Comment Re:How many passengers can it carry? (Score 1) 140
Touché!
Comment Re:Not an April Fools post! (Score 2) 265
Considering he made a major mistake by assuming Texans use as much energy per capita as Californians, calling his self-admitted guess "facts" only serves to highlight your willingness to believe anything which fits your (demonstrably inaccurate) world-view :)
Comment Re:Not an April Fools post! (Score 4, Interesting) 265
Californians, on average, use about 50% of the energy Texans do, according to the 2012 figures.
Comment Re:Meanwhile, In Iowa (Score 1) 265
Yeah, but Iowa!
Sorry
Comment Re:Woop Di Do Da! (Score 4, Interesting) 265
Cutting CO2 is not the entire picture, though. With that in mind, it ceases to be less "dumb" than you think. Building the PV installations in Germany creates money for Germans to spend in the German economy. It also generates experience in the sectors involved. Sending money to Spain keeps the money in Spain.
Comment Not even accurate (Score 1) 179
Aside from being desperately not funny, an attack on a military installation to stop it from destroying you is not a terrorist attack.
Come on, Slashdot! You used to be better than this! Please show us you still are!
Comment Weak (Score 4, Insightful) 85
Just so very, very weak. It pains me to say this, but the ponies thing from a few years back was funnier. Ouch.
Corporation Investigates Spurious Signal -- What They Found Will Shock You 85
Mother_01101 writes:
The Weyland-Yutani Corporation announced today one of the most fantastic discoveries in human existence: alien life! Colony LV-426 made first contact, and one of W-Y Corp's long-term research vessels, Nostromo, has gone to provide assistance and bring these life forms home to engage in peaceful learning and negotiation. Initial reports from Nostromo indicate all has gone well, though they're now under radio silence for security purposes. W-Y Corp says they will, of course, honor all quarantine procedures and do everything they can to make sure the transition goes smoothly. Their CEO reminded us: "Safety is paramount!"
Tatooine Youth Suspected In Terrorist Attack 179
BeruHadItComing writes:
Imperial investigators are still trying to piece together what happened in last week's horrifying terrorist attack on our largest orbital defense station. Over a million loyal citizens, scientists, and medical staff lost their lives in the grisly attack while the station was being put through training exercises near the Yavin system. Billions more are in mourning, while a number of powerful senators have renewed calls to increase defense spending. Initial reports have confirmed Rebel involvement, and officials are making inquiries about a young insurgent from Tatooine with known ties to religious fundamentalists.
Comment Re:How many passengers can it carry? (Score 1) 140
We have much lighter materials now than we did in 1937, so you'd need to put in a bit more work before condemning this thing :)
Comment Re:Not so fast (Score 1) 140
Seeing it's more for cargo, unless you are posting yourself somewhere, you need not worry.
Comment Re:oh jeez. (Score 1) 140
They're equivalent in as much as they're the fastest roads, but when you start to compare engineering, "equivalent" is one hell of an insult to the Autobahn :)
Comment Re:Hindenburg? (Score 2) 140
That is most certainly not what "remote" means. The places this is proposed to be used are literally remote (as in "far away from"), and helicopters can't lift heavy loads for hours (or days), as this thing can. You seem to have misunderstood the word "remote", conjured up your own definition, then used that definition to bash the idea. I hope you realise how absurd that is :)
Comment Re:Woop Di Do Da! (Score 1) 265
Considering just how far north it is, that's still impressive, if not to you.
Comment Re: What, seriously (Score 1) 156
He quit after he was discovered to have funded an organisation which sought to actively deny basic human rights to some, based purely on a shoddy interpretation of a very old book. Missing that part out kind of distorts your account.
