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  1. Tasked on Spring Into PHP 5 · · Score: 2, Funny

    A professional programmer could at any time be tasked

    tasked
    Must be an MBA.

  2. Re:Speaking of such flights.... on GlobalFlyer Aims To Go Voyager One Better · · Score: 3, Informative

    Just some numbers, from Boeing's website.

    Jet-a fuel: 6.84 pounds gal
    Circumference at equator: 21,639 nautical miles

    Boeing 747-ER Cargo version.

    Cargo capacity: 248,600 pounds
    Range: 4970 nautical miles
    Fuel Capacity: 53,765 gal
    Maximum take of weight: 910,000 pounds

    Using the range and fuel capacity, the plane burns 10.818 gals per nautical mile.

    234,093.4 gallons needed to travel around the equator which is 1,601,198 pounds.

    Well above the maximum weight.

  3. Re:Book shaped robot on Duke Robot Climbs to Victory in Madrid · · Score: 5, Informative

    This makes me wonder if it's the magnets that hold the robot, or the new "tornado in a cup"?

    Go back and read it again, the magnets were only needed to help in getting over the 1cm barrier.

  4. Re:It reminds me... on Mount St. Helens Lets Off Some Steam · · Score: 1

    There you sat all broken hearted, went to shit and only farted.

  5. Re:All NEW cars on NTSB Recommends Black Boxes For All Cars · · Score: 1

    they download the data and see how many times you've exceeded "safe speeds" and then issue citations and tickets.

    All of you paranoid people are forgetting one thing...unless these boxes know where you have been, they can't tell if you have been speeding. The DMV would see something like "55mph for xxx time period, 40mph for xxx time period". They would need to have a GPS to tell if you were in certain "speed zones" before a ticket could be issued.

    Of course if it saw that your average speed was 80mph, they may have reason to issue a ticket.

  6. Re:many more games on Xbox Price Drop To $149 Now Official · · Score: 1

    Ghost Recon on Xbox live is by far one of the most addictive games I have ever played. Definitely one of xbox's best games.

  7. Re:Making ethanol uses fossil fuels on Ethanol to Hydrogen Reactor Developed · · Score: 1

    Using Ethanol as a fuel is mostly a way to funnel money to Corn Belt farmers.

    Who would you rather funnel money to, the American farmer or OPEC the oil cartel? I choose the farmer.

  8. Re:AutoCAD? on Photoshop in Linux Thanks to Disney · · Score: 1

    I doubt it. AutoCAD is starting to lean towards .Net more. AutoCAD add-in applications for the new 2004 version have to be compiled in Visual Studio .Net to work.