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  1. Re:I listened to this last night on When Patents Attack — the NPR Version · · Score: 1

    "Good use", as in for the good of their bank accounts. What else did you expect?

  2. Re:Yet *still* no full-sized soft drink on Man With 10 Million Air Miles Gets Plane Named After Him · · Score: 1

    There are legal requirements for the number of passengers per cabin crew member, for safety purposes. I believe it's in the region of one per fifty passengers. Since you have to have them on the plane, they might as well sell stuff.

  3. Re:As well they should on WikiLeaks To Sue Visa/MasterCard · · Score: 1

    Of course they have financial interests in colluding. Any alternative company that starts competing with them is a threat to both and it is clearly in their interest to wipe them out, by working together if need be.

  4. Re:rerip your CD collection on Ask Slashdot: How Do I Scrub Pirated Music From My Collection? · · Score: 1

    Definitely whoosh.

  5. Re:False Advertising? on Codemasters Shuts Down GRID Online Multiplayer · · Score: 1

    As of this post, yes it is.

  6. Re:Well, that sucks. on Codemasters Shuts Down GRID Online Multiplayer · · Score: 1

    Why can't I expect free online play forever? I have it with many other older games.

  7. Re:Coercion on Terry Pratchett Considers Assisted Suicide · · Score: 1

    Dignitas and so forth are fairly thorough in making sure it's not a spur of the moment decision, but a carefully thought out and planned one knowing all that's involved. That handles most of your point 2 already.

  8. Re:There's Two Possibilities on Personal Electronics May Indeed Disrupt Avionics · · Score: 1

    It doesn't need to destroy a plane to have detrimental effects.

  9. Re:...really? on Personal Electronics May Indeed Disrupt Avionics · · Score: 1

    We *know* that electronic devices can, in a practical sense, interfere with each other. This is simple physics.

    The tolerances and levels involved are what is at question. The decision is made on the side of safety.

  10. Re:...really? on Personal Electronics May Indeed Disrupt Avionics · · Score: 1

    Also, all that shielding adds up to a lot of extra weight. You don't add unnecessary extra weight to a commercial aircraft - that costs a lot of money.

  11. Re:Manned missions are just ego-wanking... on Solar-Powered Ultralight To Try 24-Hour Flight · · Score: 1

    Not at all.

    My point was that, even starting with full batteries (which it would be stupid not to), as soon as it's in the air it will have drained them plenty. Hence the flying around recharging for the night.

  12. Re:Manned missions are just ego-wanking... on Solar-Powered Ultralight To Try 24-Hour Flight · · Score: 1

    I suspect taking off will significantly drain the batteries in the first place.

  13. Re:PowerPoint makes us stupid on PowerPoint of Afghan War Strategy · · Score: 1

    I suspect he knew that, from the description of the sixth axe.

  14. Re:EA to charge for game demos on How I Saved the Gaming Industry · · Score: 1

    EA is not one of the companies that applies to the parent thread.

  15. Re:Norwegian helicopter ambulance video on EU Conducts Test Flights To Assess Impact of Volcanic Ash On Aircraft · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Note that the ash is also acidic. When you get to clearing it off, bear that in mind.

    Attempting to brush it off will be fairly damaging. Washing it off with water could be a problem too. Best bet is probably very large quantities of water to dilute anything faster than it can cause damage.

    (This is a problem all the airlines will also be considering.)

  16. Re:Goodness, Who To Believe... on EU Conducts Test Flights To Assess Impact of Volcanic Ash On Aircraft · · Score: 1

    Look up BA Flight 9 - and you'll get an idea of what's possible here.

  17. Re:Explains the variety of cheeses then on VisLab Sponsors Milan-to-Shanghai Driverless Trek · · Score: 1

    Disclaimer: Readers of this post may note that it has fuck all to do with cheese (aside from the possibility that the poster has watched too many episodes of Wallace and Grommit). My excuse is that I've just now discovered that when making a post, the Subject field offers a pre-populated set of choices. If the powers that be at Slashdot considers those valid, legitimate and appropriate Subjects, then cheese it is. Hmm. Maybe I am feeling a bit peckish?

    I would suspect that the contents of the subject field depends on what you've entered there before, as per your browser's record of such things for filling in forms automagically..

  18. Re:It is too easy! on Stalker Jailed For Planting Child Porn On a PC · · Score: 1

    Just a tiny bit of devil's advocacy: two 15-year-olds recording themselves is still, legally, child porn. Who's harmed?

  19. Re:new from Apple on Company Invents Electronic Underpants · · Score: 1

    Surely that should be "iPeed", if it's detecting moisture?

  20. Re:From the No Duh Dept. on How To Build Roads To Control How Fast You Drive · · Score: 1

    See also "NORMAL ROAD". Meaning a road with a single lane in each direction.

  21. Re:From the No Duh Dept. on How To Build Roads To Control How Fast You Drive · · Score: 1

    This is why I said "normal road", meaning a road with a single lane of traffic in each direction.

  22. Re:From the No Duh Dept. on How To Build Roads To Control How Fast You Drive · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If the speed limit is 50, and I am driving at 50, you are welcome to overtake where safe to do so if you wish - but I will not actively get out your way by pulling over.

  23. Re:From the No Duh Dept. on How To Build Roads To Control How Fast You Drive · · Score: 1

    More accurately: It's not your fault, but you'll get blamed for it anyway.

    Which is stupid, really.

  24. Re:From the No Duh Dept. on How To Build Roads To Control How Fast You Drive · · Score: 1

    If you are driving at the limit, on a normal road, and some twat behind you wants to pass - tough. He can either overtake or wait.

  25. Re:Article summary on Why Some Devs Can't Wait For NoSQL To Die · · Score: 1

    Would it not have been less complex to use PosgreSQL for everything, or was there enough difference to be worth the complexity?