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Comment Don't forget weight (mass) (Score 1) 239

I'm not a football fan but one cannot avoid hearing about "deflategate"

However my understanding is that they both measure the pressure and the weight of the ball. The temperature difference will account for the pressure decrease however the balls should still weigh the same. The claims were what - 11 of the balls were underweight?

Comment Re:Finaly. (Score 2) 225

The problem really isn't and hasn't ever been animation sites. The problem is that Flash has often been used where it doesn't belong; forms on business sites, ENTIRE web sites built using flash so you cannot bookmark a page, and stuff like that, and Flash doesn't work particularly well on touch screens. Like BLINK, Flash has been used and abused to the point where it is an abomination.

Comment Re:Just give the option to turn it off... (Score 1) 823

I like how quiet the exhaust on my turbocharged Saab is. I do wish the turbocharger weren't so muffled by the intake though. That high-pitched whoosh followed by a pssst! is awesome!

My ZR-1 has a Borla exhaust. Too loud. I liked the stock exhaust which was loud only when I got on it beyond moderate throttle, but driving normally, very deep exhaust note yet subtle.

Right now I am driving a rental while my Saab is in the shop (heater blower quit. Grr.) - I swear it has a fake engine sound. It's a Hyundai Elantra which can barely get out of its own way yet quite a roar inside. >_>

Comment Thanks, but... (Score 1) 243

Having jumped ship from the iPhone to Android once Android matured and re-purchased all my apps ranging from $.99 to $89.00, I have no desire to switch platforms again, even if many or even "most" Android apps run on Tizen via ACL.

Comment Re:Obligatory Onion link (Score 1) 314

> . They were openly hostile to the few that ventured in, demanding name, address, and phone number for the privilege of buying a battery.

I once bought batteries there paying cash and didn't feel like getting on their mailing list so when they asked my name I said "cash" and held up a $20 bill. The clerk remarked that that was fraud. Fraud? Really? Because I'm making a wisecrack to inform him I'm not giving him junk mail info? How am I defrauding the store by paying cash for frigging batteries?

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