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  1. Re:Part of a general pattern on Marking 125 Years Since the Great Gauge Change · · Score: 1

    While Iam not quite so annoyed by trains as the GP they do bother me. I have to cross 6 sets of tracks to get to work and on all three of them the trains will often stop in the middle of busy roads, and back up to switch tracks.

    If it was a side street it wouldn't be so bad, but every time they do traffic literally backs up for miles on each side.

    Trains do deliver a lot more than people realize(most cars are delivered by rail, and then offloaded to trucks closer to the destinations) However I really wish they wouldn't interupet regular traffic when they have places they can safely switch tracks(Not far from those intersections are huge sections of unimproved land miles in length with which they could work without crossing roads to do it.

  2. Re:Hard to even submit MS bugs. on Does Microsoft Need Bug Bounties? · · Score: 1

    The only reason I know is because I usually am running utility monitor and watch it take firefox and safari an extra minute or so to quit. Heck even just running a memory manager you can wait for it to drop drastically and then you know firefox has been unloaded.

  3. Re:Hard to even submit MS bugs. on Does Microsoft Need Bug Bounties? · · Score: 1

    OSX with 10.4 has had Crash reporter.

    when safari crashes a dialog box comes up that says close(and the app quits), reopen, or report.

    I always click close, and the reopen after the memory clears.

    When running both firefox and safari for several weeks at a time I find that I have to close both wait 2 mintues for the system to clear the memory blocks and reopen. everything returns to normal speed after that.

  4. Re:they failed more on TEPCO Readies Plan To Bring Reactor Under Control · · Score: 1

    You missed the flown in part. A 100kw generator weighs less than 75 tons that an m1 Abrams weighs. For a NPS with problems it is worth it.

  5. Re:they failed more on TEPCO Readies Plan To Bring Reactor Under Control · · Score: 1

    Exactly. in the USA if you have money and an urgent enough need you can have several hundred kilowatts of generators flow to your location. It surprised me to find out the US air-force wasn't flying it's large generators in to help with the power problem at the plant.

    Then again it might have been because Fukishima runs at 50 hertz instead of the 60 hertz the USA and most of Japan uses. They might not of been able too.

  6. Re:Death by GPS on Do Gadgets Degrade Our Common Sense? · · Score: 1

    It is tough to feel the moss while traveling at 70MPH.

    The Sun however moves pretty predictably.

  7. Re:Macs will be a closed platform in the end on Apple To Distribute OS X Lion via the Mac App Store · · Score: 0

    Have you used Itunes lately?

    Itunes is turning into IE 6 of this decade(though it start in the last one).

    Software you can't remove as it happers other core functionality of the same software.

    I generally like apple products because Apple spends time polishing the brushed chrome. However their lock in is increasingly getting frustrating.

    But that is okay. I can always install something else onto the Mac hardware.

  8. Re:Ugh on Chinese iPad Factory Staff Forced To Sign 'No Suicide' Pledge · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The problem is foxconn while notable is better than many other places because Apple is forcing them to step up. you don't hear about Acer's companies or another's because they are generally doing nothing.

    Apple is forcing foxconn to step up and treat it's people better. That is why it is news.

  9. Re:ATM machines on Tech That Failed To Fail · · Score: 1

    I have to go to the bank for work 2-3 times a week. I have found a bank that is out of the way but has mostly Hawt tellers, who are all young and friendly.

    It certianly makes my day go better if I have someone pleasant to talk with that isn't a male coworker.

  10. Re:What about multi-monitor GAMES? on Triple Monitor Gaming: Dual GPU GeForce Vs. Radeon · · Score: 1

    I would enjoy an FPS with actual peripheral vision.

    I use the sides of my eyes as much as forward. as I am typing this I am watching a co-worker throw on her jacket.

    being able to do that in a game would bring my gaming skills up as I could be alerted to that rocket that is streaking towards me from off the 90 FOV that traditional setups give you.

  11. Re:Where did the lost authority come from? on The Internet's New Alternate Reality · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That was the point. NO other candidates have ever had to proven themselves born in the USA.

    Bush didn't Clinton didn't, Reagan didn't Carter didn't. non of the other white guys have ha to do it. you get a non white guy with a non anglo saxon name in office and all the racists start a birther movement because they can't believe a non white guy was born here.

    Think about it why was Obama singled out above all others? was it name? was it color? the fear was irrational and stupid.

  12. Re:kind of like the police on The Internet's New Alternate Reality · · Score: 3, Informative

    The point is you can't prove or disprove god. ever.

    Unlike say evolution, or electricity(both of which are theories and not fully proven) we can learn to understand them without resorting to blind faith. They have examples in the world around us.

    you can't prove something was or was not god's work ever.

  13. Re:Masses reaction on OS X Crimeware Kit Emerges · · Score: 1

    The reason "Legacy" on OS X is long gone, is because Apple forces developers to upgrade to NEW API's by turning off the insecure ones. old api Carbon, is gone now only Cocoa remains.

    MSFT screwed up with vista and 7 in one way. all the old API's should have been left behind. If a program needed old API's then an XP-compatible mode should have been launched sandboxed to run said program.

    Instead MSFT simply ported over all the old code bugs and all and wrapped a couple of layers of plastic wrap around them and called it a sandbox.(it is why the first Vista Virus came right from windows XP with no modification.

  14. Re:Yes, I know on Assange: Facebook 'the Most Appalling Spy Machine' Ever · · Score: 2

    The same reason people use drugs, or go to religious services

    The easiest way to feel good about yourself is to put down others. By putting down someone else you make them beneath you thus you are better than them, and thus you can feel better about yourself. Doesn't really matter if it is color, creed, or learned behavior. We go to war to self-enforce those beliefs. That is why War always boils down to us vs them.

    We use mind altering substances(alcohol is included) to alter our perceived reality to the point where we can accept ourselves.

    Most people can't accept grey, or accept responsibility for their own actions. They can't work with people in peace.

    I know from personal experience that there are some people I just can't stand. It isn't they are bad people, or I resent them, but simply our personalities clash in a way that is difficult to tell why we argue when we both agree.

  15. Re:$2500 Tablets on NVIDIA Gets Away With Bait-and-Switch · · Score: 1

    A convertible isn't a tablet. It is a notebook with a touch screen. All convertibles only have 2-3 applications which use the touch interface the rest you need the keyboard/mouse for.

    A tablet shouldn't require a table to use after ten minutes.

    I have wanted a tablet since 2002 when the first slates cane out. It took 8 years and apple to realize you needed to do more than add a touch sensor and have it duplicate the mouse.

  16. Re:$2500 Tablets on NVIDIA Gets Away With Bait-and-Switch · · Score: 2

    Pretty much anyone who bought a tablet before the iPad came out.

    seriously the average tablet computer back then was $2000 if you wanted a 10" screen or larger.

    It is why every other company thought Apple would come out with the iPad for $1000 or so since they are a premium brand name and always charge more. The $499 price forced everyone back to the drawing board which is why 1 year later there is only one decent competitor and it will be another 6 months before a second actually hits the market.

  17. Re:Uh oh on Better Brain Wiring Linked To Family Genes · · Score: 1

    Actually odds are that it is that one side had a child that was born out of wedlock. It may not be yours but their side and your side never talked to them again.

    My father's side I have traced back to two points. The first of my family line to arrive from Scotland, and about 150 years before that when we lost our lands due to be assholes. looking at my family objectively I can very well believe the asshole part.

    *(you don't lose your land for being an asshole, but if you are an asshole and insult a king it tends to go badly for you)

  18. Re:Call me Crazy... on Man Unknowingly Tweets the Osama Raid · · Score: 1

    66 years that is two thirds the numerals for the beast of 666. 2 beastsgone only one numeral remains.

    Of course conspiracy theorists will latch onto anything like the 9th inning tied 1-1 of the mets/phillies (ny/pa) game.

  19. Re:Call me Crazy... on Man Unknowingly Tweets the Osama Raid · · Score: 1

    The fact that both Hitler and OSL died on the nearly the same day should keep the conspiracy theorists going for decades.

    Hitler 4/30/1945
    OSL 5/2/2011

     

  20. Re:data != data on Share Your iPhone Location Data Like You Mean It · · Score: 1

    oh no there is no difference between different data sets, and linked data. That is what the ebil google does is it makes it so everything is online and findable and linked.

    i saw it once on CSI. /sarcasm)

  21. Re:Laser guidance? on Robo-Gunsight System Makes Sniper's Life Easier · · Score: 1

    Like all things mass production lowers costs.

    Right now the XM-25(variable distance grenade) costs $25,000 each, with ammo around $100 a round for the good stuff.

    the US armed forces are working on consolidating tech. So the lessons learned from that, will combine with this, and a few other options creating smart scopes. Mass production means they won't be that expensive in another 10 years.

  22. Re:Walk away on Robo-Gunsight System Makes Sniper's Life Easier · · Score: 0

    yea that is it actually. In WAR there is no such thing as a fair fight. If you think it is going to be a fair fight, then you double the number of resources at your disposal.

    In WAR you want to be the one left alive. That is what matters. WAR is not some street fight, you don't shake hands and say good job afterwards. WAR is killing someone so they can't hurt you. Today's child is tomorrows adult with a grudge and a gun.

  23. Re:Laser guidance? on Robo-Gunsight System Makes Sniper's Life Easier · · Score: 1

    Being able to bend bullets, and shoot around some corners isn't enough of a benefit?

  24. Re:The problem with people on Adobe Ships Flash Player 10.2 For Android 3.x · · Score: 1

    Not really as I have yet to see a non-adobe flash based touch friendly site.

    hell 75% of flash sites are scroll wheel friendly and that has been basically standard for the last decade.

  25. Re:The other thing people dislike about Apple on iPhone 3G and iOS4 Lack Chemistry · · Score: 1

    So your saying the only way to get android updates is to root, and hack your phone.

    How is that different from jailbreaking the iphone again?