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  1. Re:I'm quite surprised it wasn't on What Would Have Happened If Philae Were Nuclear Powered? · · Score: 1

    And if there is a ketchup shortage, then your European neighbors could also be out of it as well.

  2. Re:Buy Pre-terminated cables on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Build a Home Network To Fully Utilize Google Fiber? · · Score: 1

    This is what I did in my house. I have a drop ceiling basement so it made it easier. The female-female keystone modules may be the priciest part of it at $10 apiece. (I was buying 50 foot runs of cable from newegg for 10 dollars each). Been going on 5 years with now issues at all.

  3. Re:FP? on David Cameron Says Brits Should Be Taught Imperial Measures · · Score: 1

    "Oh, you mean the speedometers that have both measurements on them already? All US cars do. Why the ignorance?"

    We wish that was true. Even cars made today have the MPH on them with maybe hash marks for KPH. My wife's 2009 Malibu doesn't even label the KPH scale at all.

  4. Re:FP? on David Cameron Says Brits Should Be Taught Imperial Measures · · Score: 1

    "It drives me crazy that I need both a metric and a standard set of socket wrenches and hex keys"

    Me too, I want a set that is a mix of metric and SAE. At least the SAE sizes should be in metric first with the SAE size added as an afterthought.

  5. Re:I dunno about LEDs, but CFLs don't last on The Great Lightbulb Conspiracy · · Score: 1

    An the baseless low flow toilet bullshit again. Low flow toilets still save water at the end of the day. Do some math, take in consideration that you only need to flush once with either toilet to get the piss out. How many times do you piss compared to taking a squat? All "major" transactions involve at least 2 flushes unless you like feeling smug.

  6. Re: I never thought I'd say this... on FCC Chairman: Americans Shouldn't Subsidize Internet Service Under 10Mbps · · Score: 1

    Money doesn't grow on trees either.....unless you are an apple farmer.

  7. Re:Ehhh, cases. on Apple Edits iPhone 6's Protruding Camera Out of Official Photos · · Score: 1

    I wish all phone makers would reverse this trend some. I found with the thin phones, I need a case just so I can hold on to it without it sliding out of my hands. With making them thinner, all they are doing is trading battery life for marketing.

  8. Re:cool on The Growing Illusion of Single Player Gaming · · Score: 1

    There is OpenRA for you. I would link, but the proxy here filters game sights.

  9. Re: No device necessary on Old Doesn't Have To Mean Ugly: Squeezing Better Graphics From Classic Consoles · · Score: 2

    But keyboard and mouse is the one true way to play shooters.....

  10. Re:I'm interested in this sort of thing for my hou on Samsung Buys Kickstarter-Funded Internet of Things Startup For $200MM · · Score: 1

    On the other hand, the house nearby mine was hit recently. They had a dog, the burgler had food it liked. While it is "reality tv" that show about breaking into houses and then fixing the security issues used the same trick for dogs.

  11. Re:Yay! I can lose my data cheaply now! on Solid State Drives Break the 50 Cents Per GiB Barrier, OCZ ARC 100 Launched · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I hear your song, but I heard it before by the HDD cover band before the SSD members were even born. All hardware is prone to not coming back up after the power was cut (or turned off in the case of a laptop I have), SSD is not special in this. It appears you have heard it, but if not, tune in to the greatest hits channel and you will hear the number 1 song for the past 30 years: "Always have working up to date backups". I'm glad your backups work.

  12. Re:Useless on Radar Changing the Face of Cycling · · Score: 1

    Most the noise you hear from cars on the road is the sound of the tires on the road. How is that on your car? I ones that always manage to sneak up on me is the city busses. Probably be cause they have the low rolling resistance street only tires and lots of body structure in front of them.

  13. Re:Thanks for pointing out the "briefly" part. on Half of Germany's Power Supplied By Solar, Briefly · · Score: 1

    I probably is a typo though given the proximity of "," and "." on the keyboard. It is rare for that notation to appear. Normally if the number is going to be abbreviated though it is 61.6k acres.

    I'll give him bonus points if 61.6 acres is how much parking lot space required for number of cars needed.

  14. Re:It may be wiser... on Computing a Cure For HIV · · Score: 1

    "non-promiscuous, turned out to be pretty much safe"

    Some how I bet this kid wouldn't agree with you:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R...

  15. Re:Bitcoin mining? on Computing a Cure For HIV · · Score: 1

    So do you have a control group to present to us that didn't buy into the HIV bullshit?

    One of the earliest public cases of HIV was a elementary school kid in Indiana that got it through a blood transfusion. That helped push for higher standards in blood donations. It also pushed for higher standards in dealing with spilled bodily fluids. Before all this though the general public thought was only a STD that the gay community passed around.

    Remember that real bullshit is pretty green grass before being consumed. Without the widespread focus on preventing these diseases it may have been twice as a bad as predicted. It only looks like bullshit today because of the hidden effort to reduce the damage doesn't get presented to (or ignored by) the public which only remembers the hysteria. Same goes for Y2K bug, global warming, and general pollution

  16. Re:Still wrong title on How Open Government Data Saved New Yorkers Thousands On Parking Tickets · · Score: 1

    But the law called for a 15 ft distance from the hydrant. Bike lanes are usually not 15 ft across. A car is only 7 ft wide at most in most cases.

  17. Re:The real fix should be on How Open Government Data Saved New Yorkers Thousands On Parking Tickets · · Score: 1

    That don't work either, you will have some guy park his bike there blocking the hydrant with both the fork lock and wheel locks.

  18. Re:The real fix should be on How Open Government Data Saved New Yorkers Thousands On Parking Tickets · · Score: 1

    Sounds great, but you forget that the average driver should have been held back in kindergarten for not staying in the lines.

    No really, there are other photos in that post that show proper markings for hydrants and a car that has the trunk hanging over the no parking section while the tires are in the legal box.

    Watch where other people stop for red lights. Chances are, their own butt is sitting over the line telling them where to stop at with the nose in the crosswalk.

  19. Re:New Mexico landfill, eh? on Million Jars of Peanut Butter Dumped In New Mexico Landfill · · Score: 1

    Nope, wrong landfill. However, this would have been useful as a tumbleweed sticky trap they needed 2 months ago.

  20. Re:Gary Johnson! on Tesla's Fight With Car Dealers Could Help Decide the Next Presidential Election · · Score: 1

    From his droppings on Twitter, I would put him on the pro Tesla side. But he has a twitter and G+. He is a busy man, but I'm sure you can get a response.

  21. Re:How can they be certain no one survived? on How Satellite Company Inmarsat Tracked Down MH370 · · Score: 1

    Would't there be a beacon of some sort from the plane or the escape equipment? A controlled landing in the ocean could possibly reduce the amount of debris, but the plane will sink at some point. Either way you are going to have a debris field of some size be it plane parts or people with life vests.

  22. Re:Enjoy it while it floats on Goodyear's New State-of-the-Art Airship Makes Its First Flight · · Score: 1

    Oddly enough, we have one from when my daughter was born 2 years ago that hasn't lost any at all. Now, this is attached to a stick and hangs out in a vase so it may not have helium in it.

  23. Re:Obama on Is Traffic Congestion Growing Three Times As Fast As Economy? · · Score: 1

    You win the removal of the Clover leaf (if the work is done right). One of the worst concepts to infest the highway system in this country. The only reason they are present is because 1: its cheap and 2: it was designed when 5 cars on the freeway was a high usage day. Many hours a day are spent with people trying to do the weave and then the slow speeds to go around it. Lets not forget the accidents that happen and clog the thing up in all directions.

  24. Re:Doesn't fix the problem on Invention Makes Citibikes Electric · · Score: 1

    The problem with 2 wheeled transportation alternatives is the clothing

    There, fixed.

    "There is no such thing as inappropriate weather, only inappropriate clothing". Really, the weather is not offten the most limiting factor. It is the gear selection.

    Bikes are unusable on ice or snow.covered roads

    Skinny tires sink through the snow. Knobbies grip on top of the snow. Studded tires work great on ice, and have knobs for snow. Studded are the most expensive at $50 a tire, but only needed in winter and last for years.

    You'd freeze when theres a wind chill of 20 below 0

    Clothes, wear them please. Yes 20 below is a really cold windchill. It does stop me, but that is because I don't have wind blocking gear. You can find plenty of blogs of bike commuters that do it daily though.

    You'd get soaked in the rain

    What, you don't take a shower? Once again, there is gear to address that. I'm a lucky person with showers at work, but I don't cycle in my work cloths. Even for short errands, I may drop a clean shirt in my bag for a quick change when I get to where I'm going.

    Too hot in the summer

    Meh, I'll give you that, but that depends on your conditioning. Heat indexes over 105F can be dangerous but that only happens for at most 1 week a year for myself. So I take the motorcycle, which isn't far from being a electric bike.

  25. Re:Electric Bikes are Illegal in NYC. Kickstopped. on Invention Makes Citibikes Electric · · Score: 1

    Are you sure about this? Sometimes laws are written such that the exception is made in a different section. I check the section that refers to bicycles as well to see if it is there.