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  1. Re:The list, for those who don't care about pictur on Best Free Open Source Software For Windows · · Score: 1

    How do you figure that? It's released under the MIT license, which is considered free by both the FSF and OSI.

  2. Re:The list, for those who don't care about pictur on Best Free Open Source Software For Windows · · Score: 1

    andLinux is quite nice as an alternative/addition to cygwin. It's a full Linux distro within Windows. It uses cooperative Linux, which is basically a windows port of the Linux kernel. Unfortunately, it's currently not usable on 64-bit systems, due to driver signing and the fact that 64-bit Linux and Windows don't agree on the size of a long.

  3. Re:Best open source software for WINDOWS on Best Free Open Source Software For Windows · · Score: 3, Informative

    Or andLinux.

  4. Re:Great goals on Windows 7 RTM Reviewed & Benchmarked · · Score: 1

    2 keys actually. One controls the kill (AutoEndTasks), the other sets the timeout (WaitToKillAppTimeout). Both are in HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Control Panel/Desktop.

  5. Re:100 miles with or without A/C? on Nissan Unveils All-Electric LEAF · · Score: 1

    AC requires a lot of power too. Ever notice how your gas mileage drops when you start using the AC a lot? An average car AC takes 5-7HP. Solar just doesn't provide enough power to be useful on a car.

  6. Re:How is that an improvement? on Adjustable-Focus Glasses Can Replace Bifocals · · Score: 1

    I wear a pair of over-top sunglasses, mostly as they cover the sides. my commute is almost entirely north/south and frequently around the time of sunrise/sunset.

  7. Re:100 miles with or without A/C? on Nissan Unveils All-Electric LEAF · · Score: 1

    When you're surrounded by dozens of other vehicles emitting non-trivial amounts of heat and also blocking any breeze that may exist, opening the window doesn't work very well, especially if it's already a hot day.

  8. Re:100 miles with or without A/C? on Nissan Unveils All-Electric LEAF · · Score: 1

    Because solar doesn't provide nearly enough power. Moving a vehicle at speed requires quite a lot of energy. For example, a mini cooper driving at 65MPH requires about 21HP, which is about 16.5KW. For even an ideal (1366 watts per square metre) solar panel, that would be 12 square metres of panel, which is a little less than twice the roof area.

    Now consider:

    1. We're using a small vehicle
    2. The power requirement is cubic with respect to speed, so going, say, 80MPH would require almost twice as much power.
    3. We're ignoring other power draws such as heating/cooling, passenger entertainment, etc.
    4. We're assuming ideal solar panels, which don't exist, and are actually impossible as the solar constant (1366W/square metre) ignores atmospheric absorption.

  9. Re:Linus', not Linus's. on A Short History of Btrfs · · Score: 1

    Both are correct, depending on who you ask. It's a British English vs. American English thing. Up here in Canada, just the apostrophe seems to be the preferred form.

  10. Re:really bad idea on School System Considers Jamming Students' Phones · · Score: 1

    Furthering your nightmare scenario, I believe police/fire/ambulance/etc. radios use a frequency band very close to some cell phones.

  11. Re:SO Stupid on School System Considers Jamming Students' Phones · · Score: 1

    I presume your school was not surrounded by residential areas. At my old high school, you can pick up about a dozen networks with usable signal strength from some of the classrooms (particularly the ones in the north-west corner on the 3rd floor), most of them completely unsecured.

  12. Re:back in my day on School System Considers Jamming Students' Phones · · Score: 1

    In order to turn things around we need to get rid of the G.E.D. and let kids know that if they drop out they will live in poverty

    That's gonna do wonders for the crime rate, prison populations, and tax revenues.

  13. Re:Kitchen Sink on Emacs Hits Version 23 · · Score: 1

    Sink? They're working on adding the whole kitchen to allow for the "cook your dinner" feature planned for version 24.

  14. Re:He can probably earn $1M bucks if legit... on English DJ Claims Wi-Fi Allergy · · Score: 1

    I have some 850nm LED ribbon and you can see it in a dark room. Just a faint pink glow, but it is visible.

  15. Re:Name one reason this was classified on Formerly Classified Global Warming Spy Photos Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think the idea is that they classify everything by default as they don't want whoever to figure out how good the satellites are, though this is likely the result of bureaucratic inertia, as 1m doesn't seem that impressive.

  16. Re:Smart Grid is a scam on Electronic Armageddon, and No Electricity Either · · Score: 1

    You might look at some of GE's CFLs for your upsidedown stuff. One of them has a bulb-like housing on it and has been illuminating my basement stairs for 3 years so far without problem. The housing is nice as it works well with my bulb-changing stick, as the light is about 15 feet up, and above the middle of the stairs.

  17. Re:Where's Whirlpool? on SHA-3 Second Round Candidates Released · · Score: 1

    Whirlpool wasn't based on rijndael (AES). It was based on square, which rijndael was also based on.

  18. Re:Where's Whirlpool? on SHA-3 Second Round Candidates Released · · Score: 2, Informative

    It appears that whirlpool was never submitted to the competition.

  19. Re:Between a rock and a hard place? on Bars' Scanning of ID Violates BC Privacy Laws · · Score: 3, Funny

    Perhaps I should have been more clear about what to cite.

    None of those links are relevant to this case, as IL, NY, and IA are not in British Columbia, Canada.

  20. Re:Between a rock and a hard place? on Bars' Scanning of ID Violates BC Privacy Laws · · Score: 1

    They are _forced_ to be uber diligant about this by the government, because, if God forbid, they let an 18 year old get a beer they face anything between losing their license and jail time. Governments also consistently ruled that if someone gives the barman a fake ID and they fall for it, it's still the barman's fault and not the fakers.

    Please cite the relevant law or court ruling.

  21. Re:Newsflash on The Rocky Road To Wind Power · · Score: 1

    Truckers are very aware of clearance heights

    An overpass in the nearby city would beg to disagree. At least once every year, some trucker, usually hauling farm machinery, will run into the overpass.

  22. Re:Physics? on MIT Electric Car May Outperform Rival Gas Models · · Score: 1

    No. A circle one inch in diameter is a million circular mils. Remember that the radius is squared for area.

  23. Re:Would You Run DeFrag on an SSD? on Intel 34nm SSDs Lower Prices, Raise Performance · · Score: 1

    AFAICT, sequential vs. random loses its meaning with SSDs. The access time to any arbitrary block is equal, regardless of whether it's right next to the current one or on a different chip on the other end of the board.

  24. Re:Still Waiting on Cancer Cure on Artificial Brain '10 Years Away' · · Score: 1

    The "cure" for cancer is well known. Detect it early and cut it out while it is still small and localized.

  25. Re:Internet Domains are under free market purview on Registrars Still Ignoring ICANN Rules · · Score: 1

    Or more probably, call their lawyers damn quick.