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  1. Re:God dammit on Man Charged in Model Airplane Plot To Bomb Pentagon · · Score: 1

    Engine thrust does not cease upon impact. It ceases shortly after the destruction reaches the intake fans. Almost half of the craft can "crumple" before this happens. Just cutting control (from the avionics and such in the cockpit being destroyed) will not drop thrust that fast, as the fuel pumps need to stop, valves shut of applicable (depends on the aircraft), fuel pressure between the last valve/pump and the combustion chamber to bleed off, etc. Essentially they still produce the thrust until the engine flames out.

    You've been on a plane for takeoff, right? You know when they gun the engines and it takes a few seconds for the engines to "spool" (by sound) and even longer for the force to begin to apply? That happens in reverse as well.

  2. Re:Screw dd-wrt on Teach Your Router New Tricks With DD-WRT · · Score: 1

    Too big, it's gotta be a hair below 2mb to fit on these things :(

  3. Re:Screw dd-wrt on Teach Your Router New Tricks With DD-WRT · · Score: 1

    If they do, they are in some dev's personal space or something. The only things in the official mirror are too large.

  4. Re:God dammit on Man Charged in Model Airplane Plot To Bomb Pentagon · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You're forgetting something...

    The vast majority of energy released in such a plane crash is done so burning off the fuel. The ballistic energy of the craft combined with the engine thrust is fairly small put next to that.

  5. Re:Worse, maybe it's FBI entrapment on Man Charged in Model Airplane Plot To Bomb Pentagon · · Score: 1

    Cuba would like to have a word with you.

  6. Re:Rezwan Ferdaus is a moslem on Man Charged in Model Airplane Plot To Bomb Pentagon · · Score: 3, Funny

    NEWSFLASH: Fundamentalists are nuts! Story at 11!

  7. Re:Screw dd-wrt on Teach Your Router New Tricks With DD-WRT · · Score: 1

    ppoe's not that bad.

    I had similar experiences myself, but with a simple TCP/IP router role (eg, not acting as a modem). It was slower than you'd expect, and it had *plenty of free RAM and CPU.

    * plenty being relative, of course.

    The trouble with OpenWRT is, however, you have to go back to the 8.x White Russian release. 9.x and Kamikaze won't fit into flash smaller than 4mb. This is quite limiting. For example, most Linksys 802.11b/g gear (excepting the WRT54GL) seem to use a 2mb flash.

  8. Re:warning! on HIV Vaccine Trial Shows 90% Immune Response · · Score: 1

    Oh, they are a pair? Makes sense now. I thought they were interacting.

  9. Re:Where the Hell is panel decoupled from shell? on GNOME 3.2 Released · · Score: 1

    Hmm. Metacity -> Metastasize. Interesting how close they are, no?

  10. Re:Where the Hell is panel decoupled from shell? on GNOME 3.2 Released · · Score: 1

    A bit, yes. That's one of the prices of modularity - one of the chief benefits in turn being that you can (for the most part) swap parts out at will.

  11. Re:90% chance that prostitue won't kill you on HIV Vaccine Trial Shows 90% Immune Response · · Score: 1

    DOC?

  12. Re:90% chance that prostitue won't kill you on HIV Vaccine Trial Shows 90% Immune Response · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    This isn't /b/, so your use of 'fag' makes you an intolerant asshole of a bigot.

    Kindly go dive into a fire.

  13. Re:warning! on HIV Vaccine Trial Shows 90% Immune Response · · Score: 1

    Can you explain this one for me? I can't parse what it's doing.

  14. Re:Where the Hell is panel decoupled from shell? on GNOME 3.2 Released · · Score: 1

    OS -> X11 (or equivalent) -> GDM (or equivalent) -> Gnome (or equivalent) -> Metacity (or equivalent) -> Nautilus (or equivalent)

    In the above, 'Metacity' would be the window manager, I believe. I may be wrong on the above though. I'm not a Gnome fan, so my usage is fairly basic.

  15. Re:Performance on Zotac Releases GeForce GT 520 With Classic PCI Connector · · Score: 1

    It's nice to see an option anyways. Without cards like these, you'd be stuck with:
    1. Integrated graphics (... shudder)
    2. ATI Rage or other exhibits of ancient history

    Some times you just have to use old hardware. It's nice to not have -all- of it stoneage.

  16. Re:guilty until finally proven guilty on FBI Leaves Cleared Names On Terrorist Watch List · · Score: 1

    ... which has nothing to do with the contents of the lines, and everything to do with the concept of forgery.

  17. Re:Don't see the problem. on The Cable Industry's a La Carte Bait and Switch · · Score: 1

    Uh, no. We already agree, the problem is that you don't seem to be able to comprehend the expression of this idea, and so you think everyone else disagrees with you.

  18. Re:Don't see the problem. on The Cable Industry's a La Carte Bait and Switch · · Score: 1

    You're still not getting it. Slow down and parse the sentence.

    There is no way Comcast or TW can keep paying higher fees... AND charge you the _SAME_ amount of money.

    In other words, what he's saying is that it cannot possibly stay status-quo. The charge to the end user must go up or down. Going down doesn't make any sense at all in context, so he's saying it could only go up. Not down, not stay the same... it must rise.

  19. Re:Don't see the problem. on The Cable Industry's a La Carte Bait and Switch · · Score: 1

    I think you need to go back and re-read that last sentence alen posted.

  20. Re:what!? on Bethesda's 'Scrolls' Lawsuit Going Ahead · · Score: 1

    Or float inches above the surface after you move anything nearby?

  21. what!? on Bethesda's 'Scrolls' Lawsuit Going Ahead · · Score: 1

    '... as a way of showing how Mojang has copied Bethesda because both Skyrim and Scrolls contain mountains.'

    I think I might have a case against... just about every shooter out there!

    After all, I can demonstratively prove they all feature the ground, which I believe I knew of way back in the 80s! (when I was like, 2)

  22. Re:Huh? on Can Newegg Survive the Post-PC Future? · · Score: 1

    You must have missed the followup.

  23. Re:Ah but what about DNF on Boeing To Deliver First 787 Today · · Score: 2

    Well, this says nothing about boeing, but here's an example:

    On an ERJ-140, prior to more recent planes (or those fixed) you could blow the APU compressor right out of the tail of the craft by accidentally pushing two buttons (inches apart from each other) in at the same time (bleed air from the engines - enable both and BOOM!).

    Sure it wouldn't crash the plane, but still... prime example of a stupid design flaw.

    (buttons to either side of item 4 in this mockup/sim-panel)

  24. Re:Does EasyPrivacy Thwart this? on Facebook Cookies Track Users Even After Logging Out · · Score: 1

    You'd be better blocking: ^facebook.com$

    Faster, and does the job just as well.

  25. Re:Eh on Star Wars: The Old Republic Launch Date Announced · · Score: 1

    You pay monthly for all your utilities do you not? If not, what strange utility company do you have that gives you unlimited service for one lump payment?