to cover the GPS antenna, or if any of the other myriad "it won't work if the state can't track my mileage" falling-sky scenarios come to pass, then you simply continue to pay the 24+ cents/gallon fuel tax. What's so hard to understand about that?

    That being said, I still don't think it's necessary.

  17. Tell me again, Mr. K, why you need to do this? on Oregon Governor Proposes Vehicle Mileage Tax · · Score: 1

    The bulk of the Department's revenues originate from motor fuel taxes, licenses, and fees that are constitutionally dedicated and bond revenue that is supported by increases in licenses and fees. The State Highway Fund is shared among ODOT, counties, and cities. Out of $4.5 billion to be collected for 2007-09, $680 million is projected to accrue to other state agencies and local governments, leaving $3.8 billion available for expenditure on transportation programs. The most recent revenue forecast projects gross highway fund collections to increase by about 6.3% from the 2005-07 estimates. Total state motor fuel tax receipts are forecast to increase 3.7%, as the slow, but steady, recovery in Oregons economy is expected to continue.

    Source: Oregon Legislative Fiscal Office budget analysis for 2007-2009 budget cycle (emphasis mine)
    http://preview.tinyurl.com/8rgj6k (www.leg.state.or.us)

  18. Re:Sadly misread... on The State of Open Source Hardware In 2008 · · Score: 1

    So now you *don't* want me to think outside the box?

  19. Re:I'll still blame you for everything else. on Microsoft Blames Add-Ons For Browser Woes · · Score: 4, Funny

    definately

    Definitely. Definitely!

    People are going to write they way the write
    irregardless of your protests.
    You should of just, like, totally ignored him.

  20. Re:More Cases Than Just This on WV Voters Say Machines Are Switching Votes · · Score: 1

    Clearly part of the finger was touching the upper (McCain) button in those demonstrations, and if the touch sense lines are scanned from top to bottom it's going to pick the upper button. They could just as well have shown someone voting for McKinney and having Obama's name selected by mistake. But then it wouldn't be news, of course. Never let the facts get in the way of a good story.

  21. Re:What's that pressure again? on Steve Fossett's Unfinished Project · · Score: 1

    Touché! I wish you hadn't posted anonymously so I could buy you a beer. No, two beers; also need to replace the one that just became violently intimate with my keyboard.

  22. Re:What's that pressure again? on Steve Fossett's Unfinished Project · · Score: 1

    Fine, then. In nice, round numbers, it's about 4,000 volkswagens per square smoot. Happy, now?

  23. Re:IQ bell curve on Stanford To Offer Free CS and Robotics Courses · · Score: 1

    "I'm glad I'm not an Epsilon!"

  24. YAIFO (Yet Another "I For One....") on Rat-Brained Robots Take Their First Steps · · Score: 1

    Signature says it all:

  25. Online Java circuit simulator and tutorial on Best Electronics Kits For Adults? · · Score: 1

    I just discovered this yesterday. It's an online circuit simulator with a number of different tutorials illustrating circuit principles and component behaviour. You can modify the sample circuits or create your own using a variety of active or passive components. Even has the ability to create "scope traces" at probe points, and shows in real time current, voltage, power, and other pertinent data for whatever you are pointing at.

    It's not Spice, but it's quite functional as a learning tool.

    http://falstad.com.nyud.net/circuit