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  1. Re:Turbo Chargers on Milestones and Trends in Renewable Energy · · Score: 1

    It might be possible that you could use less gas and a smaller engine to get the same HP rating. Say you have a 150HP engine natually aspirated at 2.5L of displacement. You could probably design a smaller engine, say 2.0 or 1.8L displacement that uses less gas and gives the same HP.

  2. Re:My DVR doesn't read DVD-RAM discs anymore on Blu-ray Coming Out On Top? · · Score: 4, Informative

    The FCC isn't forcing broadcasters to transmit in HD only(yet). They're forcing them to transimit in digital only which is very different.

  3. Re:normal people on New 'Mighty Mouse' Formula Found · · Score: 1

    Taking testosterone, usually the common test-E reduces your own testosterone production while you're taking it so it does still have bad side effects. You have to take post cycle drugs to try and kick start your balls again after you stop taking it. Test-E is usually considered the best first starter anabolic though. It also increases your hair loss if you are genetically prone to male pattern baldness.

  4. Re:I beg to differ on New 'Mighty Mouse' Formula Found · · Score: 1

    I crush you with my monitor!

  5. Re:Will Chris. Reeve be playing Superman? on Superman V: The Sordid Story · · Score: 1

    You do know Christopher Reeve is dead right?

  6. Re:Empty promise on Canada Moves to Keep Skilled Workers · · Score: 1

    Both will go to jail. The Conservatives will screw up the government as well, they did before and they will again just as the Liberals do.

  7. Re:Empty promise on Canada Moves to Keep Skilled Workers · · Score: 1

    Yes, but the way they are using it is a sham. They don't really care about how the gov't is performing, they only see an opportunity to get themselves a better position.

  8. Re:$700,000,000 CDN, eh? on Canada Moves to Keep Skilled Workers · · Score: 1

    That's funny. I also think it's funny when I buy something on eBay for $25USD and I have to pay $30 CAD.

  9. Re:Empty promise on Canada Moves to Keep Skilled Workers · · Score: 1

    It's not so much a non confidence vote so much as it is Steven Harper sees a way to snake his way into office. His whole story about conservatives being incorrupt unlike the Liberals is a crock. All the politicians are the same.

  10. Re:No! You are mis-informed on Canada Moves to Keep Skilled Workers · · Score: 1

    My aunt lives in Surey BC and she can't stand her neighbourhood due to the horrid smell of the Indian cooking.

  11. Re:You know what would really help... on Web Browser Developers Work Together on Security · · Score: 1

    With the NX bit on modern CPUs this becomes less of a problem as you can't execute code from overflowed buffers.

  12. Re:How many? on Apple Planning Intel iBook Debut for January? · · Score: 1

    /sbin/fsck -u

  13. Re:What, is the Hydrogen a catalyst? on Truckers Choose Hydrogen Power · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, according to this company http://www.dieselgas.com.au/home.htm it's possible but it takes about 100000KM to break even. Not worth it I'd say seeing how the truckers are already seeing $700 per month per truck in fuel savings without having to buy any LPG. This company in the article seems like a pretty good trial to me and more trucks should get this system in the future.

    Sure it probably wouldn't make much sense for a regular car unless you drive a lot or really care about the environment, but for trucks that can be driving 12 hrs a day or 24 hrs a day sometimes with 2 drivers it's worth it.

  14. Re:Does not compute on Truckers Choose Hydrogen Power · · Score: 1

    I didn't say you get more energy from burning the hydrogen alone. It's from burning the deisel fuel more efficiently producing more energy than it takes to create the hydrogen.

  15. Re:Does not compute on Truckers Choose Hydrogen Power · · Score: 1

    Think of it as a camp fire. If you blow on it(or if you're crazy shoot hydrogen gas into it) it's going to burn like hell and extremely hot. More energy from the wood is being released instead of making that dark black smoke(if your fire is starved for oxygen) or the typical white smoke that camp fires produce.

    You will get a lot more energy by pumping some oxygen into the fire than you would if you just let it burn by itself. Same goes for your car engine. You are going to get a lot more energy out of the fuel if you get it to burn hotter, which the hydrogen does. Producing the hydrogen takes relatively little energy for the gains in heat output you get.

  16. Re:What, is the Hydrogen a catalyst? on Truckers Choose Hydrogen Power · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You get more energy back than it took to produce the hydrogen because you are burning the deisel fuel more efficiently. So instead of unburnt deisel fuel being pumped out the smoke stack that causes all the black smoke, you are burning it. You will get more energy out of the now burnt deisel fuel than it takes to make the hydrogen. So, you have more energy doing work in the engine. Thus it is more efficient, and cuts down on fuel costs. You don't have to mash your foot on the floor and waste fuel.

  17. Re:No to OSX but with a wave to Windows? on Jobs Offers Free Mac OS X For $100 Laptops · · Score: 1

    Hell, Microsoft will probably pay for all the laptops just so they have control of the OS on them all.

  18. Re:Just added a 20amp drop at NTT/verio... on Price of Power in a Data Center · · Score: 1

    They must be screwing their customers bad charging that much. It would maybe cost that much for an electrician to run it depending on how much work there is but to charge you every month for it?!! That's insane.

  19. Apple screens? on Today's Fastest Retail LCD · · Score: 1

    What about the LCDs that Apple sells? They must think that they are at least really close otherwise they wouldn't be moving to all LCDs. Has anyone compared it side by side with a CRT, LCD and printed photo?

  20. Re:stored procs and triggers, finally on MySQL 5.0 Now Available for Production Use · · Score: 1

    Huh? AFAIK if you send a SQL string to a DB server it does all the work and returns you the requested records. It's no different than embedding that SQL in a stored procedure and then calling that SP.

  21. Re:leds on The End Of The Light Bulb? · · Score: 1

    Duh, just use the Heisenberg compensator!

  22. Re:Amazing... on iPod Video Coming to a Car Near You · · Score: 1

    So, what do you do if you like to watch 4 shows and they are all on at the same time? huh? There's currently not much choice. I live in Canada and don't have Tivo because it's not offered here. Even if it was, my current TV provider doesn't support DVR type boxes so I would have to manually tune it through their set top box. Here's Thursday's example of 8:00 PM. Survivor, Joey, Smallville, The OC. Yeah, I watch all of those shows haha at me. AFAIK, Joey isn't aired any more than once per week, and neither is Survivor or the OC. Smallville is the exception, where it's show a few days later on a Canadian channel. So that's still 3 shows all at the same time for which there's not many options if you want to watch them all. No, I'm not buying 3 VCRs.

  23. Re:Amazing... on iPod Video Coming to a Car Near You · · Score: 2, Insightful

    THAT would be insane. To compete with piracy they're going to have to charge a lot less than $5-$10 per episode. I mean, you can download an HDTV quality TV show usually the day after it's on TV for free.

    Sometimes I HAVE to do this because there are 3 or 4 shows that I watch on at the same time. So I can't even watch them all, I have to download at least 2 of them otherwise I miss it.

  24. Re:There are good reasons for this on Korean FTC May Investigate Apple/Samsung · · Score: 1

    Except if you're Microsoft. Then you can loose over a hundred dollars per XBox 360 and not have anything done to you.

  25. Re:Gotta love the music industry on Music Labels Charge Too Much For Microsoft · · Score: 3, Informative

    WTF are you talking about? That's not what this is about at all.