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  1. Re:California? on The Hyperloop Industrial Complex · · Score: 1

    CA's central valley is flat and boring. The only reason the current HSR proposal goes all the way into SF is politics. The SF locals had to be paid off.

    Sensible plans would put the northern terminal at the southern end off Caltrain or in Sacramento, linking with the AmTrack commuter line. Gets you away from the seriously expensive real estate and many of the real industrial grade crazies.

    Similar solutions exist in the south. I'm less familiar, not having ridden them.

  2. Re:another obstacle for HSR in USA? on The Hyperloop Industrial Complex · · Score: 1

    Technically solved problem but a political challenge. The small towns need to suck it.

  3. Re:STOP AND BE QUIET on The Hyperloop Industrial Complex · · Score: 1

    Not the OP. But anybody who only knows one way to spell a word has no emagination.

  4. Re: How did they get 132GB RAM? on Talos Secure Workstation Is Free-Software Centric — and $3100 [Updated] · · Score: 1

    Enable ECC fix logging in bios.

    Not running you application. But I once paid the extra for ECC. After a year of more or less full time operation, I had one ECC fix. Granting I had a buttload less memory than today.

  5. Re:hyperloop without the hyper or loop on The Hyperloop Industrial Complex · · Score: 1

    Are you implying that people in general 'know how to drive' now?

  6. Re:5. Unlimited student loans with no bankruptcy. on Massive Layoffs Hit University of Copenhagen · · Score: 1

    5C. Students, being young and stupid, ask for and get Club Med type amenities on their campus and it all gets rolled into the loan.

  7. Re:The future: The wealthy control education. on Massive Layoffs Hit University of Copenhagen · · Score: 1

    You are ether blind or you simply agree with the government criteria.

  8. Re:Refugees on Massive Layoffs Hit University of Copenhagen · · Score: 1

    They also have huge savings rates. Japanese government and corporate debt is mostly held by Japanese people.

  9. Re:Refugees on Massive Layoffs Hit University of Copenhagen · · Score: 1

    If the economy is setup right, it's a self organizing system. If it's setup wrong, it's the ultimate mechanism of the police state.

    Be careful what you choose and study history.

  10. Re:Elon, big whoop... on Elon Musk's Next Great Idea? Electric Air Travel (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    Electric series hybrids. Like a diesel locomotive. Not battery powered.

  11. Re:Still nothing new on Elon Musk's Next Great Idea? Electric Air Travel (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    Court is still out on viable. We will see.

  12. Re:Sounds very unlikely on Elon Musk's Next Great Idea? Electric Air Travel (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    Supersonic props?

  13. Re:The technical problems with this are immense. on Elon Musk's Next Great Idea? Electric Air Travel (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    What are the hot and cold side temperatures? You are wrong. Very wrong.

    Turbines are inefficient, but low mass is more important in an airplane.

  14. Re:The technical problems with this are immense. on Elon Musk's Next Great Idea? Electric Air Travel (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    Yep. If you follow the laws of physics you are 'part of the status quo.'

    It's important to have an open mind. Yours is so open your brain fell out.

  15. Re:The technical problems with this are immense. on Elon Musk's Next Great Idea? Electric Air Travel (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    Drinkypoo...supergenius.

    Why not go all out and just evacuate the wings for maximum lift? Moron.

  16. Re: The technical problems with this are immense. on Elon Musk's Next Great Idea? Electric Air Travel (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    Perpetual motion.

  17. Re:The technical problems with this are immense. on Elon Musk's Next Great Idea? Electric Air Travel (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    Turbines have pretty bad efficiency at all sizes.

    But they generate thrust, not torque (or both in the case of a turbofan). So you can skip the propeller efficiency loss.

  18. Re:The technical problems with this are immense. on Elon Musk's Next Great Idea? Electric Air Travel (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    Google 'Auto-rotate' to prevent looking like a moron in the future.

  19. Re:Batteries just don't store enough energy... on Elon Musk's Next Great Idea? Electric Air Travel (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    Obfuscated perpetual motion. Blithering idiot.

  20. Re: Batteries just don't store enough energy... on Elon Musk's Next Great Idea? Electric Air Travel (bgr.com) · · Score: 1

    It's worse than that. Liberals call the gas tax a subside. Black is white etc.

  21. Re:Thanks, Obama on UK Wants Authority To Serve Warrants In U.S. (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    A Trump/Hillary election would be almost no lose. Unless she somehow turned the senate and house around.

    That's a worry for later years.

    Still there is the Sup Court. Who's next to die?

  22. Re: This is why we can't have nice things on Thirty Meter Telescope Likely Never Gets Built ... In Hawaii · · Score: 1

    In a city, sure. Rural land, not so much. Though it's changing as counties belly up to the bar.

  23. Re:It's fun to screw with them on A Bot That Drives Robocallers Insane · · Score: 1

    Local jail address is always good. Never any parking nearby.

  24. Re:It's fun to screw with them on A Bot That Drives Robocallers Insane · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Of course you are having an effect. When you keep the asshole busy on the line the asshole that pays him gets nothing for his money. When you hangup you just free him to interrupt someone else's dinner.

    At least say, 'hang on, there is someone at the door' and put the phone down. Hang it up 15 minutes later.

  25. Re:What happens to the Factorys? on Foxconn Set To Acquire Sharp Corporation For $5.6 Billion (appleinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    They get sold. Duh.