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  1. Re: Isn't this pointless for the average user? on Zimperium Releases Stagefright Detection Tool and Vulnerability Demo Video · · Score: 1

    how?

  2. Re:How it works on Lexus Unveils Its Working Hoverboard · · Score: 1

    What they don't show is how it really works. There's a reason they built a custom skateboard park for it.

    Um, yes they did - in the "making of" video that's linked from that one.

  3. Re:Just in time on Lexus Unveils Its Working Hoverboard · · Score: 1

    Yep. Even those pro skateboards didn't seem to be able to stay on it for more than a few seconds.

  4. Re:Just in time on Lexus Unveils Its Working Hoverboard · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The board is going to want to flip over and stick to the surface upside down all the time and you'll have to balance to offset those forces constantly.

    It's almost as if you didn't actually watch the video before posting that.

  5. Re:What did you expect? on Parts of SOPA Hiding Inside a Boring Case About Invisible Braces · · Score: 1

    Assassination politics.

    http://cryptome.org/ap.htm

  6. Re:dry ink on Epson Is Trying To Kill the Printer Ink Cartridge · · Score: 1

    You do know that the included toner cartridges are only one-third to one-half full*, right? That's why they call them "starter" cartridges.

    (* Exact quantity varies by manufacturer and printer model)

    New toner cartridges _seem_ expensive but they last as long as two or three new printers.

  7. Re:dry ink on Epson Is Trying To Kill the Printer Ink Cartridge · · Score: 1

    print quality is very good even for pictures (of course not suitable if you REALLY want to print out glossy photographs on high quality photo paper) and a third party set of toner (all colours) costs about €30.

    That's what print shops are for. There's no need to suffer inkjet ownership just to be able to print a photo every couple of months.

  8. Re:"...those in poor countries will suffer the mos on Why Bill Gates Is Dumping Another $1 Billion Into Clean Energy · · Score: 2
  9. Re:Does anyone remember... on Why Bill Gates Is Dumping Another $1 Billion Into Clean Energy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    That was when he was running a corporation in a competitive business world.

    (OK, he kept it up for a bit longer than strictly necessary after Microsoft had "won", but that's another story. Plenty of CEOs do worse things than that.)

  10. Re:This used to be the case in the past... on Epson Is Trying To Kill the Printer Ink Cartridge · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'd just be happy with larger ink cartridges. It is sad how few milli-liters most cartridges have.

    Also: Individual colors, and a head declogging routine that works on a single cartridge at a time instead of draining the perfectly good colors as well.

    The final straw for me was when one color was blocked, so I did a couple of cleans to sort it out and that drained another color so I had to put in a new cartridge (luckily I had separate colors), run the cleaning again, by which time another color was flashing as empty and I had to change that as well. During this time my brand new black ink cartridge went down by about 25%. All in all that page cost me about $20 to print.

    I went out next day and bought a color laser. I've had it about 10 years and only bought one new set of cartridges. It's always worked first time - switch on and print. I'd rather stab my own eyeballs with forks than own another inkjet.

  11. Re:Don't believe the hype on Epson Is Trying To Kill the Printer Ink Cartridge · · Score: 2

    You know you can get color laser printers, right?

  12. Re:Who uses inkjet? on Epson Is Trying To Kill the Printer Ink Cartridge · · Score: 1

    I'm talking about the amazing new one they're trying to sell me. The new one with cheap cartridges.

  13. Who uses inkjet? on Epson Is Trying To Kill the Printer Ink Cartridge · · Score: 3, Informative

    Have they solved all the nozzle cleaning problems, etc. as well? Why would I want an inkjet?

    I can buy a color laser for less money that will also print thousands of pages between refills. Plus it "just works", no messing around, ever.

  14. Re:However, on Cleaning Up Botnets Takes Years, May Never Be Completed · · Score: 1

    Um, how will they do that without Internet access?

  15. Re:Defeats the purpose? on KFC South Africa Lets Customers Listen To Music Using Bone Conduction · · Score: 1

    Don't worry, they don't want people like you you in there anyway.

  16. Re:the wingspan of 737 is "slender"? on Facebook's Slender 'Aquila' Drone To Provide Internet In Remote Areas · · Score: 1

    It's almost as if you didn't look at the picture in the linked article.

  17. Re:Aquila was actually an R/C sailplane design on Facebook's Slender 'Aquila' Drone To Provide Internet In Remote Areas · · Score: 1

    It was never a "drone" (whatever the fuck than means any more).

    Is there a human in it? No...then...

  18. Obvious fail is obvious... on $340 Audiophile Ethernet Cable Tested · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think I see the problem: They didn't allow any burn-in time for the cables before doing the listening test - they just plugged them in and started listening as if that was going to sound correct.

    A real listening test needs at least of couple of weeks for the atoms in the cable to settle down after moving/bending it in any way.

  19. Re: Passed data with a ton of noise? on $340 Audiophile Ethernet Cable Tested · · Score: 1

    And don't forget that cables need to be burnt in for a month or so before they achieve full sound.

    (Moving them or bending them in any way de-aligns the atoms and means another burn-in period...)

  20. Re:Passed data with a ton of noise? on $340 Audiophile Ethernet Cable Tested · · Score: 1

    THIS! But testing Ethernet cables passing TCP is pointless anyway... Where is the Bit Error Rate specs here? Digital data is either correct at the bit level, or it's not...

    It's almost as if you didn't read the article before posting that.

    Hint: The problem perceived by audiophiles isn't caused by data errors.

  21. Re:A solution in search of a problem on Samsung Wants To Bring Back the Flip Phone With Bendable Screens · · Score: 5, Funny

    How is this news? The iPhone 6 is already foldable, I remember seeing videos when it was launched.

  22. Re:quickly to be followed by self-driving cars on Are We Reaching the Electric Car Tipping Point? · · Score: 1

    It won't be the government that pushes people towards autonomous cars. It will be insurance companies.

    No it won't. It will be the day people realize you can move down highways while surfing facebook and watching porn.

    The day that happens you won't be able to sell an old manual-control car for more than about $50.

  23. Re:Efficiency on Are We Reaching the Electric Car Tipping Point? · · Score: 1

    It's almost as you heard about gyroscopes but completely missed the bit where you can mount two in parallel (rotating in opposite directions) before you went on the Internet to let everybody know what an expert you are on gyroscopes.

  24. FTA: "It's more expensive than NAND"

  25. I have not done the sums, but I doubt that 1000x NAND's endurance is sufficient for also replacing DRAM.

    No need to do any "math". DRAM is written millions of times per second, this would only last a few seconds as a PC's main data store.