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  1. Re:And... it's gone on North Korean Missile Raised To Firing Position, Says US Official · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Yes, detonating nukes nextdoor to China - what could possibly go wrong?

  2. Re:nope on Hijacking Airplanes With an Android Phone · · Score: 1

    No kidding. Newsflash: radios can transmit radio waves.

  3. Re:Really? on Linux Fatware: Distros That Need To Slim Down · · Score: 1

    95% of those tutorials would work just fine in Debian, btw ;)

    The primary difference would be how init scripts are handled. Debian still uses a classic init.d system, Ubuntu uses this "upstart" thing.

  4. Re:What you need is Uclibc distribution on Linux Fatware: Distros That Need To Slim Down · · Score: 1

    We had hypervisors 15 years ago? Hell, we had virtualization 15 years ago!?

  5. Re: Really? on Linux Fatware: Distros That Need To Slim Down · · Score: 1

    equivs is a godsend. Makes it super easy to build an empty package to satisfy/workaround dependencies.

  6. Re:Disconcerting? on Teachers Know If You've Been E-Reading · · Score: 1

    We have these wonderful organizational structures, such as tables of contents, chapters, sections, and even an index!

    Who would have thought!

  7. about:config browser.blink_allowed on Gecko May Drop the Blink Tag · · Score: 0

    You've been able to disable the blink tag for ages anyway.

  8. Re:Yuh huh on Fusion Rocket Could Take Us To Mars · · Score: 1

    You'd get more energy out of a kilogram of this fuel than you would with a kilogram of, say, hydrazine and oxygen.

    That means you can either:
    1. Keep the total energy the same but launch with less mass (cheaper launch, better acceleration in orbit as you have less mass to move around)
    2. Keep the same launch mass but bring along more energy (same or more expensive launch (increased volume?), more fuel to orbit so more endurance)

    You'd need to do a much deeper analysis and have actual numbers to figure out what would get you farther, though. It could well be that the reduced mass means you have to expend less fuel to make the trip - OR it might not, and you'd need the extra fuel to make the trip instead.

  9. Feinstein is an idiot. on Senator Feinstein: We Need Video Game Control · · Score: 5, Insightful

    News at 11...

  10. Re:More specific details on AMI Firmware Source Code, Private Key Leaked · · Score: 1

    Sounds like a Kevin Mitnick wannabe got his cache discovered...

  11. Re:Will it be added to ... on Fusion Rocket Could Take Us To Mars · · Score: 1

    Highly recommended. The mods really help too.

  12. Re:What powers the fusion drive? on Fusion Rocket Could Take Us To Mars · · Score: 2

    OK, think about those ridiculously high watt lasers. Recall how those are pulsed?

    So is this, with a period of a minute or so. (large amount of energy in a tiny period of time, with a long 'idle' phase between). A traditional fission reactor or RTG could be used to charge the capacitor system for this, as well as the other ship systems.

  13. Re:Will it be added to ... on Fusion Rocket Could Take Us To Mars · · Score: 1

    The Deep Space pack (and whatever that electrical pack is that goes with it) already have a nuclear reactor and ion engines.

  14. Re:Yuh huh on Fusion Rocket Could Take Us To Mars · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Lets not forget that the objective of the rocket is to move you, not generate usable energy. You don't necessarily have to have a net+ for this to be useful.

    Think of it as a super high density fuel that just takes a lot of energy on the ground to process.

  15. Re:Translation ... on Massive Data Leak Reveals How the Ultra Rich Hide Their Wealth · · Score: 1

    Sounds about right.

    We all pay roughly 30%. Deal with it, it doesn't get any more fair than that.

  16. Re:I wish these used Python games not Android on OUYA Console Starts Shipping To Kickstarter Backers · · Score: 2

    It's not just as easy to do so with Android?

    Besides - nothing stops you from running Python on an Android device. I do.

  17. Re:VirtualBox on Ask Slashdot: Protecting Home Computers From Guests? · · Score: 1

    Retarded routers.

    My installation tech wanted to do something similar. Instead I just browsed to it, guessed the password, and got a confused/shocked/impressed look when I was able to do what the "tool" does, faster, and without installing anything.

  18. Re:virtual machine on Ask Slashdot: Protecting Home Computers From Guests? · · Score: 1

    Yea, that won't get tedious at all!

  19. Re:Translation ... on Massive Data Leak Reveals How the Ultra Rich Hide Their Wealth · · Score: 1

    Your $30k in taxes means nothing without knowing how much you take in.

  20. Re:How does licensing work on this? on Activision, Raven Release 2 Star Wars Games Under GPL · · Score: 1

    How about Space Balls: The Game?

  21. Re:Linux port. on Activision, Raven Release 2 Star Wars Games Under GPL · · Score: 1

    I just want to say: you two kick ass.

  22. Re:Umm.. on Facebook Launches "Home" For Android · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Agreed... and fuck them for their preloading bullshit. ... and they wonder why we want to root our phones...

  23. Re:Red Planet on How To Hunt a Cicada Smorgasbord · · Score: 1

    There are wasps that specifically hunt cicadas and, if there are lots of cicadas around, they will be too.

  24. Re:Know what goes well with a Cicada smorgasbord? on How To Hunt a Cicada Smorgasbord · · Score: 3, Funny

    Alcohol. Lots of alcohol.

  25. Re:No. on How To Hunt a Cicada Smorgasbord · · Score: 1

    Shrimp is full of lipids that we should actually avoid consuming if possible. Wonder if that would be true with insects as well?