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Comment Re:Reasons why I don't like Musk's hyper loop (Score 1) 124

Pete from Oz seems to have some 'limitations' in his own mind.

It'll never work!

"In Bavaria the Royal College of Doctors, having been consulted, declared that railroads, if they were constructed, would cause the greatest deterioration in the health of the public, because such rapid movement would cause brain trouble among travelers, and vertigo among those who looked at moving trains. For this last reason it was recommended that all tracks be enclosed by high board fences raised above the height of the cars and engines.

Rail travel at high speed is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia."

- Dr. Dionysus Lardner (1793-1859), Professor of Natural Philosophy and Astronomy at University College, London.

Comment Re:Reasons why I don't like Musk's hyper loop (Score 1) 124

To quote from the link you so kindly supplied:

oxygen production typically lasts at least 15 minutes

Do you want to speculate how long it will take to extract people from a hyper loop capsule?

Here, let me help you.
1. Time to locate the capsule
2. Time for the Hyperloop Emergency Extraction Team to respond.
3. Time transport man lifts to the location of the capsule at some arbitrary point between the start and finish location
4. Time to safely raise those man lifts to to the height of the pipe
5. Time to safely cut through the pipe and capsule.

Because there's no way you could let air into the tunnel, of course.

Comment Re:Reasons why I don't like Musk's hyper loop (Score 2, Informative) 124

But the device doesn't contain any onboard air supply - instead it relies on the driving compressor/fan assembly to compress the air to a human sustainable amount.

Yeah, we've never operated passenger compartments full of people in low-pressure environments before. There's probably no way to do that safely.

Comment Re:Is this the un"adjusted" raw data? (Score 4, Funny) 310

Is this the un"adjusted" raw data, or does it have the various "adjustments" that have been applied to the historical data before in past releases?

Bwaahhahahah! Do you think they would actually release the real data? As we all know, governments are putting so much cash into climate change research that the money has totally distorted the scientific process. Hence the global conspiracy to secure as much as one million dollars of research money by the evil scientists, using any means available to hoodwink the public.

Expect no truth from them. You must find it yourself, thermometer in hand. The truth is out there.

Submission + - Massachusetss Rep. Katherine Clark Calls for Prosecution of Gamergate Trolls

PvtVoid writes: Representative Katherine Clark of Massachusetts is urging the Department of Justice to prioritize prosecution against online harassers of women:

We have to stop seeing this as just an internet issue,” said Clark. “When women are targeted with violent threats online, they are not only forced to fear for their safety, but their ability to fully participate in our economy is jeopardized. We have to examine how well we’re enforcing existing protections and work to keep the internet open for everyone.”

She specifically mentions Gamergate in her statement.

Good for her.

Comment Duh (Score 4, Interesting) 321

Why would anyone, ever, think that me not looking at their ad should be illegal? I mean, are we that far gone that it's even conceivable to have the courts forcing me to view ads?

I look forward to the day when somebody makes augmented reality glasses that block meatspace advertising like billboards, TVs in airports and bars, logos on clothes, all it. I'll be the first in line.

Submission + - Adblock Plus victorious again in court (businessinsider.com)

Xochil writes: Adblock Plus, which claims to be the most popular ad blocking tool, has been victorious again in court versus publishers who took out lawsuits against its owner company Eyeo demanding that users should not be allowed to legally block ads on their sites.

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