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  1. Re:Is there an engineer or scientist in the house? on NASA's Juno, Armored Tank Heading For Jupiter · · Score: 1

    The first mass is the whole thing, then the the second mass is just a wall. So in the 200 kg there are probably six 18 kg walls and some stuff inside.

  2. Re:running the accelerator through the computer on Toyota Sudden Acceleration Is Driver Error · · Score: 1

    A lot of people seem to have that opinion, but the truth is, cars are much more complex than they were in the days when we could do that. The engines are already highly controlled to get the best fuel usage and least amount of pollution, and with more and more hybrids, it's not even possible to have it just control the gas since part of the time the car uses the electric motor.

  3. Re:Offtopic? Maybe. on Toyota Sudden Acceleration Is Driver Error · · Score: 1

    They are - turn the key (or hold the start button) and you'll turn off the car.

  4. Re:Greatest achievement on Willow Garage Robot Fetches Beer, Engineers Rejoice · · Score: 3, Informative

    Which by the way was invented for commercial use 82 years ago today: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sliced_bread

  5. Re:This is not the wrong you are looking for. on AU Band Men At Work Owes Royalties On 'Kookaburra' · · Score: 1

    It was brought up now because some game show asked the contestant what nursery school tune is played in the song "Down Under". It's worth noting that it wasn't guessed either.

  6. Re:Another Apple Story? on More Trouble In Apple's App Store · · Score: 1

    You could always go to slashdot settings and select that you don't want to see as many apple stories...

  7. Re:oh goodie on Blizzard To Require Real First and Last Names For Official Forums · · Score: 1

    Best NPR corrections segment was when they apologized for a recent interview with someone named "Mike Rotch" and explained that that was not his actual name.

  8. Re:Humans in the loop on Russian Cargo Ship Docks At ISS On Second Try · · Score: 1

    So you're suggesting we'll be sending billions of people into space instead of the birth rate declining?

  9. Re:Cards should not be mailed. Period. on HSBC Bank Sends Activated Debit Cards Through Mail · · Score: 1

    So what do people like me do that use HSBC Direct (online banking)? There isn't a branch location within a hundred miles of me now.

    I don't remember if I had to activated my debit card when I got it, but I remember there was a hassle to get the PIN since it had to be sent separately from the card.

  10. Re:Terrestrial solar? on Obama Awards Nearly $2 Billion For Solar Power · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Sounds like you've been playing a lot of sim city. It's true the microwave power plants tend to miss sometimes and set fires, but fusion won't be around until the 2050s

  11. Re:everybody back to 4th grade, please. on Apple, AT&T Sued Over iPhone 4 Antennas · · Score: 1

    Or like "after the illegal search of his effects, the police did effect him with his wallet"

  12. Re:Firefox is playing catch-up on Firefox 4.0 Beta Candidate Available · · Score: 1

    Speaking of which, Opera has released Opera 10.60 RC2 today: http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/show.dml/13348892

    Looks like firefox is going to have to keep playing catch up

  13. Re:AT&T on iOS 4 Releases Today · · Score: 1

    Not very likely since people will be downloading the upgrade on their computer, not the 3G network.

  14. Re:The danger of solar power on Solar-Powered Ultralight To Try 24-Hour Flight · · Score: 3, Funny

    One summer I was working at a college and was wearing a hard hat while I was going to check something at a construction site. As I was heading along a public street, some guy with a big beard and rainbow hat and shirt came up and started asking if I knew anything about solar power. I told him I did, and he worriedly asked if it was "sucking in the sun".

    I told him that it was safe because it would be wasted if we didn't save it and he seemed very relieved that science wasn't going to use it all up. He promised to talk to me again so I quickly requested to work at a different site.

  15. Re:Thanks god. on Google Introduces, Then Scraps, Bing-Style Background Images · · Score: 1

    Even though you know where something is, doesn't mean you can't make it easier to find it. There are lots of ways to increase the ease of usage for a page even for experienced users.

  16. Re:Thanks god. on Google Introduces, Then Scraps, Bing-Style Background Images · · Score: 1

    They did that, but they also wanted to make it even more clear when you first load the page, and at the same time have a page with other links and information for people that might want to look for other stuff.

  17. Re:Thanks god. on Google Introduces, Then Scraps, Bing-Style Background Images · · Score: 1

    That's not a bad feature actually. It makes it easy to quickly see the search bar where you can type in your search. That's what the page is for after all.

  18. Re:I get 2 sponsored links right now on BP Buys "Oil Spill" Search Term · · Score: 1

    The Tar Ball Burner(TM) is protected under US Patent 5,870,779, and other pending US and International Patents.

    Hmmm and that patent would be?

    Undergarment with a testicle pouch and genital space

    Ah it all makes sense now...

  19. Re:Don't browse Amazon sitting at a cafe outside on Amazon Seeks 1-Nod Ordering Patent · · Score: 1

    But you save $2,608.62 by buying it on Amazon so it's cool.

  20. Re:Just wanna say on Doctor Slams Hospital's "Please" Policy · · Score: 2

    This is just going to lead to sheets for test requests that have the word "Please" pre-printed on them.

  21. Re:IE6 is most used? on The Man At Microsoft Charged With Destroying IE6 · · Score: 1

    Used to be firefox 3, now it's 3.5. Also versions 7 and 8 have higher amount of users than 6 now.

  22. Re:Watermarking!=Piracy on Warner Bros. Accused of Pirating Anti-Pirating Tech · · Score: 1

    Believe it or not, most theaters still use film, though few use the changeovers any more. At least with the cue marks, they're just in the corner of the frame. The stupid brown spots are about 1/4 the diameter but they're spread over the middle of the frame.

  23. IE6 is most used? on The Man At Microsoft Charged With Destroying IE6 · · Score: 1

    What statistics show it as most used browser? All the ones I've seen it's way below firefox.

  24. Re:Watermarking!=Piracy on Warner Bros. Accused of Pirating Anti-Pirating Tech · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I think this is where they put the grid of brown dots in patterns across the middle of the picture. It's not quite like watermarking because it's only a couple frames here and there and it shows a unique ID pattern for each print. It's also more annoying for the viewer once you start noticing.

  25. Re:clapping to the robot on Toyota Robot Violinist Wows At Shanghai Expo · · Score: 1

    People clap at movies they like where usually not even the staff of the theater can see or hear them much less anyone involved with the film. Basically people will clap at anything they like.