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  1. Re:Implementation dependant on Introducing JITB — a Flash Player Built On the JVM · · Score: 1

    I might be old-fashioned, but the solution that has so far worked the best for me:

    - When they have different bandwidth version videos to choose from.
    - When they are also downloadable, so that I can get them over time, even when on a lousy network.

  2. Re:That's not copy protection on Medieval Copy Protection · · Score: 1

    Plus, the Bible already *is* a Fork.

    It started out with the Torah, the Christians made a Sequel, and then the Muslims came along and did a Qur'an fork.

                     

  3. Re:Alternate solution on Is a US High-Speed Railway Economically Feasible? · · Score: 1

    You can easily spent the money you need more for transportation from all the money you save in rent or the money you spent less for buying your house. ;-P

    Depending on the population density some things will be more expensive, other things will be cheaper.

  4. Re:No death star :( on Lasers Approach Their Ultimate Intensity Limit · · Score: 1

    Actually, the Death Star did have many turbolaser batteries, but only one superlaser weapon. According to your link:

    ... Weapon: Prime weapon: superlaser ... ... 10,000 turbolaser batteries, 2,500 laser cannons, 2,500 ion cannons and 768 tractor beam projectors....

    I would be pretty much satisfied with one of the 2,500 laser cannons to get me through my morning commute. ;-P

  5. Re:Arrogant prick on The Second Age of Airships · · Score: 2, Informative

    Well, they already tried that with CargoLifter.

    All that came out of that is the Tropical Island in the ex-hangar.

  6. Re:They collected $75,000... on Officials Use Google Earth To Find Unlicensed Pools · · Score: 1

    Well, I wonder what they will find out about this balcony, for example three days ago.

    And ever wonder why areas that require stricter licenses for building stuff have so much less fatalities in the event of natural disaster than places that don't?

  7. Re:LightPeak on Rethinking Computer Design For an Optical World · · Score: 1

    I still would prefer a case. I went through the "modular" hardware times in the ages of the C64 and other home computers, and one big plus of the standard PC in my eyes was that you could put the whole stuff IN the case.

    One thing that I could see happening, both design and technology wise is to make putting a system together still easier: Perhaps get rid of the "Motherboard" and have a case with a "front door" and a standardized passive backplane (if it goes the direction of the article perhaps even one with optical connectors) where you can plug in the Power Supply / CPU / GPU / Storage / etc.. as you need.

  8. Re:I guess... on FBI Instructs Wikipedia To Drop FBI Seal · · Score: 1

    Plus, any Wikipedia going around in a bar on a weekend trying to impersonate an FBI agent will probably get buried in [citation needed]

  9. Re:How long since you were in school? on TI vs. Calculator Hobbyists, Again · · Score: 1

    I can convert to binary in my head (Well, at least up to 1024 or so.) I still find it pretty useful to use my hands if I have to "remember" an intermediate result while doing some other calculation.

    Or even in a situation where I have to do "real" counting, for example count how often a machine goes through a specific cycle or something. There I can count with my fingers while my brain is free to do something else in the meantime.

  10. Re:How long since you were in school? on TI vs. Calculator Hobbyists, Again · · Score: 1

    Plus, you can High-Four people in binary.

  11. Re:Nice to see on Germany To Test Actively-Cooled Spacecraft · · Score: 1

    The V-2 already had her share of makeovers. For example the Redstone or the Canadian Arrow

  12. Re:Proven delivery system on Senate Bill Adds Shuttle Flight, New Shuttle-Derived Vehicle · · Score: 4, Informative

    Atlas and Delta could be, with relatively minor changes.

    United Launch Alliance evaluation (pdf)

    VIII. Summary

            The EELVs are ready to support crew lift with flight proven vehicles that will have an even longer legacy of
    flights by the crewed IOC date with superior demonstrated reliability compared to any new system. Our schedules
    are grounded by ULA’s unmatched legacy of vehicle development and modifications programs and launch pad
    developments.
            The Atlas V, with the relatively minor addition of an Emergency Detection System and a dedicated NASA
    Vertical Integration Facility (VIF) and Mobile Launch Platform (MLP), is ready for commercial human spaceflight
    and complies with NASA human rating standards. The 3 1/2 year integration span is likely shorter than the
    development for any new commercial capsule that might fly on it.
            The Delta IV has ample performance to support the existing Orion vehicle, without Black Zones. The Delta IV
    can support a mid-2014 Crewed IOC, which is superior to Orion launch alternatives. The proposed 37A pad is a
    look-alike counterpart to the existing 37B pad with low development risk. Human rating the Delta is a relatively
    modest activity, with the addition of an Emergency Detection System, an array of relatively small redundancy and
    safety upgrades, both in the vehicle and the engines that are almost trivial compared to the original development of
    the Delta IV.

  13. Re:The other alternative is the drivers are wrong on Toyota Sudden Acceleration Is Driver Error · · Score: 1

    What I find strange, is that there have been about half a dozen of these strings of "Sudden unintended acceleration" cases, with different makes of cars in the last few decades, starting in the 1980s with Audi 5000.

    The *only* thing they seem to have in common is that they all seem to happen in the US, despite the vehicles in question being sold worldwide.

  14. Re:Did Microsoft REALLY just patent the diode brid on MS Design Lets You Put Batteries In Any Way You Want · · Score: 1

    Hey, maybe the wear is intentional. Perhaps they fear a slow-down in advancement of gadgets, so they need something else to make them obsolete after a few years. ;-P

  15. Re:No Filesystem on Best Format For OS X and Linux HDD? · · Score: 1

    Because he said he has to "readily read and write to them".

    I suspect the way a laboratory works, he wants to plug the disc in and then look / work on the data without first having to copy it to the local drive all the time in a lot of cases.

  16. Re:1.5 Trillion?! on RIAA Says LimeWire Owes $1.5 Trillion · · Score: 2, Interesting

    He. Then even by their wrong maths they are wrong. If they base the "$750 per song" on the assumption that "other people" also downloaded the song on one hand, then that becomes void when they apply that $750 to everybody who downloaded the song on the other hand.

    Stupid bought-out legal system.

  17. Re:Home Labs? on McDonald's, Cadmium, and Thermo Electron Niton Guns · · Score: 1

    It seems you can also rent them, though. If the price/rental fee ratio is somewhat like it is with cars I might actually be tempted to rent one for a day.

  18. Re:Class action lawsuit possible? on Amazon Seeks 1-Nod Ordering Patent · · Score: 1

    Or have a cat that decides to sink claws into you while you look at that $10,000 gadget.

  19. Re:A couple of the potential uses on New Handheld Computer Is 100% Open Source · · Score: 1

    Well. Not really "address". But you could write own interrupts that messed with the VIC chip to allow sprites to move over the borders.

    Details: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1477444/how-do-i-show-sprites-in-the-border-on-c64

    But those interrupts made the system somewhat slower in general.

  20. Re:All Sex Must Be Monitored on EU To Monitor All Internet Searches · · Score: 1

    Hey, it's the dawn of the age of the tinfoil condom.

  21. Re:igive up on Intel Targets AMD With Affordable Unlocked CPUs · · Score: 1

    The real funny thing is, it makes more sense for Intel to go i-crazy than it does for for Apple.

  22. Re:Interesting! on Flash Destroyer Tests Limit of Solid State Storage · · Score: 1

    Flash is an EEPROM. A special kind of EEPROM.

    One main difference being that you can't write single bytes or bits like with other kinds, you have to always write entire blocks.

  23. Re:"Satellite"? on X-37B Found By Amateur Sky Watchers · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Satellite:
    1) man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
    2) any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star

    Why, yes, it does, once it is on orbit.

  24. Re:Wait, does this mean... on Quantum Teleportation Achieved Over 16 km In China · · Score: 1

    Nope, it just means that when you have trouble with your modem nobody on the help line will be able to understand them.

    Wait... Then it will not be any different from today, actually. So never mind, just move along, nothing to see here.

  25. Re:Is it possible on German High Court Declares All Software Patentable · · Score: 1

    Basically because it looks exactly like any other CGI process, aside from the "(1.1) is limited in its resources and..."

    So I assumed that was the part they try to patent.