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  1. Re:Uptime on Why You Shouldn't Reboot Unix Servers · · Score: 1

    But that same manufacturer makes notebooks with accelerometers to keep the HD head from crashing when it is accelerating too much, to protect the HD, and touts that capability. They may make some without that feature I guess. Maybe that's why they complain: to get you to buy the more expensive machine.

  2. Re:Temporary problem. on The Outfall of a Helium-3 Crisis · · Score: 1

    From that same article: "Wittenberg also writes that extraction from US crustal natural gas, consumes ten times the energy available from fusion reactions."
    i.e. it's just not worth it.
    And I would not say 0.5 to 5 ppm is a large fraction.

  3. Re:When will we ever learn on Supermassive Black Holes Not So Big After All · · Score: 1

    Moe: Why do you think so?
    Larry: I don't think. I know.
    Moe: I don't think you know either.

  4. Re:Sounds familiar on Motorola Adopting 3 Laws of Robotics For Android? · · Score: 1

    Later:
    "Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer, do.
    I'm half crazy, all for the love of you.
    It won't be a stylish marriage.
    We can't afford a carriage."
    etc.

  5. distracted by the source? on Glen Beck Warns Viewers Not To Use Google · · Score: 1

    I really wonder what is the ratio of comments here about how loony Glenn Beck and his viewers are, to comments discussing Google's connections to the government and the significance thereof. From a brief reading, I'd guess over 10:1. Many good examples of ad hominem arguments, I'm sure.

  6. Re:$200 for 80gb? on Intel 310 Series Mini SSDs Now Shipping, Benchmark · · Score: 1

    As it is nearly 1/4 inch, 5.8mm is considerably thicker than any credit card.

  7. Re:Is It Shipping? on Intel 310 Series Mini SSDs Now Shipping, Benchmark · · Score: 1

    That's why they shouldn't let sophomores be composition professors, obviously. Wait until they're graduated.

  8. Re:On the Subject of Pancakes on Intel 310 Series Mini SSDs Now Shipping, Benchmark · · Score: 1

    Thank's a lot. I'll try to remember that.

  9. Re:Uh... on How Your Username May Betray You · · Score: 2

    No, no. From "time-" to "-time". Not a big change, but maybe enough to throw off the trackers.

  10. Re:Year of the tablet. on Samsung Unveils Galaxy Tab 10.1, Galaxy S II · · Score: 1

    Sure, you could use it like an extra expensive iPod Touch with GPS. I would imagine that one might get frustrated at certain features not working.

  11. Re:A question about Android on Samsung Unveils Galaxy Tab 10.1, Galaxy S II · · Score: 1

    I just saw something that suggests that Honeycomb *is* coming to mobile phones. Flash 10.2 mobile apparently requires Android 3.0 and "they" say Flash 10.2 is coming to mobile phones, therefore...
    (example citation: http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/flash-10-2-honeycomb-smartphone/)

  12. Re:Why? on Why Dumbphones Still Dominate, For Now · · Score: 1

    "...a smart phone is a bulky, expensive, little device that is just waiting to be broken, and requires constant charging."

    And yet, "... I would still purchase a smartphone if it wasn't for the ridiculous data plans."

    The conflict in your mind must make you want to crawl out of your skin at times.

  13. Re:Every single smart phone has same problem on iPhone Attack Reveals Passwords In Six Minutes · · Score: 1

    "...steal your phone while its already powered up..."

    If you're like me, that would be roughly....100% of the time. (maybe 4 or 5 9's)

  14. Re:I eats me spinach on Spinach Could Be Used For Hydrogen Fuel · · Score: 1

    Gaaah! What a stupid mistake. Of course real spinach does actually contain good amount of Potassium, K, about the same amount in a half cup as there is in a medium size banana. And, unrelated, a fair amount of vitamin K.

  15. Re:I think it's time on MPAA Threatens To Disconnect Google From Internet · · Score: 1

    Another way to look at it is: those who create content vs those who let us see the content, and in this case, Google is the latter, not the MPAA.

  16. Re:Actual info perhaps? on Spinach Could Be Used For Hydrogen Fuel · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure where you got the quote you posted, but the article I saw said, "Small angle neutron scattering analysis performed at ORNL's High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) showed that the LHC-II, when introduced into a liquid environment that contained polymers, interacted with polymers to form lamellar sheets similar to those found in natural photosynthetic membranes.

    Not to produce hydrogen, but to show how it could work.

  17. Re:I eats me spinach on Spinach Could Be Used For Hydrogen Fuel · · Score: 1

    Sulfur Potassium Iodine Sodium Methane? That's one bizarre molecule!

  18. Re:Fuel economy on Spinach Could Be Used For Hydrogen Fuel · · Score: 1

    Let's see. Do you want to know in m^-1 or 1/feet?

  19. Re:I see a marketing failure. on 1Gbps Wi-Fi Coming Soon To a Billion Devices · · Score: 1

    and if you throw it hard at a brick or concrete wall, you could get it up to 100G's for a fraction of a second, before it's destroyed.

  20. Re:I wonder... on 1Gbps Wi-Fi Coming Soon To a Billion Devices · · Score: 2

    Secondly, higher frequency waves will not get through walls and other obstructions as well...

    Sounds like a good reason to avoid the 5 GHz band. I like to use my laptop and phone at home in different rooms from where the router is, and already I see some signal loss when I go upstairs.

  21. Re:Mostly true, but slightly spun summary. on Drivers Blamed For Out of Control Toyotas - Again · · Score: 3, Interesting

    That does not conflict with the summary or the /. headline. "Driver error" is included in the list, and the submitter did not say that was the ONLY cause.

  22. Re:Alternate Theory on Only 39% Curse At Their Computers? · · Score: 1

    HAL, is that you?

  23. Re:Linux on Only 39% Curse At Their Computers? · · Score: 1

    Do you work with f***ing skimmer pukes?! Of course you're gonna curse a lot. Maybe you work with g*ddamn bubbleheads. If so, consider yourself fortunate.

  24. Re:X? on Adobe's Reader X Spoils New PDF Attack · · Score: 1

    It's funny that Reader X reminds me of Racer X, the mysterious nemesis of Speed Racer.

  25. Re:Please take responsibility for your life. on 'Death By GPS' Increasing In America's Wilderness · · Score: 1

    I try not to go into a dessert without a spoon and a cup of good coffee.
    Of course, ten gallons of water is going to be hard for anyone to carry very far if it is in a single container (10 gal is about 80lbs=38kg) and your car breaks down midway through Death Valley and you've got to walk somewhere.