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  1. Re:Escapism at 36MPG on Ford Launches First American Hybrid · · Score: 1

    My Expedition is getting about 12.5MPG, mostly highway [California stop'n'go]. I can get 15MPG if I drive on cruise control at 55MPH and have a trailer behind me.

  2. Re:crappy American coverage on Olympics to Have Live Online Coverage, But Not For Americans · · Score: 1

    I'm specifically interested in the shooting event, and perhaps archery as well.

  3. crappy American coverage on Olympics to Have Live Online Coverage, But Not For Americans · · Score: 1

    And of course they'll only cover the "name" events or ones that we have a hope of winning. And they'll have a "LIVE" bug at the top of the screen, even though it will be tape-delayed by at least half a day.

  4. Big Weenie on Lawyer Sues Yahoo for Message Board Name-Calling · · Score: 1
  5. Re:"Glen" on P2P Leaks Surprises · · Score: 1

    Maybe it's 0x30. That I could buy.

  6. a remote you won't lose! on Sony's $700 Linux-based Remote Control · · Score: 1

    And at $700 a pop, even rich folks are going to think twice about misplacing it.

  7. Re:InkWell on Second Post-Apple Newton Life? · · Score: 1

    Right. And it's the printing recognizer that works better.

  8. InkWell on Second Post-Apple Newton Life? · · Score: 1

    But didn't it come from an outside party? Perhaps they simply bought it again.

  9. CrossPad on Second Post-Apple Newton Life? · · Score: 1

    So maybe what you really want is a CrossPad with IBM's Ink Manager software. Ability to do HWR, instant-on, backups. You can even make drawings.

  10. value to Apple on Second Post-Apple Newton Life? · · Score: 1

    You're assuming that even though they've essentially lost the brainshare that was the Newton team, that Apple still has the software.

    Unless someone was actively maintaining it, it's likely fallen off of the servers, lost in a head crash or some such. "It's just Newton - nobody will miss it."

  11. Re:It's all about the software on Second Post-Apple Newton Life? · · Score: 1

    first cabin grade HARDWARE . d'oh!

  12. It's all about the software on Second Post-Apple Newton Life? · · Score: 1

    Newton runs on First Cabin grade software. Even with the dongle port there's little refutation possible about that.

    The point you're missing is that Newton isn't about Hardware [with the exception that the hardware has allowed it to remain viable for so long], the Newtie is all about Software. Without the NewtonOS, it just wouldn't be worth it. The level of integration among the apps made Newton what it is today.

  13. too much light to see the stars on Apollo 11 Photographs Unfrozen · · Score: 1

    The point being that in order to properly expose surface features, the LEM, and the other astronaut, the film didn't have enough light coming from the stars to make an image. Hence, my example of "you can't see stars during the day" [but they're still there].

  14. Re:Interesting stars? on Apollo 11 Photographs Unfrozen · · Score: 1

    Rule #3 of photography: turn off your damn flash if you're at an Event and you're trying to take a picture of someone who is performing.

    Sure, you can take photos pointed towards the sun, and you'll end up with lens flare and internal reflections messing up your photo, as well as an underexposed subject.

  15. Re:Interesting stars? on Apollo 11 Photographs Unfrozen · · Score: 1

    Rule #1 of photography: the sun is always behind the photographer.
    Rule #2 of photography: see Rule #1.

    As to the stars - that's easy. Where are the stars when you look up during the day, even away from the sun?

  16. Re:Flag / physics question on Apollo 11 Photographs Unfrozen · · Score: 1

    It looks like it's made out of foil or something equally crumply (ever unfold a nylon kite-in-a-bag?). Not much gravity on Luna.

  17. seek out the astronomers on Cooling a Digital Camera? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The astronomy folks are way ahead of you. Google and ye shall find.

  18. Re:Oh yikes I hope you said this wrong on Language Tempest At Orkut · · Score: 1

    Au contraire, mon frere. Esperanto is a language that everyone finds to be easy. Please feel free to take a no-cost online course: here

  19. Re:Not an Issue to Me on Language Tempest At Orkut · · Score: 1

    bumbum

  20. Re:Not to mention on Language Tempest At Orkut · · Score: 1

    What's the story with that? Protest against our ops there or what?

  21. Re:Maybe someone can tell me what the story... on 3-D Fossils Found in Canada · · Score: 1, Informative

    New Scientist has an article about this very subject.

  22. Re:Maybe someone can tell me what the story... on 3-D Fossils Found in Canada · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If I had to take a swag, I'd say that the significance is that they're fossils of soft-bodied critters [um, or "thingies"] that were found in 3D, as most are squashed flat by the process that fossilized them.

  23. Why? EMS depends on Cell Phones these days on DHS Says Cellular Outage Reporting is Terrorist Blueprint · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The cops know that everyone is listening to their frequencies on scanners. Also, their towers are in well-known locations. Take that out and the police are paralized. Well, they were. Once cell phones were pocket-sized, local EMS realized that they were not only a good "private" way to communicate but also that they were a reliable backup in case of emergency.

  24. Re:All I Have To Say Is... on Atomic Veterans Speak Out · · Score: 1

    Arms Are For Stockpiling

    Test But Verify

  25. Re:Y2K meant NOTHING to VMS users on VAX Users See the Writing on the Wall · · Score: 1

    Actually, naively-written unix programs that used localtime() [and other (struct tm) referent functions] had Y2K problems of their own. Example code as such: printf("The year is 19%d\n", t->tm_year) would show "The year is 19100\n" in Y2K.