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  1. Re:I don't understand how this is a "record" on Fabien Cousteau Takes Plunge To Beat Grandfather's Underwater Record · · Score: 1

    If you wake up one day and decide you aren't going to do your tech job anymore you don't have to worry about being sent to jail for dereliction of duty.

  2. Re:Makes sense on US Navy Develops World's Worst E-reader · · Score: 2

    Anyone on a submarine who likes to read brings their own Kindle with them.

  3. Re:There's a reason books can't be updated on US Navy Develops World's Worst E-reader · · Score: 1

    If you're deployed for six months and you like to read you've brought your own e-reader loaded with books you want to read with you.

  4. Re:There's a reason books can't be updated on US Navy Develops World's Worst E-reader · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I do and I know sailors bring their laptops, phones and Kindles on board.

  5. Re: Regional dialects on Some Users Find Swype Keyboard App Makes 4000+ Location Requests Per Day · · Score: 1

    CM11 Privacy Guard on my phone shows that SwiftKey has never accessed my location data.

  6. Re: This sounds more like incompetence... on Some Users Find Swype Keyboard App Makes 4000+ Location Requests Per Day · · Score: 2

    I checked my Privacy Guard settings on my CM11 Nexus 5 and SwiftKey has never accessed my location data.

  7. Re:Oh Em Gee! on OnePlus One Revealed: a CyanogenMod Smartphone · · Score: 1
  8. Re:Um on No FiOS In Boston? We'll Make an Ad Anyway · · Score: 2
  9. Re:If only! on More Than 25% of Android Apps Know Too Much About You · · Score: 3, Informative

    CM was one. CM7 had this feature but it was taken out for CM9/CM10. It's too bad, it was a great feature.

  10. Re:Basic seamanship on US Navy Cruiser and Submarine Collide · · Score: 1

    Not much of a sailor on the cruiser. According to TFA he saw the sub 100-200 yds ahead and ordered "all back". Should have been hard a port or starboard

    If he saw the sail of the sub 100-200 yds ahead then the submerged stern of the submarine was 40-140 yds ahead. There wasn't enough time to turn.

  11. Re:If Samsung can sue over LTE, then what about iP on Samsung Expected To Sue Apple Over iPhone 5 LTE Networking · · Score: 1

    How did Apple not sue Samsung over patents like slide to unlock and rectangle with rounded corners until after Samsung phones with these magical features had been out for a year?

  12. Re:I don't understand how this is possible on Fire May Leave US Nuclear Sub Damaged Beyond Repair · · Score: 1

    It's the same equation. A times B times C is less than X.

  13. Re:I don't understand how this is possible on Fire May Leave US Nuclear Sub Damaged Beyond Repair · · Score: 1

    These hatches are approximately 3x3x1 ft. Steel weighs about 500 lbs per square ft. How would you raise and lower a 4500 lb hatch manually? They need to be heavy duty, the keep the ocean on the outside of the submarine.

  14. Re:I don't understand how this is possible on Fire May Leave US Nuclear Sub Damaged Beyond Repair · · Score: 1

    Why did you think the hatches could be manually closed?

  15. Re:I don't understand how this is possible on Fire May Leave US Nuclear Sub Damaged Beyond Repair · · Score: 1

    Haven't you seen Fight Club? If the cost of settling lawsuits is less than than the cost of issuing the recall then you didn't issue the recall. There is a continuum, at some point the cost of lowering the risk of a catastrophic failure becomes more than the cost of the catastrophic failure.

  16. Re:I don't understand how this is possible on Fire May Leave US Nuclear Sub Damaged Beyond Repair · · Score: 1

    It is not a binary solution set. Implementing a perfect solution has associated costs. If a perfect solution that prevents this type of accident from ever happening adds $10 million in cost per overhaul and an accident of this magnitude occurs once every 500 overhauls then it is not cost effective and you're better off letting 1 out of every 500 burn.

  17. Re:I don't understand how this is possible on Fire May Leave US Nuclear Sub Damaged Beyond Repair · · Score: 1

    Asbestos is fireproof. The Navy should look into using that for insulation. You should call them and let them know.

  18. Re:I don't understand how this is possible on Fire May Leave US Nuclear Sub Damaged Beyond Repair · · Score: 1

    There are a lot of compartments but only three areas that can be isolated from each other: the forward compartment (everything forward of the Crew's Mess/Cold Storage in the picture you linked to), the reactor compartment and the engine room (everything aft of the reactor compartment).

  19. Re:I don't understand how this is possible on Fire May Leave US Nuclear Sub Damaged Beyond Repair · · Score: 1

    Because there are hoses for temporary systems going through the hatches that take time to disconnect and the hydraulics systems required to close the hatches are all shut down.

  20. Re:I don't understand how this is possible on Fire May Leave US Nuclear Sub Damaged Beyond Repair · · Score: 1

    No, they are not titanium. The US has no titanium-hulled submarines. The Miami is made of steel.

  21. Re:Had bad experiences when I was 22 and in port t on Fire May Leave US Nuclear Sub Damaged Beyond Repair · · Score: 1

    Never mind. The first two photos show diesel exhaust while it was being docked. The rest of the photos are during the actual fire.

  22. Re:Had bad experiences when I was 22 and in port t on Fire May Leave US Nuclear Sub Damaged Beyond Repair · · Score: 2

    It wasn't in drydock yet, it was still pier side. I'm pretty sure that means there were no hull cuts yet. http://rt.com/usa/news/uss-miami-submarine-fire-064/

  23. Re:Considering ..... on Japan Battles Partial Nuclear Meltdown · · Score: 0

    Except that the type of accident that occurred at Chernobyl occurring at a modern nuclear reactor literally is an impossibility.

  24. Re:Google's strategy with Android is to generate on Android vs. iPhone — Who Wins In 2011? · · Score: 1

    Good job refudiating his refuting, genius!

  25. Re:Cost Is Always A Factor on Economy Puts US Nuclear Reactors Back In Doubt · · Score: 1

    ...you have a relatively dirty process.

    Relative to what?