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  1. Re:Flashing Green on UPS Using Software To Eliminate Left Turns · · Score: 1

    That sounds like it would be illegal, actually. I don't think traffic rules would be changed for cost reasons of a meager single light box (only one light is needed for a green arrow).

  2. Re:That's why credit cards are better on FTC Says Payment Processor Took Millions · · Score: 1

    I can set that limit on my card to anything, up to some amount. Also, it's a Visa Electron, so not a regular card because there's no credit at all: funds are drawn from the account on the spot.

  3. Re:How does it stand the thermal shock? on Voyager 2 Shows Solar System Is "Dented" · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How dense is the matter and how do you measure this kind of energy? Very sparse. With a thermometer.
  4. Re:Halp! on Voyager 2 Shows Solar System Is "Dented" · · Score: 1

    It's even simpler: Google is always up, TFA is always down.

  5. Re:Blue more likely to win on Team Fortress 2 Stats Confirm Every Suspicion · · Score: 1

    That's self-selecting then, if good gamers choose the blue side because they merely think it'll give an advantage.

  6. Re:Too little, too late on Mobile Linux Group Releases First Specification · · Score: 2, Insightful
    How is Java, as a higher-level language, more complex than C++? What do you mean third rate class library, lack of functionality? And where do these impossible-to-predict gc spikes come from in a custom-made VM?


    I'll grant you that handling memory management manually on small embedded devices like phones may seem like a good idea, for now. But not for long.

  7. Re:That's why credit cards are better on FTC Says Payment Processor Took Millions · · Score: 1

    I agree, a debit card is a direct extension of cash, which means if it isn't on the account, it can't go anywhere. I even have a separate account from where I move money to the account connected to the card, just to avoid having all my savings in one stealable basket.

  8. Re:They are the Boogeymen! on Iran Builds Supercomputer From Banned AMD Parts · · Score: 1

    If you just concentrate on bombing during WWII then you have to realize that a single night of the fire bombing of Tokyo killed 100,000 people. That is more people than were killed in Nagasaki, and more than died directly in the blast in Hiroshima There is an important point that bears mentioning: the number of bombs. Tokyo/Dresden/London/etc.: several thousands, Hiroshima: one. The logistics of nukes are considerably easier that way, making them far more dangerous the smaller the war infrastructure is, not to mention in peacetime.
  9. Re:Something to note about other people's opinions on Are You Proud of Your Code? · · Score: 1

    I'll concede that that is acceptable as well.

  10. Re:Something to note about other people's opinions on Are You Proud of Your Code? · · Score: 3, Insightful
    That's not the worst problem with the code, my immediate question was "what is v, and why do we want to put several doubles in it?". It's like reading a suspense thriller, the ending provides the explanation. A single line comment at the start: "//Read in doubles and print in reverse order" would give all the explanation needed for anyone to figure out what happens, even for someone who's never seen C++ before.


    Moreover, single-character variables outside the scope of a loop should be banned from the face of the earth. It's all right to use them when coding, but when the coding is done, for god's sake rename then to something sane.

  11. Re:And there is still the unsolved issue of... on Former Anti-Nuclear Activist Does A 180 · · Score: 1

    At some point, you'll end up with isotopes that you cannot extract energy from by fission anymore, but are still radioactive for quite a while. Yes, a while being about 100 years IIRC, which seems like a good tradeoff for the amount of energy that is gained. A lot better that thousands of years, in any case.
  12. Re:And there is still the unsolved issue of... on Former Anti-Nuclear Activist Does A 180 · · Score: 1

    The best way to dispose of nuclear waste is to refine it and use it again. It contains almost as much energy coming out of the reactor as when it went in. When nuclear waste has really been used up, there's practically no danger anymore, because there shouldn't be any energy in it that could irradiate for hundreds of years, because that energy has been used.

  13. Re:Couple Thoughts on Where are Wii? · · Score: 1

    the random loser market Ladies and Gentlemen, meet the the most succinct description of online play ever!
  14. Re:I'm cringing... on Bar Codes Keep Surgical Objects Outside Patients · · Score: 1
    Holy statistic-twisting, batman!


    16000 people out of how many die from drugs, and 44000-98000 of how many die from physician error?

    Go back to school and stop flaming.

  15. Re:You don't need brains to be a dictator on Graph Shows Fraud in Russian Elections · · Score: 1

    You have to vote, to prevent the wrong lizard from getting in.

  16. Re:Wise words on BioShock Backlash · · Score: 1

    That seems to apply to books too: a great premise, thought-provoking story, but atrocious language. You'd want to like it so much, but it's just too horrible to read. That would make anyone angry at the book.

  17. Re:Actually Canada is the number one supplier of O on Helium Leads to Geothermal Energy Resources · · Score: 1

    Can someone explain to me the reason why Celine Dion is always made fun of. I've really no idea...

  18. Re:What's that item!? on The Device NASA Is Leaving Behind · · Score: 2, Informative

    A new type of cosmic ray detector for observing dark matter and such, if I read correctly. TFA says it took 500 scientists worldwide 12 years to build, so it's not just any old tin can.

  19. Re:Just a | dream? on Wearing a Computer at Work · · Score: 1

    'Automagic' is a perfectly cromulent word.

  20. Re:So long Music Industry... on Media Research Exec Says Music Industry Is On Its Last Legs · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Yes, I know of pitch correction and those things as I use them myself. But I contend that the recording industry (as in monopolistic industry) is not needed for them to be developed. Studios -who need the large and sophisticated digital mixers and assorted hardware- won't go down with the RIAA, and neither will artists, and they both want all the new-fangled sound-mangling widgets, so there is still a market for them.

  21. Re:So long Music Industry... on Media Research Exec Says Music Industry Is On Its Last Legs · · Score: 1

    How much innovation is there to be had in physical studio technology these days, really?

  22. Re:That may be good. on DJB Releases All Source to Public Domain · · Score: 1

    Actually, it is his, but it's also mine and everyone else's.

  23. Re:In a word... on DJB Releases All Source to Public Domain · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Public Domain is good for shorter snippets that one might throw away one a forum or the like, but something of a more project-y character is probably better off with a license of some sort. The exact boundary is, of course, up to personal preference.

  24. Re:Is this payola? on Prognosticating Deus Ex 3 · · Score: 1

    Deus Ex 2 certainly doesn't deserve a sequel, and such a poorly developed franchise certainly doesn't warrant a press release-like "Prognosticating" zonkpost. I think most people are saying that Deus Ex deserves a sequel.
  25. Re:And why the fuck is it in Python? on EFF Releases Software to Spot Net NonNeutrality · · Score: 1

    I'm under the impression that Java is more common than Python, but no matter, this software is still pretty rudimentary.