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  1. Re:Diesel Engines don't have.... on Jaguar Recalls 18,000 Cars Over Major Software Fault · · Score: 1

    They mean turning the key.. which will cut power to the cruise control. You could probably just turn the key to off then back on while driving to reset it

  2. Re:Pop that balloon on UK Team Misses Balloon Altitude Record, But Beats a Few Others · · Score: 1

    If they can do that, they can easily add a time threshold.. or have it activate when it travels outside a certain radius.

  3. Re:Milleseconds? on Scientists Build Wireless Bicycle Brakes · · Score: 1

    Glad to see you're making an effort to understand the difference between "brake" and "break"... You're almost there.

  4. Re:Force-feedback built in? on Scientists Build Wireless Bicycle Brakes · · Score: 1

    I think the most useful feedback would be the negative G's you feel as you squeeze the lever. The brake lever feels the same every time you squeeze it whether the bike is moving or not

  5. Re:Force-feedback built in? on Scientists Build Wireless Bicycle Brakes · · Score: 1

    and the engineering term is swashplate

  6. Re:Why replace? on Ohio Supreme Court Drawn Into Magnetic Homes Case · · Score: 2

    What I want to know is how the hell the joists picked up such a magnetic potential in the first place.

    This is a stretch, but if you orient a steel bar with the north and south poles and hit it with a hammer, it will become magnetized.. maybe the joists were dropped from a height while they were pointing N/S

  7. dupe! on Steve Jobs Dead At 56 · · Score: 1
  8. Re:How is Mercury "just like the Moon"? on Mercury Turns Out To Be a Weird Little World · · Score: 1
  9. Re:Fat ? on Why Chilies Are Hot and Yogurt Puts Out the Fire · · Score: 1

    It's the gargling that would bother me. And the lard.

  10. Re:I was right after all! on Why Chilies Are Hot and Yogurt Puts Out the Fire · · Score: 1

    Actually, you're right... The hottest thing I can handle comfortably is 5 star Thai food, and Thai chili peppers are 50k to 100k. Blair's didn't come close to that, but still hotter than other mass produced chips that claim to be spicy.

  11. Pictures on Mercury Turns Out To Be a Weird Little World · · Score: 1

    Pictures would be nice

  12. Re:Fat ? on Why Chilies Are Hot and Yogurt Puts Out the Fire · · Score: 1

    why not take a mouthful of lard, or gargle with olive oil ?!?

    Do you really have to ask that question?

    Incidentally, FTA: "My favourite remedy is olive oil," he says, "but it's not the most pleasant."

  13. Re:Attention to the thief who is eating my pizza on Why Chilies Are Hot and Yogurt Puts Out the Fire · · Score: 1

    For beer you can get a bottle capper for about $15. For soda, a plastic bottle.. I think it's possible to get the cap off without breaking the safety ring if you push it up while you're unscrewing it

  14. Re:I was right after all! on Why Chilies Are Hot and Yogurt Puts Out the Fire · · Score: 1

    Blair's Death Rain habanero chips are actually pretty hot.. 600,000 scoville I think. Yeah, they're not BBQ, but there's no reason they couldn't be

  15. Re:Won't help on To Stop BEAST, Mozilla Developer Proposes Blocking Java Framework · · Score: 3

    Just like if you handcuff everyone to their beds, there will be no more crime.

    There's still a chance some of them would rip off that label on their mattress.

  16. Re:Don't see the problem. on The Cable Industry's a La Carte Bait and Switch · · Score: 1

    isn't that what alen said? If the cable companies have to pay higher fees, they'll jack up the customer rates?

  17. Re:My Picks on Essential Open Source Tools For Windows Admins · · Score: 1

    I started using UltraEdit in '99 (which has those features) and became a loyal fan, until it go too expensive for upgrades. At the time it was the only editor I could find that could deal with the large files I needed to edit. I use gvim on windows almost exclusively now. I still use UltraEdit once in a while for the column edit mode, I still haven't found a good way to do what I want in gvim. I'll probably try Notepad++ for that now.

  18. Re:Do they really understand what they are saying? on Wild Parrots Learning To Talk From Escaped Pet Birds · · Score: 1

    haha.. that's great, thanks! The most interesting thing my cat does is stare directly at a wall from about 2 inches away.. for hours.

  19. Re:Do they really understand what they are saying? on Wild Parrots Learning To Talk From Escaped Pet Birds · · Score: 1

    youtube! please!

  20. Re:That's great, but why don't they... on Synaptics Working On Advanced Touchscreen For Phones · · Score: 1

    The ones that I've used automatically sensed the drift then stopped the pointer and recalibrated itself.

  21. Re:Busy with "other" things on NYT Working On 'Magic Mirror' For Bathroom Surfing · · Score: 1

    Yeah, I don't get it either.. all this would do is increase the amount of time you spend in the bathroom. Why not do your thing, then go use a computer elsewhere? The only useful thing I can think of for this is some kind of game to get kids to brush their teeth etc.

  22. Re:Chicago Style Politics at play? on Environmental Enforcement Agents Targeting Guitars · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure one piece of wood can't be in two places at once...

    Unless the wood was split with one of these: http://youtu.be/2f-D0yAfu9c

  23. Re:He just used more solar cells on 13-Year-Old Uses Fibonacci Sequence For Solar Power Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    Hes 13 dude. What were doing at that age besides power rangers.

    Me were teaching to self BASIC on Commodore 64

  24. Re:I can't wait... on Mussels With Hydrogen Fuel Cells Found · · Score: 1

    how many bivalves per cylinder? overhead clam?

  25. Re:Scroll Lock! on Review of IBM's Original Personal Computer · · Score: 1

    Says the guy that doesn't understand what "accidentally" means
    When applications rarely use scroll lock, it's not that obvious why all of a sudden the arrow keys stop working. The way I phrased my first comment made it sound like the scroll lock thing sucks, but I meant Notes just sucks as a whole. I only meant it was an annoyance. I've been using the software for at least 7 years and have found plenty to hate about it.
    Also, just because a program does what you told it to do doesn't mean it's designed well. Like making the F9 key refresh your inbox instead of F5.. which locks the client so you have to type your password in again. At least they finally fixed that one, which proves it was a stupid idea in the first place. Lotus 8 is far better than 7 was, but it's still full of non-standard, non-intuitive features
    Stop being such a dick, jeez