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  1. Re:FYI: Mach Speed. on SpaceShipOne Flight Completed Successfully · · Score: 1
    pressure (the most altitude-dependant variable) isn't relevant to the speed of sound.

    Are you saying speed of sound in vacuum is ~300m/sec? I would probably agree that pressure in noncompressible liquids is irrelevant to speed of sound.

  2. Re:Question on SpaceShipOne Flight Completed Successfully · · Score: 1
    eliminating the need for contact all together.

    will it pass through the Earth in similar fashion as well?

  3. talking about low requirements on SpaceShipOne Flight Completed Successfully · · Score: 0, Troll
    "It was piloted by Michael Melvill, who after the successful flight, officially became an astronaut."

    I congratulate Mr. Melvill, but keep wondering about what qualifies a pilot to be an ASTROnaut.

  4. Re:the cutting edge of TODO list technology on Best To-Do List Software? · · Score: 1

    mine is /dev/todo

  5. Re:Is there any way on Microsoft, Sony Announce iPod Competitors · · Score: 1

    compared to PS2's 2... It sounds even better than from minus two to two too.

  6. Re:Cost to orbit on Blimps... In... Space... · · Score: 1
    I have always wondered how light the outer shell could be built to hold vacuum inside. Such empty dirigables could be floating where the pressure differential isn't that big to crash the shell.

    Last time I checked, vacuum is lighter and less explosive than H2.

  7. Re:Give back to the community?! on MS Rails On Open Source, Appeals To Gov't Greed · · Score: 1
    Boiling Leaves to Make a Tasty Beverage (TM)

    What a waste of resources. Everyone knows, leaves must be burnt, so that one can inhale the smoke. Duh.

  8. Re:to the contrary, it's a more efficient use of $ on MS Rails On Open Source, Appeals To Gov't Greed · · Score: 1
    say, $50k pa,
    Is it metric dollars, as in 50 times 1000, or royal as in 50 times 1609.3, or nautical, as in 50 times 1853.2, or binary, as in 50 times 1024?
  9. not a problem on In The Works: Windows For Supercomputers · · Score: 1

    Just dont forget to install cygwin and XWindows.

  10. Re:I had predicted 2050, actually on Fusion Plasma Plant in The Future · · Score: 1

    Well, nuclear fusion is not a rocket science

  11. Re:Wha? on JBoss's Fleury Abjures Astroturfing · · Score: 1
    I played MUD a lot in 1990s, in fact most of my English vocabulary (English is not my native lang) was developed under heavy influence of MUDs.

    As a result, at one moment, I was sure that some kind of sci-fi or fantasy is discussed.

  12. Re:In other news ... on What's Your Terrorism Quotient? · · Score: 1
    ...the 120,000 names with the highest scores were given to the INS, FBI, Secret Service and Florida state police

    Could it be connected to 2004 elections?

  13. Re:money on China Scrubs Moon Mission Plans · · Score: 1
    It employees scientists, engineers, clerical types, food workers, maintenance staff, and so on.
    Are they sending missionaries into space now?
  14. Re:What I do is.... on EU To Counter Echelon With Quantum Cryptography? · · Score: 1
    What people don't realize is that intelligence doesnt try to decrypt each and every one email they intercept. In fact they use an elaborate multilevel system of flags to separate seeds from manure. Very likely, your emails get flagged 'bullshit' at some low level filter.

    Identities of sender and recipient are important and so is pattern of your online behaviour. Every time you login into IRC, attention to you somewhat increases, every time you post something on slashdot, attention to you drops to zero.

  15. Re:Uh oh... on EU To Counter Echelon With Quantum Cryptography? · · Score: 1

    It depends on the spin of particles.

  16. Re:Wanted: Missing Conclusion on P-P-P-PowerBook for a S-S-S-Scammer... · · Score: 1

    Alternatively, Jeff could send an email to the buyer with a link to this discussion and ask the buyer to post his thoughts on the matter (as AC, may be)...

  17. Re:MPG not important on Flying Car More Economical Than SUV · · Score: 2, Funny
    20 miles to the gallon on the road.

    I dont get it, is it on the way up or on the way down?

  18. Re:Indeed! on Cryptic Code Stumps Experts · · Score: 1
    Demography Of Users Of Slashdot: Virtually All Voluminous Virginal Men.

    Strangely there is no P for Porn

  19. Re:My Mercedes gets 33MPG HWY on Hybrid Cars Don't Live Up to Mileage Claims · · Score: 1
    My Audi A4 1.8T AWD automatic (yet another luxury car) gets ~18-20MPG in city traffic and ~27MPG on HWY using 87 octane gas. On average I get 24MPG in long term. The manual says to use 91 octane, but the guys at Audi dealership told me that 91 octane in Europe is ~87 in USA, and the premium gas does NOT give any extra MPG.

    My 1992 Ford Escort consistently gives me 33MPG HWY, and when I drove cross country a few times, it gave me 36MPG! I have been using from 86(there is such gas in NM) to 88 octane gas on this car.

    Some interesting fact: when I bought the Escort, its engine was black with dirt, oil and such. I had ~25MPG HWY at first. But when I cleaned the engine with high pressure watering (I recommend to use a station where they wash trucks, and do not turn the engine off when you wash it), and used [chemical] fuel injector cleaner, its mileage jumped to 35MPG HWY.
  20. Re:It has revolutionized landscaping on Refresh your Memory: Advanced Graphics Algorithms · · Score: 1

    You can use the reason modifier Funny -5.

  21. Re:Wow! on The Face Detector · · Score: 1

    What we really need now is to sort out mp3s on p2p: fake albums from real regardless of filenames.

  22. Re:another study says.. on The Face Detector · · Score: 1

    Does it have any connection to blondes?

  23. Re:TCO on Worms Jack Up the Total Cost of Windows · · Score: 0

    Does it include fees to SCO?

  24. Re:Can you say Apache? on Apple Uncommunicative About Security Holes · · Score: 1

    So have Minesweeper and Solitaire.

  25. Re:why using hotmail? on Microsoft Will Sell Whitelist Services For Hotmail · · Score: 1

    For this purpose you DO need a hotmail account. It wont matter whether or not it get lots of spam, if you don't use the hotmail account for purposes other than signing into MSNM.