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  1. Re:Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard on Ask Slashdot: What Kind of Keyboard Do You Use With Your Computer and Why? · · Score: 1

    Honest question: why can't you hold your wrists like you would on these split keyboards when using a regular keyboard?

  2. Re:If an elderly but distinguished scientist says. on Is Quantum Computing Impossible? (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    The ultimate consequence of this quote always seems to me that everything is very probably possible.

  3. Also ditch AM and PM! The day has 24 hours, why start over after 12?

  4. Re:And as usual on Humanity Has Wiped Out 60% of Animal Populations Since 1970 (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, continental-scale famine. Because rice is a crucial food source. Unlike mosquitoes, which is, according to the same poster not the question to ask. But he then refutes this statement by going into an example of a crucial food source.

  5. Re:And as usual on Humanity Has Wiped Out 60% of Animal Populations Since 1970 (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Are you saying that rice is a crucial food source for humans?

  6. Re: Time for a breath of fresh air on Tesla Model 3 Earns Five-Star Crash Safety Rating From NHTSA (jalopnik.com) · · Score: 2

    4000 a week is rather a lot more than 8000 a month.

  7. Re:Patent Trolls on Nikola (Motors) is Suing Tesla (engadget.com) · · Score: 1
  8. He's Tyler Durden.

  9. Re:Version what? on Software Bug in F-35 Radar Causes Mid-Flight System Reboot · · Score: 1

    To be fair, it's not complex, it's imaginary.

  10. Studer, D&R, KRK on Ask Slashdot: What's Your Media Setup? · · Score: 1

    I have a 2", 24 track Studer A820, which I run through a 32 frame D&R Orion into a Mackie Big Knob, selecting either a pair of KRK Rokit RP10-3s or a pair of tiny Denon speakers, powered by a NAD amp. The problems I still need to solve are mainly hooking up outboard gear: compressors, delays, reverbs.

  11. Re:Scammers on The World of Luxury Bomb Shelters (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Missed the insightful option. Posting to undo mod.

  12. Re:Natural space station on The Case For Going To Phobos Before Going To Mars · · Score: 1

    At least the Dutch tax payers get to shoulder some of that burden for you.

  13. Re:Poor example on How Autonomous Cars' Safety Features Clash With Normal Driving · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Take your idiotic talent to the track. In traffic, you put your foot down at the intersection. This causes you no delay at all, since you can start creating forward movement with the other foot still on the pedal.

  14. Re:What did I miss? on Gravitational Anomalies Beneath Mountains Point To Isostasy of Earth's Crust · · Score: 1

    But because of Archimedes' principle, isn't the amount of mantle mass displaced equal to the mass of the mountain displacing it?

  15. Re:Stupid-Tax on Google To Offer Ad-Free YouTube - At a Price · · Score: 1

    Wait, that can't be right. I am actually running AdBlock on my machine, so it's not really the end of the discussion. I don't see how their paying for bandwidth is giving them power over my machine. Also: by not requesting their ads I'm saving them bandwidth too. They can do whatever they like on their end, but they choose to still serve me and other freeloaders the video streams we request. Apparently they are interested in our freeloading.

  16. Re:And the almond trees die. on How 'Virtual Water' Can Help Ease California's Drought · · Score: 3, Informative

    I'm not saying dual flush toilets would solve California's problem, but your numbers lead me to 1%. Am I missing a factor of 400 from your reasoning?

  17. Re:not the first time on Photo First: Light Captured As Both Particle and Wave · · Score: 1

    a different kind of stuff which has some properties of each.

    Isn't the general idea that light has all the properties of each?

  18. Re:Old on What Happens To Society When Robots Replace Workers? · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't beating the shit out of 85% of the people also be something robots could excel at?

  19. Windows schmindows on The Airplane of the Future May Not Have Windows · · Score: 1

    Airplanes are designed for midgets. If I have the window seat in any plane I've ever been in the window is below shoulder height and the seat in front of me is so close that I can't move my head in any way that would allow a view outside. I'm about average height (for a Dutchman). Having looked it up, I guess I'm about 12cm taller than the average Dutch man.

  20. Re:Ah. on Malaysian Passenger Plane Reportedly Shot Down Over Ukraine · · Score: 1

    If it'd had a layover in Moscow the flight would never have been anywhere near the Ukraine.

  21. Re:Which is it? on Ex-Microsoft Employee Arrested For Leaking Windows 8 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Not really. The early build is probably a lot like the release build that came after. You might see some bugs that were later fixed, but I wouldn't think it comprises any company secret. The code on the other hand is secret. And the early code will also be a lot like later code, so you could now roll your own Windows 8 from this code (if you did your own bug fixing as well).

  22. Re:Social games on FarmVille Now Worth More Than EA · · Score: 1

    Maybe he wanted to wear it on his belt, as was the style back in the day...

  23. Re:Ouch on Forget LCDs and LEDs, Here Come LPDs · · Score: 1

    Is there a specific type of display that will filter out naked people running across the pitch?

  24. Re:Outperform? on MIT Electric Car May Outperform Rival Gas Models · · Score: 1

    Oh come on! That is just wrong. A VW Lupo is not a 5-seat car. It's tiny even by European standards. Maybe you could get 3 kids to sit in the back. If they were heavily sedated.

  25. Re:Carbon Monoxide? on A Waste Gasification Plant In a Truck · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Just Posting to undo offtopic mod. Stupid onchange event handling.