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  1. Documentary on this on Google Built an Escape Room, Making People Use Its Apps To Get Out (adweek.com) · · Score: 1

    I saw a documentary about this idea some years ago.

  2. Re:Predicting tomorrow's technology on Tesla Co-Founder Says Hydrogen Fuel Cells Are a 'Scam' (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    as there is proven hydrogen technology such as the proton exchange membrane fuel cell which DOES WORK and is efficient. It ACTUALLY generates power from water.

    A quick trip to Wikipedia and it is clear that you are spouting nonsense:

    The fuel for the PEMFC is hydrogen

    No, it doesn't generate power from water. It generates power from hydrogen.

    Efficiency isn't very good, either:

    PEMFCs operate at 40-60% efficiency

    60% isn't very good when you have already lost lots of energy producing and storing the hydrogen.

  3. Re:Even China cutting manufacturing jobs on Foxconn Cuts 60,000 Jobs, Replaces With Robots (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    If it makes economic sense to use robots for assembly in China, why not in the USA? Does it cost that much more to operate a robot in the USA?

  4. Re:Age bias much? on Elderly Use More Secure Passwords Than Millennials, Says Report (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    65 is elderly.

    I hope not. Almost 60 here and I hope that I am not "elderly" in 5 more years.

    Based on family history, that would mean that I will have to live about 30 years as an "elderly person".

  5. Re:Cluelessly Bad Analysis on Elderly Use More Secure Passwords Than Millennials, Says Report (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Or the elderly are less likely to realize that their account has been hacked?

  6. Re:Windows 10 on Windows 10 Upgrade Activates By Clicking Red X Close Button In Prompt Message (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Even Windows fanboi Thurrott is fed up ...

    It's people like him that have caused this. Their uncritical fandom of Microsoft has encouraged Microsoft to abuse its customers ever more, resulting in the (almost) forced upgrades (downgrades?) to Windows 10.

    Paul: don't start complaining now. You should have been complaining over the last 10 years.

  7. Re:Hydogen is just a way to store energy on Tesla Co-Founder Says Hydrogen Fuel Cells Are a 'Scam' (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    That's an interesting read. The key seems to be capturing and using the heat energy that results from compressing the gas. Such a complexity makes it unsuitable for small-scale applications.

  8. Re:2+ million does not seem like dead... on Windows Phone Market Share Sinks Below 1 Percent (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    It has been working like a champ for a long time.

    Apart from all those apps that have been removed from the Windows app store. You probably don't use your phone for such things as on-line banking, do you? OK, you might, but not many banks actually support Windows phone today.

    There are lots of reviews that show that apps for Windows phone either don't exist or don't work as well as their Android and IOS equivalents, so let me suggest that you haven't seriously researched the competition.

  9. Re:Hydogen is just a way to store energy on Tesla Co-Founder Says Hydrogen Fuel Cells Are a 'Scam' (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    Until you can run an EV all day on a single night charge, there will be a need to external chargers.

    For many people, the single day's required range is 30 miles. All modern EVs will do at least twice this distance on a single charge.

    The problem is for exceptional days: days when you drive a lot further than your normal commute. However, many families have more than one car and it is quite practical for one of those cars to be an EV.

  10. Re:Predicting tomorrow's technology on Tesla Co-Founder Says Hydrogen Fuel Cells Are a 'Scam' (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    Physics suggests that you are wrong.

  11. Re:Hydogen is just a way to store energy on Tesla Co-Founder Says Hydrogen Fuel Cells Are a 'Scam' (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't invest in it, but converting electricity into hydrogen to store energy does actually work and perhaps could be made as efficient as storing electricity in batteries.

    That's the point of the article: hydrogen will never be an efficient way to store energy. We know this already.

  12. Re:the article is bullshit and FUD on The World's Largest Cruise Ship and Its Supersized Pollution Problem (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    I doubt that the main propulsion engines are used to provide on-ship power, heating, lighting, etc..

  13. Re:the article is bullshit and FUD on The World's Largest Cruise Ship and Its Supersized Pollution Problem (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    That's bullshit. This ship burns up to 1377 gallons for a top speed of 26 mph

    Wrong.

    each of the Harmony's three four-storey high 16-cylinder WÃrtsilà engines will, at full power, burn 1,377 US gallons of fuel an hour,

    So it burns 3 * 1,377 US gallons per hour.

  14. Re:Fall down and hope to miss the ground on Linux Advocate Suggests Using More Closed-Source Software (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 1

    Who's "we"? You might not, but I can tell you I was happy running closed source on Linux. From VMware Server through to binary graphics drivers,

    I can't imagine why. VMWare on Linux is nowhere near as effective as KVM. The only reason to use VMWare on Linux is compatibility of guest images.

  15. Re:I hate bad journalism like this... on The World's Largest Cruise Ship and Its Supersized Pollution Problem (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    The problem is the type of fuel. They use bunker fuel which produces lots of pollution when burned.

    16 (or perhaps 15) of the largest container ships emit more sulphur than all of the cars in the world. I doubt that cruise liners are any cleaner -- that's why they have auxiliary engines that are used near land.

  16. Re:I preferred the RIZR myself on Motorola's Legendary RAZR Flip Phone Is Making a Comeback (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    I don't know what phone I had at the time, but I recall being horrified at how poor the sound quality was on a RAZR phone when I borrowed one.

  17. Re:download vs. upload on Filmmakers Ask 'Pirate' to Take Polygraph, Backtrack When He Agrees (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    And fake books, movies, music, etc. (i.e. copies of existing works, even if perfect, but made without the permission of the original creator) will be confiscated, destroyed and legislated against.

    That's trademark law, not copyright. But what you have failed to show is that mere possession of the object that was made or imported in violation of trademark law opens you up to liability to the trademark owner. Yes, your "copy" may be destroyed, but only the importer, manufacturer might have to pay damages to the trademark owner.

  18. Re:download vs. upload on Filmmakers Ask 'Pirate' to Take Polygraph, Backtrack When He Agrees (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    When did downloading a file become a copyright violation?

    When they say "downloading", they really mean "uploading". They find IP addresses that are part of a bittorrent swarm and then go after the uploader, but describe it as a downloader.

  19. 6. Being a psychopath for whom truth and falsehood have no meaning.

  20. Watch the "Bullshit" episode where they discuss polygraph use. Basically, the methodology is that, irrespective of what the machines "says", the subject will be told that the machine said he was lying (being "deceptive") and will be invited to confess what the person administering the test already "knows".

    Lots of people confess. That's how the machine works.

  21. Re:An alternative to the death penalty on Pfizer Blocks The Use Of Its Drugs In Executions · · Score: 1

    I don't understand why it would be more expensive to house a person than to get rid of them regardless of the reason.

    1. Death penalty prisoners are usually housed separate from other prisoners. Usually, the conditions are better than other prisoners get. There is more security, because these people have little to lose.

    2. All those appeals cost money.

  22. What is it about the UK: on Firefox Tops Microsoft Browser Market Share For First Time (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    It'a [sic] also worth noting that StatCounter's Web browsing data paints a different picture in the UK. While Chrome was an obvious leader on the desktop in April with a 54.2 percent share, IE and Edge accounted for 21.8 percent of the market, with Firefox trailing a distant third at 13.2 percent in Blighty.

    What is it about the UK that Microsoft usage is above average? The UK had shockingly high sales of phones running Windows Phone (or whatever it was called at the time).

  23. Re:Forget Skype. What about Outlook? on Microsoft Needs To Fix Skype (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Microsoft seems to have embraced a culture of technical mediocrity.

    "Embraced"? That's been Microsoft's culture since the beginning.

  24. Re:people are still using skype? on Microsoft Needs To Fix Skype (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    Also: how am I expected to chat with my cute GF in Thailand when I have hangout and she has Skype?

    Does it really matter how you contact your virtual girlfriend?

  25. Re:Nah on Will Self-Driving Cars Clog Our Highways? (go.com) · · Score: 1

    It won't be long before there will be ultra-high speed highways that are for automated cars only.

    Imagine cities where only autonomous cars are allowed. Traffic lights could be a thing of the past, with cars crossing allowing only a few inches of space between them

    The real problem becomes pedestrians. If you know that the cars will avoid you, what's to stop you from crossing the road at any time?