Nerrd - Slashdot User

Comment uh - by design? (Score 4, Insightful) 163

by Nerrd on Tuesday December 23, 2014 @03:51PM (#48662059) Attached to: Thunderbolt Rootkit Vector

It shouldn't surprise anybody that a malicious PCI-E card can access a system.

Comment Just Figuring this out? (Score 1) 567

by Nerrd on Thursday December 11, 2014 @12:19PM (#48573005) Attached to: The Case For Flipping Your Monitor From Landscape to Portrait

I've been using one of my three monitors in portrait mode for decades. It was more important when you couldn't fit a full page of text in landscape orientation. It's also quite helpful to conserve desk real-estate.

Comment Re:Oregon... (Score 1) 198

by Nerrd on Wednesday September 17, 2014 @02:28PM (#47929815) Attached to: Wave Power Fails To Live Up To Promise

The more reasonable approach - which is actually used in a lot of places - is to pump water uphill. The real problem is when there is no shortage of water, and the reservoirs are full. This is precisely their argument when not honoring wind contracts.

Comment Oregon... (Score 5, Informative) 198

by Nerrd on Wednesday September 17, 2014 @02:01PM (#47929533) Attached to: Wave Power Fails To Live Up To Promise

Part of the problem might be that they can't sell the power. The wind farms we currently have are already producing more power than the bonneville power administration is willing to purchase - even though they are under contract to do so.

Comment Re:So-to-speak legal (Score 5, Insightful) 418

by Nerrd on Monday September 15, 2014 @08:57AM (#47907617) Attached to: Comcast Allegedly Asking Customers to Stop Using Tor

They're not a utility - they damn well can terminate service for any reason.

Comment Line of Sight (Score 2) 268

by Nerrd on Saturday June 28, 2014 @12:44PM (#47340991) Attached to: That Toy Is Now a Drone

Line of sight between the operator and the model - has always been a legal requirement of operating R/C aircraft.

Comment Re:THIS JUST IN (Score 1) 298

by Nerrd on Thursday May 22, 2014 @01:14PM (#47067965) Attached to: Is It Really GPS If It Doesn't Use Satellites?

Did i though? http://www.engadget.com/2014/0... Its nothing but a really bloody accurate accelerometer.

Comment Re:THIS JUST IN (Score 0) 298

by Nerrd on Thursday May 22, 2014 @12:17PM (#47067177) Attached to: Is It Really GPS If It Doesn't Use Satellites?

The Gyro Compass was patented in 1911.

Comment THIS JUST IN (Score 0) 298

by Nerrd on Thursday May 22, 2014 @11:17AM (#47066483) Attached to: Is It Really GPS If It Doesn't Use Satellites?

British Navy Invents Dead-reckoning.

Comment Re:What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (Score 1) 74

by Nerrd on Friday May 16, 2014 @07:02PM (#47022141) Attached to: Measles Virus Puts Woman's Cancer Into Remission

Exactly.

Comment What Could Possibly Go Wrong? (Score 1) 74

by Nerrd on Friday May 16, 2014 @06:10PM (#47021831) Attached to: Measles Virus Puts Woman's Cancer Into Remission

I just can't help asking myself, What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Comment Re:Avgas (Score 1) 266

by Nerrd on Thursday February 27, 2014 @08:34PM (#46364129) Attached to: 3D Maps Reveal a Lead-Laced Ocean

It is tetraethyl lead - just like cars used.

Comment Re:Avgas (Score 2) 266

by Nerrd on Thursday February 27, 2014 @08:29PM (#46364091) Attached to: 3D Maps Reveal a Lead-Laced Ocean

Thats a seriously optimistic read on the situation. https://www.faa.gov/about/init...

Comment Avgas (Score 5, Interesting) 266

by Nerrd on Thursday February 27, 2014 @08:05PM (#46363899) Attached to: 3D Maps Reveal a Lead-Laced Ocean

Nearly the entire worldwide fleet of piston powered aircraft still burn leaded gas.

Comment Re:Burn the Uranium in safe Thorium reactors... (Score 0) 146

by Nerrd on Saturday February 22, 2014 @01:31PM (#46311609) Attached to: How About a Megatons To Megawatts Program For US Nuclear Weapons?

No. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T... Thorium reactors *burn* Thorium, and *produce* U-233.

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