Trump would use those to go after jaywalkers...

The scrap metal deal would pay about $10,000 for it. Scrap bronze currently sells for $3.05/pound.

"There is no way this plastic we melted into this part could possibly ever melt again!"

Don't give Trump and Musk any ideas!!!

This is entirely the thing. Loki games can or at least could be coaxed to work on Linux with Loki_Compat libraries, but last time I tried to run Alpha Centauri for Linux even that wouldn't work — and I'm even still using X. But add to that, the Linux versions of games are frequently inferior. The Loki games are included in that, for example in AlphaC for Linux you cannot ctrl-shift-a automate formers only near their supporting base. Fast forward to a more modern game like Civ VI, and there's a huge slew of features and even leaders you can't get access to with the Linux version. Meanwhile, the Windows version runs better on Linux than it does on Windows.

I haven't heard the OS/2 thing, what's that about? I figure it failed because Microsoft was already doing "good enough" with Windows, plus NT had relatively meaningful security and OS/2 didn't.

I like having serious conversations on Slashdot at least as much as the next nerd, but arguments on Slashdot can only be taken slightly seriously today. There's a lot of people here who are not arguing in good faith.

I'm in the US, and I remember news articles about this idea. They passed quickly. If you wound up with a textbook with such ideas in it presented as anything other than a possibility which had been or could be researched, that is unfortunate, but it is not indicative of anything widespread.

Nobody is denying that at all. Nobody is even denying that there was a global cooling article fad. What was different about the global cooling scare from AGW's broad scientific consensus is that it didn't have broad scientific consensus.

That is likely not the fault of medical school, but the fault of society.

One of the problem with being in the top 1% intelligence is that you are constantly surrounded by IDIOTS.

Society needs a lot of educated people. If we limit 'the important work' to just the top 5%, then we will never have enough: Doctors, Judges, Lawyers, Engineers, Research Scientists, or Politicians. etc. So we have developed systems to let the top percentile (above average) people do work that we would much rather have the top 5% do.

Your surgeon for example, does not have to be a genius, he just needs to have steady hands and be taught what to cut. Yes, the guy inventing a mechanical heart needs to be in the top 5%, but the ER guy can just be above average.

Everybody wants their guy to be the best - but honestly you rarely need one.

P.S. Pray you are never the smartest guy around - it just means that you cannot ever ask anyone for help. They are all morons that have no idea what you are talking about.

A modern jet engine has parts made of steel that have to be grown from a single crystal. It is not enough to merely be martensite steel, the entire piece has to be one crystal. This techniques advanced techniques to create.

The jet engines reach 3,000 F (1700 C), which is way to hot for your run of the mill metal. The metal also needs special coatings.

I cannot imagine any serious manufacturer selling 3d printed parts for a jet engine without a thorough testing.

I bet this was someone saying , "eh, I can print that out for 1/10th the price they are selling it for".

I have my own private septic tank, so no, actually. Anything that comes out of my butt essentially goes into a black hole.

What a shitty idea!

I've got like 80 GBytes of MP3's from ripping my entire CD collection, amateur. And you know what? I just listen to YouTube music, because it's easier to say "google, play" + anything I can think of than to find tracks on a USB.

My best friend and his wife both drove Subarus, because they were good for carrying their dogs around. I just wished he would stop demonstrating the out-of-your-lane alert while driving in traffic.

"There are dozens of us! Dozens!" -- Arrested Development

Touch screens are a STUPID idea for cars for a very simple reason: one cannot use a touch screen without looking at the screen instead of the road. Voice input with audio confirmation would work fine for most of the things car manufacturers are using touch screens for, without forcing users to take their eyes off the road. That being said, my Toyota has adaptive cruise control and lane holding assist, so I can watch porn while driving the freeway anyway...