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  1. Nominclature - charge residents less. on GPS Log Analysis Uncovers Millions In NYC Taxi Overcharges · · Score: 1

    If I saw a "out of town" rate display, without reading the article, I wouldn't have known what it meant - because I would be an out of town tourist. An interesting twist: actually charge out of town riders more for riding a taxi and residents less. This would encourage residents to rely even more on publicly available transit.

  2. Re:zero risk - an even better quote from the same on The 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "But, no matter what you do, it will never be perfectly, 100% risk-free to fly. Or to drive, or to walk, or to do anything." I find that very appropriate given the current topics so often discussed here.

  3. This is the problemwith crusie control on Woz Cites "Scary" Prius Acceleration Software Problem · · Score: 1

    There's no feedback of requested speed; the feedback is the current speed of the car. You can request an increase of speed, but there is a finite time in which the car can respond to the requested increase. Given the variance in terrain it is quite possible that you are, after some time, requesting a speed that is significantly higher than the current speed resulting in sudden increase in acceleration toward an unknown target speed. This will seem as an unexpected reaction, as you are looking at the current speed as the target speed which isn't the case. Essentially, the feedback loop isn't closed correctly, and people cant do calculus that quickly in there head. I've complained about this for years.

  4. security through obscurity... on $26 of Software Defeats American Military · · Score: 2, Informative

    ...never works. This has been known for nearly two decades (TFA): "The U.S. government has known about the flaw since the U.S. campaign in Bosnia in the 1990s, current and former officials said. But the Pentagon assumed local adversaries wouldn't know how to exploit it, the officials said."

  5. FIREFLY on NASA Willing To Team With China; Rumors of a Budget Cut · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    hmmm maybe Josh had it right! Ching-wah tsao duh liou mahng.

  6. Re:Wife 1.0 on What is the Current State of Home Automation? · · Score: 1

    Wife 1.0 is much less advanced than mom. 1.0 in terms of hose "automation". Wife 1.0 is alot like vista. Are you sure you want to do X, it's not really a good idea. ...or "you didn't DO Y" or "Do Z", but no mater what, wife 1.0 doesn't just take care of it...sigh.

  7. Re:Geocities lead me to my wife on Geocities Shutting Down Today · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Similar story, but in reverse. II had a rather beefy Calculus tutorial site on geocities to help me with my work as a tutor. My (now) wife, emailed me to ask several questions, and we started chatting over ICQ. Met in person a few years later, and now have been married for 6 years!

  8. Apple makes chips? on Nokia Sues Apple For Patent Infringement In iPhone · · Score: 1

    If this stuff is hardware, are you telling me that Apple has fabricated the chips for this? Not impossible, but seems unlikely.

  9. Skele-gro on Facial Bones Grown From Fat-Derived Stem Cells · · Score: 1

    Hmmm just like Skele-gro from Harry potter. Adds another check-mark for the old contra: "Any significantly advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"

  10. which bank? Re:What about the banks? on Washington Post Says Use Linux To Avoid Bank Fraud · · Score: 1

    which bank? This is a huge sale point. I am looking to switch banks soon, so this would be a huge influence on which I choose.

  11. Not duplicate on 3G on Apple Kills Google Voice Apps On the iPhone · · Score: 1

    The voice activated features I use are not duplicated on the 3G - is this specifically for the 3Gs? can I still use google search for my 3G. the article didn't mention. and may I just ad: BOOOOOOOOO

  12. impact confirmed from JPL on Something May Have Just Hit Jupiter · · Score: 1

    "Glenn Orton from JPL has imaged this site using the NASA Infrared Telescope on Hawaii and confirms that it is an impact site and not a localised weather event."--from the linked website.

  13. Re:SMS limit isn't 140 characters on iPhone Vulnerability Yields Root Access Via SMS · · Score: 1

    so SMS is not unnicode?

  14. Re:Objective-C, not too bad... on Beginning iPhone Development · · Score: 2, Informative

    To keep in vein of this thread, here's another book by this same publisher: Learn Objective-C on the Mac http://www.amazon.com/Learn-Objective-ndash-C-Mac/dp/1430218150/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1232417589&sr=8-2 It has received relatively good reviews on Amazon.

  15. Re:Mike Murray is LDS (mormon) on Google Challenging Proposition 8 · · Score: 1

    This Is how it is done in Mexico; there are two ceremonies. Yep - I imported ;-)

  16. Re:paranoia-plus... on Phishing For Bank Info Without Any Pesky Malware · · Score: 1

    I have two virtual machines for this. One for secure purchasing/banking and one for surfing. (Usually have only one window open when doing transactions, though this is is a good practice to implement. I role back to a fresh image every month or so.

  17. Re:Headline on Compressed-Air Car Nears Trial · · Score: 1

    you *clicked* the link. You must be new here. However, clicking and reading aren't the same thing :)

  18. Prior Art! on Fluorescent Protein Research Lands Scientists Nobel Prize · · Score: 1

    there was obviously prior art - even sited. And they still got the prize. I kid...though sounds familiar.

  19. repairs on Math on iPhones Just Doesn't Add Up? · · Score: 1

    what about replaced units?

    One row of sensors was damaged on a car accident. They replaced it with no fuss - in store!

    Surely this plus inventory at apple stores and the ton of at stores are a very large number.

  20. a COOL app on Google's Android Cellphone SDK Released · · Score: 4, Funny

    a TODO list!! ;-)

  21. I got $960 bill whill in Mexico on Turned Off iPhone Gets $4800 Bill from AT&T · · Score: 1

    This guy got off with CHEAP data rates. I have $960 of additional data charge while I was in Mexico for the week. I did use the "ipod" functions but not safari nor mail applications. For the $960 the phone transfered about 6MB of data.

  22. the last straw.... on Netflix Makes It Easy To Reach a Human · · Score: 1

    I am SIGNING UP for Netflix!

  23. YES - and the US government is dropping out too on Discouraging Students from Taking Math · · Score: 1
    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20205125/site/newsweek /

    So why did the federal government quietly decide last year to drop out of an international study that would compare U.S. high-school students who take advanced science and math courses with their international counterparts?

    The study, called TIMSS (Trends in Mathematics and Science Study) Advanced 2008, measures how high-school seniors are doing in algebra, geometry, calculus and physics with students taking similar subjects around the globe. In the past, the American results have been shockingly poor. In the last survey, taken in 1995, students from only two countries--Cyprus and South Africa--scored lower than U.S. school kids.
  24. governemnt's programming error on Comment Deadline For NYC Photography Permits · · Score: 0, Troll

    I saw this in the previous article on the subject. "So basically, they grabbed this poor guy for b.s. reasons (brown-skinned plus camera = terrorist), and now they've got to come up with a whole mechanism to justify doing it again in the future." And it dawned on me! The government did the typical assignment operator instead of equality operator bug! That explains it all. from hence forth "brown-skinned plus camera" WILL BE EQUAL TO terrorist!

  25. Re: THE IRONY on TimeWarner DNS Hijacking · · Score: 1

    And in 1998 Pa's license plates were changed to "promote the Commonwealth's award winning and highly visited official website".
    http://philadelphia.about.com/library/weekly/aa100 499.htm
    They were the first to do this, because PA was being trumpted as 'revolutionary' and 'embracing the internet' IIRC. LOL!