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  1. You must be new to audio. Horns use air. Since the 60's, they began using piezo-electric speakers (got one on my old Nova) except Toyota, in which my old 80's Tercel had a waterproof paper cone speaker!

  2. "The U.S. National Highway Transportation Department said the rules will cost the auto industry about $39 million annually because automakers will need to add an external waterproof speaker to comply.'

    As opposed to the one ALREADY INSTALLED ON MOST EVERY CAR since like.. the 60s? The fuck are these morons smoking?

  3. They didn't know that the prohibition against news propaganda expired within the past couple of years?

    And didn't take advantage of it?

    Fucking idiot politicians. Oh, sorry, I repeated myself with those adjectives.

  4. This coming from the asshole that said in the beginning that people using his service were fucking idiots due to how much info they put out. So it can't be anywhere unreasonable to assume to know his fucking effect on this election cycle given how many 'fucking idiots' are using his service.

  5. Re:I'm no where near as smart as most of you.. on Leaked NASA Paper Suggests The 'Impossible' EM Drive Really Does Work (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    The EM drive, as described, being "reactionless" means there's no PHYSICAL CHEMICAL REACTION MASS, NO ROCKET FUEL. That says absolutely nothing about using a fucking battery pack to provide power for thrust until it runs out of power. If you put that thing in space, with a 1kWh power supply, and fired the drive for one hour in space, that's it, there's no more power for acceleration. The drive WILL NOT POWER ITSELF AS THERE IS NO MEANS OF POWER RECOVERY WITHIN THE DRIVE DESIGN (not to mention there's no such thing as 100% efficiency.) You will get your ~10 millinewtons of thrust every second, and once the power cuts off, you will get no more thrust.

    This drive can work as described and not be a perpetual motion machine. Go back and redo ALL OF YOUR MATH.

  6. Re: wireless automation is bad. on Researchers Hack Philips Hue Smart Bulbs Using a Drone (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1

    "You clearly have no idea what I said"

    You clearly don't work in a facility where EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE LOCKED DOWN. By the way, guess what most offices have over their AC unit controls? A LOCK BOX. Guess what's dead simple to put on an automated system and lock down with a similar lock box? A non-wireless LED lighting system.

    Again, physical access requirements are far more secure than anything you're claiming.

  7. Re:Go ahead let it out.... on Donald Trump Wins US Presidency (nytimes.com) · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Tonight she flat out refused to go out and face her own supporters at her lavish "victory" party. Not even to thank them for their hard work. No class whatsoever where it actually counts."

    Truth be told, Hillary's still running; she's just not running for President. That's why she couldn't face her supporters tonight, and not even a concession speech. Bet she's gonna lose a few thousand calories, though! ;)

  8. Re:May the Lord have mercy on us all on Donald Trump Wins US Presidency (nytimes.com) · · Score: 2

    You assume they've been maintained enough, and properly at that, in order to maintain aim/trajectory/flight capability/distance capability.

  9. Re:Kek on Donald Trump Wins US Presidency (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    I don't think it's coincidence that Drawn Together's Jew Producer is a mock-up of Donald Trump.

    Now, let us all bow down and suck the microphone cock.

  10. Re:Hmmm well on Donald Trump Wins US Presidency (nytimes.com) · · Score: 0

    Nothing. This one would've been ruled by post-menopausal depression and health issues. We would have died from illness contracted in economic systems and political systems via her as an infection vector. Trump, if he actually has balls to do what he says he'll do, will act more like a defibrillator for the heart. Yea, fucking right. Who am I kidding?

  11. Re: wireless automation is bad. on Researchers Hack Philips Hue Smart Bulbs Using a Drone (pcworld.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    "No. Wired is not more secure in any measurable way,"

    Bullshit, son. It's a little thing called PHYSICAL ACCESS REQUIRED.

  12. Re:Networked light bulbs are useless and stupid on Researchers Hack Philips Hue Smart Bulbs Using a Drone (pcworld.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    This. I work in lighting, specifically LED. Making an analog RGB control is dead fucking simple and we've got wiring that already exists to handle such a thing.

  13. It sounds like they're tying warranty for a third party thing (Windows) to their stuff.

  14. Re:I'm no where near as smart as most of you.. on Leaked NASA Paper Suggests The 'Impossible' EM Drive Really Does Work (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    "As long as you get MORE energy out of it than you put in, it IS a perpetuum mobile, and, by extension, a free energy machine."

    Except basic laws like the second law of thermodynamics comes in and wrecks your entire bullshit assumption. Hi, our names are Entropy, Friction, and Electrical Loss during conversion. Just the bare fact this thing has WIRES means there's going to be HUGE loss and thus you can NEVER EXCEED UNITY.

    This is like 9th fucking grade physics. How the fuck did you not learn this?

  15. Re: Yes, nobody knows, yes, poop in some bamboo on Leaked NASA Paper Suggests The 'Impossible' EM Drive Really Does Work (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    Most likely they do not, given their basic ignorance on other subjects.

  16. "How can you be sure you didn't miss a mistake in the proof when you read it?"

    Unless you yourself can answer this question, and immediately provide an answer to the proof itself, you shouldn't even be talking. You clearly demonstrated you have no clue what you're talking about when you ignored basic things like friction and entropy in your arguments above. Real people are doing the math. I'm doing it right now, and the numbers check out. That's with checking by nines included as a secondary proof check on the mathematical results of these tests. So until YOU do the math yourself, and can come up with something different from what these reports are saying, be quiet.

  17. Re:I need to see more on Leaked NASA Paper Suggests The 'Impossible' EM Drive Really Does Work (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, yes it does. Friction is THE SOURCE OF ENTROPY for every single device.

    And there's where your basic understanding of physics seems to stop.

  18. Re:I need to see more on Leaked NASA Paper Suggests The 'Impossible' EM Drive Really Does Work (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    Do you design machines which generate thrust? Because let me tell you, the drive can't generate enough energy to power itself. The thrust to power ratio proves that to anyone with a proper understanding of basic physics fundamentals. They know the thrust isn't an error because they've measured it against something a few orders of magnitude lower - solar impulse - and they have more powerful engines to compare against a well (one mentioned right in the fucking summary.)

    You should drop your argument, because it's clear that research is proving you absolutely wrong.

  19. Re:I need to see more on Leaked NASA Paper Suggests The 'Impossible' EM Drive Really Does Work (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    "A perpetual motion machine is taken to be a machine (i.e. does work/energy is extracted) which goes indefinitely without energy in."

    You're missing something. It needs zero entropy as well to be considered perpetual.

    This drive clearly demonstrates huge orders of entropy. The thrust output to power input ratio clearly demonstrates that most of the power is in fact lost to entropy.

    Thus, this simply cannot by definition be a perpetual motion machine.

  20. Re:I need to see more on Leaked NASA Paper Suggests The 'Impossible' EM Drive Really Does Work (sciencealert.com) · · Score: 1

    "Yes, and that would mean it's a perpetual motion machine too"

    1.2 millinewtons of thrust per kW of energy utilized seems like a HUGE FUCKING WASTE TO ME. I smell zero perpetual motion here.

  21. Re:I'm paid well because... on Ask Slashdot: Why Are American Tech Workers Paid So Well? · · Score: 1

    Or, alternatively, firefox doesn't fucking know how to stick with default behaviors with every fucking upgrade. Double-clicking a word used to highlight it for removal, now it takes three clicks. Also, it ignores half of your mouse clicks and registers keystrokes when it shouldn't, especially on sites like Twitter.

  22. I'm paid well because... on Ask Slashdot: Why Are American Tech Workers Paid So Well? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    A. I can rig your entire building for gigabit wired and wireless transfer speeds. T568B all day.
    B. I can configure your stuff from MPLS to ASA to software-defined stacks.
    C. I can get on-site when your remote access inevitably fails, assuming you're not stupid enough to rely upon cloud-only solutions.
    D. I actually speak and understand English.
    E. I have other skills that your company might want, and I am asked about quite often (Doorbell job after wiring up their patch panels? $40/hr.)
    F. I possess got over two decades of experience.
    G. My warranties and guarantees on my work actually mean something.
    H. I don't read off a fucking script, nor do I ever need to.
    I. And the list goes on.....

  23. Re:In the Apple Store... on Apple Cuts USB-C Adapter Prices In Response To MacBook Pro Complaints (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    I can grab the hard drive and run out of the house. I can't go into a burning datacenter to retrieve my information.

    Anyone that isn't in FULL CONTROL of their backups is a moron.

  24. Re:Broken Jaw?!? on Samsung Washing Machines Recalled For Risk of 'Impact Injuries' (usatoday.com) · · Score: 1

    You must not have ever done the laundry in your life. Excessive vibration is usually a sign of an unbalanced load in the wash tub. The cure is to walk over to the machine and open the lid and re-adjust the clothes distribution. I can well imagine the top flying off as a person is walking over to correct what they assume is an unbalanced washing machine load, and popping them in the jaw.

  25. The fate of our national past time on US Government Sues AT&T/DirecTV, Calls It 'Ringleader' of Collusion Scheme (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I think it's about time our national past time became nationalized. This is just beyond bullshit.