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  1. Re:More covert THEY LIVE cameras on Facial Recognition Cameras Peering Into Some SF Nightspots · · Score: 1

    Right, because requiring car insurance has caused people to drive safer. You sir are a moron.

  2. Re:A bit late don't you think? on Rare 'Annular Solar Eclipse' Tonight · · Score: 1

    Totality? You do realize that this is an Annular Eclipse and not a Total Eclipse right? The Moon is too far away to completely block out the sun this time.

  3. Or You Can on MS Will Remove OEM 'Crapware' For $99 · · Score: 1

    Just do it yourself for free.

  4. Read Your Contract on Ask Slashdot: Holding ISPs Accountable For Contracted DSL Bandwidth · · Score: 1

    I guarantee there is no minimum guaranteed connection speed in it. If you need guaranteed speed/uptime you should pay the extra for a business-class line since those come with a service level agreement.

  5. Re:A high schooler? on Judge to Oracle: A High Schooler Could Write rangeCheck · · Score: 1

    Oracle's lawyers are most likely salaried employees, they do not get paid by the hour.

  6. Re:A high schooler? on Judge to Oracle: A High Schooler Could Write rangeCheck · · Score: 1

    I implemented range check functions in about half the programs I wrote in my first programming class. It is quite trivial to do so.

  7. Re:Not just Apple on Apple Tells Siri To Stop Recommending Nokia · · Score: 1

    Are you logged into Google? Personalized results.

  8. Re:The future will be printed, not forged. on An 8,000 Ton Giant Made the Jet Age Possible · · Score: 1

    Neither would I considering that it is only a 4-cylinder.

  9. Re:and he's not even green... on An 8,000 Ton Giant Made the Jet Age Possible · · Score: 1

    And that block he is holding is not aluminum, it weights over 18lbs less than an aluminum block.

  10. Re: carbon fiber engine block on An 8,000 Ton Giant Made the Jet Age Possible · · Score: 1

    Re-read the article, the metal parts are liners and he is replacing those with composites.

    "Holtzberg plans on switching to a molybdenum plasma spray coating in place of aluminum cylinder liners to trim additional pounds."

  11. Re:The future will be printed, not forged. on An 8,000 Ton Giant Made the Jet Age Possible · · Score: 5, Informative

    Composites aren't a magic product that replaces everything that came before it. If they were then why isn't anyone making engine blocks out of them? They have their uses but they have their limits as well.

    I present to you the carbon fiber engine block.

    http://www.thecarbonfiberjournal.com/?p=770

  12. Re:features won't matter on The 30 Best Features of Windows · · Score: 1

    Which has not been in use since the release of XP.

  13. Re:True #1 Feature! on The 30 Best Features of Windows · · Score: 1

    I have tried it and it uses less RAM (~1GB) than my Windows 7 box (~2.3GB) when idle with nothing loaded. However I promptly removed it because of that monstrosity called MetroUI. Not to mention that every tech outlet that has compared the two have shown that Windows 8 uses less resources. So quite trolling.

  14. Re:True #1 Feature! on The 30 Best Features of Windows · · Score: 1

    The point is that it is not a built-in feature.

  15. Re:How about discussing features that matter? on The 30 Best Features of Windows · · Score: 1

    They would never want a backdoor in an encryption scheme that they have certified for use with information classified up to Top Secret. Take off your tinfoil hat and go seek some help man.

  16. Re:GPS reliance on North Korea Jamming GPS Signals In South Korea · · Score: 1

    Which is why you are required to constantly get re-certified.

  17. Re:Cyber Warfare on North Korea Jamming GPS Signals In South Korea · · Score: 1

    The military signal is on a different frequency and has a correction algorithm that changes daily.

  18. Re:GM Counter measurements are not Suspicions on Connecticut Resident Stopped By State Police For Radioactivity · · Score: 1

    The Sun is leaking radiation into the environment of Earth 24/7, surly the Sun is a threat to public safety.

  19. Re:GPS reliance on North Korea Jamming GPS Signals In South Korea · · Score: 1

    Which is why you also learn other forms of navigation to fall back on. A compass and a stopwatch works wonders if you know how to use them with a chart.

  20. Re:Revolutionary idea I'd like included... on The 30 Best Features of Windows · · Score: 1

    No, what I posted is exactly the service you were asking about.

  21. Re:Will it play DVDs... on The 30 Best Features of Windows · · Score: 1

    Windows 7 plays DVDs out of the box.

  22. Re:Revolutionary idea I'd like included... on The 30 Best Features of Windows · · Score: 1

    You must live under a rock.

    http://www.xbox.com/en-US/Live/PC

  23. Re:Poorly written article on The 30 Best Features of Windows · · Score: 1

    Another one is #9, split screen apps....uhhh...did nobody tell them you can just "smack" a program to one side or the other in Win 7 and it automatically takes up half the screen?

    Easier way, Winkey+an arrow.

  24. Re:How about discussing features that matter? on The 30 Best Features of Windows · · Score: 1

    BitLocker is FIPS 140-2 certified, I seriously doubt there is a backdoor in it.

    http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/STM/cmvp/documents/140-1/1401val2008.htm

  25. Re:How about discussing features that matter? on The 30 Best Features of Windows · · Score: 1

    It would be nice if they would allow non-TPM encryption without a USB flash drive, because not many machines have TPM/TCG compatible motherboards these days.

    I take it you have no experience with business-class machines, which almost always have a TPM in them these days.