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  1. Re:Didn't seem to help with Titanic evacuation on Obstacles Near Emergency Exits Speed Evacuation · · Score: 2, Funny

    By "slight" I meant "severe." This is what's known as "sarcasm."

    You also seem to misunderstand what a "pole" is. They go up and down. A horizontal "bar" is what you are thinking of. The article is NOT proposing putting bars or other actual barricades that have to be climbed over or crawled under around emergency exits... Just a simple vertical pole to encourage traffic to form a line, rather than a mob all trying to force their way through a door at once.

  2. Re:Didn't seem to help with Titanic evacuation on Obstacles Near Emergency Exits Speed Evacuation · · Score: 1

    There are slight differences between a pole near an open doorway and a series of locked gates that have to be broken down or climbed over.

  3. Re:Credit Score on The Decline of the Landline · · Score: 1

    My score's stay above 830 and I haven't had a land-line in a decade. Proper management of your existing credit is how to improve your credit score. If the tiny (if it exists) hit for not having a land-line is what determines whether or not you can get credit, you've got far bigger problems than not having a land-line.

  4. Re:So many comments suggest deletion on Encryption? What Encryption? · · Score: 1

    If you don't need more than 4GB of storage, on old Gigabyte i-RAM with the backup battery removed will do the trick. As soon as they unplug your computer or disconnect the drive, the contents of the RAM disk are gone without a trace. Of course, you'd also need to keep your computer on an UPS or you'd lose your data whenever the lights blinked.

  5. Re:Unfortunately GM lobbied for the new system. on Chevy Volt Rated At 230 mpg In the City · · Score: 4, Insightful

    "This new bogus number is because of GM working with/lobbying EPA. I can't believe EPA caved into such a content free meaningless number."

    Why not? It's just one federal government agency working with another one!

  6. Re:Rebuttal on First Ever Criminal Arrest For Domain Name Theft · · Score: 1
  7. Re:Where won't you go? on RadioShack To Rebrand As "The Shack"? · · Score: 1

    "The only thing I can get at Radio Shack that I can't get anywhere else is ... OK I give up, what is it now?"

    Quite useful analog SPL meters. Oh, wait.... They switched to crappy digital meters!

  8. Re:Summer theater on Even More Restriction For German Internet · · Score: 1

    But... but... but... Think of the CHILDREN!!!

  9. Re:Oooh. Questions Still Remain... on Intel 34nm SSDs Lower Prices, Raise Performance · · Score: 1

    "That's a damn expensive way to fix problem(s) that likely didn't exist in the first place..."

    Not really. I got a good deal on the chassis, and pulled the RAM out of my box of junk.

    Plus, half the reason I did it this way was just to see how well it would work.

    But damn, is it fast! Paging basically incurs no performance penalty at all.

  10. Re:Oooh. Questions Still Remain... on Intel 34nm SSDs Lower Prices, Raise Performance · · Score: 1

    I bought a 4GB Gigabyte iRAM box specifically for the swap file on an SSD system.

  11. Re:No Battery? on Intel 34nm SSDs Lower Prices, Raise Performance · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think the UPS will cover that.

  12. Re:Space Shuttle? on Noctilucent Clouds Spread and Mystify · · Score: 1

    Well, duh. How else were they supposed to get Marty back to the future?

  13. Re:it's kdawson special on A GNU/Linux Distro Needing Windows To Install? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I HAVE done that. Unfortunately, it doesn't work. I just verified again that his name is unchecked, and yet, here I am seeing another of his turds.

  14. Re:it's kdawson special on A GNU/Linux Distro Needing Windows To Install? · · Score: 1

    I guess you believe that if you ignore a problem, it will go away.

  15. Re:it's kdawson special on A GNU/Linux Distro Needing Windows To Install? · · Score: 3, Insightful

    kdawson is single-handedly bringing /. to the point that I don't even bother checking it every day anymore.

  16. Re:The things that excite me about Win7 (indirectl on Windows 7 Hits Build 7600 (Possible RTM) · · Score: 1

    Suck a long, well thought-out and insightful post, that hardly anyone will ever read because you're an Anonymous Coward.

  17. Re:Not forced! on Researcher Discovers ATM Hack, Gets Silenced · · Score: 1

    Sensationalist yet completely false headlines? What else do you expect from kdawson?

  18. Re:Uses Neural Networks ? on Goldman Sachs Trading Source Code In the Wild? · · Score: 1

    I don't think any such case history is really needed. Think about it. If I design and build a machine with a gun, a motion detector, and servos to pivot and elevate, set it up in my ex-wife's front yard, and it shoots her, would you expect me to be immune from murder charges?

  19. Re:Uses Neural Networks ? on Goldman Sachs Trading Source Code In the Wild? · · Score: 1

    Yes, they would be liable for violating the law. If you create a system capable of operating independently of human control, you are still obligated to ensure that it will operate within the law.

  20. Re:WTF were they thinking? on Bugatti's Latest Veyron, Most Ridiculous Car on the Planet? · · Score: 1

    Oh, yeah... And don't forget lateral G-forces in turns at 200mph+. That would be a pretty extreme engineering challenge to design a cup-holder that would automatically tilt not only forward and back, but also side to side in response to the car movements.

    Or, you know, they could just recommend you use a lid.

  21. WTF were they thinking? on Bugatti's Latest Veyron, Most Ridiculous Car on the Planet? · · Score: 1

    No cup holder? I'll pass.

  22. Re:Take a look at Australia! on Ranchers Have Beef With USDA Program To ID Cattle · · Score: 1

    That's no moon... That's a cattle station!

  23. Re:What is the land area of the Earth on Most Complete Topographical Map of Earth Complete · · Score: 1

    It depends on the tide!

  24. Tough hands! on 14-Year-Old Boy Smote By Meteorite · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The meteor bounced off his hand then made a foot-wide crater in the road? Wow! He's got tough hands!

    Oh, wait... Maybe the injury to his hand was caused by a debris fragment from the road impact. That would actually make sense.

  25. Re:Save it for 911 on You've Dropped Your Landline — Now What? · · Score: 1

    Interesting. All three states I've lived in are on the list of those which do require 911 access from inactive landlines, but the list is certainly not all-inclusive.