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  1. Re:A nanoscale printer sound really awesome on Nanoscale 3D Printer Now Commercially Available · · Score: 1

    I'm printing the world's smallest violin for you.

  2. People *will* die on Turning the Belkin WeMo Into a Deathtrap · · Score: 1

    Most nefarious use? Turning off the coffee pot in the morning.

  3. Re:Cause? on Global Warming On Pace For 4 Degrees: World Bank Worried · · Score: 1

    If you're interested in the science of climate change, and why the small amount of gasses we produce is a larger problem than the percentage would imply, I recommend this easily digested series of videos.

  4. Re:Evolution? on A Call For Science Policy Debate Among Presidential Candidates · · Score: 1

    If you want to believe the Earth is flat go for it. Just don't expect not to be mocked.

    Ah, but the earth is flat. Gravity simply warps space around the center of the earth's mass until the flat plane touches on the other side.

  5. Re:I want to buy that rock on Curiosity Rover Fires First Laser Beam At Martian Rock · · Score: 1

    I'm still waiting for the earth shattering kaboom.

    That'd be a hell of a kaboom considering the Earth is quite a ways away.

  6. Re:Obvious problems on MIT Creates Car Co-Pilot That Only Interferes If You're About To Crash · · Score: 1

    The main problem with autonomous driving is the legal liability. The problems above still introduce the legal liability, yet without the major benefits from a broader system. I think the industry will simply skip over this straight to broader systems.

    Liability isn't too much of a problem in my opinion. Insurance will cover any issues, and rates will change based on the performance of the autopilot. As long as the autopilot performs equally as well as drivers across the entire set of cars insured, then the insurance rates will be the same, people will pay the same rates, and insurance companies will shell out the same payments. An accident wouldn't cause rates to go up, but good driving records wouldn't bring the rates down, and everyone would pay rates based on the area they live and drive in. A horrible autopilot would be detected quickly by insurance companies, and that would be the fault of the manufacturer, a poorly modded autopilot or poorly maintained vehicle would also show up as an anomaly and would be the fault of the owner. Uninsured drivers would be responsible for themselves.

  7. Re:Police State on Massachusetts Plans To Keep Track of Where Your Car Has Been · · Score: 1

    "No reason to do this. As a fucking US citizen this is totally unwarranted."

    "No reason to do this. As a fucking human being this is totally unwarranted."

    FIFY.

  8. Re:wild speculation on Internet Explorer 10 Drops Vista Support · · Score: 1

    Windows Explorer is not the same as Internet Explorer.

  9. Re:wild speculation on Internet Explorer 10 Drops Vista Support · · Score: 1

    Have you upgraded to IE9 in Windows 7? It closes Windows Explorer in order to install. That wouldn't be necessary if it wasn't tied to the OS. You could try to make the argument that Explorer isn't tied to the OS, but as it's the way that people interact with the OS, that wouldn't hold much weight.

  10. Re:Wait on Building a Traffic Radar System To Catch Reckless Drivers? · · Score: 1

    You need to get the police enforcing the laws, you need to get a system with minimal corruption, you need to educate drivers on why they need to obey the laws, you need people to shame bad drivers.

    Bogota hired a few hundred mimes about 6 years ago to make fun of people breaking traffic laws. It was reported to be quite effective actually as the people were more apt to change their behavior because of shame then because of fines. Probably much cheaper than radar as well.

  11. Re:They call those ideas? on Linux Wall Warts Small On Size, Big On Possibilities · · Score: 1

    Kitchen PC is the best use that I can see for it. Hook up a 7" usb touchscreen monitor, and use it to browse recipes online in the ki.

  12. Make something, anything. on Preserving Memories of a Loved One? · · Score: 1

    Videos, pictures, and text is fantastic, and I'm glad you're capturing that. However, our most personal recording device is our brain as it captures emotions as well. I'd encourage her to make something for each of your daughters. It doesn't matter what it is, a drawing ,a knick knack, a story in a bound book, a little table, it doesn't matter a bit. It just has to be a thing that will be there and remind them of her. Digital information is great, and I love technology as much as the last person on /. but they are no substitute for memories brought on by something tangible that you can hold and was created by someone.

  13. Re:So, just plastics and lube then? on Boeing's Hybrid Electric Airliner of the Future · · Score: 2, Informative

    I don't see where hybrids help here.

    I can see where they could use stored electricity to shut engines off when landing to reduce noise, charge at the gate, and take off without engines as well.

    That alone wouldn't affect efficiency necessarily, but would probably allow the use of louder engine types that might be able to reduce efficiency, and it would reduce the opposition to airports allowing them to be placed in better locations.

  14. Re:They certainly don't know science. on Louisiana, Intelligent Design, and Science Classes · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The earth is flat though! It's not the earth, but space that's curved due to the influence of gravity, causing the edges of the earth to meet. I don't get why otherwise reasonable people don't understand this.

  15. Nexus One on Best Telephone For Datacenters? · · Score: 1

    The Nexus One is pretty great in data centers. It kills pretty much all of the background noise. The Motorolla S9-HD headset however, while fantastic for music, is pretty much worthless in the data center or if you have your windows down in the car.

  16. Re:Design on Volcano Futures · · Score: 1

    I'd suspect importing oranges from half way around the world is cheaper than buying greenhouse oranges grown in Nebraska. I never see oranges in my farmers market at any time of the year.

    That's because the Nebraska Oranges are in such high demand that the farmers don't sell locally. Where do you think frozen orange juice comes from?

  17. Re:Current architecture flawed but workable BUT... on Multicore Requires OS Rework, Windows Expert Says · · Score: 1

    I made the mistake of moving a massive amount of files from one server to another with teracopy. When the move failed due to a dropped network connection, teracopy deleted all of the files in the queue, including those that it had failed to copy to the server.

  18. Re:CDs! How *quaint* on UMG To Price New CDs Under $10 · · Score: 1

    ...and you can listen to your CDs on as many devices as you like.

    Really? Where did you find a phone with a built in CD player? I want one! :-)

  19. Re:CDs! How *quaint* on UMG To Price New CDs Under $10 · · Score: 1

    I remember DVD's, They made such pretty coffee coasters after I ripped all of their video to my media server.

  20. Re:Just like desktop linux. on Google Android — a Universe of Incompatible Devices · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I found some amazing compatibility the other day. I needed some files off of a hard drive for my old toshiba laptop.

    The toshiba was an x86 core solo dual-booting the Windows 7 RC and Ubuntu 9.04. I threw it into my desktop with an i7 920 (64bit quad core) processor, Raedon 5770, ect, basically a bunch of hardware that didn't exist the last time the drive was booted.

    Windows crashed on startup and wouldn't boot, but I was shocked when Ubuntu booted perfectly, connected to the network, and everything seemed to just work.

  21. Re:Copyright or "cultural heritage"? on Mexico Wants Payment For Aztec Images · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is fantastic news! We can start charging people for incompetence then! We're going to be rich.

    And no, I don't mean we, the United States, I mean we, as in Slashdot and it's editors!

  22. Re:Um, I'm afraid you can... on Best Filesystem For External Back-Up Drives? · · Score: 1

    Well, that went right over your head. Look up the history of the word "grok".

  23. Re:The solution.. on Best Filesystem For External Back-Up Drives? · · Score: 1

    It may be that he knew exactly what he was saying, and his sentence would have been the same irrespective of whether he used that first word or... that other word I can't quite remember. Regardless, my point still stands.

  24. Re:The solution.. on Best Filesystem For External Back-Up Drives? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You can't just create words out of the blue. People will never be able to grok your meaning if you do. You know I'm right, so don't be all fugnutish about it.

  25. Re:Someone else who wants somethign for nothing on B&N Nook Successfully Opened · · Score: 1

    Solution: Don't buy one. It's not like these are life and death matters here where you can somehow morally justify stealing something.

    Not buying one isn't a solution in any sense of the word. It's leaving a problem unsolved. And I haven't bought one, so they don't have my money. However, if they offered extra bandwidth for an available fee, they'd have my money for the device, money for books, and money for additional bandwidth each month. They could even have an apps store, where I'd pay to download applications with the features I'd like.

    Instead, they are leaving a partially untapped market open, and not receiving the income.