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  1. Re:Hacks on Paper Microscope Magnifies Objects 2100 Times and Costs Less Than $1 · · Score: 1

    see if that fork ... is actually a festering spike of salmonella.

    Good luck with that...

  2. Re:2012 news on Paper Microscope Magnifies Objects 2100 Times and Costs Less Than $1 · · Score: 1

    That still doesn't answer his question.

    Yes, you can see that there is a thing that is 1/100th the width of a hair. Can you see what it is? Can you distinguish it from other similarly sized things in close proximity?

  3. Re:Well, If the NSA Can't Crack It, Ya Right on Snowden Used the Linux Distro Designed For Internet Anonymity · · Score: 1

    I've never once seen a browser do that, and if I did I would stop using it immediately. That's a huge security issue.

  4. Re:H3 Baby! on Russia Wants To Establish a Permanent Moon Base · · Score: 1

    Honestly, I'd be OK with another space race. Even if we lose.

  5. Re:The Moon is a Harsh Mistress comes to reality.. on Russia Wants To Establish a Permanent Moon Base · · Score: 1

    Just because he thinks you're an idiot doesn't necessarily mean he disagrees with what you said. Even a broken clock is right once a day, maybe he thinks you were just an idiot who happened to be right?

  6. Re:Are we sure it is JUST like a fighter jet? on Fruit Flies, Fighter Jets Use Similar Evasive Tactics When Attacked · · Score: 1

    Makes sense to me - the primary function of the wings is to provide lift "up" - so for a more effective turn you pivot so that the maneuver is always "up" before you execute.

  7. Re:Whatever you may think ... on Heartbleed Coder: Bug In OpenSSL Was an Honest Mistake · · Score: 1

    Yes, malloc() would have blown up on occurrence and the problem would have quickly been found and resolved. here's the skinny.

  8. Re:Whatever you may think ... on Heartbleed Coder: Bug In OpenSSL Was an Honest Mistake · · Score: 2

    It's not the language that's at fault, it's the attitude that resulted in a gimpy "replacement" for malloc() being used for all platforms because some platforms had a slow malloc() once upon a time.

  9. Re:Whatever you may think ... on Heartbleed Coder: Bug In OpenSSL Was an Honest Mistake · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ... likely because everyone thought someone else would have been looking at it.

  10. Re:Baggage? on Double Take: Condoleezza Rice As Dropbox's Newest Board Member · · Score: 2

    You still could have... until you posted.

  11. Re:Was it really Tesla's problem? on Under the Chassis: A Look At Tesla's Battery Shield · · Score: 1

    So you're saying you should expect to send your car at a concrete wall at +100mph, and walk away after emerging from the other side of said concrete wall?

  12. Re:Problems? on Under the Chassis: A Look At Tesla's Battery Shield · · Score: 1

    You mean like the garage fire where the marshals weren't even sure it had anything to do with the car? Or how about the one where a steel rod was levered into the battery at highway speeds managed to start a fire?

    Or how about the one who drove through a CONCRETE FUCKING WALL and caught fire? (oh, and I should mention the driver walked away)

  13. Re:Incentivising the good behaviour on How Riot's Social Scientists Fight League of Legends Trolling · · Score: 1

    I'm not talking about banter between friends, the friends I was speaking of were observing "randoms" exhibiting the behavior.

  14. Re:IANA Physicist, So... on Navy Debuts New Railgun That Launches Shells at Mach 7 · · Score: 1

    Slap a few zeroes on whatever measure you care to use for the amount of energy involved... it's more than just a little bit of warm oil and smoke.

  15. Re:IANA Physicist, So... on Navy Debuts New Railgun That Launches Shells at Mach 7 · · Score: 1

    Instead, you have to store enough energy to fire the thing. I assure you - punching a hole in a capacitor bank charged up to fire one of these will not merely result in an 'arc flash' hazard...

    But, at least you can discharge these and then later charge them. It's kind of hard to not have propellant and then suddenly have some when you want it - it's there all the time.

  16. Re:IANA Physicist, So... on Navy Debuts New Railgun That Launches Shells at Mach 7 · · Score: 2

    Regarding the background: that is an incredibly high-speed camera, being rotated at a very high speed (think "on a spring"). AFAIK the slug needs to be ferromagnetic. Is uranium? I don't actually know. The sabot is just there to help not destroy the rails and make sure the projectile stays on them (eg doesn't flop out) - it's not meant to help carry the projectile.

    The affects on the target when you have something moving that fast are rather dramatic - even plain old steel.

  17. Re:Correlation MIGHT be causation on How Riot's Social Scientists Fight League of Legends Trolling · · Score: 1

    Could also be sarcastic. Eg:

    tool: gg
    tool: stupid shitheads can't play for shit!
    too: (leaves game)

  18. Re:Glitterboyz on the way on Navy Debuts New Railgun That Launches Shells at Mach 7 · · Score: 1

    You mean the A-10 that's going away?

  19. Incentivising the good behaviour on How Riot's Social Scientists Fight League of Legends Trolling · · Score: 4

    ... has done jack and squat.

    Whenever my friends are playing LoL while I'm on teamspeak, 95% of what they say has to do with either teammates or the opposition being complete tools intentionally.

  20. Re:Nobody should be constantly monitored on LA Police Officers Suspected of Tampering With Their Monitoring Systems · · Score: 1

    Who will watch the watchers? It's clear that "nobody" is the answer the watchers would prefer...

  21. Re:Viable Replacement? on Dyn.com Ends Free Dynamic DNS · · Score: 1

    Because I want a third-party to do that part, such that when my bind/apache box is down, I can still get to my shit?

  22. duckdns.org on Dyn.com Ends Free Dynamic DNS · · Score: 1

    That is all.

  23. Re:Their basic service is only $25 / year on Dyn.com Ends Free Dynamic DNS · · Score: 1

    But I only want dynamic DNS. I don't want or need anything else, so I don't want to pay for them.

    Unfortunately they don't seem to have a "just dyndns" package.

  24. Re:Viable Replacement? on Dyn.com Ends Free Dynamic DNS · · Score: 1

    You have to use their nameservers.

    I'd love to use this, but I run my own and would prefer to continue doing so.

  25. Re:Viable Replacement? on Dyn.com Ends Free Dynamic DNS · · Score: 1

    Have they always had that "30-day expiration" or is that new? That is -quite- annoying.