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  1. Re:Priorities on Pilot's Selfies Could Have Caused Deadly Air Crash · · Score: 1

    Totally agree, there is no way taking a picture could by itself be the cause of spatial disorientation. There are tasks in flying a plane needing much more attention than taking a picture and handling such workload is everyday practice.

  2. Conspiracy theory in 3...2...1.... on Geoengineered Climate Cooling With Microbubbles · · Score: 1

    Chemshiptrails incoming!

  3. Re:Blatantly wrong summary on Manslaughter Conviction Overturned For Scientists Who Didn't Predict Earthquake · · Score: 1

    Except for the fact that other "experts" were kooks who weren't able to predict anything.

  4. Re:SubjectsInCommentsAreStupid on Manslaughter Conviction Overturned For Scientists Who Didn't Predict Earthquake · · Score: 1, Interesting



    You may repeat as many times you want that but you may easilly deduct from the 1st grade conviction that if the earthquake did not happen they would not be indicted and their behaviour would have been considered appropriate.

    It's easy to point out the wrong information *after* the facts....

    What they said was that the seismic swarm was not indicative of a strong earthquake coming. So, if the population was fine before the long seismic swarm they do not have any reason to be more alarmed than usual and thus they may go back and behave a usual.

    That is something that anyone whould have said in a very alarmed situation with people yelling of an imminent earthquake, newspapers spreading alarmism, etc... and with good reason because people sleeping in their cars and living outside the houses do suffer and it is important to avoid such suffering if the behaviour is not backed by any evidence.

  5. Re:So who is behind this? on FCC Proposal To Limit Access To 5725-5850 MHz Band · · Score: 4, Informative

    Doppler radars cannot work on a satellite as the beam should be almost parallel to the earth's surface. They are used to remotely measure the wind speed and are useful in detecting rotating winds, thus tornadoes.

  6. Re:so ? on FCC Proposal To Limit Access To 5725-5850 MHz Band · · Score: 0

    Yes, .org, not .us :)

  7. Re: No Way! on Curved TVs Nothing But a Gimmick · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I would so much like to change my 24"+27"+24" 3-head setup with a curved 50", full of xterms with vim, and an occasional browser window.... I'm just waiting for it to become affordable enough :)

  8. Re:How long? on BMW Unveils the Solar Charging Carport of the Future · · Score: 1

    However, given the cos alpha rule, 15% realistic efficiency, 3 hours equivalent daily radiation, it takes a week minimum (on a cold shiny day) with such non-small plant.

  9. Except for the fact that... on Engineers Invent Acoustic Equivalent of One-Way Glass · · Score: 2, Informative

    ...true one-way mirrors do not and can not exist: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O...

  10. Re:Mr Motti: on EU Debates Installing a Black Box On Your Computer · · Score: 1

    Some of us actually cares and we are sorry too...

  11. Re:Propped Up Industry on Solar Energy Is the Fastest Growing Industry In the US · · Score: 3, Informative

    How much are the subsidies in USA? Here in Italy they are around 0.42 €/kWh and are crazily high, to the point that no more subsidies are going to be given starting this year.

  12. Re:Low energy nuclear reactions on Could the US Phase Out Nuclear Power? · · Score: 1

    Fusing nickel and hidrogen to copper is endoenergetic and it appears that Rossi is doing his best to make this appear as a scam.

  13. Re:Silvio Berlusconi on Italian Draft Wiretapping Law Under Fire · · Score: 1

    we vote for berlusconi because there are no alternatives,

    There is an alternative to voting for Berlusconi: NOT voting for Berlusconi.

  14. Re:I'm Italian on Italian Draft Wiretapping Law Under Fire · · Score: 1

    and I can assure you that this draconian law is not a coincidence, considering the increasing number of corruption lawsuits involving the prime minister, his ministers and his close men.

    Better say "most of the parliament"

  15. Re:in no other country in the world on Italian Draft Wiretapping Law Under Fire · · Score: 1

    What it's being made illegal is also personal recording conversations of which you are part. This is legal in most of civilized world, since is a mere documentation of facts you already know by being present.

    Third party wiretapping has always needed a Judge consent.

  16. Re:I would be embarassed to be Italian if... on Italian Draft Wiretapping Law Under Fire · · Score: 1

    It is (also) against one-party consent.

  17. Re:How about using thermals? on Solar-Powered Ultralight To Try 24-Hour Flight · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You are so wrong here! Switzerland is fantastic for soaring, *especially* in summer.

  18. Re:That speed comes at a cost on USB 3.0 Is Ten Times Faster; Get It In 2010 · · Score: 5, Informative

    USB is PIO and not DMA? You understand that PIO/DMA transfer modes only meaningful for Parallel ATA devices?

    That's because the ATA interface was originally THE 16-bit system bus (AT bus) and the disk controller was onboard on the disks (thus the name IDE - Integrated Drive Electronics).

    So, the CPU accessed the disk controller through the AT bus which was originally programmed I/O and then started using DMA.

    Of course, the system bus quicky become different and faster (FSB + PCI) thus the ATA interface became a disk attachment interface instead of the system bus and an additional controller was put between the system and the disk.

    USB is a completely different beast. The "bus" actually transfer packets (URBs) and all USB controllers use DMA to transfer URBs to the main memory... So, no PIO/DMA stuff is involved....

  19. Re:Censorship - not Regulation on Next G8 President Wants To "Regulate the Internet" · · Score: 3, Informative

    "You can not say that it is not a disturbing proclamation, given that the only countries in the world where there are filters or restrictions against internet are countries ruled by dictatorial regimes: those between China, Iran, Cuba, Saudi Arabia.

    And Italy. Yes, Italy has a state list of sites to be filtered.

    With the excuse of protection from child pornography they started state filter and they are now expanding them to block other inconvenient sites.

    First online gambling sites not agreeing to pay italian administration their share.

    Then sites selling cigarettes.

    Then The Pirate Bay.

    It is just a matter of time until they will block sites criticizing the government itself.

  20. Re:Contrails and chemtrails on Zapping Contrails With Microwave Emitters · · Score: 1

    Aren't contrails supposed to dissipate naturally in the first place?

    No, not always.

  21. Re:Logic on Why the LHC Won't Destroy the World · · Score: 1

    Even better, there are logical explanations to why logical explanations telling that airplanes wouldn't fly were bad applications of logic (if they existed altogether).

  22. Re:couldn't possibly have negative consequences on Hacker Club Publishes German Official's Fingerprint · · Score: 1
    1. You can always REVOKE your identity CARD. You can not revoke your fingerprints.
    2. An identity card should have another authentication factor, like a PIN, to be used.
  23. Re:Forget exploding batteries, on New Dell Laptops Give Users a Literal Shock · · Score: 4, Informative

    The lack of the earth pin is not a lack of safety. Actually, double-insulation appliances MUST NOT be grounded, thus they miss the earth pin. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_insulation If you have a class I power supply and you plug it in an outlet with faulty ground the EMI filters (yes, they are connected between both neutral and line to ground) will induce a mains/2 voltage on the chassis with an impedance high enough to be felt. Thus, if you feel electricity on the chassis of an appliance check that the earthing of all your Class I appliances is good.

  24. Re:Technically it's bad design... on New Dell Laptops Give Users a Literal Shock · · Score: 0

    Products with double-insulation MUST NOT be grounded.

  25. Re:mySQL vs. PostgreSQL on Ask Database Guru Brian Aker · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, that's why I prefer a DBMS that doesn't like to fsck with my databases :)