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  1. Most of you are "doing it wrong" on "Minority Report"-Like Control For PC · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Even the video in TFA is wrong. This is not a primary input device but great for niche usage.

    At work we are setting up public use, always on, video conference stations in public locations. One of the large problems we are running into is controlling the 2-4 large flat panels or projectors in these locations. A keyboard and mouse would walk away and is impractical. A secondary device with a lower resolution "mirror" to manipulate would be nice, but still is not practical for several reasons.

    My boss wants to be able to point at the machine and have it do something. This is exactly what we are looking for. We are only interfacing with the machine for up to one minute at a time and then it is all talking via the video conferencing with whomever is on the other end of the line.

    RIT AG info

  2. Re:first tits! on US Army Sees Twitter As Possible Terrorist "Operation Tool" · · Score: 1

    But "boobs" ARE redundant. If one fails you can just switch to the other active one.

  3. Re:Rice on Recovering Moldy Electronics? · · Score: 1

    I fail to see how a big wing and a fart can will help dry out his stereo.

  4. Re:Back when there was only fat16, ntfs, ext2 used on Ext4 Advances As Interim Step To Btrfs · · Score: 1

    You mean, like a dead horse?

    Only if you are into bestiality

  5. Re:Bulletproof? on Oil-Immersion Cooled PC Goes To Retail · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bulletproof? Seriously?

    Yes, but only for very small values of bullet

  6. Re:To bad... on Australian State May Give Students Linux Laptops · · Score: 1

    Given how Rudd behaves, the fist time a child is caught using the computer to access porn the whole program will be axed.

    I don't get it. What else do you use a computer for?

  7. Re:Fuel economy on Fuel Efficiency and Slow Driving? · · Score: 1


    For gallons per hour to drop to zero you would need to coast down a hill for an hour using no fuel. I don't know of any hill like this. Plus think of all the fuel you will burn getting to the top of said hill (hooray for potential energy!)

    If the hill is large enough the engine does not provide enough resistance so yes it will speed up. You can think of engine braking as pushing lightly on the brakes the same amount every time. You always get a set amount of resistance regardless of what you "need". With a large enough hill there isn't enough resistance so it speeds up along with the car.

    Got it?

  8. Re:Fuel economy on Fuel Efficiency and Slow Driving? · · Score: 1

    Yes, that is exactly what we are saying. Screw the laws of physics.

  9. Re:Fuel economy on Fuel Efficiency and Slow Driving? · · Score: 1

    I don't know how dodge does it but in both my WRX and previous DD, a Galant VR4, the injectors are off. Many of the cars with the onboard MPG computer in instantaneous mode will go to 99 or --- when the injectors are off. If you can view injector duty cycle then this is your best bet for knowing if the injectors are off. "Fuel Consumption" may be a made up number where duty cycle is a unit of time.

    The Galant is a '91 so this isn't even close to new technology. I can't see why all new manual vehicles wouldn't do this.

    Side note: I always clutch in right around 1k rpm to keep from bogging the engine.

  10. Re:Fuel economy on Fuel Efficiency and Slow Driving? · · Score: 5, Informative

    The key is to drive a manual transmission and to hold in the clutch whenever you can(especially downhill) so that the car coasts(runs at idle) as much as possible.

    Wrong.

    If you are at 0% throttle and over a certain RPM most ECUs will turn the injectors off (0 fuel usage). I am sure you will agree that (fuel used to idle the the motor) > (no fuel used).

    Should I even bite on your username or just let that one slide?

  11. Re:Hold on.. on New York Issues RFID-Encoded Drivers Licenses · · Score: 1

    the RFID licenses are $30 more expensive than regular licenses, yet the residents have the option to get the cheaper RFID-free license? Who's going to choose to willingly pay more to be tracked more effectively?

    Me! I live about an hour from Canada and would love to be able to get less hassle crossing the boarder. From what I was reading I get all the benefits of the passport card for $20 less. I will just keep it in the bag it comes in to help reduce the ability for remote reads. If someone wants to track me bad enough to aim a satellite dish at my ass then I'm sure they will find other ways to track me too.

  12. Re:XT ? on Second Mac Clone Maker Set To Sell, With a Twist · · Score: 4, Funny

    What next, Macs shipping with a DB15 joystick connector?

    Of course not... that is on the ISA sound card silly

  13. Re:What? No complaints... on A Look At the Workings of Google's Data Centers · · Score: 1

    How much power do I save because I can find data faster with google? How much gas do I save by printing out directions from google maps? I would guess that the amount they use and the amount users save are surprisingly close. You should be more up-in-arms about the power consumed by "off" devices. I have a cluster at work and I turned one of the racks off. It was consuming 7 amps @ 220v across 44 machines when OFF. On and half loaded weighs in around 28 amps for that rack. boggles the mind..

  14. Re:How do they know? What about Burma? on Estimated World Population to Pass 6,666,666,666 Today · · Score: 5, Funny

    Obviously the only-child stereotype doesn't affect absolutely everyone, but it didn't become a stereotype without reason. Wouldn't that be a monotype?
  15. Re:Wow... on Weak Rivets May Have Sped Sinking of Titanic · · Score: 1

    And I thought that it was loose lips that sunk ships. If by "sunk ships" you mean transmit STDs, then yes.
  16. Re:ssh... on Silent Microchip 'Fan' Has No Moving Parts · · Score: 2, Funny

    I for one welcome our ssh... overlords. Encrypted tunneling overlords?
  17. Re:1984 on GoDaddy Silences RateMyCop.com · · Score: 1

    Well, first off, the cops can respond if they choose. They can exercise their free speech as well. Can they legally respond? Lets say I was arrested for something and complained on the site. If the arresting officer posted a rebuttal could I use that against him for talking about an open case?

  18. What is six times nine? on RoadRunner Intercepting Domain Typos · · Score: 1

    You're right. I didn't say anything at all. But I did change the DNS addresses on my machines so they ended in .42 instead of .12 like the help page said to do. </quote>

    I like "what do you change the .12 to for proper DNS results" way more then 6*9.

    However the original question does have 6 and 9 in it.

    we have a conundrum

  19. Re:I don't mean to troll but... on MacBook Air's Battery is Actually Easy to Replace · · Score: 1

    iScrew.... I like the sound of that.

  20. Re:Bloodstream? on A Panoramic View of Your Insides · · Score: 1

    I would be bothered by the idea of a wire in my brain.
    You won't be bothered for very long if it breaks.
  21. Re:this isn't really news on The Evolution of Language · · Score: 1

    What kind of linguist are you? Cunning perhaps...

  22. Re:Huh? on VM Enables 'Write-Once, Run Anywhere' Linux Apps · · Score: 1
    You assume that I have the source code to recompile....

    I run plenty of binary packages at work and it would be wonderful if the "just ran"(tm).

  23. I know what I would put on it... on Write Your Valentine On a Spacecraft · · Score: 1

    Top Quality Exercycle For Sale

  24. Re:Ummm. enterprise are their customers on Vista Indicates A Shift in Microsoft's Priorities · · Score: 5, Informative
    You forgot licensing.

    Sure the OS costs $189 or less per station if you buy a VLK for it, but the server it talks to needs the right licensing to be legal.

    Terminal server, for example, is stupid expensive per remote access license. Oh you want Exchange server? Thats $N. Want to actually CONNECT to it? Thats ($Y * (number of connections)).

    -paul

  25. Re:Someone help me understand on 'Full-Pipe' FBI Internet Monitoring Questionably Legal · · Score: 2, Funny

    For example: let's say that the FBI has a hostname, but no IP. The hostname will often have the region or township name in it. If the FBI provides that to the ISP, the ISP will be able to say "That area uses these IP blocks." and then the FBI would have to monitor ALL those blocks to try and separate the suspect's individual IP from all the other innocent people's IPs.
    ...or they can just use nslookup