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  1. Re:Please tell me it wont be an accurate replica.. on Plans Unveiled For Full Scale Replica of the Titanic · · Score: 1

    There are some parts of the old ship that most definitely should NOT be replicated on the new one.
    Like the lifeboats.
    And the engines.
    And the bridge (and its navigation equipment and iceburg detection systems)
    And the kitchens

    What was wrong with the kitchens?

  2. Re:Seperation of classes on Plans Unveiled For Full Scale Replica of the Titanic · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Rose had plenty of fun in the the third class "Irish Jig" bar

    Plus it got her drunk/horny enough to grab Jack and do him in the back seat of a car so maybe it isn't all bad.

    The whole point of going on it is role playing so it should be a big hit in the orient even if whiny westerners don't think they can live a week without Facebook .

  3. Re:Great video, but will it help... on Tech Leaders Encourage Teaching Schoolkids How To Code · · Score: 1

    "Like learning to play an instrument or a sport..."

    (except that instruments/sports are things you can mention at parties...)

  4. Re:Hope no one hacks our entire Air Force one day on Future Fighters Won't Need Ejection Seats · · Score: 1

    Any missile that's advanced enough to get past all the chaff/flares and needs a 15G turn to outmaneuver won't be fooled for long by a 15G turn.

    It'll be back on course within seconds.

    Or they'll just send two missiles.
     

  5. Re:COUNTDOWN TO ZERO !! on West Virgnia Auditor Finds Cisco Router Purchase Not Performed Legally · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How is this different from any other government purchase, ever?

  6. Re:*yawn* on Pirate Bay Shifts Connections From Sweden To Ease Heat on Pirate Party · · Score: 1

    There's a list of pirate bay proxies here: http://proxybay.info/

  7. Re:Hope no one hacks our entire Air Force one day on Future Fighters Won't Need Ejection Seats · · Score: 3, Insightful

    " A jet could pull 15 g's, out-turning any conventional aircraft"

    Whys is that an advantage?

    Aren't high-G turns already obsolete (along with 'dogfighting')?

  8. Re:lag on Future Fighters Won't Need Ejection Seats · · Score: 0

    What's a 'dogfight'? Is that the thing they used to do back in the 1970s?

  9. Re:Saving American lives on Future Fighters Won't Need Ejection Seats · · Score: 1

    Sadly, an American soldiers' live is worth less than an innocent civilian's live, even with the additional money savings.

    The soldiers sign that agreement, yes.

  10. Re:Think you may want to look at his logs on Helena Airport Manager Blocks TSA From Taking Full-Body Scanner · · Score: 2

    They're removing the "good" machines (that are censored and aren't saveable) to be used in larger cities to replace the "bad" rapiscan machines.

    Quite the opposite. They're removing them because the people who promised they would (eventually) be censored have given up and said it's too difficult to do.

    http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20130208/TRAVEL02/302080003/TSA-trying-sell-off-screening-machines

  11. Re:Think you may want to look at his logs on Helena Airport Manager Blocks TSA From Taking Full-Body Scanner · · Score: 1

    It isn't any big deal so far...but I wish more people would do this as a slight form of protest. If enough people were backing up the lines for pat downs, they might have to rethink using the damned things.

    It's a government. They'll just spend more money.

  12. Re:So we are at that point now. on Helena Airport Manager Blocks TSA From Taking Full-Body Scanner · · Score: 5, Insightful

    (haven't seen any proof yet that the pat-down or the scanner are beneficial at all), but the debate is now only about which pointless "security" measure is the preferred method of wasting time and money.

    Clue: Bad stuff can fit up people's asses. It's how people smuggle drugs through airport security, it's how cellphones get into prisons (complete with chargers!), etc.

    Anybody who's really determined can get a bomb on a 'plane using this method and nothing the TSA does will prevent it. I know it, you know it, Al Qaeda knows it, even the TSA knows it.

  13. Re:Think you may want to look at his logs on Helena Airport Manager Blocks TSA From Taking Full-Body Scanner · · Score: 5, Insightful

    He says the scanner provides an excuse for them to do "enhanced patdowns".

    I don't know what sort of people enjoy giving enhanced patdowns to other people, but know I don't want them in my airports.

  14. Re:Why is it called an inverted pendulum? on Quadrocopters Throwing and Catching an Inverted Pendulum · · Score: 2

    Typing "inverted pendulum" into google would have saved you some embarrassment

    Not from not knowing what an inverted pendulum is, there's no shame in that.

    The shame is from:
    a) Not knowing how to use google
    b) Trying to sound smarter than people who can do the math needed to toss inverted pendulums between quadcopters (which they designed and built).

  15. Re:Would you like some cheese with that? on Homeland Security Stole Michael Arrington's Boat · · Score: 1

    Huh? The DHS only supposed to take stuff when there's a crime being committed.

  16. Re:so what? on Homeland Security Stole Michael Arrington's Boat · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yep, they've been doing this for many, many years. Since the RICO act, in fact.

  17. Re:Bullshit on New Process Takes Energy From Coal Without Burning It · · Score: 1

    Coal isn't clean though. This would clean up the side of the equation where you're burning it. But, it would do absolutely nothing for the mining aspect of it. Which is a huge mess as it stands.

    It also produces a huge amount of ash and CO2 that used to go up the chimney. Probably some other byproducts, too. What are we going to do with that?

  18. Re:It's called the key on Driver Trapped In Speeding Car At 125 Mph · · Score: 1

    Not if you ease it on. Its other name is "emergency brake".

    Try it sometime. See exactly how long it takes to stop the car. Be sure to report back on how well your "emergency brake" works.

    Seriously. Do it.

    I don't understand why people don't try stuff like this when they're out on a quiet road with nobody else around. Stomp on the brakes. Yank the controls. Try stopping with just the engine, etc. It builds confidence and might save your life one day. If the last time you did an emergency stop was on your driving test then you're doing it wrong.

  19. Re:Quelle surprise! on Groups Accuse EU Parliament of "Caving In" To Pressure From Business and US · · Score: 1

    No, in English we say "would've guessed." Which is phonetically identical to "would of guessed."

    Even if that were true* it wouldn't make it OK to write "would of".

    [*] It isn't, 'would've', rhymes with 'love', not 'of'

    PS: You never heard anybody say "would have"? Where did you grow up?

  20. Re:Quelle surprise! on Groups Accuse EU Parliament of "Caving In" To Pressure From Business and US · · Score: 4, Informative

    who would of guessed.

    In English we say "would have guessed".

  21. Re:WIFi direction finding on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With an Advanced Wi-Fi Leech? · · Score: 1

    b) When you figure it out, put some tinfoil between him and your antenna.

  22. Re:Why lose your time? on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With an Advanced Wi-Fi Leech? · · Score: 2

    Lets hope this article is just a marketing scheme. Anyway, in case it is genuine:

    Somebody has been freeloading, so what? You have got two options:
    1) upgrade your security. double up encryption with MAC authorization. Hide your SSID. Maybe even going to digital certificates.Use only encrypted communications protocols. Many other options. Many time invested.
    2) Setup a honeypot. Something open or better yet with poor security. Let him break, monitor the activity, eventually you will get a his personal data. Then decide on the course of action.

    Cheers

    3) Figure out the direction of his signal and put tinfoil on the wall there.

  23. Re:i like to limit my DHCP scope on Ask Slashdot: Dealing With an Advanced Wi-Fi Leech? · · Score: 1

    very simple but i think it works.

    Um, no.

    He can set his own IP address manually.

  24. Re:Higgs Bosun walks into a church on Does the Higgs Boson Reveal Our Universe's Doomsday? · · Score: 1

    Touche!

  25. Re:Wow! on Firefox 19 Launches With Built-In PDF Viewer · · Score: -1, Troll

    Well they are giving everyone a leg up by including a PDF view. Whatcouldpossiblygowrong?

    Are they giving everyone a leg up by breaking all the add-ons?

    Again.