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  1. Re:Whaticker? on Has Conficker Been Abandoned By Its Authors? · · Score: 1

    Gaming on Windows has contributed to my negative-laid status, far more than using Linux.

  2. Re:Bingo on A Hypothesis On Segway Hate · · Score: 2, Insightful

    From the very article you link to - gyroscopic/centrifugal force does play a part.

    Balance

    A bike remains upright when it is steered so that the ground reaction forces exactly balance all the other internal and external forces it experiences, such as gravitational if leaning, inertial or centrifugal if in a turn, gyroscopic if being steered, and aerodynamic if in a crosswind. Steering may be supplied by a rider or, under certain circumstances, by the bike itself. This self-stability is generated by a combination of several effects that depend on the geometry, mass distribution, and forward speed of the bike. Tires, suspension, steering damping, and frame flex can also influence it, especially in motorcycles.

  3. Re:Or maybe... on A Hypothesis On Segway Hate · · Score: 1

    Lots of people have those old/fat-person-mobiles which are pretty expensive too.

    Around here in the USA, these are covered by medical insurance (usually) or are covered/financed by specialist companies. The end user often doesn't pay nearly the full cost.

    Also, unlike a Segway, these "old/fat-person-mobiles" are required if they wish to get around, for actual medical reasons. There are three reasons I can think of that would drive one to use a Segway:
    1. Curiosity (rentals mostly)
    2. Status (I have money! Look at me!)
    3. Laziness (includes part of #2)

  4. Re:Netbooks? on Cheap, Cross-Platform Electronic Circuit Simulation Software? · · Score: 1

    Really? I would think analog simulation would be slower of the two. What makes digital so expensive to simulate?

  5. Re:CAD on Cheap, Cross-Platform Electronic Circuit Simulation Software? · · Score: 1

    They use a 'standard' format rather than the Wings3d format itself. I don't see why it wouldn't be possible to use another modeler and export to this format. Perhaps it's wings3d itself that is tripping you up? I remember it was supposed to be ground-changing or something, so it's obviously doing something different.

    I think the format Kicad wants is wrml? Can someone confirm that?

  6. Re:Who's the target audience? on Games Fail To Portray Gender and Ethnic Diversity · · Score: 2, Interesting

    No, but I'm quite used to that not being true.

    When I fired up ARMA2 for the first time, I was like "wait, is something wrong with my gamma?" - but nope, you are a not a Standard-Issue-Caucasian.

  7. Re:Cornflicker on Linux, Twitter, and Red Hat "Win" Big At Pwnie Awards · · Score: 1

    Behold!

    (I was going to post something else, but it's slightly NSFW and hence requires an account to watch)

  8. Re:60%? Really? on BIOS "Rootkit" Preloaded In 60% of New Laptops · · Score: 1

    Well, I did - but I didn't apply it to BIOS. (I only know of them in the context of microcontrollers)

  9. Re:1984 on Student Suing Amazon For Book Deletions · · Score: 1

    Hah, attacking staff anonymously on a site like Slashdot. That's a sign of a good student right there!

    Bill, I hope you catch this bastard and give him a good uncomfortable shakedown for it.

  10. Re:All your base... on School System Considers Jamming Students' Phones · · Score: 1

    Someone jam us up the cellphone.

  11. Re:back in my day on School System Considers Jamming Students' Phones · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So are vocal chords, but we don't "block" those. We teach the kids how to use them properly in a learning environment, and punish them accordingly if they don't.

    ("Talk out of turn again, and you'll be here for detention")

  12. Re:It is time on BIOS "Rootkit" Preloaded In 60% of New Laptops · · Score: 1

    No matter how simple your code is, it will never be perfect.

    Emphasis on "your code" - not the compiler's, preprocessor's, linker's, etc output. This also excludes any of the library code that is included - that part isn't your code either.

  13. Re:It is time on BIOS "Rootkit" Preloaded In 60% of New Laptops · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Which is a lot better than something bad happening with no clue as to why.

    Even if it wasn't fixable, I would like to know.

  14. Re:60%? Really? on BIOS "Rootkit" Preloaded In 60% of New Laptops · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Please explain to me how this works.

    This BIOS 'switch' - how exactly is that flipped? CMOS is not permanent, NVRAM is not permanent, RAM is not permanent. The only permanent storage are removable devices such as hard drives, and the BIOS itself. The BIOS is usually protected physically (jumper) and isn't a 'volatile' storage means anyways. Also, from my understanding, this isn't something that can be reprogrammed on the fly - it has to be done in "real mode" and is done on a block level, rather than bit level (just like programming any other chip).

    I just either lack the magic clue that tells me how this is possible, or this isn't possible at all.

  15. Re:By the Way - this insane versioning bent on Debian Decides To Adopt Time-Based Release Freezes · · Score: 1

    Debian Unstable never has a version number. Ever. It also never 'releases' - things trickle into Testing after so much bug-free life in Unstable. It is Testing which eventually becomes a release and has a version number.

  16. Re:Is that really a windows environment? on Sandia Studies Botnets In 1M OS Digital Petri Dish · · Score: 1

    When why bother with Wine at all? Isn't that just an added layer of complexity?

  17. Re:I've got an easier way on Sandia Studies Botnets In 1M OS Digital Petri Dish · · Score: 1

    Just like the easiest way to understand human behavior is to look at our genetic code?

    Nope. It's not that simple at that level.

  18. Re:pfft on Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man · · Score: 1

    Spell checkers don't check for grammar.

    There's still a niche for the grammar nazi, it seems :P

  19. Re:pfft on Scientists Worry Machines May Outsmart Man · · Score: 1

    They also won't have emotions like pride, vengeance, and anger.

    Unfortunately, they also won't have the emotions that lead to nice things like compassion and mercy.

  20. Re:Lost battle on Palm Pre iTunes Syncing Back With WebOS 1.1 Update · · Score: 1

    No, it says it's Mozilla-compatible. Stated in another way, it says it's compatible with Mozilla.

  21. Re:Lost battle on Palm Pre iTunes Syncing Back With WebOS 1.1 Update · · Score: 1

    How does iTunes decide if someone's got that firmware upgrade already then?

    You can't go updating the firmware on a real iPod every time you sync. There's gotta be a way to say "i already have it"

  22. Re:Standard Practices on Critical Flaw Discovered In DD-WRT · · Score: 1

    So why don't you SSH into the router and use SSH forwarding?

    Safer that way anyways.

  23. Re:First Laugh on Microsoft's Code Contribution Due To GPL Violation · · Score: 1

    This is a class of ethical behavior that tends to bubble up to the top every now and then throughout history, only to be (temporarily) buried by "nicer" ethics like the Greeks "Virtue Ethics" or what have you.

    This is hardly unusual. Determining whether it is "evil" (ie, wrong) or not... is a quagmire I don't want to get into.

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

    Exactly! Nobody is forced to use the normal null root (yes, for anyone not 'in the know' DNS names actually have a . at the end, the actual ending is null)

    It's just got a little bit of momentum behind it...

  25. Give up on Cable Management To Defeat Clutter? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Give up, and embrace the Electric Spaghetti.