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  1. Re:From one boundary layer to two on The Fanless Spinning Heatsink · · Score: 1

    And you'd end up with a shit per-component thermal profile that will lead to massive premature failures.

    What, you think we didn't try this back in the 80s?

  2. Thermal Brick Wall on The Fanless Spinning Heatsink · · Score: 1

    "The Sandia Cooler may also be the technology that smashes down the “Thermal Brick Wall” that is preventing computer chips from moving beyond 3GHz."

    Sorry, we've got CPUs hitting 4+ GHz on stock air cooling without your specialized heatsink. Your thermal brick wall doesn't exist and hasn't for quite some time.

    We also have mesophase carbon pitch heatsinks hitting 1,000wmk, 4x better than copper.

    Fire the article writer, as it's clear they've had their head in the tech sand of yesteryear.

  3. And I've been saying we needed this for years. on Ex-NSA Chief Supports Separate Secure Internet · · Score: 1

    If they're just NOW contemplating this, they should've hired me when I turned 21 and let me get shit set straight.

    But nooooooo, gotta go for that dipshit with only paper knowledge and zero real-world experience, because that college degree MUST mean he knows his stuff, riiiight?

  4. Re:OMG on Sony Announces End For MiniDisc Walkman · · Score: 2

    "win xp support terminated just recently,"

    Only for SP2, which expired July 13, 2010, and only for 32-bit. 64-bit SP2 will get support until April 8th, 2014. SP3 is still getting support.

  5. The Secret Service needs to be stopped, NOW on Apple Store Artist Raided By Secret Service · · Score: 1

    The Secret Service is gaining more power than it needs. Its purpose was to originally protect our currency, then later on they got the added assignment for protecting the President of the USA. Now they handle computer tampering? That fell squarely within the scope of the FBI not a few years ago.

    Watch your asses, America, and keep your iron sights trained on the S.S. They're going to become the new gestapo, and you need to be ready to stop them before they gain too much more power.

  6. Re:Having tasted many sports drinks... on NASA's New Bag Turns Urine Into Sports Drink · · Score: 1

    "Yes, vitamin pills are worthless compared to just eating healthy food."

    Well, that's actually not entirely true. Bioavailability of nutrients will naturally vary by the compound type. Take plants for example; they don't absorb ammoniate nitrogen sources as well as they absorb nitrate nitrogen sources. Other helper compunds might increase bioavailability of certain nutrients and vitamins.

    In your case, it's primarily a concern of the bio-binding agent.

  7. Re:makes sense on UAV Hoisted Tower Powered By Laser Over Fiberoptic · · Score: 1

    Come back when you actually work with this stuff, okay?

    I laid the fiber optics and copper wires for our research facility in the UK. Fiber is HEAVIER, especially when you include the attenuation-controlling covering.

    Can't revoke a geek card when you've obviously never held real fiber optics or even bought a 50 kilometer spool of it.

  8. Re:I love being rewarded for my achievements with on Current Social Games Aren't Fun, Says MUD Co-Creator · · Score: 1

    "I then got a snes off my uncle with Duck Hunt on the Snes scope, and other arcade suc games, as well as the original SNES mario games."

    No Duck Hunt on the SNES. It ONLY ever made it on the Famicom/NES.

    Mario games were not original on the SNES.

    "just because those games were out before I was born doesn't mean I know nothing about them."

    Sorry, I *WAS* around during the time of those games (Born in 82,) you DON'T have a fucking clue what you're talking about.

    You can't even properly spell 'Commodore.'

  9. Re:I love being rewarded for my achievements with on Current Social Games Aren't Fun, Says MUD Co-Creator · · Score: 1

    IT DOES NOT EXIST ON THE SNES AS THE OP CLAIMED.

    Your ability to read and comprehend is pretty telling of your age - just graduate high school, eh?

  10. Re:Couldn't on UAV Hoisted Tower Powered By Laser Over Fiberoptic · · Score: 1

    It most certainly was implied.

    "if it can't fly when you add a camera,"

    Size/weight/power ratios are critical. That UAV of yours couldn't lift the cable attachment necessary for it to be powered AND fly at 100 feet at its current size.

  11. Re:makes sense on UAV Hoisted Tower Powered By Laser Over Fiberoptic · · Score: 1

    The plastic stuff is even heavier, (C5O2H8) for a total of approximately 54. Glass handles more power than pretty much every plastic given its lower thermal conductivity and higher tolerance to heat buildup.

    Extremely thin glass fiber can be almost as flexible as a plastic fiber, and carry more energy.

  12. Re:makes sense on UAV Hoisted Tower Powered By Laser Over Fiberoptic · · Score: 1

    Atomic weight (approximate) matches the atomic mass, nimrod.

    Are you so mad that you got owned that you had to reply AC to hide how mad (and wrong) you are?

  13. Re:Couldn't on UAV Hoisted Tower Powered By Laser Over Fiberoptic · · Score: 1

    Now can that 3 gram UAV lift about 60 pounds worth of cable to reach its surveillance height?

  14. Re:makes sense on UAV Hoisted Tower Powered By Laser Over Fiberoptic · · Score: 1

    HVDC or HVAC are pretty much near-lossless for energy transfer, that's why they're used as California's primary energy transmission backbones.

  15. Re:makes sense on UAV Hoisted Tower Powered By Laser Over Fiberoptic · · Score: 1

    REAL GLASS fiber optics are heavier than copper cable, with the approximate atomic weight of copper being 29 and silicon dioxide being 30 having two oxygen atoms at 8 and one silicon atom at 14.

    People that modded OP informative need to go back to basic chemistry class.

  16. Re:I thought that was the iPhone on Is Final Cut Pro X Apple's Biggest Mistake In Years? · · Score: 1

    It won't for long. Do you forget Apple's forced upgrade path or what? Enjoying that reality distortion field?

  17. Re:So on Rootkit Infection Requires Windows Reinstall · · Score: 1

    When you make the recovery disc, (apparently you've never done this) it's an image of your system as currently installed.

    It invalidates the point entirely if done when first installed, as it's essentially a clean install image.

  18. Re:Why are Libs so enamored with taxes? on Amazon Drops California Associates to Avoid Sales Tax · · Score: 1

    Tax code is often modified by sealed court orders. It's impossible to keep track of all of the changes as they occur in the legal system.

  19. Re:Why are Libs so enamored with taxes? on Amazon Drops California Associates to Avoid Sales Tax · · Score: 1

    "I think the State of California should block amazon.com from DNS resolution on state owned DNS servers"

    Wow, it's as if the whole concept of a global network that routes around damage (such as censorship) was suddenly forgotten about.

    You *REALLY* Think that's going to do a damned thing? Turn your geek badge in now.

  20. Re:Why are Libs so enamored with taxes? on Amazon Drops California Associates to Avoid Sales Tax · · Score: 1

    Hi, I live in California. The majority of our southern borders touch the Pacific, not the Atlantic.

  21. Re:"only" 2.9GHz? on AMD Llano APU Review - Slow CPU, Fast GPU · · Score: 0

    "#deniedfud"

    I smell twit for brains!

  22. Re:Not quite slow on AMD Llano APU Review - Slow CPU, Fast GPU · · Score: 1

    Comparing ARM to EMULATED x86 (which is what that is today) is just as laughable.

    WHOOPS. Might wanna throw your link away, quickly.

  23. Re:Why are Libs so enamored with taxes? on Amazon Drops California Associates to Avoid Sales Tax · · Score: 1

    "the current authorities benefit you, on balance"

    Your name does you justice.

  24. Re:Why are Libs so enamored with taxes? on Amazon Drops California Associates to Avoid Sales Tax · · Score: 0

    "Everyone takes things like roads, street lighting and not being invaded by foreign armies for granted"

    I guess you haven't been watching our southern border, have you?

    That fucking fence ain't doing shit to stop the invasion of foreign armies of illegal immigrants from invading.

  25. Re:Answer: All on Amazon Drops California Associates to Avoid Sales Tax · · Score: 2

    Calculus