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Comment Re:With the best will in the world... (Score 1) 486

I'm sure Audi means that the synthesized fuel is functionally or practically identical, meaning same flash point, detonation point, emissions, etc. So why can't they say that? “Chemically identical” means you can put it through GCMS and get the same results, and I'm sure that's not the case.

Comment Well, duh (Score 5, Insightful) 239

If Haynes has monetized his channel, then any filming he does for it is commercial filming. YouTube videos are a full-time job for some people.
If he owned a plane, took a camera on it, filmed stuff from it, and got money when people watched the film, that would be commercial flying. This is no different.

Comment Sounds like the setup of an Asimov story (Score 1) 162

A perfect fit for the I, Robot universe: a conflict between the first and second laws, plus a question about the depth of the robot's understanding of its actions.

1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

Comment The SD poster's theory (Score 1) 122

Slashdot summary:

in theory, it should be possible to construct one

Actual article:

Yet, despite the pressure and temperature gradients all the way down, despite having a liquid, molten outer core and a radioactive nickel-iron-cobalt inner core at over 4000 F, lets assume youve gone and physically created created something that will stabilize your cylindrical shaft going right through the Earths center.

Comment Created? (Score 2) 191

nothing on these augmented displays will look right except from the driver's perspective

And only from one head position!

Every time some concept car âoeinventsâ video-cameras-instead-of-mirrors, I wonder whether it's occurred to anyone that mirrors show a different view depending on the position of the viewer. Is that so fundamental that we just forget it entirely?

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