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  1. Re:Remember, kids... on Microsoft Outlines Windows Phone 7 Kill Switch · · Score: 1

    yea i wasn't trying to contradict you - i agree too windows mobile 7 doesn't look like it will help them.

    i was just stating what i see when you take a step back and realize what has happened.

  2. Re:One of the reasons - fragile democracies on An Anonymous, Verifiable E-Voting Tech · · Score: 1

    I will *never* understand the way elections are run in the US.

    best i can tell it is so the people in power can stay in power.. and keep the money rolling in for them and their friends.

  3. Re:Remember, kids... on Microsoft Outlines Windows Phone 7 Kill Switch · · Score: 2, Insightful

    somethings gone wrong when you have to root/jailbreak the linux devices do do what you want but the windows ones are open..

    (except this newest version of windows.. but it isn't exactly out yet so i don't count it)

  4. Re:Before people start in on MS..... on Microsoft Outlines Windows Phone 7 Kill Switch · · Score: 1, Informative

    So has Apple for NDrive

  5. Re:hmm on Microsoft Outlines Windows Phone 7 Kill Switch · · Score: 1

    Apple hasn't?

    http://www.slashgear.com/ndrive-gps-app-disappears-from-apple-app-store-kill-switch-the-culprit-0893419/

    if you don't like the site check around

  6. Re:This came in to be from one of 2 ways: on Flash Comes To the iPhone Via App · · Score: 1

    neither - this is just Apple allowing a company to do the same thing that it let YouTube do - but this time they are acting as a trans-coding proxy rather than trans-coding their own content.

    Nothing changes for apple - BUT it will put this company in an interesting spot for copyright violations - as they are inherently making derivative works on the fly and distributing them, all without permission.

  7. Re:One of the reasons - fragile democracies on An Anonymous, Verifiable E-Voting Tech · · Score: 2, Insightful

    what we need is a way of making the ones who don't vote - who don't give a shit - who have zero political affiliation - the ones that handle and count the votes..

    Sorry but i do have issues when the people who count the votes have a political affiliation.

  8. Re:WiFi? on With the Jack PC, the Computer's In the Wall! · · Score: 1

    same thing here..

    then i realized hey just means it has blue tooth..

    then i read the article/crap and realized it is via an optional USB adapter.

    surprised they don't just start listing support for everything imaginable that can be connected via USB.

  9. Re:dual display over the network must needs lots o on With the Jack PC, the Computer's In the Wall! · · Score: 1

    although I don't think you can do PoE over 10base2.

    Not sure either -- but I've got a car battery and some cable - let see if it lights up any thing, quick be ready to catch the magic smoke.

  10. Re:Buying companies for their software patents? on Oracle Shells Out $1B To Buy ATG · · Score: 1

    50 million in REVENUE is easy to do..

    i bet if i had the money in had i could get it too..

    hey give me 1$ and i'll give you 2$.. i bet i can get 50 million given to me..

    REVENUE is a very bad metric to use for buying a company.. Profit? earnings? Net-Income.. they are much better numbers to use.

    REVENUE only shows cash coming in and nothing about the rest which is exceptionally important.

  11. Re:If there only was ... on British Pizza Chain To Install Cones of Silence · · Score: 1

    eat
    talk
    listen

    sorry but most people stop at 2 things at once

    http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/04/16/does-the-multi-tasking-brain-max-out-at-two-tasks/

    as for your sig.. i would change that to single-mode fiber..

  12. Re:Wait so... on Stopping Malaria By Immunizing Mosquitoes · · Score: 2, Informative

    just like we failed with smallpox

  13. Re:How long does it last? on Electric Car Goes 375 Miles On One 6-Minute Charge · · Score: 1

    i regularly drive to see family - door to door it is 128 miles.. making most EV's not usable - this would work as it has the ~300 mile range a normal car has.

    as for the "how large do they have to be"? i don't know about the A2 but i drive an MG Midget.. and i know a lot of people that can't get in/out of my car.

    interestingly i drive it on the 128 mile drive all the time .. at >30 years old it gets >35 mpg.. and while yes it is small and lite - it is made from steal not aluminum - weighs less but not much less than a mazda miata and it also not nearly as aerodynamic as any modern car..

    as far as i'm convinced the increased fuel efficiency of modern cars is more a sham than anything else.

  14. Re:How long does it last? on Electric Car Goes 375 Miles On One 6-Minute Charge · · Score: 1

    my mains draw in my house is 240v at 200A and i have a 100A running to a sub panel..

    not sure where you got 900kw .. 600km range 15kWh per 100km means ((600/100)*15) = 90kWh 90kW/240v = 375A to charge in 1 hour.. to charge in 6m? 375*(60/6) = 2,250A at 240v.

    so while i agree that 6min isn't going to be normal for your average home - at 375/200max = 1.875h so basically 2 hours.. and then look at the average home's usage cut that down to a safe 100amp max or even maybe 150amp if you have a smart box for disturbing.. it comes up to 4h max.

    now flip this 6min to be useful.. we look at public charging stations - just like gas stations - but placed near substations .. where 2.4-33kv isn't hard and you cut it down to

    90kW/2400v = 37.5A or 90kW/33000v = 2.72A

    now - the real question is.. do i trust the random joe at a gas station talking on his cell phone and screaming at his kids wile smoking and trying to eat a bigmac to properly hook up a 2.4k volt connector? No i don't.

    yea we can try to make them idiot proof - but then they just come out with a dumber idiot

  15. Re:Here is a Google analogy...(sorry no cars) on Prosecutors Request Closed Courtroom For Goldman HFT Programmer's Trial · · Score: 2, Interesting

    if i remember correctly the Judge can seal trade secret documents - they are openly reviewed by both sides and the Judge under contempt to repeat/reuse out side of the court & case. The documents would be put into record as sealed evidence for the case.

    in that way - the actual proceedings do not need to be closed only the content of a few documents.

  16. Re:Do not trust on Wireless HDMI At 1080p, Lag-Free WHDI Tested · · Score: 1

    so it's with the 802.11a instead of the more common b/g range.. all of which falls into the WiFi group.

  17. Re:Here we go again (SCO) on Oracle Claims Google 'Directly Copied' Our Java Code · · Score: 1

    Also after SCO - no lawfirm will be nearly as stupid as SCO's..

  18. Re:ISTR... on How To Protect Against Firesheep Attacks · · Score: 1

    if i remember right it wasn't reliable - and relied on guessing rather than pure computational.

  19. Re:Good for us Sellers on Amazon Prevails In State Sales Tax Dispute, Thus Far · · Score: 1



    <quote><p>I'm surprised homeowner associations aren't doing it. :)</p></quote>

    <p>Shush. We do <b>not</b> want to give them ideas like that.</p></quote>

    what do you think your homeowners dues are??

  20. Re:Good for us Sellers on Amazon Prevails In State Sales Tax Dispute, Thus Far · · Score: 1

    as bas as it sounds your tax code is far simpler than ours for sales.

    depending on the good and your EXACT address you can have

    Federal
    State
    County
    City/Town
    Fellowship

    All cumulative - and they can very a lot.. where i live it comes out to be ~7.5% on normal goods 2.5% on foods like fresh veggies and 8% on sodas.

    Making Amazon a company not from this area have to keep track of that is stupid - instead it is my responsibly as a citizen to buggy up and pay the tax at the end of the year.

    What NC is trying to do is get the list of people and goods and prices so they can then send nasty grams out to the people to pay their tax on it + a surcharge/late fee i'm sure.

  21. Re:Seen on a major job board today on Quantum Computing Explained! (Well, Sorta) · · Score: 1

    a proven track record of creating Quantum Computing applications



    "a proven track record of creating scalable Quantum Computing applications"

    Fixed it it for you :) sorry seemed like you where missing a buzz word in there..
  22. Re:Actually on Quantum Computing Explained! (Well, Sorta) · · Score: 1

    so like the rest of /. they are aiming for meh?

  23. Re:The higher prices... on Riskiest Web Domains To Visit · · Score: 2, Insightful

    sorry but go-daddy's 99cent registration is ensured to not be verified.. and anyone who believes they are or could do it has issues.

    yes they should be doing it by default - and they did when the net started - i remember paying 35$ a year and was voice verified and a letter. now days they don't give a shit because if they don't verify then there is nothing anyone can do.

  24. Re:A shame I won't be playing it. on Blizzard Announces Final Diablo 3 Class, PvP Arena Battles · · Score: 1

    (in the latest patch) changing quest rewards.

    that actually got me - went back to do a replay through a month or so ago. i thought my computer had bugged out when i killed the Ancients and didn't get anything.. although i did find 2 area's where they fudged up the drop rates for set items in act 5.. quite nice and quick to farm too.

  25. Re:One small step... on Programmable Magnets · · Score: 1

    while that is correct for the surface - escape velocity is a lot lower the higher you get - if you could use something like this to get into LEO then burn your way to an escape velocity.. think of sling-shotting a bottle rocket.

    my big question would if you are going to accelerate it in a vacuum - somehow you have to avoid the bug on a windshield effect once you let go and put it in the air..