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  1. Re:That's not the case here on The Air Car Nears Completion · · Score: 1

    Yes I do know the numbers. I'm thinking of something like this. Sure, people would think it an eyesore, but technically speaking, skyscrapers fall into the same category, but people are used to them.

  2. Re:That's not the case here on The Air Car Nears Completion · · Score: 1

    I agree. A "gas station" could consist of a giant wind turbine which directly drives a compressor. Obviously the tower would have to be extra high in an urban environment, to avoid the turbulence at low elevations.

  3. Re:Worst headline ever on John W. Backus Dies at 82; Developed FORTRAN · · Score: 1, Funny

    FORTRAN is a cancer. Not yet in remission, either.

  4. Re:I'm impressed on The Air Car Nears Completion · · Score: 1

    But a tank full of liquid petrol/gasoline can't dissipate its entire compliment of energy instantaneously.

  5. Re:I'm impressed on The Air Car Nears Completion · · Score: 1

    I'm not a super fit person, but I'm averaging 27 km/h on a 29 km round trip cycle commute. This is in metro Melbourne area, so not too hilly, but not flat either.

  6. Re:I'm impressed on The Air Car Nears Completion · · Score: 1

    I have it in my brain that muscles are approximately 17% efficient (food calories in v mechanical work done)

  7. Re:Danger... on The Air Car Nears Completion · · Score: 5, Funny

    It would be good, 'cause it would turn them into x-windows

  8. Re:Just as well on CPR Not as Effective as Chest Compressions Alone · · Score: 1

    And since you are one of the people in your area, what does one make of that?

  9. Re:Get a life on NASA Outlines Asteroid Deflection Program · · Score: 4, Funny

    So one US government administration is trying to save civilisaiton, and the other US administration seems hell bent on destroying it.

  10. Re:I give it a month, tops. on DSL Gateways to Fight Piracy by Marking Video · · Score: 1

    MPAA are people too... ...I think.

  11. Copyright Ownership? on EFF Forces DMCA Abuser to Apologize · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who will own the copyright to the apology video?

  12. Re:I don't get why they would use Ubuntu... on French Parliament Chooses Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you might like to elaborate on your aversion to Ubuntu in this situation?

  13. Re:If we can put a man on the moon... on Connecticut Wants to Restrict Social Networking · · Score: 1

    But if you drum up enough supporters to finance and execute your policy, then [oversized violin], we'd have to send you too!

  14. Re:how do they do that?? on What are the Best Cell Phone Services in the US? · · Score: 1

    Does the RIAA know about this?

  15. Re:go home... on U.S. Senators Pressure Canada on Canadian DMCA · · Score: 1

    And Hollywood movies are not fungible? They all seem the same to me

  16. Re:Systems Engineering on Getting Accurate Specifications for Software? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If you know what detailed and accurate specs are, then you'll just have to sit down and write them. Bear in mind that this will involve a lot of interviewing of the prospective system users, to discover and document what they do now, and figure how best to implement it in your new system. I hope you've budgeted for this process in your estimate.

  17. Re:Nothing really unusual about it on Microsoft Vista, IE7 Banned By U.S. DOT · · Score: 1

    If you set your mirrors wide enough, you don't end up with any blind spot. Next time you're in the car, just note the duplication/overlap of visual information between the three mirrors.

  18. Re:Shocking... on iPods to be Used as Flight Data Recorders · · Score: 2, Funny

    And since most "black box" flight recorders are actually bright orange, it makes one wonder what colour they'll choose.

  19. Re: way louder.... on GE Announces Advancement in Incandescent Technology · · Score: 1

    I think you'll find it is return on captial that holds up these sort of process plant additions. I worked on a catalyitic hydro desulfurisation (CHD) unit installation at on of XOM's refineries. If you have to spend $80 million or so on an additional process that doesn't add any meaningful value to the product, then you won't spend that money till the government tells you to.

    Additionally, when you're running a 50 y/o clunker of a refinery, with a book value of about $300 million, then any additional new process unit will substantially increase the captial employed, so if you can't increase throughput, or significantly increase the value of your product, then your return on captial takes a big hit.

    These projects are "stay in business" projects.

  20. Re:Think again on XP On 8-MHz Pentium With 20 MB RAM · · Score: 1

    Slashdot. Where you sit and read about other people wasting time...

  21. Re:TFA? on Crashing an In-Flight Entertainment System · · Score: 1

    Frist Post!

  22. Re:I disagree on 4 GB May Be Vista's RAM Sweet Spot · · Score: 1

    It's snappy iiifff yooou coome frommm ouuutbaaack Queeeenslaaand.

  23. Re:Their system configurator on Pre-Installed Linux Tops Dell Customer Requests · · Score: 2, Funny

    And with GRUB, you can dual boot vi & emacs.

  24. Moral of the Story on Sweden to Make Denial of Service Attacks Illegal · · Score: 1

    Don't do your DoS attacks from Sweden or the UK.

  25. Re:no sympathy for you on Couple Who Catch Cop Speeding Could Face Charges · · Score: 1

    Except the 60 on your speedo is not necessarily the 60 on my speedo. Speedometer error is the reason why people shouldn't get self-righteous about speed limits.