Leuf - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Why don't U.S. carriers also use ski-jump? (Score 2) 449

by Leuf on Thursday December 15, 2011 @05:32PM (#38389068) Attached to: Satellite Spots China's First Aircraft Carrier

How do you know they are more reliable without any being in service? How unreliable are the steam catapults? As long as you don't put Tom Cruise on ready alert they seem to work just fine.

Comment Re:And what might influence culture? (Score 1) 472

by Leuf on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @01:53PM (#38357426) Attached to: New Study Concludes Math Gender Gap Is Cultural, Not Biological

If I decide to jump off a cliff it was my brain that did it, but halfway down my brain doesn't really have any say anymore what happens. Culture is like gravity.

Comment Re:What's French for... (Score 2) 561

by Leuf on Monday December 05, 2011 @07:11PM (#38273594) Attached to: Greenpeace Breaks Into French Nuclear Plant

Le Simpson d'Homer

Comment Re:The "right target" is a misconception (Score 1) 117

by Leuf on Wednesday November 30, 2011 @02:25AM (#38211324) Attached to: Behind the Government's Rules of Cyber War

They only need to make sure the missile isn't going to piss off anyone that matters too much. If they can't do anything about it, then they don't matter. If they can do something, but it's not going to be enough to get them to actually do it, then they don't matter either.

Comment Make it cool by making it mandatory? (Score 2) 292

by Leuf on Tuesday November 29, 2011 @12:00AM (#38198644) Attached to: Reading, Writing, Ruby?

If you want to make it cool, ban learning about it.

Comment Re:Renewable or infinite? (Score 1) 835

by Leuf on Thursday November 24, 2011 @12:14PM (#38158576) Attached to: The Myth of Renewable Energy

But once you have the rare earth metals in the wind turbine, do they wear out?

Comment Re:The holdback is the publishers (Score 1) 124

by Leuf on Thursday November 24, 2011 @02:02AM (#38155714) Attached to: Nature Publishes a "Post-Gutenberg" Electronic Text

So self-publish the damn thing and keep 100%

Comment It's a good thing... (Score 1) 611

by Leuf on Tuesday November 22, 2011 @05:17PM (#38141042) Attached to: Baker Has to Make 102,000 Cupcakes For Grouponers

It's a good thing the offer expired before she hit the 640k limit.

Comment Extreme laziness (Score 1) 75

by Leuf on Sunday November 20, 2011 @06:33PM (#38119442) Attached to: The Convoluted Life Cycle of a News Story

This is just taking their typical lazy attitude to another level. Every article seems to be a contest of how much they can cut and paste from previous articles with as little new content as possible.

Comment "The sexualisation of the lead characters" (Score 5, Funny) 357

by Leuf on Tuesday November 15, 2011 @02:07PM (#38062302) Attached to: <em>Doctor Who</em> To Become Hollywood Feature Film

Yes, we wouldn't want to risk sexualizing Amy Pond.

Comment Print walls (Score 1) 625

by Leuf on Sunday November 13, 2011 @06:42PM (#38043598) Attached to: Is American Innovation Losing Its Shine?

Not quite, but yes that is already here in the form of SIPs. Glue OSB to either side of rigid foam, cnc out the window and door openings and you're pretty much done. You still need a few people to put the erector set together, and plumbers and electricians.

Comment Re:The USPS needs a job. (Score 1) 548

by Leuf on Thursday November 10, 2011 @05:42PM (#38016854) Attached to: Bipartisan Internet Sales Tax Bill Introduced

GP: "Then make the carriers which include FedEx and UPS, be the collector"

Comment Re:Bipartisan support (Score 1) 548

by Leuf on Thursday November 10, 2011 @11:53AM (#38012974) Attached to: Bipartisan Internet Sales Tax Bill Introduced

So you think the online business had their stuff materialize out of thin air? I spend about 10% of my gross on shipping and shipping supplies.

Comment Re:Bipartisan support (Score 1) 548

by Leuf on Thursday November 10, 2011 @12:07AM (#38008598) Attached to: Bipartisan Internet Sales Tax Bill Introduced

Making an online business have to pay to ship their stuff while local businesses can simply hand things to people is damaging to online businesses. Therefore the government should provide free shipping for everyone to make it fair.

Comment Re:The USPS needs a job. (Score 2) 548

by Leuf on Wednesday November 09, 2011 @09:03PM (#38007422) Attached to: Bipartisan Internet Sales Tax Bill Introduced

I love this idea. Make my Fedex guy, who can't even be bothered to make it all the way to the door and thus leaves everything in front of the garage, responsible for collecting all my taxes.

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