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  1. Re:"We're stronger than ever" on Groupon Is Closing Operations In 7 Countries, Laying Off 1,100 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I still wonder why this became slashdot news. It's not for nerds, it's just about some marketing company selling all kinds of junk that is no different from what you get in any random outlet.

  2. Re:Why are we propagating propaganda? on The WWII-Era Inspired Plane Giving the F-35 a Run For Its Money · · Score: 1

    Well - you are the hunter, but the collectors are on the ground. In the case of smugglers and others then you need to have a positive confirmation what they are before you kill them. The persons you spot may have a legal reason to be where they are.

  3. Re:Another 40 years before we see popular diesel c on Volkswagen CEO Issues Apology Over Emission-Cheating Software · · Score: 1

    Peeing into the gas tank isn't even possible on a diesel vehicle, and peeing in the diesel tank is not good anyway.

    You shall ensure that you never, ever mix the reagent with diesel - either diesel in the reagent tank or reagent in the diesel tank since it causes crystals to form that clogs the entire system causing a very expensive repair.

  4. Re: That'll teach you... on Volkswagen CEO Issues Apology Over Emission-Cheating Software · · Score: 1

    There are two kinds, the ones with revealed crimes and those not yet revealed.

  5. Re: What? "We're sorry we got caught"? on Volkswagen CEO Issues Apology Over Emission-Cheating Software · · Score: 1

    Both parties are fighting each other so hard that it looks stupid for any outsider.

    Soon it's starting to look like the civil war.

  6. Re: What? "We're sorry we got caught"? on Volkswagen CEO Issues Apology Over Emission-Cheating Software · · Score: 1

    The Swedish mile is 10km.

    But the UK and US miles are the same.

  7. Re: What? "We're sorry we got caught"? on Volkswagen CEO Issues Apology Over Emission-Cheating Software · · Score: 1

    There's no european gallon, everything is metric.

    There's a UK gallon though that's larger than the US. But anyone not using the metric values is not sane when it comes to fuel consumption figures.

  8. Re: VW CEO echos the words of General Beringer... on Volkswagen CEO Issues Apology Over Emission-Cheating Software · · Score: 1

    Just make sure it's not connected first.

  9. Re: Considering how fast Google ditched China on France Tells Google To Remove "Right To Be Forgotten" Search Results Worldwide · · Score: 2

    Google could in protest stop indexing all french pages and then we will see the result.

  10. Re:But bombs have cameras now. on The WWII-Era Inspired Plane Giving the F-35 a Run For Its Money · · Score: 1

    Realize that there are cases where a missile or bomb isn't good because it also hurts your own troops. In those cases the A-10 with the GAU-8 is the only alternative.

  11. Re:Why are we propagating propaganda? on The WWII-Era Inspired Plane Giving the F-35 a Run For Its Money · · Score: 1

    What the Tucano do is more of a supplement to the A-10 on the low-end side when there's less need for armament but more use for a relatively slow-moving aircraft that can linger in an area a long time. An almost ideal plane when it comes to hunting smugglers, border-jumpers and lightly armed teams on the ground.

    The A-10 is what you use when you want a versatile craft supporting your ground troops against anything that can pop-up there including tanks.

    The F-35 - more a fighter that you can add some strike capability to in the form of missiles, but missiles are sometimes not good for supporting your ground troops because the risk of also taking out your own people - but where the GAU-8 of the A-10 is doing the work fine.

    From my perspective there's the situation where these craft supplement each other rather than substitute.

  12. Re:Parallel Construction? on Veteran FBI Employee Accused of Trying To Beat Polygraph, Suspended Without Pay · · Score: 1

    They don't even need anything serious, he may have been unnecessary and just a good scapegoat for someone that's the real culprit.

    Never underestimate the evil within - they can go to any length to divert the attention from their workings.

  13. Re:Why does the FBI continue to engage in witchcra on Veteran FBI Employee Accused of Trying To Beat Polygraph, Suspended Without Pay · · Score: 1

    The polygraph only works if the targeted person believes it works - and even then there's a high degree of failures.

  14. Re:23% of the company on Volkswagen Could Face $18 Billion Fine Over Emission-Cheating Software · · Score: 5, Informative

    Then you have misunderstood the EGR. What the EGR do is to recirculate some exhaust lowering the oxygen content in the combustion chamber, which in turn lowers the combustion temperature and result in a lower NOx level. The EGR gases are usually also cooled down before entering the intake.

    The downside with a lower combustion chamber temperature is that the engine will provide less power as well, all according to the ideal gas law. To compensate for this the boost pressure through a turbocharger is pretty high - newer engines conforming to the latest emission standards have a higher boost than previous generations - even up to 4 bar (4 atmospheres) boost. (way more than what a gasoline engine have)

    On a diesel there's a catalytic converter to take care of some HC that may remain, but the primary objective is that there's a particle filter that catches most particles - where the majority are soot particles. This filter has to be regenerated at regular intervals which is done by injecting some additional diesel into the filter where it's ignited. However since the soot isn't entirely clean there's an accumulation of ash residue that requires a replacement of the filter at regular intervals - usually >= 100000 km.

    In order to lower the NOx even more there's also on modern vehicles also an injection of a selective catalytic reagent (SCR), often named AdBlue or Diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) (which is a clear water-based liquid containing urea) into the exhaust system that combines with the NOx and other compounds in the exhaust fumes to produce nitrogen, carbon dioxide and water.

  15. Re:23% of the company on Volkswagen Could Face $18 Billion Fine Over Emission-Cheating Software · · Score: 1

    Add to it that this may actually spread wider - the EU may also be looking into this.

    Overall it also means that the testing procedures may have to change to more variation so it's harder to detect that there's an emission test process ongoing.

  16. Re:Talk of online transfers makes her go redneck on Ask Slashdot: What To Do About Android Malware? · · Score: 1

    That's right - if you get a personal check it can be a headache to get money from it around here, so private transactions are very rarely done with checks these days since it requires that you have a good bank where you actually can transfer the check to your account - and you often have to pay a fee for it too.

    Direct transfers are free of charge.

  17. Re:Depositing checks on Ask Slashdot: What To Do About Android Malware? · · Score: 1

    I have never used paper checks the last 20 years. They are considered obsolete here.

    So how do individuals send payments to individuals, especially if the sender doesn't subscribe to a cellular data plan?

    Direct bank transfers or cash. Sometimes indirect transfers through a payment service.

    Even at shops you are almost a suspect for fraud if you show up with a check unless you are over 70.

    Which this relative is. In shops, she pays with her debit card, but she mails checks with birthday cards and the like.

    Every employer here do direct deposit to your bank account

    So should someone who gets "I'm sorry; our payroll processor declined my request to add direct deposit" update his resume?

    In the rare case someone don't have a bank account that a direct transfer can be done to then it's a question of cash, but those cases are so rare that checks won't work either because there's nowhere to cash the checks without finding a bank office that can do it, and you need a bank account to cash a check - so back to the fact that it would happen so rarely that it's going to cause problems.

    Checks are obsolete here.

  18. Re:Depositing checks on Ask Slashdot: What To Do About Android Malware? · · Score: 1

    I have never used paper checks the last 20 years. They are considered obsolete here.

    Even at shops you are almost a suspect for fraud if you show up with a check unless you are over 70.

    Every employer here do direct deposit to your bank account - it's even simpler for them than to produce a check.

  19. Re:Things to consider on Ask Slashdot: What To Do About Android Malware? · · Score: 1

    I agree - some apps installed want access to all the stuff on the phone without constraints even when I don't see a reason for it. And there's no way to exclude the access rights and still install the app.

  20. Re:Jumping to the conclusion on Ask Slashdot: What To Do About Android Malware? · · Score: 1

    Not even Google Play is safe.

    But you have to take into account that there are possible holes that can be utilized when you visit web pages or open messages. Even OTA SMS is a risk.

  21. Re:Why even bother Microsoft? on Microsoft Backports Start Menu To Windows RT · · Score: 2

    It's for embedded use. Sometimes having a longer lifetime than many other usages.

  22. Re:Evidence of the Great Filter? on Advanced Civilizations Probably Don't Exist In Our Galactic Neighborhood · · Score: 1

    It's VSF anyway - it's likely to be going to be experiencing the cold death anyway.

  23. Re:The Great Filter is based on a sample size of O on Advanced Civilizations Probably Don't Exist In Our Galactic Neighborhood · · Score: 1

    Or Plausible...

  24. Re:No WiFi on Advanced Civilizations Probably Don't Exist In Our Galactic Neighborhood · · Score: 1
  25. Re:Strange point of view on Advanced Civilizations Probably Don't Exist In Our Galactic Neighborhood · · Score: 1

    Waste heat - that assumes that you actually need heat in large volume to achieve your goals. We don't know what the next world with a civilization look like so we can't tell if they actually have that need or if they have tamed plants to grow houses and don't need heat to the same extent that humans do.