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  1. Re:NIPPLES HAVE NO BUSINESS BEING SEEN !! on You Can't Say That On the Internet · · Score: 2

    nipples should be allowed on the grounds that their images are teaching materials in interface design learning.
    "The only intuitive interface is the nipple. Everything else is learned"

  2. Re:If you don't like it... on You Can't Say That On the Internet · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Only ten friends? How sad :(

    Wait, you have friends?!? Good for you!

  3. Re:Haven't read TFA on Sweden Imports European Garbage To Power the Nation · · Score: 1

    Portugal talking to Sweden:

    - "So, you're producing electricity by incinerating trash? How cute."

    I find it very interesting that Sweden is now doing this... Meanwhile in Portugal, this has been done for at least 20 years in thermoelectric powerplants and concrete factories (the so called co-incineration/co-generation).

  4. Re:time to fork the project on MakerBot Going Closed Source? · · Score: 0

    Unfortunately, your suspicion is wrong. No virus, clean install, 2011, original and legitimate MSDN subscription DVDs, really limited choice of software on that machine, no other problems with no other software. It was really a bug in Word.

  5. How interesting... on Sophos Anti-Virus Update Identifies Sophos Code As Malware · · Score: 1

    ... the chicken ate the egg, after all...

  6. Re:time to fork the project on MakerBot Going Closed Source? · · Score: 1

    Then I switched to Open Office.

    And?! I need closure on this anecdote^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^Hevent

    call 1-800-OBVIOUS for a course about reading between the lines or 1-800-MCKAY for a course to improve sarcasm/irony skills.

  7. Re:time to fork the project on MakerBot Going Closed Source? · · Score: 0

    Best? Microsoft Office was unable to handle the book I wrote. less than 200 pages , no fancy drawings or formatting and it would crash. Then I switched to Open Office.

  8. Onda Technology on Ask Slashdot: Where Should a Geek's Charitable Donations Go? · · Score: 1

    I'm definitely partial to this one, since I'm one of the founders. However, I strongly believe in our goals and our projects are very interesting. Almost all of us are teachers and we are hoping to grow to a point where we can provide internships for kids that take professional courses instead of college degrees. Also, all of us that work there are purely volunteers.

  9. Re:Do I get a cut of the pofit?? on Asking Slashdot: Converting an SUV Into an Hybrid Diesel-Electric? · · Score: 1

    That's an ocean of distance away from us. And we have people with expertise in building award-winning electric vehicles in our team.

  10. Re:Minimal Research? on Asking Slashdot: Converting an SUV Into an Hybrid Diesel-Electric? · · Score: 1

    People will actually learn something. With the recession here, some of the kids that will have a part in this project can't even afford a college degree. And they hardly can access a job or even an internship. At least this way they will be learning something, hands-on, instead of having just theory.
    And we have several more projects. If you took at least five minutes to investigate, you'd know we work as a research project incubator and that we have more projects. One of the might actually save lives one day.

  11. Re:Do I get a cut of the pofit?? on Asking Slashdot: Converting an SUV Into an Hybrid Diesel-Electric? · · Score: 1

    That might be your reality. It's not ours. If you have that option, I suggest you make the best out of it. We don't.

  12. Re:I think you are looking at this wrong on Asking Slashdot: Converting an SUV Into an Hybrid Diesel-Electric? · · Score: 1

    Regenerative braking is in the project...

  13. Re:Minimal Research? on Asking Slashdot: Converting an SUV Into an Hybrid Diesel-Electric? · · Score: 1

    I think you're missing the point. This is a research project, not the cost of buying/selling the whole kit. Therefore, it will be inherently much more expensive than an off-the-shelf conversion kit. It's the nature of the thing.

  14. Re:a few ideas on Asking Slashdot: Converting an SUV Into an Hybrid Diesel-Electric? · · Score: 1

    The solar panels on the roof were already on the project page :)
    The computer controlled AWD/4WD system is already decided, but was not mentioned. Actually, there was talk of making it analogical instead of computer controlled.
    The turbine engine is a possibility but we haven't given it much thought yet.

  15. Re:Stop it with the hybrids already! on Asking Slashdot: Converting an SUV Into an Hybrid Diesel-Electric? · · Score: 1

    That is precisely what I mentioned in the article and what is described in the project page. The diesel engine will act only as generator.

  16. Re:SUV "sense of safety" is a myth on Asking Slashdot: Converting an SUV Into an Hybrid Diesel-Electric? · · Score: 1

    That's why I wrote "sense of safety" instead of straight up "safety".

  17. Re:Dur on Asking Slashdot: Converting an SUV Into an Hybrid Diesel-Electric? · · Score: 1

    I give up and apologise for the inconvenient and politically incorrect joke.

  18. Re:Bio deisel? on Asking Slashdot: Converting an SUV Into an Hybrid Diesel-Electric? · · Score: 1

    We're hoping, if we manage to get enough money, to build a small sized reactor for production of biofuel from used cooking oil. If it is biofuel processed this way, it may be able to function without requiring additional modifications, or maybe adding a better fuel filter.

  19. Re:Use a turbine on Asking Slashdot: Converting an SUV Into an Hybrid Diesel-Electric? · · Score: 1

    That is also one of the hypothesis, but we'd like first to try if we can avoid wasting the original engine of the SUV. If we can put it to good use, better. If not, we'll take a new approach. R&D is fun.

  20. Re:Why SUV on Asking Slashdot: Converting an SUV Into an Hybrid Diesel-Electric? · · Score: 1

    Fortunately, we do have people with experience in doing this for university projects that actually got awards. But this time we're doing it on a more serious scale, hoping to get a certified vehicle, and in a private non-profit institute, not in the university. The previous experiences were cars that were used in a national competition only, never were intended for official certification.

  21. Re:Do I get a cut of the pofit?? on Asking Slashdot: Converting an SUV Into an Hybrid Diesel-Electric? · · Score: 3, Informative

    What about you, do you know what "non-profit" means? Since you didn't bother to pay attention, I'll explain it carefully: if we make any money from this, it won't be to help us buy a house in the Hamptons or an SLR. It will be to invest in the next research projects. The kits, if we manage to create them, will be for a cost, with the entire profit being invested in further research. But the plans and results will be fully available online, as well as a full bill of materials. Troll less, live longer.

  22. Re:You can try on Asking Slashdot: Converting an SUV Into an Hybrid Diesel-Electric? · · Score: 1

    environment friendly, maybe not, there will be also more economic and environment friendly vehicles like a car. But then again, a motorcycle also has better fuel economy than a car. Oh, what about the bicycle? Awesome fuel economy, 0L/km or infinite MPG unless you're counting gallons of fresh soda. Then you might end up with a pretty low mileage...
    There will always be some waste. But at least we could reduce the waste. Make it more efficient. A compromise, if you will.

  23. Re:Dur on Asking Slashdot: Converting an SUV Into an Hybrid Diesel-Electric? · · Score: 1

    It was intended as a joke, not as an insult. And while it really was said as a joke, it is sadly true that many people use their vehicles as a way to overcome or overcompensate some of their inadequacies. And I'm not necessarily talking about anatomy.

  24. Re:Don't Waste Your Time on Asking Slashdot: Converting an SUV Into an Hybrid Diesel-Electric? · · Score: 1

    If the acceleration is done using the batteries, not quite so. The idea is to build a plug-in hybrid but with no direct connection between the fuel engine and the wheels.

  25. Re:Use it on someone else? on FDA Approves HIV Home-Use Test Kit · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure he was talking about sexually transmitted diseases... Therefore, apart from Hepatitis, which have vaccines and and some very effective treatments, all the other one's become irrelevant in this discussion...