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Comment Re:Why not just use hard drives and then store... (Score 1) 193

Dang it, replied to the wrong comment.

I think we're all forgetting that in five years, HDDs may be more expensive due to SDDs taking over the bulk of storage duties and the inevitable redirection of production away from HDDs. HDDs might become 'boutique' or 'retro' items like record players.

Comment Re:Why not just use hard drives and then store... (Score 1) 193

Also, you are assuming the replacement price of a new HDD five years from now would be the same as now. This is almost certainly not true. HDD prices have historically fallen much faster than Moore's Law. So in five years, you may be able to get 20GB for what a 4GB HDD costs today. Historically, optical disc prices have fallen much more slowly.

I think we're all forgetting that in five years, HDDs may be more expensive due to SDDs taking over the bulk of storage duties and the inevitable redirection of production away from HDDs. HDDs might become 'boutique' or 'retro' items like record players.

Comment Re:I'm missing something about this product, I thi (Score 1) 78

Not all, and not even the largest. From the Bank of America site (emphasis mine):

What's the difference between chip & signature and chip & PIN? Does my card have a PIN?
Chip & PIN is a very similar technology, except that you use a PIN to complete a purchase instead of a signature. Both chip & PIN and chip & signature offer enhanced security against counterfeiting compared to traditional magnetic stripe-only cards. Bank of America does not currently offer chip & PIN technology.

Comment Re:"new" research (Score 1) 185

... a bunch of formerly independent cells deciding which 90% get to die in order to form the support structure and who gets to be the reproductive structure.

I'm certainly no expert, but doesn't something like that happen during human gestation? Don't our 'tail' cells die or get resorbed, as well as the webbing between our fingers and toes?

Comment Re:Yeah, so? (Score 1) 143

I read all of the original six when I was in junior high/high school. I have not read the final 4. Would you suggest I give them a go?

As for the Dune series, I liked the first book, but they went downhill fast after that. The final one(s) was/were nearly incomprehensible. The only funny thing I got from them is that with Duncan Idaho being a ghola, everyone could have their "own private Idaho".

Comment Here's an idea ... (Score 1) 299

How about having anti-kill 'locations' that the phone has to be near every so often to keep working? In other words, if my phone hasn't been near locations I secretly choose for over a week/month/quarter, the phone stops working. That helps with the theft issue without allowing third parties to externally brick your phone.

This posting serves as proof that I thought of this first! I might just file a patent.

Comment Re: Apply liberal amounts of gloss. (Score 2) 219

... it would be better if people learned how hard it is to shoot well on distances over 100 meters.

The corollary to this is "don't shoot beyond your abilities." If you know you're inexperienced or a poor shot while under the influence of 'buck fever', don't try the long shots in the first place. These days there are plenty of does* that will basically walk right up to you for a clean, humane kill.

*Where I live, they've basically declared open season on deer - 6 a year, three of which must be anterless, the whole 1.5 month firearms season is either-sex, plus all the bonus deer tags you can buy.

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