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  1. Re:That's all? on Hybrid Drivers Provide Real-World Mileage Data · · Score: 1

    However, I would not feel safe in the US driving a smart car with all the SUVs around. I'd feel like I was going to get crushed like an ant at any moment if one of them hits me. They would just hop on top and crush me.

  2. Re:seems sort of a waste on Hybrid Drivers Provide Real-World Mileage Data · · Score: 1

    Yet most goods seem to be shipped by trucks. Wonder why?

  3. Re:seems sort of a waste on Hybrid Drivers Provide Real-World Mileage Data · · Score: 1

    California does allow diesels to be imported into the state, but only if it is a used vehicle. (7500+ miles on the odometer). You will need to buy from someone out of state or from someone who already has one in state.

  4. Re:Xmission line theory, analog.. on Hardware or Software Major? · · Score: 1

    It is quite true that it is quite possible to stay on top of it with a minor investment but after all the development work to create good models in matlab, you may as well start your own EDA company.

  5. Re:EDA tools are NOT expensive! Wtf? on Hardware or Software Major? · · Score: 1

    What you are talking about however is for a relatively small portion of digital design. You would still need to have some sort of simultion package if you were doing analog or mixed signal designs.

  6. Re:Major drawback on World's First Physics Processing Unit · · Score: 1

    As many of those parameters would probably be specified by the game, I don't think it would make much of a difference. In fact, it could possibly make it more immersive keeping the physics of the game consistent. It will probably just do the calculations on how objects react when the collide, etc. The way it reacts is still up to the programmer. If they want to simulate real life physics, they can, or if they want a fantasy based physics, they can.

  7. Re:that RST is very toyota! on Environmentally Friendly Race Cars, Military Vehicles · · Score: 1

    Yes, it is more or less the same idea though the military version is more expensive and runs on diesel instead of gas. If there was a diesel hybrid prius, the average MPG would probably rise a bit.

  8. Re:Speaking of percentages... on What's Next For Mozilla? · · Score: 5, Informative

    The 6% from the post seems to indicate that it is Mozilla Foundation's percentage of the market rather than just Firefox's percentage.

  9. Re:Odd on Linux GPU Performance · · Score: 1

    Well, based off the instructions that come with the card, I'm pretty sure most people could install the card. They just need to be brave and not be afraid that they will mess up the computer. It's usually a simple pull out old card and install new card. Then follow the instructions. Though I guess you could get stuff like driver conflicts and stuff, the card would still be installed.

  10. Re:Power consumption... on palmOne Announces Tungsten T5 · · Score: 1

    It's more of if you want a newer card for WIFI connection, then you won't be able to just swap out a component if it is hard built inside. Also, not all 802.11 is backwards compatible, only part of what we have seen so far.

  11. Buffalo Routers on Matching AirPort Express to Third Party Routers · · Score: 2, Informative

    The buffalo line of routers would probably work with it since they support the WDS mode but I don't have one so I can't tell you definitively.

  12. Re:How Fast? on AlphaGrip's 3D Keyboard Ready For Pre-Orders · · Score: 2, Interesting

    try doing that on a qwerty without a table or stand in front of you to put the keyboard on while stonding. Well I guess you could hang the keybord from your neck or something, but i'm pretty sure it will feel awkward as hell and you won't be moving around much then.

  13. FP? on Parrots, Pythons And Things That Go Splat · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hmm.. hope this is a first post, but it might not translate in time.

  14. Re:Without connectors? on Sun Working to Eliminate Circuit Boards · · Score: 1

    If it were lots of itty bitty radio transceivers, I would expect alot more interference than from pcb traces.

  15. Re:Heat... on Sun Working to Eliminate Circuit Boards · · Score: 1

    However, as you stack chips, you'll have to hope that the heat generation is on the outer edges of the chips and not in the middle otherwise there would probably be a nice large buffer area with which the heat generation may be faster than heat removal causing the chips to still burn up.

  16. Re:Twin kernels on Slackware 10.0 Officially Released · · Score: 3, Informative

    "If you actually cared to read the release note"(that's slashdot for you), you would realize that it is a released with two kernels compiled with different configurations. This was the same during the previous kernel change and was probably the same before that. Slackware 10 comes with 2.4.26 default with 2.6.7 selectable during install I believe.

  17. Re:Worried on Diva Gem Bluetooth MP3 Player Review · · Score: 1

    RTFA... j/k The Bluetooth function enables users to use the DIVA GEM as a wireless Head-set or Hands-free device for mobile phones. So users can listen to music and can pick-up incoming calls with the MP3 Player. Pretty neat concept. Lets see if it works. So this means you would be the one bluejacking other peoples calls etc. This is used as a receiver and does not transmit over bluetooth, or at least it doesn't seem to be. It is used as a headset/hand free device for BT enabled phones.

  18. Re:Could someone... on ESA Completes Important Step Toward Vega Launcher · · Score: 5, Informative

    Text on the Vega.

    Vega

    Main Data Vega
    Height 30 m
    Diameter 3 m
    Liftoff mass 136 tonnes
    Payload mass* 1500 kg

    Although there is a growing tendency for satellites to become larger, there is still a need for a small launcher to place 300 to 2000 kg satellites, economically, into the polar and low-Earth orbits used for many scientific and Earth observation missions.

    Europes answer to these needs is Vega, named after the second brightest star in the northern hemisphere. Vega will make access to space easier, quicker and cheaper.

    Costs are being kept to a minimum by using advanced low-cost technologies and by introducing an optimised synergy with existing production facilities used for Ariane launchers.

    Vega has been designed as a single body launcher with three solid propulsion stages and an additional liquid propulsion upper module used for attitude and orbit control, and satellite release. Unlike most small launchers, Vega will be able to place multiple payloads into orbit.

    Development of the Vega launcher started in 1998. The first launch is planned for 2006 from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana where the Ariane 1 launch facilities are being adapted for its use.

    * Launch in circular orbit, 90inclination, 700 km

    So basically it is europes light payload rocket.

  19. Re:Oooo.... root 2! on The Logic Behind Metric Paper Sizes · · Score: 1

    Folding would probably mess up the edges of the paper making it unsightly especially for an invitation.

  20. Re:But can it calculate the version numbering sche on TI-84 Plus Released · · Score: 1

    The TI ordering is kinda weird. The 8x series is actually 3 different families. Series 1 82 -> 83 -> 83+ -> 84+ Series 2 85 -> 86 Series 3 89 I think that is what it is more or less. I'm not sure where the 81 goes though. Either with series 1 or as a separate series.

  21. Re:TI-89 on TI-84 Plus Released · · Score: 1

    Not just the TI-89, More like every graphing calculator in existence.

  22. years on Bad News for Earth's Magnetic Field · · Score: 1

    2000 years, 10000 years, its all the same thing. Its just another day at the park.

  23. Re:I guess I lead a sheltered life... on Stop Cell Phones Without Stopping Pacemakers... · · Score: 2, Interesting

    But then again, the person you are talking to in the car should also be fearing for their life and help watch the road. Also, radios are passive. You listen to it but don't need to think of responses for it though I may be wrong on this since some people probably do.

  24. Re:I'm left handed on Two-Fisted Computing · · Score: 1

    It doesn't matter if you are left handed or not, the main uses of the space traveler is for working in 3D environments like CAD drawings where you need quick access to hot keys and multiple degrees of movement (x,y,z) and the tilting. This is Space Traveler was designed for people who need to work on cad drawings on the go with their laptops. While not on the go, they have larger form-factor mice like the SpaceBall 5000, Space Mouse, and the CadMan. There is a specific use for this and you are right that you'll probably not be giving up your stylus and digitizing tablet soon because the applications are probably different.

    To review their products, you can check out
    http://3dconnexion.com/products.htm

  25. Re:I don't mean to sound bitter ... on NASA's X-43A Vehicle Ready for Flight · · Score: 1

    The scram jet might be nice as a secondary state after a conventional propulsion method is used to push the vehicle up to speed and altitude so that the scramjet starts working, but there will need to be a rocket section after that or some self contained drive that does not run off the atmosphere.

    By the time you even get close to LEO, the atmosphere would probably be too thin for the scramjet to sustain itself.