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Comment Re:yep, thanks for pointing that out (Score 1) 389

That makes sense.

Here in Louisiana I've been seeing more and more houses with solar panels on the roof. This is awesome, but at the same time I'm wondering how they are going to hold up when the next hurricane comes rollin' through. I guess it's a "wait and see" type of thing, but at the same time I'm sure it's something I could research.

Comment Re:Too late. Fission 80,000 times safer than hydro (Score 1) 389

31 people died in the initial blast. Alas, there are no hard figures for the full toll, but last time I checked, 31 > 5, which is what I was replying to raymorris about.

Why in the hell did my comment get modded down? I was just trying to point out a simple fact, not try to get involved in the fission vs fusion vs solar vs hydro vs wind etc etc. I guess that makes me the asshole now?

Comment Re:How is encryption different from a safe? (Score 1) 560

IANAL, but the government can open the safe themselves, but I'm not sure that they can "force" you to open your safe. Same thing with the encrypted drive; the government is free to spin their wheels trying to figure out their keys on their own, but they can't force the key from you directly.

Comment Re:I don't get it. (Score 1) 84

I get all that. I think the article may be misread as him "breaking a record" of some type, when all he's actually doing is staying in an undersea lab longer than his grandfather. I'm not downplaying the research aspects of it, but one could question how much serious research is being done if they have to promote the endeavor on social media the way that they are.

This has been done before (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEALAB), and I don't believe that it was turned in a huge PR stunt (barring Carpenter's hilarious phone call with LBJ).

Comment I don't get it. (Score 2, Insightful) 84

At first I read the headline and thought "oh, he's going to be underwater using scuba gear for 31 days, awesome", but after reading the article he's going to spend 31 days in an "undersea lab". That's supposed to be a record of some type? Don't sailors in both the U.S. and Russian Navy spend many months at a time submerged in nuclear subs? If it is a record, it states that his grandfather holds it at 30 days....but fails to mention that Scott Carpenter spent that same amount of time in SEALAB II. So which is it?

Comment Awesome (Score 1) 1

"fag" jokes aside, this will be pretty awesome if Harley follows through with it. Being a Harley owner myself, I'm aware of how conservative their customers are when it comes to changes to their product line. They are taking a big risk with a bike that is such a departure for them, but at the same time they realize that times are a changin' and most of their customers are getting older, so they must change as well. To my knowledge, this will make them the first major motorcycle manufacture to produce a large electric bike (I think BMW makes an electric scooter, and Hero makes smaller electrics for the Asian market).

Specs are sketchy, but I read on RideApart (http://rideapart.com/2014/06/harley-davidson-electric-motorcycle-built/) that range will be somewhere in the 30-52 mile area. That isn't terribly great, but the 3.5 hour charge time on 220 isn't to bad. Styling is wonderful, too. There's no clutch or gears, and I'm sure that it'll be a torque monster. If it works out well, it could be a game changer, all with a bike assembled here in the USA.

Submission + - Harley-Davidson 'Project LiveWire' Marks The First Electric Hog (hothardware.com) 1

MojoKid writes: Harley-Davidson is going green. No, not a Lime Green motorcycle or anything to do with paint jobs, but a brand new hog that runs on electricity instead of gasoline. To kick off the initiative, which HD is calling "Project LiveWire," the iconic motorcycle maker is taking 22 electric bikes on a tour across the U.S. next week to both promote the new rides and gauge the public's reaction. Once the attention rolls off of social media and into the streets where the hardcore bikers prefer to spend their time, it will be interesting to see what kind of reaction an electric hog elicits. These bikes lack an exhaust and the accompanying rumble that bikers love to hear. HD even tried (unsuccessfully) to trademark its bike's "Potato-Potato-Potato" sound. On the flip side, HD could attract a whole new audience to the world of motorcycles, one that cares more about carbon footprints than a rumbling exhaust.

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