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  1. Re:Maybe it was IKEA? on Despite Reports Google Did Not Just Buy ICOA · · Score: 1

    I had to post in this thread because I have been using this sig for years.

  2. Re:Without collateral damage? on Boeing's CHAMP Missile Uses Radio Waves To Remotely Disable PCs · · Score: 1

    Depending on the range it fires the microwaves at it could just deploy a ballute to slow then a parachute to fall harmlessly on the ground.

  3. Re:Hoarding, or... on Vast Bulk of BitCoins Are Hoarded, Not Used · · Score: 1

    This would be me. I am personally responsible for the destruction of .15 BTC.

  4. Re:Fukushima-contaminated seaweed on Seaweed is Good for You and Can Be Tasty, Too (Video) · · Score: 1

    Just thinking this through with respect to the volume of seawater compared to the size of any possible release i would say it isnt much of a worry.

  5. Re:power fail? on Video Purports To Show Successful Hover Bike Test Flights · · Score: 2

    For autorotation you need long blades, negative pitch and enough altitude to work with. I cant see a ducted fan having much autorotation capability. They would lack the surface area and momentum necesary.

  6. Maybe i dont get the stock market. on Mark Zuckerberg's Big Facebook Mistake · · Score: 5, Interesting

    How does the share price falling hurt Facebook? They sold the shaes at the IPO price so they already got the money. If they want more money in the future they issue more shares... Basically Facebook just got shitloads of money in exchange for a marginal loss of control. How are they losing out?

  7. Re:Shitty phones may be the problem. on RIM CEO: 'There's Nothing Wrong With the Company' · · Score: 1

    I had a Blackberry Torch 9800 for 2 years and switched to a Samsung Galaxy S2 in March. I was really sad to lose BBM and the physical keyboard, but I find that I like the Galaxy a lot.

    My main problem with the browser stems from the phone's hardware now that I think about it actually. The browser was constantly asking me to close pages because it "ran out of memory". Interestingly enough this happened most on Slashdot, but wasn't limited to just this site. Pretty much any graphically intense page also had the problem.

  8. Shitty phones may be the problem. on RIM CEO: 'There's Nothing Wrong With the Company' · · Score: 1

    There is something wrong with the company. They produce phones with minimal storage, especially for applications, and outdated interfaces. The browser is especially terrible.

  9. Ethicality of LinkedIn on LinkedIn Buys Rapportive · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I have a profile on LinkedIn which has done me zero good so far, but one thing about the site has always bothered me.

    Is it truly ethical to gain an upper hand with regards to employment prospects because of who you know instead of your individual performance or merits?

    To me the site just seems like a blatant promoter of cronyism, promoting the hiring of friends or aquaintences over those who may be more qualified.

  10. Re:25 million American diabetics: "Faster please." on Nano-Scale Terahertz Antenna May Make Tricorders Real · · Score: 1

    I predict the people who make those monitors will go apeshit over the loss of their profit stream from consumables.

  11. Re:Issues with the whitehose.gov website. on White House Petition To Investigate Dodd For Bribery · · Score: 3, Informative

    I ran into this a while back, clear your cookies and it should fix the issue.

  12. Re:How about going back to flat-rate data? on Comcast DNSSEC Goes Live · · Score: -1

    I'd like to see your logic behind this? Only $30 for 250GB worth of games doesn't seem very likely.

  13. Re:Conkers on The Most Dangerous Toys of 2011 · · Score: 1

    We did that with pencils. I'm sure our parents loved us for it too.

  14. One of the worst articles I've ever seen on /. on The Most Dangerous Toys of 2011 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Many of the toys on this list aren't very dangerous. I'd go as far as saying that a pencil is more dangerous than every single one of them. I can't fathom why this article appeared on this website.

  15. Re:I did on Fee Increase Attempt Inspires 'Dump Your Bank Day' · · Score: 1

    I have USAA. They also allow us to deposit checks with a phone or scanner as well. The best part is that the funds are available immediately.

  16. Re:chalkboard memories on Why Fingernails On a Chalkboard Sound Painful · · Score: 1

    I find it interesting that you think 20 year olds don't know what a chalk board is. I'm 27 and currently going to a university in which I have not seen a single dry-erase board. Also, my high school was about 75% chalk and 25% marker.

  17. Re:Two anomalies on Multi-Target Photo-Radar System To Make Speeding Riskier · · Score: 2

    It looks like the lowest yellow is 40 and the lowest red is 50. One thing I noticed in addition to your finds is that there seems to be a bit of lag in the decrease of speed ratings, but there doesn't seep to be a corresponding lag in the increase.

  18. Re:Slashdot is posting blatant scams now? on 1 MW Cold Fusion Plant Supposedly To Come Online · · Score: 1

    It's better than the millions who didn't win the lottery but still have to buy a ticket.

  19. Re:Dimensions? on Asteroid Lutetia Revealed As a Protoplanet · · Score: 2

    Obviously based on the information given in the problem the thickness is negligible so the body can be reasonably aproximated to a planar figure.

  20. Re:This askslashdot is another obvious troll on Ask Slashdot: Best Second Major For a Mechanical Engineer? · · Score: 1

    -USMC infantry (aka grunt, if this person had any more useful aptitudes, the USMC would have placed him in a more specialized role)

    Actually your job specialization in the military is largely your choice. I was in the USMC infantry as well. I scored in the 98th percentile on the ASVAB, qualifying me to do any job I wanted, but I chose infantry. They tried to encourage me to be a cryptographic linguist, but I turned it down. Coincidentally, I'm also in school to be a mechanical engineer now.

  21. Re:If you were there right now: on Libya SIGINT Jamming Satellites, Towers · · Score: 1

    I think you underestimate the number of current and former military personnel who frequent this site.

  22. Re:Long term, not a good idea... on Man Open Sources His Genetic Data · · Score: 1

    From Wikipedia
    The American Social Health Association reported estimates that about 75-80% of sexually active Americans will be infected with HPV at some point in their lifetime. By the age of 50 more than 80% of American women will have contracted at least one strain of genital HPV.

    In short, who cares, nearly everyone has HPV. You probably do too.

  23. Re:Wha? on JAXA To Use Fishing Nets To Scoop Up Space Junk · · Score: 1

    A regular net needs this set of forces because otherwise gravity and currents in the water would make the object come out of the net. In zero-gravity and with no fluid around it, none of these forces would apply. This would be an inelastic collision. Objects wouldn't bounce off the net; the delta in velocity would be reduced to zero and then the object and net would remain relatively stationary with respect to each other. The slightest force would make the object come back off the net, but there's nothing to apply that force, so it won't.

    Wouldn't any collisions happening after the original all disturb the relative motion of the net with regards to the things it is "capturing"?

  24. Re:Horrible. on Slashdot Launches Re-Design · · Score: 1

    nested comments are nested

  25. Re:Horrible. on Slashdot Launches Re-Design · · Score: 4, Interesting

    want to find out?