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  1. Re:Release the Kraken? on Long-Running Underwater Robot Lost At Sea · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wait, I can't get the meme straight in my head...

    Is a newly self-aware Automated Undersea Vehicle an Overloard or an Underlord?

  2. Re:medical and research on Why Are Digital Hearing Aids So Expensive? · · Score: 1

    I distinctly remember specing a piece of equipment and sourcing it for use in a nuclear lab. I found the same equipment, same spec and capability, sold for use in electronics labs at 1/2 the price. I know sometimes it's a liability and certification issue; but, often the price is higher simply because they can charge more and no one questions it.

  3. medical and research on Why Are Digital Hearing Aids So Expensive? · · Score: 1

    It's my experience that anything labelled medical, nuclear, or laboratory grade, usually costs several times (2x-5x) more than if it weren't.

  4. Re:Nice, but who has $1000 to pay on a CPU? on Intel's Core i7-980X Six-Core Benchmarked · · Score: 1

    People should have modded you differently, not "Funny". I don't believe I've ever spent more than $150 on a processor for my personal use, going all the way back to the 386sx I bought. Now, work is a different story...

  5. 1 office on "Mythical Man-Month" Supposedly Busted By MIT Startup · · Score: 1

    They got it done in one month because they were all crammed into one office. They wanted to get out of there as quickly as possible!

  6. Re:Papers Please! on US Immigration Bill May Bring a National Biometric ID Card · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's you need an ID card to work. "They" want to disenfranchise you, they deny you an ID card. Then you can't work. No work, no money. No money, you become disenfranchised. Then you don't exist.

  7. national ID on US Immigration Bill May Bring a National Biometric ID Card · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is a National ID card. Call it what it is and be done with it, don't try to hide it as part of an immigration bill.

  8. Re:Does not contradict itself on 50% Efficiency Boost From New Fuel Injection System · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Note to self: You're an ass. OK, now that that's over, I skimmed the article at work and totally missed that part of the sentence. I wish I could mod myself to -1 right now...

  9. Re:Steps... on Making Sense of CPU and GPU Model Numbers? · · Score: 1

    Their marketing people seem to think so.

  10. Re:Congratulations. on 50% Efficiency Boost From New Fuel Injection System · · Score: 1

    They have added a new twist: They're vaporizing and cracking the fuel before injection. What's being injected is not a liquid fuel mist. It's a hot gas.

  11. contradicts itself on 50% Efficiency Boost From New Fuel Injection System · · Score: 0

    The article starts out saying it can increase efficiency up to 50%. Later it says efficiency can be improved on the order of 20%. Which is it. Hate to say it but this is a classic red-flag.

  12. Re:AMD's don't confuse on Making Sense of CPU and GPU Model Numbers? · · Score: 3, Informative

    I hate to say it (being an AMD fan) but the Athlon part numbers are confusing if you don't know what you're looking at. The older K8 family processors go as "Athlon 64 x2" with a 4 digit part number. The newer K10 family, derived from the higher performance Phenoms, go by "Athlon II x2" with three digit part numbers.

    They have become more consistent recently; but, if you haven't been following along you might confuse the difference between 3 and 4 digit part numbers. I have seen numerous examples where the vendor will leave the "64" or "II" out of the description and simply call it a "2.8GHz Athlon", for example, so it's not immediately obvious it's a K8 or a K10

  13. Re:Don't they even own a shovel? on Disposable Toilet To Change the World · · Score: 3, Informative

    He based the idea on an existing observed behaviour. But he's using a bio-degradeable bag instead of a polyethylene bag.

  14. Re:Is it wise? on Apple's "iKey" Wants To Unlock All Doors · · Score: 1

    fails locked with 72> hours battery to handle power failure... Then there's the back door which still uses a key. Sound reasonable?

  15. Re:How appropriate... on Could the Tumbleweed Rover Dominate Mars? · · Score: 3, Informative

    The budget I read added more money to NASA's budget. But yes, it did kill Constellation.

  16. Re:Maybe I'm not getting it right... on TiVo Time Warp Judgment Affirmed · · Score: 1

    Ah, but how does the VHS recorder keep track of time and channel information, in order to record those shows? Hmmm? Hmmm? I'll bet there's an embedded processor, aka, a computer, in there, isn't there! (And yes, even something as archaic and simple as an RCA 1802 counts)

  17. Re:Fuel? on The Arctic Is Leaking Methane · · Score: 1

    Petroleum processing gaseous byproducts (a mixture of stuff) and Syngas are often sold as natural gas. May contain a mixture of propane, butane, ethane, methane, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide and hydrogen.

  18. Re:Nothing to see here.... on The Arctic Is Leaking Methane · · Score: 1

    excuse me... As an Engineer who works in the manufacturing sector, I take umbrage with part of your statement. Engineers produce things. I like building stuff. I just don't work every day on the production line. My hat's off to those folks that do.

    That line should probably read "Not Everyone can be a Manager or a Lawyer or an Accountant."

    Otherwise, I agree with you, we need to bring the manufacturing jobs back to the U.S.

  19. Re:Let me get this straight on The Arctic Is Leaking Methane · · Score: 1

    Which tells us Earth's hind end is the northern hemisphere.

  20. Re:But what about the cost of e-ink? on Freescale's Cheap Chip Could Mean Sub-$99 E-Readers · · Score: 2, Informative

    Yeah, based on what you've linked to the Kindle processor is only $8.64. The new processor incorporates features that represent another $8.71 worth of IC's. So, this new processor reduces the price an estimated $7 over what's in the Kindle. Still, any improvement helps.

  21. Re:Turn the key off or put the car in neutral..... on $1M Prize For Finding Cause of Unintended Acceleration · · Score: 1

    You can steer and brake the the car without the power assist, you just need to put more force into it. The parking brake isn't going to do much for you.

  22. Re:Turn the key off or put the car in neutral..... on $1M Prize For Finding Cause of Unintended Acceleration · · Score: 1

    FWIW, nothing is intuitive under panic (sort of by definition). That's why you should learn not to panic.

  23. Re:Turn the key off or put the car in neutral..... on $1M Prize For Finding Cause of Unintended Acceleration · · Score: 1

    Losing steering and brake assist is better than crashing the car at high speed. Try it in an empty parking lot: Shut off the engine at 15-20 mph and you'll find you can still steer a car and stop a car with the engine shut off.

  24. Re:Idiocy. on $1M Prize For Finding Cause of Unintended Acceleration · · Score: 1

    that would seem unlikely... since the ecm has to continue to respond to interrupts and send periodic signals to fire the spark plugs and fuel injectors, as well as control numerous other systems. It would require multiple failures that still allowed the primary functions controlling the engine to continue to operate more or less normally.

  25. Re:Turn the key off or put the car in neutral..... on $1M Prize For Finding Cause of Unintended Acceleration · · Score: 1

    And if common sense RTFM, then it would know there are overides, even on these more complex cars (where you really should RTFM). Like holding down the "Start" button until the engine shuts off (just like your PC).