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Comment Re:Knowledge of the Staff (Score 1) 423

by CWCheese (#46401149) Attached to: RadioShack To Close 1,100 Stores
I'm not even that thrilled how much they know how to work the cash register, the last few times I went to RS it was a joke to watch the employee try to ring up my purchase. It hasn't been a place I venture into for at least the past 15 years; any special adapter cable you need is no longer stocked, or they are pushing the horribly expensive Monster branded junk. Of course I miss the vacuum tube tester and battery-of-the-month club too...

Comment Re:WW2 machiny and WW2 units of measurement (Score 1) 150

by CWCheese (#45976985) Attached to: How To Make 96,000lbs of WWII Machinery Into High-Tech Research Platform

Isn't it about time a technical site such as slashdot started using metric units , eg kilos? You know, for the rest of the world outside the USA who has no clue what the hell 96,000 lbs means? Even in the UK hardly anyone under the age of 60 uses lbs as a measurement any more.

I vote for English units, thus the platform weighs in at nearly 6900 stone.

Comment Re:duh (Score 1) 265

by CWCheese (#45956253) Attached to: Engineers: Traffic Studies Use Simulation Software, Not Lane Closings

"No, the real question is, has politics stooped so low that political staff (and possibly politicians) feel entitled to act like petulant little children and expect to get away with it?"

I hear there was a Chicago Alderman who was removed from office because he decided to get back at his ex-wife by defunding snow removal to her neighborhood...

"And, if so, why is society prepared to live with their politicians and staff acting like such douchebags?"

Because if we don't vote for our petulant douchebag, the wrong petulant douchebag might win.

You might find this book an interesting read http://www.amazon.com/Boss-Richard-J-Daley-Chicago/dp/0452261678
It's been over 30 years since I first read it for poli-sci class and it seems politics will always be the same. It's about wielding power like a king.

Comment Not Just XP (Score 1) 413

by CWCheese (#45708845) Attached to: Exponential Algorithm In Windows Update Slowing XP Machines
I would suspect this is not limited solely to XP because I've experienced horrible delays with recent updates on a Win7 machine, which is only 6-7 months old. It's a new laptop I got from my company to replace an older XP machine and I recall updates were very snappy at first, now getting progressively more greedy for processing time.

Comment Re:The issue has moved to the Internet (Score 2) 288

by CWCheese (#45665931) Attached to: A Year After Ban On Loud TV Commercials: Has It Worked?
Well that was the whole deal with CATV many decades ago, when it was beginning to be widely marketed they said we would pay for transmission of programming and not see advertising, or a very small amount of ads. We can plainly see how that's turned out, there's much more advertising than content on pretty much every channel except C-SPAN. I don't hate ads, but please we need to see a higher percentage of content versus ads.

Comment Re:I don't understand (Score 3, Informative) 106

by CWCheese (#45423984) Attached to: EU To Allow 3G and 4G Connections On Planes
That's the reasoning I was given by an off duty flight attendant who was flying standby in the seat next to me. She said that during the takeoff and landing segments, the crew would rather the passengers be alert and ready since those are the riskiest segments of the trip. And I'd agree, especially flying in the Rocky mountain states where the wind shear in the late afternoon - early evening timeframes makes any roller coaster seem dull. I couldn't care less about the numbskull in the next row yelling at his ex on the phone, except that he'd better not be an obstacle when we need to evac the aircraft.

Comment Re:It's an ILEC (Score 1) 331

Actually the LECs have been doing this for many decades, charging a smaller but significant monthly fee for unlisted phone numbers. I remember AT&T (then Southwestern Bell) charging about $1.50/month for unlisted number back in the 1980's, so VZW is doing what has always been done. Albeit with a substantially higher charge.

Comment Re:Distributed costs (Score 2) 281

by CWCheese (#39846699) Attached to: Discovery Channel Crashes a Boeing 727 For Science Documentary
Boeing 727 were built with a aft stairway door that opened like a cargo ramp, and often were used for debarking the plane in the days when jetbridges were not yet in common use. This is how the legendary D.B. Cooper jumped from a 727 into the forest after hijacking the Northwest Orient flight, so pilot could have exited in the same way. But he likely wouldn't have been carrying $200k in small bills.

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