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  1. Re:how pedals to charge? on World's First Production Hybrid Motorcycle To Hit Market In India · · Score: 1

    More important than that, you may want the pedals to get over hills. This is not an exaggeration, previous mopeds sold in India with displacements less than 50 cc needed the rider to do just this to get across steep inclines.

  2. Re:Why Hybrid but not full electrical? on World's First Production Hybrid Motorcycle To Hit Market In India · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There's also the issue of frequent power cuts, particularly in Bangalore where it's become almost a way of life. In many rural parts of India, power is only available for a few hours a day, just enough to run agricultural water pumps. With a hybrid, you just find the nearest petrol pump and you're good.

  3. Re:Baud vs bps on A Brief History of Modems · · Score: 1

    The terminology works if you're talking about the interface between the modem and computer. This would really be working at 9600, 19200 or 56000 baud, the baseband signalling used by RS232 did not use multi-level or phase coding to send multiple bits per transition.

  4. Re:Result on Man Tries To Use Explosive Device On US Flight · · Score: 1

    The man cried out "Allahu Akbhar"

    Since when was crying out "God is Great" an indication of terrorism?

  5. Re:Ive tried them all on What Is the State of Linux Security DVR Software? · · Score: 1

    No matter what BT878 card you use, be sure that the case has adequate ventilation. Those chips run hot, and tend to flake out when temps rise too high. I've seen many forum postings advising the use of glue-on heatsinks. I've done that, as well as put extra fans in the server case.

  6. Re:Evidence of considerable cleverness... on Aussie Scientists Find Coconut-Carrying Octopus · · Score: 1
  7. Re:science says he's wrong on Music While Programming? · · Score: 1

    Link, please

  8. Re:Underwater aircraft launch of F-15 on Russia Confirms Failed Missile Launch Caused Norway's Light Show · · Score: 1

    Heh, what I'd like to see is that F-15 landing on (in?) the sub.

  9. Re:just try using that on a plane on A Dual-Screen 10.1" Laptop In Time For the Holidays · · Score: 1

    How about if they hung half a newspaper in your face while you tried to sleep? Happened to me too often.

  10. Re:Sigh on What the iPod Tells Us About the World Economy · · Score: 1

    Japan and China are separate nations with separate cultures. Never lump them together just because the people look the same to your eyes.

    Dude, relax. All I meant was these same allegations were once made about the Japanese, and look where they are now. By extension, maybe some day the Chinese companies will have a similar reputation for quality products that the likes of Toshiba and Sony have now.

  11. Re:Herschel Spectroscopy of Past Supernova on Herschel Spectroscopy of Future Supernova · · Score: 1

    Wouldn't the cool part be that we can see a supernova go kablooey in our lifetime? I wonder if this one would be close enough to see with the naked eye.

  12. Re:Sigh on What the iPod Tells Us About the World Economy · · Score: 1

    Wasn't the same argument levelled at the Japanese? Heck, I still see it being used when people say the Japanese don't place emphasis on quality software because it isn't something physical they can hold in their hands (like in comments on this article, even if it was later refuted)

    I wonder if the situation in China is similar to India, where people seem to have a preference for brands that are "imported".

  13. Re:News to me on Wikileaks Publishes 500,000 9/11 Pager Messages · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Pagers operate at a lower frequency than cell phones, the likelihood of a dead zone is lower.

  14. Re:silicon nitride deformation - mirrors/light pat on Light Resonators Used To Move Nano-Sized Objects · · Score: 1

    Mirrors reflecting mirrors? High tech sorcery, I say!

  15. Re:US vs UK... on Plug vs. Plug — Which Nation's Socket Is Best? · · Score: 1

    Trouble with breakers is that they are mechanical devices with moving parts. It's possible that a breaker can get stuck closed. A fuse, however, is just a piece of nichrome that will melt if the current exceeds the rating, no matter what. So if you have a major fault, and the breaker gets stuck, the fuse will melt. I've seen this happen on a 240V circuit for an unoccupied apartment - resulted in a fire. My best guess is there was a sustained high current (not enough to trip the breaker) that heated up the internal solenoid to the point where the plastic melted and held the breaker closed. By the way, the apartment owner had replaced the safety fuse with a piece of ordinary wire.

  16. Re:Poor QA on Why Computers Suck At Math · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Most unfortunately, the only solution for those rocket attacks is preventing they're fired in the first place. Which obviously requires either palestinians police their own terrorists, or someone does it for them (that's called "occupation").

    This is exactly what's wrong with you and most of the Israeli government. First, you call it "unfortunate" that the only solution is to prevent the rockets being fired. Bit of a clue there. In any case, the only way that can be done in any permanent manner is to not give Hezbollah any reason to fire rockets in the first place. Not "occupation".

  17. Re:Hardware RAID is dead on RAID's Days May Be Numbered · · Score: 1

    Two problems with RAID implemented on the host CPU

    1. I/O Bandwidth between CPU and disks is used up to do the multiple reads/writes needed for parity-based RAIDs like RAID5/6. With a dedicated controller, the high-bandwidth traffic stops at the controller, and the host's I/O buses only see a single read or write.
    2. Memory backup batteries for write caches, which help in the event of a power failure

    From a management point of view, though, host-based RAIDs are much nicer. Most "hardware" RAIDs are a pain to maintain, the less expensive ones require a reboot to get to the BIOS-based management software.

  18. Re:Long life bulbs cost versus cost of replacement on Panasonic's New LED Bulbs Shine For 19 Years · · Score: 2, Insightful

    He'd have to get up there to clean the fixtures every so often.

  19. Re:ROI on Panasonic's New LED Bulbs Shine For 19 Years · · Score: 1

    [citation needed]

  20. Re:NOT from space on Students Take Pictures From Space On $150 Budget · · Score: 1

    Well the students took pictures of space, you don't need to be in space to do that.

  21. Re:"Based on a F22 radar" on Ford's New Radar Technology Based On Open Source · · Score: 1

    ... which makes me wonder why the report was on the BBC

  22. Re:SPARC Roadmap? on Sneak Peek At Sun's SPARC Server Roadmap · · Score: 1

    Here's the platform that enthusiasts can use to tinker with OpenSPARC.

  23. Re:why ignore common sense? on Wind Farms Can Interfere With Doppler Radar · · Score: 1

    Weather events are not IR emitters, and must be externally illuminated. Infrared illuminators have a range of a few hundred feet at best.

  24. Re:Solvable problem on Wind Farms Can Interfere With Doppler Radar · · Score: 1

    It requires a different type of radar. You need a lot of samples to have enough information to identify target types from radar signatures. The way a weather radar works, it sweeps a narrow "pencil beam" over a large area, integrating as it goes. Military radars that can do target identification are usually in some sort of tracking mode, where the beam is locked on to the target (for mechanically scanned antennas) or dwells for longer (electronically scanned).

    One exception is when surveillance radars attempt to classify helicopters and low-flying aircraft. The only reason this is done is to avoid the ground clutter filter removing them from the target detection list. You have to remember that a weather radar isn't just doing detection, it's also quantitatively measuring parameters of the target.

  25. Re:Non problem with modern Doppler weather radar on Wind Farms Can Interfere With Doppler Radar · · Score: 1

    Other common causes for false alarms include:

    1. Roads on rising terrain, tend to look like a gust front that never moves
    2. Interference from other radars

    I work on a research radar that typically has all the filters turned off, and yes, it can be quite a mess