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  1. Racewalking on The Bloodhound Will Stay On the Ground At 1,000 mph · · Score: 1

    >>Depending on how the rules for "world's fastest car" are written, how the aero is done determines how impressive this really is.

    I guess. Even the world's fastest car will be doing between 0 and 10MPH in Los Angeles traffic if it can't fly.

    I just don't see the point to taking an airplane, putting it on wheels, and spending effort trying to get it not to fly when it's doing 1000MPH.

    It's every bit as pointless as racewalking, where if both your feet are off the ground at any time you're disqualified.

  2. Bad News for Photophiles on Toshiba Ends Incandescent Bulb Production After 120 Years · · Score: 1

    First they did it with audio, then with video (my beloved CRT just died), now lights (I don't think LED even with "Quantum Dots" can emit a smooth spectrum). I guess I'll just have to splash out on those special-run "tubes" for my lighting.

  3. Re:Its dead Jim. on Waledac Botnet Now Completely Offline, Experts Say · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Capt.DrumkenBum (1173011) said: Its dead Jim.

    snikulin (889460) said: I think it was "Zed's dead, Baby, Zed's dead"

    You guys should swap UIDs.

  4. Re:Supply and demand? on US Sits On Supply of Rare, Tech-Crucial Minerals · · Score: 1

    Not likely, given the supply and the current and projected demand. But we should seriously start suing countries like China for unfair trade practices like destroying the environment. It's the same thing as subsidizing an industry. I like our environmental laws, people should not be allowed to dump the costs of their actions onto others, they should take personal responsibility.

    Destroying whose environment exactly? If I damage your property, there are already laws stipulating personal liability to provide restitution. If ownership of this "environment" is not defined, who bears the cost of the action?

  5. Re:Cool thing is... on Blind Soldier Uses Tongue To "See" · · Score: 1

    before long, he won't be thinking about deciphering "square", "circle", "room" etc. If my understanding is correct, he really will be able to see with his tongue, in the same way you or I see with our eyes. It'll wire the tongue up to the vision center.

    The brain is flippin' cool.

    "Square, circle, room" isn't quite "blonde, brunette, redhead", is it? Hopefully, he's got some memories to fall back on.

  6. LHC to the rescue on Attack of the Killer Electrons · · Score: 0

    From TFA: Thanks to this analysis of Cluster data, if the killer electrons happen to be ejected towards Earth, we now know that they can strike the atmosphere within just 15 minutes.

    "Take off every Killer Positron, for great justice!"

  7. Roman, Greek, Nubian, Hawk, Snub and Turn-up on Nose Scanners — the New Face of Biometrics? · · Score: 3, Funny

    Add a CowboyNeal option and you've got the next Slashdot poll.

  8. Oh, what a feeling... on Humans Continue To Be "Weak Link" In Data Security · · Score: 1

    Any procedure, any system, any protocol, anything fails 9 out of 10 times due to human error. Why we let these insecure parts remain a critical part in anything is beyond me.

    JohnnyCab!

  9. Re:A point to note on Scientology Tries To Block German Documentary · · Score: 1

    In Germany it is seen as a totalitarian anti-democratic organization If only somebody in Germany had the guts to say the same thing about Catholicism, or for that matter Islam.

    What's wrong with being totalitarian and anti-democratic when you can leave if you want to and you are not forced to give money?
    Your assignment this week: United States vs. Catholic Church - compare and contrast

  10. In other news... on The Dark Side of the Web · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Vast collections of literature (many, many LoCs worth) exist outside amazon.com containing esoteric theories, morbid historical narratives and subversive ideas.

  11. Re:Article is wrong. on MIT Scientists Make a Polyethylene Heatsink · · Score: 3, Informative
    krnpimsta said:

    Yes, I was really intrigued and confused, after reading the line: "The new process causes the polymer to conduct heat very efficiently in just one direction,"

    You said:

    You connect a heat source to the bottom of a water tank, as it heats water on the bottom, the density of water in vicinity decreases and flow upward in one direction.

    He was talking about conduction. You're talking about convection.

  12. It's a trap! on FCC Asks You To Test Your Broadband Speeds · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    n/t

  13. Re:well yeah, on China To Tap Combustible Ice As New Energy Source · · Score: 1

    My only question then would be how long would it naturally take for the ice to melt and release the methane.

    The pertinent question would be: How long would it anthropogenically take for the ice to melt?

  14. Re:it wants to control everything on Apple Blocking iPhone Security Software · · Score: 1

    "it wants to control everything"

    So does Microsoft...

    ...which is one way of preventing malware, it's working pretty well so far for that platform.

    Mmmkay...

  15. Easy workaround on Amazon 1-Click Patent Survives Almost Unscathed · · Score: 1

    If you are willing to alienate Mac users, just implement a right-click method.

  16. Extortion or Blackmail? on Man Threatened Spam Attack In $200,000 Extortion Plot · · Score: 2, Interesting
    TFA as opposed to TFS says "threatening to smear it with a spam attack of six million emails".

    If the "smear" consists of truthful but disparaging statements, it would fall within the bounds of free speech.

  17. FF to 2020 on Dot-Com Craze Peaked 10 Years Ago This Week · · Score: 1

    Let's sell dimes for a nickel and make it up in volume......

    dot.bank model: Let's sell dimes for a nickel and make it up in bailouts...

  18. Re:"Library of Congresses"? on Cisco Introduces a 322 Tbit/sec. Router · · Score: 4, Funny

    Stop confusing latency with throughput.

    Great line! I think I'll use it in my next movie:

    Elfprincess 13: "Is that it?"

    Mailman: "Stop confusing latency with throughput"

  19. Re:"Library of Congresses"? on Cisco Introduces a 322 Tbit/sec. Router · · Score: 4, Funny

    Otherwise, it's just about 4.5 US Post Offices worth of throughput/

    Of course, some people might be able to use that.

    Not even Facebook can work with 1.0 USPS latency, I'm afraid.

  20. Will NASA's app get killed? on Apple's iPhone Developer License Agreement Revealed · · Score: 4, Interesting

    They are in violation of the agreement after all for disclosing it.

  21. The very definition of irony on US Eases Internet Export Rules To Iran, Sudan, Cuba · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You need a license to export ?

    Better add "free-speech zones" to that list.

  22. Overkill for pee on Disposable Toilet To Change the World · · Score: 1

    From TFA: 'Once used, the bag can be knotted and buried, and a layer of urea crystals breaks down the waste into fertilizer, killing off disease-producing pathogens found in feces.

    If you pee when you poo, then this is superfluous as pee already contains urea.

  23. Dredge? on The Evolution of Reading In the Digital Age · · Score: 3, Interesting

    From TFA: We’re losing the dredge of the publishing world: disposable books.

    Sounds like "dregs" I guess--if you talk like Sean Connery. I stopped reading right there. That's just a bit too much illiteracy for an article about books.

  24. Re:Unless he's invented on Dr. NakaMats Is the World's Most Prolific Inventor · · Score: 1

    He's Japanese, just give him some used electronics, a paper clip, and some used panties and he'll whip up a Super Fun Time Telomere Re-Raveler.

    In fact, forget the electronics and the paperclip!

  25. Re:I knew that and is MAIN reason I bought Toyota on Toyota Black Box Data Is More Closed Than Others' · · Score: 1

    Is there a website that details what cars have what in terms of chips and such?

    The answer is none. None more black.