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  1. Based on average refrigerator lifespan, a nuclear powered heat pump and insulation would work for years, thereby allowing a rover to operate on Venus.

    It's almost as if you've never heard of the unit of power called "Watts". It allows us to calculate how big of a power supply we'll need for a task.

  2. Re:Paging Dr. Faustus on Scientists Marvel At 'Increasingly Non-Natural' Arctic Warmth (msn.com) · · Score: 2

    I remember some US scientists said there would be no ice in the Arctic by 2013,

    Sure, some scientists said that, the TV/media decided it was a good story, and that's the part that you heard.

    All climate scientists are therefore dumbasses, right?

    PS: The press was probably paid to make a big deal over that story. The climate change denial you're hearing is a well funded organization. Not a conspiracy either, one with actual names, published details of bank transfers, etc.

    https://encrypted.google.com/s...

  3. Re: Paging Dr. Faustus on Scientists Marvel At 'Increasingly Non-Natural' Arctic Warmth (msn.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    Which part of that means it's perfectly OK to dump billions of tons of CO2 into the air now?

  4. Re:I AM OFFICIALLY PUTTING YOU ON NOTICE! on Scientists Marvel At 'Increasingly Non-Natural' Arctic Warmth (msn.com) · · Score: 1

    Call me when the sea level actually rises more than a few cm.

    Wouldn't you prefer it not to?

    Venice seems to cope with much more than that.

    No they don't. They're in constant panic and expensive shoring-up operations.

    Plus: The Mediterranean will be among the last to rise - not many places for ice to melt into it..

  5. Re:Beware the Cosmic Drain! on Milky Way Is Being Pushed Across the Universe (cnn.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    "Now we find an emptiness in exactly the opposite direction, which provides a 'push' in the sense of a lack of pull," said Brent Tully, one of the study authors and an astronomer at the Institute for Astronomy in Honolulu. "In a tug-of-war, if there are more people at one end, then the flow will be toward them and away from the weaker side."

    But ... that doesn't mean the weaker team is 'pushing', does it?

    (facepalm)

  6. Re:How soon until this is extended to other areas? on 'Australia Is Stubbing Out Smoking' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Nope. Vegans die at the same rate as everybody else.

    I'd expect them to die younger - what's life like without BACON!!!!

    Or vitamin B12.

  7. Re:You couldn't make enough on It's Time To Admit Apple Watch Is a Success (imore.com) · · Score: 1

    Nobody I know has an Apple Watch.

    When a salesman says "record quarter" he might mean he sold three instead of two.

  8. Re:What are they mostly used for? on It's Time To Admit Apple Watch Is a Success (imore.com) · · Score: 2

    I was at a party the first weekend I had it, and I realized I hadn't touched my phone in three hours.

    It's almost as if you don't know that not looking at the phone is an option.

    If only I could leave my phone at home.

    You actually can!

  9. Re:How soon until this is extended to other areas? on 'Australia Is Stubbing Out Smoking' (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    Do we have a nationally enforced vegan lifestyle?

    Do you have any evidence that vegans live longer? Where are all the communes full of 120-year-old vegans?

    (or even 90-year-old vegans)

    Nope. Vegans die at the same rate as everybody else.

  10. Re:The point on 'Australia Is Stubbing Out Smoking' (bbc.com) · · Score: 0

    Historically: Smokers never seemed to have a problem imposing their will on everybody around them. Not one.

    And they still don't. If you allowed smoking in bars tomorrow they'd instantly be at it again.

    And have you ever seen a a smoker take their butts home with them? Nah. All they just throw them all over the floor.

    Some people NEED some will imposed on them.

  11. AV software is 90% placebo. All virus writers test their wares against the major AV systems before they release them. Any virus you encounter in the wild is probably not going to trigger yours.

    I keep all my email viruses in a folder to see how long it takes AV software to catch up. It can take weeks. Sometimes they never do.

    Sandboxing and restricted permissions is the way to go (as you note).

  12. Re: hyper-v and don't install chrome extensions on You Don't Need an Antivirus (Except Microsoft's Built-in on Windows), Says Former Firefox Developer (ocallahan.org) · · Score: 1

    Your key won't work on that ISO, wherever you get it from: "This product has already been activated..."

    Windows "activators" aren't too hard to find and it sounds like you have a perfectly legitimate reason to use one.

  13. Re:I feel that lone sysadmin's pain on GitLab.com Melts Down After Wrong Directory Deleted, Backups Fail (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    Exactly right.

    Exactly wrong.

    Learn to use "mv" instead of "rm -rf".

    eg. Create a folder called /trash and move the files there.

    When you see the system is still working and you need some disk space then you can empty the trash. Not before.

  14. Re: I feel that lone sysadmin's pain on GitLab.com Melts Down After Wrong Directory Deleted, Backups Fail (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I usually have a /trash directory in my Linux servers, I have moved the rm command to "removed" and wrote a sweet script named rm which moves files/folders to /trash. Then a cron job "removes" files and folders from trash after 48 hours. Works awesome unless I'm space-bound, and I usually am not. Saved my ass more than once!

    This sounds clever but it's a facepalming fail on so many levels. Modifying the system is ALWAYS a bad idea. Shame on anybody who upvoted it.

    If that's your intention then why not learn to type "mv" instead of "rm"? This way you're not depending on using a hacked system (or not) and you'll be safe anywhere.

  15. If only there were a way to turn that heat into electricity.

  16. Why would a consumer-grade router even have remote-admin?

    And why on earth would it be enabled by default?

    If it was a car they'd be forcing a recall.

  17. Re:Oracle worked very hard at making a closed ecos on Oracle Effectively Doubles Licence Fees To Run Its Stuff in AWS (theregister.co.uk) · · Score: 1, Troll

    Just get a free copy of SQLITE, job done.

  18. Re:I guess 2017 won't be the year of Linux on Japanese Government Requires Java and Internet Explorer 11 X86 · · Score: 1

    This is quote normal here in Spain, too. Everybody who needs access to government web sites is forced to use Java for their card reader so they can digitally sign stuff.

    (all accountants, etc., are required to do this)

  19. Re:The Number One signature of incompetence: "My" on Japanese Government Requires Java and Internet Explorer 11 X86 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That's exactly what you're supposed to think. It's having the intended effect.

    (ie. Making you want to purchase the "professional" version - at twice the price for two extra features that you'll probably never use)

  20. Re:Let's hope it does better than Shoreham Nuclear on New York Approves Largest US Offshore Wind Farm Off Long Island (computerworld.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    "It took a Fukushima accident... "
    Have you ever heard about the 3 Mile Island incident back in 1979? The Chernobyl accident was in 1986. The Fukushima accident didn't happen until 2011.

    Why can you Yanks never admit the Brits beat you to anything? The Brits had a nuclear accident way back in 1957 (Windscale), long before 3 Mile Island was even in the planning stage.

  21. Re: It dosen't matter on Apple Is Releasing a Find My AirPods Feature (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    When I was a kid my mum sewed my gloves on pieces of elastic and attached them to my coat.

  22. Re:Price has other factors on Low-Cost Android One Phones Coming To The US, Says Report (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    If the phone isn't getting even security updates as they come out the OS version it runs, it's not a deal.

    Do they get updates or not? I couldn't parse the awful headline:

    "The phones are attractive because they contain no bloatware, competing services, and a lack of software and security updates"

  23. Re:Back to the future on China, Europe Drive Shift To Electric Cars as US Lags (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm actually on a boycott because the USA has defended itself and destroyed 2 or 3 countries in the process of taking revenge against 1 (one) man.

    You have to stand up to bullies, no matter what the cost.

  24. Re: Running Linux on Windows is awesome? How so? on Windows 10 Gets A New Linux: openSUSE (fossbytes.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well, uh...

    "sensible" is the word you're looking for.

    Visual Studio beats anything on Linux. If that's your main use for a computer then run whatever system it takes.

  25. Re:Pfff. on Windows 10 Gets A New Linux: openSUSE (fossbytes.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm wondering why they don't do a sensible, stable version like OpenBSD.