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  1. Re:But...it can never replace gasoline. on Crushed Silicon Triples Life of Li-Ion Batteries In the Lab · · Score: 1

    I think you are being pedantic.

  2. Re:this is getting old on Crushed Silicon Triples Life of Li-Ion Batteries In the Lab · · Score: 1

    Have they fixed that one for hydrocarbons?

  3. Re:But...it can never replace gasoline. on Crushed Silicon Triples Life of Li-Ion Batteries In the Lab · · Score: 1

    Did you read the article? Is says it lasted 600 Cycles.

  4. Re:Ethernet! on Ask Slashdot: Ideas For a Geek Remodel? · · Score: 1

    because, driving 6 TVs via one antennae is pushing it.

  5. Re:Ethernet! on Ask Slashdot: Ideas For a Geek Remodel? · · Score: 1

    If I want to watch 6 channels simultaneously, do I need a 6 tuner setup like I would need with satellite?

  6. Re:Ethernet! on Ask Slashdot: Ideas For a Geek Remodel? · · Score: 1

    Maybe Basic Cable....current cable systems need 2 GHz for headroom.

  7. Re:Lighting automation on Ask Slashdot: Ideas For a Geek Remodel? · · Score: 1

    Is there a monthly cost for that system?

  8. Re:Ethernet! on Ask Slashdot: Ideas For a Geek Remodel? · · Score: 1

    speaking of this...are there any devices that can convert OTA signal to an IP signal that can be sent to boxes throughout the house? I want to move to OTA but do not want to deal with RF networking and signal degradation when pulling from one antennae.

  9. Re:Ethernet! on Ask Slashdot: Ideas For a Geek Remodel? · · Score: 1

    Maybe I am cheap or short sighted, but Cat5e is still best bang for the buck...yeah, you can't do 10 gigabit with 5e but I think 1 gigabit is sufficient for the foreseeable future in a residential setting.

  10. Re:Ethernet! on Ask Slashdot: Ideas For a Geek Remodel? · · Score: 1

    Vertical drilling through the wall footer to run wire up and down.

    For my second floor, I found an air return the serviced one of the rooms up stairs and ran a 1 inch conduit to my attic space. so I could coax and network the rooms and pull new lines easily.

    Horizontal drilling is a little more dangerous if you don't know what is on the other side of a stud (electrical or plumbing).

  11. Re:Ethernet! on Ask Slashdot: Ideas For a Geek Remodel? · · Score: 2

    I wired my old home (single story built in 68) and my new home (colonial built in 80) with gbit Ethernet. It is not hard....please though... get the 6 foot auger bit to properly drill behind walls.

  12. Re:Ethernet! on Ask Slashdot: Ideas For a Geek Remodel? · · Score: 1

    Lots or Ethernet ports AND WAPs! Wired may be unnecessary for lots of applications (gbit please) but wireless is unnecessary for lots of applications as well and good reception is a must.

  13. NEST Thermostat on Ask Slashdot: Ideas For a Geek Remodel? · · Score: 1

    An other Home Automation tech. It will have meaning to them, save them money, and does not cost too much these days.

  14. Re:Unrealistic budget on Ask Slashdot: Ideas For a Geek Remodel? · · Score: 0

    IKEA remodel.

  15. Re:Windows 9 on Salesforce.com's Benioff Disses Windows 8, Oracle · · Score: 1

    possibly because XP was on the market for 7 years and vista was on the market for 2.5

  16. Re:Windows 9 on Salesforce.com's Benioff Disses Windows 8, Oracle · · Score: 1

    It will be a dud like Vista...oh wait...Vista was a commercial success...I forgot.

  17. Re:"This is not a secondary business like Xbox..." on Microsoft Surface Pricing Goes Toe-to-Toe With Apple iPad · · Score: 1

    said like someone who has not used anything since windows 98.

  18. Re:"This is not a secondary business like Xbox..." on Microsoft Surface Pricing Goes Toe-to-Toe With Apple iPad · · Score: 1

    it is 720p...

    Again.... other than the iPad and Macbook Pro, a display that highres does not exist.

  19. Re:Merry Christmas! on Microsoft Surface Pricing Goes Toe-to-Toe With Apple iPad · · Score: 1

    Sorry... wait 6 months and you will see iOS and Android applications for it....

  20. Re:"This is not a secondary business like Xbox..." on Microsoft Surface Pricing Goes Toe-to-Toe With Apple iPad · · Score: 1

    1) Email was limited in the Win8 preview because it was a preview
    2) So... no retina display... you mean it has the same resolution as every other screen its size safe for the iPad? darn.

  21. Re:Microsoft advantage and disadvantage on Microsoft Surface Pricing Goes Toe-to-Toe With Apple iPad · · Score: 1

    or better yet... get the Transformer with Windows 8... then you have an actually desktop OS that works well as a tablet and gives you the same crazy battery life.

  22. Computers In High School.... on Ask Slashdot: What Were You Taught About Computers In High School? · · Score: 1

    I learned to write programs in pascal for my first class.... The next class.... I learned hyper card and director because the teacher was getting ready to retire.

  23. Re:Yeah but... on Gas Prices Jump; California Hardest Hit · · Score: 1

    you are saying the oil companies make less than 50 cents a gallon on the price of gas?

    Shenanigans I say.

  24. Re:Late to the conspiracy game? on Glenn Beck Reports CIA Plot Between Embassy Killing and Something Awful · · Score: 1

    too much credit...he probably listens and rips off everything he hears....

  25. Plagiarizer!!!!! on Glenn Beck Reports CIA Plot Between Embassy Killing and Something Awful · · Score: 2

    He ripped that off from Adam Curry who said this exact thing two weeks ago on No Agenda