And that they're claiming it outperforms any of the other terrestrial telescopes from 70.1 inches up to the 409 inch Gran Telescopio Canarias, and presumably any bigger ones still being built.

Declutching and dropping to neutral to release the engine from the drive train keeps the brake boosters, power steering and other bits running while you bring the car to a halt. Just killing the engine will leave you with hard steering and even harder braking while trying to get off the road.

On a bike, not sure if there are brake boosters, but it's a safer maneuver to pull the clutch in, pull off the road and stop completely before removing a hand from the handlebars to reach for the key in the middle of the handlebar column to stop the engine.

The other meaning of common as in plain, simple, dull, not the more "common" usage of frequently, often.

Not if you go at night.

Um, a warrant is a court order. The investigators explain to the judges what they suspect, why they suspect it and what and where they need to look to get more evidence. The judge then issues the warrant. Legality of the source of the evidence used to obtain the warrant can be challenged in the future case and will affect the chain of admissibility.

Warrants don't just apply to the defendant directly, and are issued on a one-sided basis to prevent destruction of evidence by the defendant.

If you actually bothered to read the article and absorb the information presented, you will see why they ruled out a meteor air-burst. The small stone they recovered from the tektite region did not match stony or iron meteorite material, but cometary material. Therefore they concluded the object that detonated in the air above the tektite region was a comet, not a meteor.

You can go and delete your Google+ account completely and it won't affect the Youtube thing.

Also, if Google hits you with the real name/ Google+ link demand after logging in, just reload the youtube.com page or reclick the bookmark. I know it's a pain in the arse, but it keeps them from asking.

The adapter in question allows you to plug a HDMI cable into the DVI connector on the video card. My 4850 card from ASUS had two DVI connectors and no HDMI connector, so I would have to use the adapter to plug it into a TV for example. The card came with one. My later 6850 card has HDMI and DisplayPort and didn't come with one.

Since the 4850 card has two DVI ports, I wonder if the idea was something as simple and stupid as if there are two DVI to HDMI adapters plugged in, only activate HDMI audio on one, and since we assume the user will always use our adapter first, and then someone else's adapter he bought when he added the 2nd display, let's do a simple program check for our adapter instead of a difficult device capability check to decide where to send the audio.

Not a good idea, or even a smart shortcut. More like a last minute bright idea.

The Google Maps imagery dates from 28th May 2009. For current construction information, go have a look at http://www.iter.org/construction

They're not yet complete, but they are way, way further along than the Google images show. There are building complexes under heavy construction now.

Unless you've hauled the scanner to the accident site, the wreck has already being hoisted, dragged, dropped etc by the tow company. Any loose bits would have fallen off already.

What they are looking for isn't the loose bits, it's how the crumple zones collapsed inside the structure, what you normally cannot see without taking the car apart without cutting and bending bits of it to the point you might not be sure what was bent in the accident and what was caused by disentangling the mangled mess to have a look.

I get your sarcasm clearly, but why does everyone think local and state government has shutdown just because the federals have? City, county and state should still be running in a federal shutdown, unless they've taken the opportunity to grab a vacation and blame it on the feds.

If you want Coke to cleanse the bowels, you'll have to take it as en enema. Just remember to degas it first.

Cool. Didn't even pay attention to the units. Makes more sense now. Since these are designed for short usage during rocket flights, doesn't really matter how long it lasts I guess.

Dunno what they are doing with it in that design, but the item is a BAV99 dual signal diode in a 3 pin SMD pack.

It looks like it is protecting the VCC line from the voltage divider driving the VBACKUP input, which could be done with a single diode, but it might be easier to handle or more reliable.

There's a difference between not being able to form a coalition government (prime minister + cabinet) and shutting down the civil service which is what the Yankees have managed to do.

I suspect most of the civil service in Belgium quite happily continued working without the interference of the ministers.