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  1. Re:Duh. on The End of the Gas Guzzler · · Score: 1

    actually the car i drive is one of the first to have a unibody with crumple zones.. i'm sure it would not to as well as the most modern cars, but i doubt i would be taken away in a body bag.

    the trick is that the car is only 1700lbs - and yes it is a lot louder, but hey to each's own..

  2. Re:Sounds just about right for Oracle. on Java 7 Ships With Severe Bug · · Score: 1

    exactly - and to top it off according to Apache.. Oracle has put the fix in a timeline to be released on Java 7 update 2.. so something that should never have gone out the door isn't going to be fixed for this or the next update.. that's just stupid.

  3. Re:How many... on The End of the Gas Guzzler · · Score: 1

    if you are getting hydrogen from water you are doing it via electrolysis

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolysis_of_water

    where you pump electrical power into water to split the H & O.. problem is.. it isn't very efficient. best being 50-80% of electricy into potiental Hydrogen chimical potiental energy.. then you have to use a fuel cell or other method to later turn that back into electrical power - ICE's are ~50% max (~25% actual) and actual Fuel Cells are ~60% max (~45% actual) for cars

    put it together and you have

    1000kwh *.5-.8 = 500-800kwh

    500-800kwh * .25-.5 = 125kwh-400kwh (both worst - both best) for ICE's so total 12.5%-40%

    500-800kwh * .45-.6 = 225kwh-480kwh (both worst - both best) for EV Fuel Cells's so total 22.5%-48%

    put that on top of the extremely low energy density of Hydrogen storage - It does not make sense to try to make Hydrogen fueled cars and power them from Hydrogen generated from water & electricity.

    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Energy_density.svg

    Compare Hydrogen to Gas.. Gas is the target - reality just doesn't let it work.

  4. Re:Duh. on The End of the Gas Guzzler · · Score: 1

    personally i take the stance of there is no single car to fit all uses.. there for i have more than one so i can fit my needs.

    i'm one of the f150 guys with a clean liner.. but the ball on the back is quite warn.. (gets used purely for long distance heavy towing 302 gets 17mpg highway)

    then i have a small (very small) 35+mpg car for daily commute.. both old and both where used and together don't cost a lot.

    i find it sad the fuel economy of current cars - considering my car is over 30 years old and the radio is the most advanced tech in it.. there is zero reason why i get better mileage than my wife's civic.

  5. Re:Whaddayamean "long term"? on Analyzing Long-Term SSD Failure Rates · · Score: 1

    PS. you replaced your SSDs with a pair or HDDs in RAID 0 format. Beggers belief.

    and on top of that because the SSD failed and they lost data .. makes me wonder if they even have a clue what they are doing.

  6. Re:Once you have discovered on Why Your Dad's 30-Year-Old Stereo Sounds Better Than Yours · · Score: 1

    Rotel + B&W = lovely..

  7. Re:How long before someone bricks an expensive car on War Texting Lets Hackers Unlock Car Doors Via SMS · · Score: 1

    add this to northstar - where remotely they can turn the engine on and off - then it gets interesting.

  8. Re:Easy enough on McCain Decries "Hobbits," Accused of Ringbearing · · Score: 1

    good catch.. me not thinking - no coffee today.

  9. Re:Easy enough on McCain Decries "Hobbits," Accused of Ringbearing · · Score: 0

    technically 96/100 is the same as 48/50 as 24/25.

    fractions are fun.

  10. Re:J/MW? on Solar Energy Is the Fastest Growing Industry In the US · · Score: 1

    be careful when you write "$ per Megawatt" that can be taken two ways.. "cost per Megawatt" which is what you meant and is efficiency related to consumer and "profit per Megawatt" which is not what you meant and rather is efficiency related to cartels.

  11. Re:Propped Up Industry on Solar Energy Is the Fastest Growing Industry In the US · · Score: 1

    to be fair .. building a rail system for all of Britain is equivalent to building it for a 1-2 states here in the US..

    you have a small area with high population density

    we have a large area with low population density

    the money is where the people are - if left up to private companies they would only ever build a rail where there was a concentration of people and not bother making long haul runs as they aren't short term profitable - and if they are profitable they are not as profitable as other short runs.

    the US government subsidized the long hauls with the intent of hoping to grow the country and population into areas that where disconnected. ( i have no idea what Britain got involved in theirs except that it is politician's nature to meddle )

  12. Re:And insert ads on Google Announces Google CDN · · Score: 1

    I would say the hidden catch here is that they now know more about your site traffic than they did be fore.

  13. Re:Arcade Fire's was better and why HTML5? on OK Go Goes HTML5 · · Score: 1

    that is a very impressive example.. although i did laugh that on mine it had the guy running though cars..

  14. Re:Intriguing on First Earth Trojan Asteroid Discovered · · Score: 1

    well if you look at it's orbit it is orbiting the L4 in way that is out or our orbit plane.. so while it's stable it's also not exactly just sitting there.

  15. Re:Umm. No credibility on LulzSec Calls For PayPal Boycott, Spokesman Arrested · · Score: 3, Informative

    A merchant account has more than just a % cost.

    There are:
    Monthly access fees
    Monthly PCIDSS fees
    Monthly interchange access fees (per card network)
    Monthly interchange volume fees (per card network)

    Per transaction cost fixed
    Per batch cost fixed

    Per transaction cost % (discount rates)
    Per transaction cost % (qualified/non-qualified)

    And that is just what is listed on the summary page on my statement in front of me. We move enough volume that this is cheaper - but personally i am happy with Paypal for accepting CC's on my own as i don't have to deal with the head aches listed above.. and to be fair.. while for work it is cheaper and even 1% can be thousands of dollars. personally that is cents and random and rare.. it just doesn't make any sense to maintain a merchant account if you are non consistent low volume.

  16. Re:What if scenario on Court Filing On How 2004 Ohio Election Hacked · · Score: 1

    sadly the US public as a whole wouldn't handle having a President (even W) in Jail. hell we can't even get senators in Jail when it is completely and bloody obvious to everyone what happened (Ted K.)

  17. Re:Unmanned I assume on Dragon Capsule Could Be 1st Private Craft To Dock With ISS · · Score: 1

    so put the guy in a suit and launch..

  18. Re:About f*cking time on The Loudness Wars May Be Ending · · Score: 1

    for that you need musical artists not "singers"/"vocalists" who actually care about their music more than trying to make as much money as they can.

  19. Re:Because of a new Evil: Autotune. on The Loudness Wars May Be Ending · · Score: 1

    it's funny i actually take notice now when i hear a singer that ISN'T using autotune, funny how i'd rather listen to someone with talent.

  20. Re:Random observations from Europe on Google: Sun Offered To License Java For $100M · · Score: 1

    i was about to say - this is not your normal Judge in my eyes.. they really lucked out.

  21. Re:This judge mostly gets it on Google: Sun Offered To License Java For $100M · · Score: 1

    to be fair with the Microsoft java suit - it hinged on MS calling it Java..

    I don't remember Google ever labeling it Java

  22. Re:Ron Paul 2012 on Fed Audit's Initial Report Reveals Trillions in Secret Loans · · Score: 1

    except the interest they give you is no where near the inflation rate or anywhere near the value of it.

  23. Re:Bluetooth sucks on Apple Adopts Bluetooth 4.0. Could It Reject NFC? · · Score: 1

    well simply .. the standard was made as a group and reference.. and the profile specs where decided on and put into the spec..

    then they for some reason ran off and made all the implementation stacks the responsibly of the vendor.. AND didn't require the vendors to support all the profiles in the spec..

    this is why we have a crapy mix of consistency.. and simply put the more you pay for your blue tooth adapter the better the device support is.

  24. Re:Again? on Build Your Own 135TB RAID6 Storage Pod For $7,384 · · Score: 1

    opps - read the thing and missed the one off price on the line item - thanks for pointing that out.

  25. Re:Again? on Build Your Own 135TB RAID6 Storage Pod For $7,384 · · Score: 1

    5k just for the case? or is that everything sans drives?