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Comment Re:Obviously black metal was not part ot the sampl (Score 1) 143

Yeah, yeah, yeah... My question for those is "will you still be listening to it one year from now? 20 years from now?". I'm sure I'll still be listening to Ministry or In Flames 20 years from now. But that cuss-word filled rap with no music, no rhythm, no voice, no talent and nothing else... I'm sure you won't.

Comment Re:CFC-free foam caused it (Score 1) 93

It was said at the time that the white paint on the early shuttle tanks served to also keep the foam together and reduce drag on it.

They scrapped it to save money and increase payload by a tiny fraction. But mostly to save money.

Engineers: this is necessary.
NASA Bean Counters: nah.

Every freakin' time.

Comment Re:But not practical everywhere (Score 1) 164

There are plenty of missing niches for EVs. For instance our 2 cars are dying and I'm thinking about EV. BUT we are on a co-property with a small common parking lot (7 cars max). It would seem obvious to put a charging station there, and yet there's no technical solution available. Either we ask one of the commercial charging stations to build one there, but then they'll charge us through the nose each time we use it. Or one of us builds a private connector. But there's not (that I know) a simple solution with a switch to select which person pays, with the electricity coming from the co-property. Or let me know if I'm wrong.

Comment Re:If I were to fix the theatre experience (Score 1) 120

They talk about Anime, but there are other solutions too: foreign movies. The US has always been *very* closed off to foreign productions. When there's a big success overseas, they usually do a shitty remake instead of showing the better original. There are plenty of good movies with the usual culprits like France or Italy (Rapito, C'è ancora domani...), and Bollywood may be an acquired taste but you can't deny its success. And lately I've been watching more movies from Germany or Scandinavia (anything from Fatih Akin, Don't Look away, Blood & Gold, Sisu...)

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