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  1. Nigel's lamps dim at 11 on UK To Dim Highway Lights To Save Money · · Score: 1

    They're one later.

  2. Re:A rather interesting approach on Canadians #TellVicEverything In Response To Bill C-30 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Those Canadians (and for that matter Mexicans and Bolivians) can be so un-American at times.

  3. Re:Not comcast on The 'Cable Guy' Now a Network Specialist · · Score: 1

    The first time I was auto-forwarded to an ISP-provided search page for a typo in a domain name I changed my DNS servers to 4.2.2.1, 4.2.2.2, and 4.2.2.3.
    What benefits do ISP-provided name servers provide?

  4. Turn Carjackings into Kidnappings! on New Car Anti-Theft Device Profiles Your Rear End · · Score: 1

    I would much rather hand over my keys if an armed would-be-car-thief came at my new gadget-filled vehicle than hop in and drive him to his chop shop of choice.
    Also, to pass this "security" test the driver's door must already have been unlocked and opened.

  5. Re:The money quote on Self-Contained PC Liquid Coolers Explored · · Score: 1

    Heat pipes tend to rely on phase changes and capillary action or gravity to complete a simple refrigeration cycle.
    Convection alone would make a pretty weak heat pipe.

  6. Re:Not surprising on Using a Tablet As Your Primary Computer · · Score: 1

    I accidentally modded you down when my iPhone helped me choose the wrong drop-down list. This reply should fix the glitch.

  7. Re:Meh. on Dell's Misleading Graphics Card Buying Advice · · Score: 1

    > So, by doubling the core count instead of just calling it hyperthreading, they can generate twice the license income for software producers.

    Or, by not actually doubling the core count and just calling hyperthreaded cores "modules", AMD can provide a (low) middle ground between n- and 2n-core processors without doubling the license cost for server operators.

  8. Re:Groklaw has a pretty good article. on Bill Gates Takes the Stand In WordPerfect Trial · · Score: 1

    Mod foul-mouthed, off-topic parent up.
    Linux from the days of floppy installation was tedious.

  9. Re:Because so many more enter college these days? on Why Do So Many College Science Majors Drop Out? · · Score: 1

    Your friend found out the hard way that intelligence and high school accolades had little bearing on his university performance.
    He adapted, succeeded, and is doing well; I am not implying that the below patterns I observed were the cause of his particular struggle.

    High school teachers who hand out "A" grades like attaboys make students look good on applications to challenging university programs without preparing them for university-level workloads.
    Add NCLB into the mix, and teachers may be denied the opportunity to prepare smart kids while too busy pandering to those performing below the acceptable standard.
    High school teachers would have to subject students to actually challenging curriculum and provide real incentive to perform by grading tough to prepare them for the real thing.

    tl;dr blame US secondary education

    Ryan Stonecipher
    GT BSME '06

  10. Re:BLOOAATT on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Won't Fit On a CD · · Score: 2

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD
    FWIW, the minimal Debian installer was a hell of a lot more polished last time I checked.

  11. Re:Try Lubuntu! on Are Power Users Too Cool For Ubuntu Unity? · · Score: 1

    Why do you people try so hard to find an Ubuntu-of-the-month? By requiring a *buntu you're demanding that people try to hybridize a sickly mutt in hopes of cashing in on the next designer breed of Linux distribution. Wouldn't it be better to start with pedigreed stock such as Debian rather than its confused, unloved spawn?

  12. Re:Vigilances on Anonymous Hackers Take Down Child Porn Websites · · Score: 2

    At a sit-in one occupies a space owned by a for-profit company without spending a significant amount of money. This space could be used to generate a normal stream of revenue if customers were able to purchase goods or services and move along. By preventing the proprietor from bringing in a normal amount of customers' money, sit-ins definitely result in a loss of revenue and likely tack on an added cost; it takes a few bucks more to ventilate and condition a building full of people than to hold an empty building at a steady state.

  13. 3 *new* iPhones? on Woz Is First In Line For iPhone 4S · · Score: -1, Troll

    What a 1%er.

  14. Re:Go Pypy! on See the PyPy JIT In Action · · Score: 1

    Thanks anon!
    Somebody should mod this coward up.

  15. Re:Dumb question... on Missouri Law Says Students, Teachers Can't Be Facebook Friends · · Score: 1

    With few exceptions (e.g. your parent/teacher teaches a class or chairs a club which no other teachers offer) the potential academic conflict of interest prevents this situation from occurring.
    A child in such a situation often attends the lectures of the class but is graded by another teacher familiar with the curriculum.

  16. Re:"not air conditioning the gym from 9pm-3am" on Two More Google Software Dogs Go To Heaven · · Score: 1

    Line 3, word 6 should read "gymnasium" rather than "gymnaisum"

    tl;dr - s/gymnaisum/gymnasium/g

  17. Re:"not air conditioning the gym from 9pm-3am" on Two More Google Software Dogs Go To Heaven · · Score: 1

    HVAC geek here,
    I recognize the parent poster's humor, but take exception with the conclusion that more air conditioning capacity would be required.

    The cooling system for a gymnaisum should (1) provide enough fresh air for the room's expected occupancy, (2) maintain a comfortable temperature between the lowest seating and the highest seating, and (3) remove water vapor provided by sweaty athletes and heavy-breathing spectators.
    A dehumidifying air handler should take care of (1) and (3), while destratification fans would blend the air for consistent feel over the height range described in (2).

    During a LAN party, there should be fewer occupants in the space than during, for example, a basketball game.
    These occupants would be seated and thus lower to the ground than running and jumping athletes or spectators in bleachers.
    Overhead lighting levels could be reduced to limit glare on monitors, probably down to the density required by code for emergency egress.
    From 9pm to 3am, the building envelope would not be subjected to the heat load of solar radiation.

    If destratification fans were turned off and CO2/H2O sensors were used to control the outside air intake and dehumidification stages of the air handler, respectively, the cost of cooling overnight LAN parties may be less than the cost of cooling the space during its designed use.

    Just my $0.02

  18. Re:Saving the planet on Long Now Clock Advances With Bezos Cash · · Score: 1

    Someone will assume 12012-12-21 is a ternary date and panic 620 solar years too soon.

  19. Re:other ways to avoid suck on 9 Features We May See In Ubuntu 11.10 · · Score: 1

    If you don't have more than 5 minutes to work out a problem, how do you have time to compile kernels inside a VM?

  20. Killer App? on 9 Features We May See In Ubuntu 11.10 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Ubuntu has gone soft. Its recent changes pushed me back to Debian. Why does it have to be targeted at social media, online music sales, etc.? Unless it has something to give that isn't better-known on another platform, there's no incentive for users to switch.
    TFA is slashdotted or I'd cross my fingers hoping for just that feature.

  21. Re:Yes, let's all focus on the iPhone apps... on US Says Plane Finder App Threatens Security · · Score: 1

    I blew beer out my nose reading this. Thanks.

  22. Drivers vs Pilots on Pentagon Selects Companies To Build Flying Humvees · · Score: 1

    Pretend this program gets off the ground.
    Bad drivers tend to survive crashes in good cars.
    Bad pilots don't do quite so well, excepting the occasional embarrassing ground roll on landing.
    Helicopters require more complicated controls than planes.

    There would be a significant population of competent truck drivers who would struggle to pilot an ultralight helicopter-truck.

  23. Re:MEP? on Italian MEP Wants To Eliminate Anonymity On the Internet · · Score: 1

    To a handful of engineer-Slashdotters, it means "Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing". TLAs suck.

  24. Steven Hawking = Roland Emmerich? on Don't Talk To Aliens, Warns Stephen Hawking · · Score: 1

    It sounds like this physicist thinks the film Independence Day may come true. What could we possibly have in our young solar system that would make it worth the bother for a nomadic civilization of harvesting aliens to visit?

  25. Re:The other problem is big things get certified on Energy Star Program Certifies 15 Out of 20 Bogus Products · · Score: 1

    That was very well-written.