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  1. Re:Wow. on Funky Flying Wing Rotates 90 Degrees To Go Supersonic · · Score: 1

    Why not a morningstar?

    Also, the diagram has a Miami Hurricane emblem, yet the guy is at Florida State?

  2. Re:This doesn't make sense. on What The Apollo 11 Crew Did For Life Insurance · · Score: 1

    Correct. The risk of death was so high, why would you buy insurance? For instance, if NASA were to insure them, they would be better off paying the money out of their own pockets (well, the Fed could just print the money). Why pay a premium that is nearly the full cost of the benefits?

    This is like getting health insurance after you got cancer. But I guess people are trying to get that to happen now. Do people understand what "insurance" means?

  3. Re:Oh man, I can't wait for the Apple Shinny! on Side-Effect of the Apple v. Samsung Trial: Increased Sales for Samsung · · Score: 1

    iShinny is too generic. It is iSun. And iProsthetic iLeg. They will sell the iProsthetic iArm a few years later with all kinds of patents because iArm is sooooooo much different than an iLeg.

  4. Re:Just move on to Berlin on Can the UK Create Something To Rival Silicon Valley? · · Score: 1

    Just skip down to Munich

  5. Re:A new wild west on Can the UK Create Something To Rival Silicon Valley? · · Score: 1

    No, in the Wild West you didn't need cash. You needed the skill to kill someone before they killed you. But you had to kill respectfully, otherwise you'll get killed. Yes, there was a respectful way to kill someone.

  6. Re:Old joke. on Can the UK Create Something To Rival Silicon Valley? · · Score: 1

    Is it PC to look forward to your vacation while leaking oil?

  7. Re:It's a weasel word. on Is Innovation the Most Abused Word In Business? · · Score: 1

    If we send a single person on a one-way trip to Mars, it is revolutionary. Not many people will want to do that, but it is still revolutionary.

  8. Re:Out before the iPad mini on Kindle Fire Is Sold Out Forever · · Score: 1

    I don't care what the iPad "Mini" does, price is always the #1 factor when it comes to market dominance. Based on prior prices by Apple, Amazon won't have a problem selling 7 inch tablets. You have to be joking if you think a several hundred dollar tablet can compete with a $100 or $200 tablet.

  9. Re:It's a weasel word. on Is Innovation the Most Abused Word In Business? · · Score: 2

    Actually, I was going to post something about that.

    Innovation is different than invention. What the summary describes in invention. Innovation is Revolutionary-lite. The idea of combustion engine was an invention. The creation of a feasible combustion engine was revolutionary. The arrangement and count of pistons is innovation.

    A smartphone is innovative. Moving you product from the desktop to a mobile device is innovative.

    A 3D printer is revolutionary.

  10. Re:Not really about Bitcoin on Large Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme Collapses With a Loss of $5.6 Million · · Score: 1

    No. It is equivalent to saying "That's not a poodle, that's a dog".

  11. Re:Barrel? on 'Wiki Weapon Project' Wants Your 3D-Printable Guns · · Score: 1

    The whole barrel doesn't experience the maximum pressure. Only the the firing point takes on most of the pressure.

  12. Re:Barrel? on 'Wiki Weapon Project' Wants Your 3D-Printable Guns · · Score: 1

    3D print the rifling. The barrel isn't so much an issue as the firing point at the base of the barrel. If the projectile is moving straight, the barrel is just a guide with that takes on some friction (especially with rifling).

  13. Re:Simple...Don't Fly on Booted From Airplane For Wearing Anti-TSA T-shirt · · Score: 1

    No, they'll lobby to outlaw driving more than 200 miles in one day. It will be implemented by regulating the size of gas tanks and force all gas purchases to be electronic (so there is only one gas purchase per day).

    It will be called the "US Is The Best Country In The World Energy Conservation Act".

  14. Re:Freedom to wear the shirt. on Booted From Airplane For Wearing Anti-TSA T-shirt · · Score: 2

    The TSA is part of the executive branch, whose power is derived from the President of the United States. The President of the United States executes the laws of the nation, which are created by the Constitution of the United States and the Congress. So what law allows the TSA to abridge the freedom of speech?

  15. Re:Only 19 million? on 19 Million Americans Cannot Get Broadband Access · · Score: 1

    (3) And I forgot about your health insurance comment. 100% of people are able to receive at least some health care. Again, it is where the threshold is set. We can all play with statistics all day.

  16. Re:Only 19 million? on 19 Million Americans Cannot Get Broadband Access · · Score: 1

    (1) 19 million have no access to a broadband internet connection where they live at 3 Mbps or higher; that doesn't mean they actually paid to use that access yet
    (2) This isn't about broadband, but broadband at 3 Mbps or higher. They had to put a limit to make it more dramatic. I would assume that only a couple million, if that, are still have non-broadband accessibility (dial-up only).

  17. Re:I work +20 to makeup time on Workers Working An Extra 20 Hours a Week Thanks To BYOD · · Score: 1

    I'm curious how much time was saved because the individual are actually able to use computers that work.

    I am sick of getting into an office where I am a "software developer" with a computer worse than those who use a web browser and Microsoft Office. Do they realize that an IDE and application server, let alone "the other stuff" take far more resources and I could work, not exaggerating, 100% more efficiently. When I have to wait 1 minute for something that should take 5 seconds, then I wind up getting distracted and visiting Slashdot.

  18. Re:shocker on Mastercard Denies Plans For BitCoin Credit Card · · Score: 1

    People generating fear or misinterpreting what Mastercard does. Mastercard does have substantial control over inter-currency exchange rates. But that's it.

  19. Re:I'd ask this question: on A Call For Science Policy Debate Among Presidential Candidates · · Score: 1

    There are far more office buildings than wind power generators. Deserts are as much a part of the environment as non-deserts; I only support solar installation on roofs.

  20. Re:Evolution? on A Call For Science Policy Debate Among Presidential Candidates · · Score: 1

    These questions are about policy around science. What policy do you propose about evolution? Some regulation that we must kill genetically inferior citizens?

  21. Re:I love Apple and I believe it on The Worst Apple Store In America — An Employee Confession · · Score: 1

    And once you get into an Ivy League school, it is really easy to graduate. Just look at their graduation rates. The rate of non-graduates is well within the threshold of people who die or leave school for non-academic reasons.

    Apple retail employees probably just coast after being hired. But Apple already built up prestige with the recruitment process. Just like the Ivy League.

  22. Re:If this article... on Apple Is Now the Most Valuable Company In History · · Score: 1

    With regard to market cap, I was simply saying that GDP vs Market Cap is a horrible comparison. One measures production of the country and the other is a valuation of a company. The "Market Cap" of a Government is not the GDP; not even close. It would be much better to compare GDP to a single year's revenue of the company. This is akin to comparing GDP to corporate profit instead of deficit/surplus to corporate profit. Compare national debt to corporate equity...not revenues. Etc...

    As far as how critical a company is has nothing to do with the market cap. The was actually part of my point. The other was that critical companies have less volatility. The farming industry won't lose 90% of the value very easily. The produce an absolute necessity. They could only take that kind of loss if 90% of people die. Likewise, Exxon is not as volatile as Apple/Google. Meanwhile, Apple is sitting on top of it perch with a likely bubble. I say likely because everything they do is not only replaceable, but already has alternatives in the market. One can say the same thing about Exxon, but there is market-ready innovation (relatively speaking) in their industry (or any industry compared to tech). There are alternatives, but no one can supplant someone in the oil industry without inventing a whole new source of energy.

  23. Re:Nothing on Facebook is private on Ex-Marine Detained For Facebook Posts Deemed "Terrorist in Nature" · · Score: 1

    He didn't threaten you. He threatened arbitrarily and did it in the name of a revolution. Who starts a revolution with an axe? Jason couldn't start a revolution with a chainsaw.

  24. Re:Montana rules on Stanford's Self Driving Car Tops 120mph On Racetrack · · Score: 1

    Speed limits were always set in pedestrian areas.

  25. Re:Reasonable on California Wants Genetically Modified Foods To Be Labelled · · Score: 1

    Then have an independent consortium that labels the non-GM food as non-GM. Or are you only looking to add costs to the least costly product, making the poor even poorer?