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  1. Re:Or... on Get Played. Get Paid. · · Score: 1

    Like the other replies to your post tell you that you can scroll down to see the thread and the answers (sometimes). I have found that the google cache of each page has all the replies to the question.

  2. Re:moron! on Trojan Compromises Oregon Taxpayers · · Score: 1

    (90%+ of bandwidth utilization yearly

  3. Re:charge density. on Capacitors to Replace Batteries? · · Score: 1

    Wikipedia says lead acid energy density = .11 MJ/kg.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_density
    and 1 Wh = 3600 J
    The new cap has 60 Wh/kg = 3600*60 = 216,000 J/kg = .216 MJ/kg

    http://thermoanalytics.com/support/publications/ba tterytypesdoc.html
    They confirm the lead acid battery energy density is in the 25-35 Wh/kg range.
    So they have an energy density above lead acid batteries, but can recharge/discharge much much quicker.

    Power is the rate at which energy is used, and these new caps have a very high power density, which means they can provide alot of power compared to their weight, while the energy provided vs weight is on par with other battery types.

    With batteries the energy provided vs weight, and power provided vs weight is important to consider. The battery needs to provide the necessary power and/or energy, in a given amount of weight. So these densities are used to compare different battery types.

  4. Re:Encrypted RFID too expensive? on Real RFID Hacking Scenarios · · Score: 1

    Why don't you store some encrypted data on a plain rfid tag. Then I will get my reader to make an exact copy of your tag.
    Then I can go to your tag reader and swipe in just like you could.
    I don't care whats on the tag, as long as I can still make a bit perfect copy.

  5. Re:There won't be any controversy here! on Well I'll Be A Monkey's Uncle · · Score: 1

    We believe that with humans that there is a hierarchy of needs. When basic survival instincts are met, we move on to higher pursuits. Ants have few predators, and yet they can eat most anything, including large animals. I've seen footage of a colony of ants taking down a lion. In many cases, basic survival is taken care of for ants
    Yes, when our basic instincts are met, we have free time, and can move on to higher pursuits.
    Ants are busy all day searching for food, bringing food home, servicing the queen, expanding the nest, etc. They don't have much free time leftover for higher pursuits.

  6. Re:2 ears, 2 speakers on Why 7.1 Surround Sound is Overkill For Most Homes · · Score: 1

    Ummm not if you buy yhe $800 Sony surround headphones. They have gyroscopes and other shit that tells how you turned your head, so it changes the soundfield to compensate.
    Basically these headphones create a virtual 5.1 setup, and if you turn your head, the sound is changed so you think the sound is still coming from the same virtual speakers as before.

  7. Re:Okay on Microsoft Confirms 6 Versions of Vista · · Score: 1

    How do you know you have no problem with a virus if you never have an anti virus program running?

    I used to think the same way, I only went to trusted sites, had IE locked down pretty tight. Someday someone else on the network plugged in their infected laptop, which hit my computer. I didn't notice at all. The disk and cpu usage stayed at normal levels. It wasen't until the network admin noticed my computer was always using the network, hogging most of the traffic.

    After that I got an anti virus and firewall up and running, and within 1 year, I had 2 or 3 other worms try and infect my machine, from someone elses dirty laptop being plugged into the network.

  8. Re:Support to open formats on The Future of MP3 and Surround · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yeah, but in order to recreate a 20Hz signal from samples, you need a 40kHz sample rate. Since not all ears are created equal some people can hear slightly higher than 20kHz, bump it up to 22.05 kHz, and you get 44.1 kHz sample rate needed. I'm not sure what these is to gain from playing back at a higher sampling rate.

  9. Re:The "environment" on The Math Behind the Hybrid Hype · · Score: 1

    I think they tax cigaretts becuase they know many people are addicted and it is a good way to make some money off of someones addiction.

  10. Re:INS can't be bothered to pick up arrested illeg on Sex.com Hijacker Captured in Mexico · · Score: 1

    No sales tax in NH is simple. No one pays it.
    Live Free Or Die, thats how they do it up there.
    Get a clue

  11. Re:Criminal on Graphics Programs Uncover Secret PINs · · Score: 1

    Ummm no the banks don't assume the pin has been stolen. They assume it has been lost and simply resend it. At least thats what Citizins bank did. After waiting over a week called em and asked them what happened, so they sent another one. Only got one in the mail, not both. With HSBC if you loose your card they ask if you want to keep the pin, or get a new one... at least thats what happened to me.

  12. Re:Instead of sharing non-free music on BitTorrent: Sysadmins to face the music · · Score: 1

    Um yeah the chains do that.
    There is one in the mall called either For Your Entertainment (FYE) or Hollywood.
    They have headphones and bar code scanners all over the store which let you scan any album and listen to sample clips of each song.

  13. Re:Nice try... on New Model Solves Grandfather Paradox · · Score: 1

    Yeah, you remember what has happened to you. If someone from the future comes and interacts with people, things are going to be different.

    Say I go back in time to before my parents met, and I kill them both. No chance of them meeting and having kids. From now on things are going to be different than from the "present" that I left. In fact I will be the only person to remember that present. I will not disappear magically, I will continue to exist. The timeline will go along this new branch that I have created.
    I could live in this time, or use my time travel method of choice to return to my "present" time. This would most likly suck for me. I would have no family, because none of them know i exist, I would have no friends, no identity. I would just appear out of thin air or wormhole or however I time travel. Since i was never born in a hospital I have no documentation of any kind.
    Everyone in this altered timeline would rememebr my parents dying when someone came and killed them, and disappeared never to be seen again.
    I would still be a genetic match with them, but it would be a mystery to all where i came from (except me)

  14. Re:No no no! on New Model Solves Grandfather Paradox · · Score: 1

    Say you go back in time and kill someone, then return to the "present". The "present" will not be the same as what you knew before you left, and you will be the only one with a memory of that previous world. as far as everyone else is concerend someone killed someone else then ran off in a flying machine in a flash of light. things went on normal for them, but you wont experience any of this. when you return to the present you will be the only one without a clue whats going on.

  15. Re:Verifying the Theory on New Model Solves Grandfather Paradox · · Score: 1

    So the experiment never happened, so martys dad and marty are alive. so marty meets the doc, and goes back and kills his dad, so then he can't be born and the experiment never happens......

    aahhhhhhhhhhhhh unstable system.
    time is stuck in a loop. forever.

  16. Re:Adult Groups a Liability Risk on Oregon Woman Sues Yahoo for $3 Million · · Score: 1

    Yes fraud by the Ex, not by yahoo.
    he should be the one held responsible for this.
    what do the yahoo tos say about impersonating someone?
    If you provide any information that is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, or Yahoo! has reasonable grounds to suspect that such information is untrue, inaccurate, not current or incomplete, Yahoo! has the right to suspend or terminate your account and refuse any and all current or future use of the Service (or any portion thereof).
    so yahoo f'ed up as well. I would think someone complaining about an imposter would be enough for them to suspect information is untrue.

  17. Re:Scared? on IE7 Will Have Tabbed Browsing · · Score: 1

    It is actually Ctrl+4 to go to tap 4. Just found that out, its nice. Ive been using Ctrl+(Shift)+Tab to go back and forth between tabs.

  18. Re:just a phone, puhleeeez on Nokia Announces Hard-Drive Phone · · Score: 1

    Thats not JUST a phone! IT HAS A BUILT IN FLASHLIGHT!!!!

    I don't want ANY extras!

    Nokia 1100 Phone:

    Compact communications tool designed for reliability

    Long-lasting battery

    Built-in flashlight

    Durable cover with anti-slip sides

    Sleek silicone keymat with large keys

    Reminders and alarm clock

    Changeable Xpress-on(TM) covers

  19. Saving money in the long run on Online Cigarette Customers Get Bill from State · · Score: 1

    Such a genious!
    She saved tax by buying online! Now they are billing her tax, and it is almost the EXACT SAME amount.

    She estimated that she saved a few thousand dollars buying cartons of cigarettes over the Internet.

    "I probably saved right around what they're billing me," she said.

  20. Re:A lot less invasive on California Wants GPS Tracking Device in Every Car · · Score: 1

    Ummm what kind of math are you doing?
    60 miles per day / 30 miles/gal = 2 gal/day * $2.00 per gallon = 4$ per day which is 28 per week.
    $2 is the average in my neck of the woods, it seems cheaper elsewhere i go, but might be higher other places.

  21. Re:Amazing! on The Cure for Cancer Might be: HIV · · Score: 2, Informative

    Its called FIV not feline HIV. the H stands for human, and the F stands for feline.
    And there is no way to cross infect a cat with HIV or a human with FIV

  22. Re:How do I know if my power supply died? on Power Supply Torture Test · · Score: 1

    There should be a green wire on the main connector. Short that out to a ground (any black wire should do) and the power supply should turn on

  23. Re:Here's the problem on Can-Spam Increased Spam · · Score: 1

    Pot Kettle, Kettle Pot.
    yeah, i can't believe how he is questioning how spam makes money, when he is helping someone with an equally shady business model

  24. losing money on razors on Is iPod the Razor or the Blade? · · Score: 1

    With the cost of blades being crazy expensive, and the actual handle being a tiny little piece of plastic, does anyone really think gilette is still losing money on the razors?

  25. Re:Who wants to live forever, when love must die? on Do You Want to Live Forever? · · Score: 1

    Yeah, but if people just starting living 1000 years they will be able to reproduce more over that 1000 years.
    and even once they stop, instead of dying to make room for new people, they will still be around.

    100->1000 year increase of lifespan is a 10x increase.
    does that mean the population will swell by 10x?