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  1. Re:Correction on 35 Years Later, Voyager 1 Is Heading For the Stars · · Score: 1

    And I made an error there. .002C.

  2. Re:Correction on 35 Years Later, Voyager 1 Is Heading For the Stars · · Score: 1

    Note the math correction in a previous comment that reduces the 0.1C to 0.02C.

  3. Geography on Could a Category 5 Hurricane Take Down East Coast Data Centers? · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure if there is a firm grasp on the geography of these states. Virginia and NC are medium sized states, that yes, touch the ocean where a large Cat 5 hurricane might launch itself upon their beaches. It's never ever happened before, but hey it might. Now, I'm willing to bet that these large data centers are NOT on the beaches of these states, but perhaps just a wee bit farther inland. Perhaps even as far as the mountainous areas that run through the western portion of these. I don't know. I didn't look these things up, but if so a hurricane would die a fairly quick death as it moved inland in either area. Now this does not include the possibility of a hurricane coming up the Chesapeake bay and into Baltimore or Washington DC. However if that happened, and DC was flattened on the way to hitting the Amazon data center in Northern Virginia, I think we'd have a few other problems than lost data.

  4. Re:So the "winner" is .1% faster than a "loser" on Speed of Sound Is Too Slow For the Olympics · · Score: 1

    No, we give the "loser" a silver medal and call it 2nd place. We do something similar for 3rd place. Overall, we celebrate all Olympians for the effort they've put in to even be there.

  5. Re:Malnutrition on Eating Meat Helped Early Humans Reproduce · · Score: 2

    That's silly. The only reason the cow produces milk is because it's had a calf. When the calf is weaning off its mother's milk the cow's milk production drops in response. If you decide to milk the cow twice a day to maintain that production and then abruptly stop; yes the cow would be in some pain and complain about it. If you weaned it off the automated milker slowly, it would exist perfectly happy to not produce milk. Also, it would not be a few days before the cow was complaining (it would probably be almost done producing milk at that point), it would complain loudly at the first missed milking (morning or evening).

  6. Re:Something is wrong here on SAIC Settles CityTime Case For $500.4 Million · · Score: 1

    They also got a working system that they are using today. Maybe you think they should get that for free, but you already mention the restitution, penalty, and debt cancellation.

  7. The National Cryptologic Museum (just outside NSA) on Ask Slashdot: Science Sights To See? · · Score: 1

    Just outside the main gates of the NSA compound. http://www.nsa.gov/about/cryptologic_heritage/museum/ Very cool stuff.

  8. Tivo is not failing because of collusion on The Sad History and (Possibly) Bright Future of TiVo · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Come on, really? Tivo is losing subscribers for a few reasons: 1) Cable companies now offer their own DVRs -- Tivo used to be the only game in town 2) You don't have to buy a new DVR if your cable company's DVR fails; you just trade in your old one -- with Tivo...if it's outside the warranty period you have to buy a new one (yes, I know the cable company charges you a monthly rental fee) 3) Cable companies don't charge anything for the privilege of recording onto a DVR (Tivo makes you buy the box AND charges you a monthly fee). I used to have Tivo, and I liked it, but not enough to buy a third new box after my first two failed. Especially considering the above.

  9. TFS = Flamebait on Texas Textbooks Battle Is Actually an American War · · Score: 1

    Can you moderate the summary Flamebait?

  10. Re:AF cyberspace command is a joke... on Meet the Military's Cyber-Security Forces · · Score: 1

    Most people in the military will not be serving in this command. Only the qualified will. A few years ago we could have said that most people in the military are severely lacking in the kind of skills needed to operate UAVs, and yet that particular foray into technology seems to be going okay. Fighter pilots are going away...techies are up and coming. Even the military adapts.

  11. Re:Crap HD Quality on BBC Lowers HDTV Bitrate; Users Notice · · Score: 1

    For what it's worth, today's movies do not involve changing reels. The reels are all spliced together by a projectionist when the movie arrives at a theater. During this process the film becomes one giant "reel" that sits on a rotating platter and feeds through the projector to an identical platter that sits below the first one. I know that it's off topic, but it's also a neat process!

  12. Re:"World first?" on Tetraktys · · Score: 1

    Yes, exactly what I thought of first.

  13. Re:Old USNO ? on Biden Reveals Location of Secret VP Bunker · · Score: 1

    No, I think that the summary just assumes that the residence of the VP is not also the current Naval Observatory. In fact, they are both on the same complex, and the Naval Observatory is in use.

  14. Re:Rooms with people get lit while others don't. on Making Strides Toward Low-Cost LED Lighting · · Score: 1

    Plunged! Hahahah!

  15. Re:Awesomebar? on A Few Firefox 3 Followups · · Score: 1

    And as you type the "sl" for slashdot, you'll probably see slashdot, right at the top. And even moreso as you visit slashdot more. Oh no! Not an extra letter of typing! But seriously, I get that people are a little upset about new technologies; change is hard. I didn't like the awesome bar originally either, but I've been using it for a number of months on the daily builds and I wouldn't want to go back. I now rarely use bookmarks. All I have to do is remember part of the url or part of the title of the page and awesome bar shows me. That is a HUGE plus.

  16. Re:Bipolar in Seattle on How Far Should a Job Screening Go? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Most employers right now pull a credit report on you before they interview. IANAL, but I believe that this is illegal without your consent. That, of course, doesn't mean it doesn't happen, but if it does...hello liability.
  17. Re:Blindingly obvious on US's Slow Embrace of Information Technology · · Score: 1

    You mean like all presidents do? Good ol' Georgia anti-intellectualism. Good ol' movie star anti-intellectualism. Good ol' Arkansas anti-intellectualism. You don't get to be president by being stupid...but also not by sounding intellectual.

  18. Re:1 in 25... on One in 25 Search Results Risky · · Score: 1

    True, but that was the number from the original study. 1/25 is 4% which is in line with the 4.4% referenced.

  19. Re:False on Microsoft or Google? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Something to consider if someone is putting in say ~63 hours a week and making $160K, is that their hourly rate (about $50.79/hour) is the same as someone who makes $101K for 40 hours a week. Yes, person 1 makes more money, but he or she also has about 1000 less hours to her or him -self in a year.