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  1. I think he is saying that to get as much range as 15 gallons of gas, a car needs to carry 750kg of Lithium ion battery.

  2. I suspect they meant "inherited".

  3. The connectivity is needed so the images of the previous play(s) can be streamed to the device. (Currently they print this on copier papers and clip them together.) This way the coaches can teach the players what just happened and make adjustments to their game plan. You can usually see the Offensive Coordinator sit down with the QB in the sidelines going over these papers with a sketch pen.

  4. While they likely won't keep this promise, I don't understand why this promise can't be kept.
    Their announced model seems to be charge for data and not for calls or text. Why is this not viable?

  5. No, DMCA has exceptions for law enforcement.

  6. Re:Virtualize? on Windows 3.1 Glitch Causes Problems At French Airport -- Wait, 3.1? (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Possibly for the physical machines needing parts from eBay issue. I think their real problem is still needing to run on Windows 3.1, and once you address that (hopefully moving to something much more modern) you can solve the legacy machine part as well.

  7. Re:Do the needful on Under Public Pressure, India Withdraws Draft Encryption Policy · · Score: 1

    Ha! It is an abbreviation of Department of Electronics & Information TechnologY. Nice play on words.

  8. Re:Norway on Japan Now Has More Car Charging Points Than Gas Stations · · Score: 2

    > Other then Tesla, I don't really see other manufacturers really "getting it" I might be wrong, but I don't think it is the manufacturers' not "getting it", but that the cost to bring a longer range vehicle makes such a vehicle much less desirable currently. Having said that I hope the cost comes down soon enough that guys like me can actually afford a car like Tesla S.

  9. The first link looks malformatted on The Whirlydoodle Project Makes Fun, Spinning Things (Video) · · Score: 1

    I know we have a reputation for not R-ingTFA, but that is no reason to completely botch a URL.

  10. Re:Math Pedantry on North Korea's High-Tech Counterfeit $100 Bills · · Score: 1

    Furthermore, how would you not riot over your government doing something like that to you?

    That is a good question, and I think it really depends on how much you already have. If what you have is mostly worthless and you are on subsistence living, then such a devaluation makes no real impact. I suspect a large number of North Koreans might be in that situation. The only effect rioting will have might be getting you executed.

  11. Best Buy gets the last laugh on Faulty Cable To Blame For Superluminal Neutrino Results · · Score: 1

    This is why you should always buy gold-plated Monster cables.

  12. Seems a bit like a made up story to me on How Companies Learn Your Secrets · · Score: 1

    I am not sure if the story is really true or not, but it stopped being believable when it said "the manager called again after a few days to apologize". Really? He remembers the person who had come in a few days earlier complaining about (targeted, yes, but still) mass-mailed coupons? And he calls them to apologize again?

    It would be nice to see managers like that at the stores I shop at.

  13. Re:ebay is now just evil on eBay vs. Craigslist Courtroom Fisticuffs Start Today · · Score: 4, Informative

    More specifically, a former executive at Craigslist (suspected to be Philip Knowlton), who owned a significant chunk of Craigslist stock, decided to sell his share and shopped around. This was how ebay got ownership: http://www.craigslist.org/about/press/ebay.stake/

  14. Re:So what? on Tesla Roadster Breaks Distance Record For Electric Car · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Though to be fair, that race course was a mixture of twists, turns and hills
    So what? You say that like they SHOULDN'T be required to handle it. Who wants a car that can't handle turns or climb hills?

    TFS is comparing the performance of Roadsters in different races. While this Roadster set a new record, the course that it set the record is sufficiently different from the course where the previous record was set. Hence the "to be fair" comment: the earlier course "was a mixture of twists, turns and hills", so you can't really compare the two records as an apple-to-apple comparison.

  15. Re:Old news? on New, Stealthy Conficker B++ Worm Discovered · · Score: 3, Funny

    I must admit, I'm not very knowledgeable on the editorial process of ./

    Don't worry, the editors don't either.

  16. Re:Nice review, but I don't understand something. on Bash Cookbook · · Score: 1

    > what the hell does I found Chapter 11 to be very useful (pun intended) mean?

    May be the (poor) pun is about "Chapter 11" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapter_11) also referring to a bankruptcy code in the US.