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  1. SCRAM Jets? on The End of the "Age of Speed" · · Score: 1

    Did the X-51 not hit Mach 5? Or the HyCAUSE hit Mach 10? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scramjet_programs

  2. Re:Web.xml is the reason I hate Spring on Tomcat 7 Finalized · · Score: 1

    When was the last time you used spring? Most of it is configured via annotations now.

  3. Re:There is no expectation of privacy on Recording the Police · · Score: 1

    I don't think my comment implied I was in disagreement with the sentiment, just that it wasn't two weeks ago.

  4. Re:There is no expectation of privacy on Recording the Police · · Score: 1

    About two weeks ago a motorcyclist with a helmet cam was arrested when he posted a traffic stop on youtube. The cop had pulled a gun on the citizen w/o identifying himself AS a cop (he was plain clothes), and then the Police Bureau arrested the man after the Chief saw the video online. It seems Maryland is turning into a tyranny.

    The motorcyclist was Anthony Graber, and the incident happened in March. Charges against him were DROPPED on Sep 27th.

  5. Re:I had some on my kids' Christmas lists... no mo on Countering a DMCA Takedown In the Magnet Wars · · Score: 1

    I hope your kids aren't young. Small and very powerful magnets can cause havoc in the intestines if swallowed.

  6. Re:And this is news? on Java IO Faster Than NIO · · Score: 1

    You haven't used NIO then, it is considerably more complex then using java.io.

  7. Locust Horde! on Giant Guatemalan 'Sinkhole' Is Worse Than We Thought · · Score: 1

    Quick! everyone get to the Jacinto Plateau!

  8. Not surpising given this on Virginia AG Probing Michael Mann For Fraud · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The same AG who changed the Virginia state seal to cover up a breast. The same state seal designed by George Wythe, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. http://hamptonroads.com/2010/04/cuccinelli-opts-more-modest-state-seal

  9. Is that the state population? on Virginia Health Database Held For Ransom · · Score: 1

    The 2000 census has the state population at about 7 million. 8.1 would be reasonable in the time since 2000.

  10. A bit late, but some first had experience on Sniping Could Be the Next Killer iPod App · · Score: 1

    I worked for a bit in europe as a sniper with the M24. We used calculators attached to our sleeves to calculate distance vs Mil reticle adjustments. It seems like this might be of use, but the bright screen would be a deal breaker in my opinion. Smoking at night looked like a flare, so a bright ass LCD wouldn't be helpful.

  11. hah! on Congress Endorses Open Source For Military · · Score: 1

    About time. I did some contract work in DC a couple of years back. I watched as they threw down 200k in Weblogic licenses when JBoss would have worked instead. They didn't care because it wasn't their money.

  12. Zombies on Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Copyright Cops · · Score: 1

    So, now if you have an enemy you can throw a torrent tracker on their machine and the government seizes it?

  13. Re:Oil independence on NASA Spends $25M On Unmanned Planes, Awards Aviation Prizes · · Score: 1

    And plastics are made from? Lubricants? Its going to be a really REALLY long time before oil is no longer in use.

  14. Re:Oil independence on NASA Spends $25M On Unmanned Planes, Awards Aviation Prizes · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    The US does produce oil. I would think if we can knock off 70% of our oil consumption we should be able to cover our own demand till we find a more suitable fuel source for aircraft.

  15. Re:Sorry. trickle down economics don't really work on Study Suggests Music Industry Embrace Piracy · · Score: 1

    KMFDM has been doing it for 20+ years.

  16. Yup on Is Anyone Using the Google Web Toolkit? · · Score: 1

    I use it for my day job and love it. Its not outwardly visible that it is being used but I suspect websites just aren't running around advertising what toolkit they are using.

  17. Re:First hand experience on Supreme Court Holds Right to Bear Arms Applies to Individuals · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'll bite, troll. Have you ever seen a map of DC? The entire thing is maybe 20 miles across, they have one car inspection station for god sakes. There are 6 or so lines that lead out directly into other states that don't have gun bans. Not hard to travel 2 miles on the metro to buy a gun.

  18. Re:First hand experience on Supreme Court Holds Right to Bear Arms Applies to Individuals · · Score: 1

    I suggest you live in DC for a while, and you will find it is not "one instance". There were shootings nightly, they are now setting up blockades on neighborhoods and checking ID's for people going in and out to ensure that residents are the only people there, I believe they started in the past week just to the north east of the capitol. This also isn't about revoking laws, but enforcing constitutional rights.

  19. First hand experience on Supreme Court Holds Right to Bear Arms Applies to Individuals · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I am pretty neutral on the subject, but I can attest to the fact that the gun ban was not working in DC. I lived in the district for a while, and my girlfriend had a gun shoved in her face by a 14 year old for her purse. I don't think he cared about the gun ban.

  20. Re:Why McCain? on Prediction Markets and the 2008 Electoral Map · · Score: 1

    I'm pretty sure in one of the many debates, he stated that troops will be out of iraq in 16 months of him swearing in, but it was up to the commanders to make it happen. IE, they have they flexibility to plan a withdraw, instead of a micro managed mess.

  21. Verizon FiOS too on RoadRunner Intercepting Domain Typos · · Score: 1

    Verizon FiOS has been doing this for a while now.

  22. Re:You'd think... on New Tools Available for Network-Centric Warfare · · Score: 1

    This technology is what people in the military call a force multiplier. It allows infantry to operate more efficiently due to increased knowledge of what is going on in the ground in their area of operations. I also would say the cost of something like this is very small in the scheme of things (compared to oh say, life insurance payouts to some grieving family when a squad gets ambushed). I'm former infantry and would have loved something like this.

  23. Re:Sweden's neutral! on Leaked RIAA Training Video · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The Swedish fielded two volunteer SS battalions during WW2: 5th SS-Panzer Division "Wiking" and 11th SS-Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier Division "Nordland"

  24. Re:Security issue with Urchin!! on A Google Blunder- the Sad Story of Urchin · · Score: 1
  25. Not here on Verizon, Copper, Fiber, and the Truth · · Score: 3, Informative

    I had fios installed 2 months ago in Richmond, VA. I read the original article on slashdot, and asked the fios tech about cutting the copper. He said they didn't do that because there was a 30 day cancel policy and it would be to expensive to come back out. I still have a copper phone line, and fios at the same time. It causes issues for my billing though because they are "mixed media" and I don't get a bundle package.