Comment: Re:Anbody want to (Score 1) 315
trash talk the filibuster now?
Except it wasn't a filibuster, or even close. It was killed in committee.
Wine 1.2 Released 427
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Soulskill
from the pop-the-cork dept.
from the pop-the-cork dept.
David Gerard writes "Stuck with that one Windows app you can't get rid of? Rejoice — Wine 1.2 is officially released! Apart from running pretty much any Windows application on Unix better than 1.0 (from 2008), major new features include 64-bit support, bi-directional text, and translation into thirty languages. And, of course, DirectX 9 is well-supported and DirectX 10 is getting better. Packages should hit the distros over the weekend, or you can get the source now."
Comment: Cui Bono? (Score 3, Insightful) 427
Of course, it would be completely coincidental that Microsoft would offer training, software and certification to help get your Internet driver's license, right?
Comment: Nice.... (Score 5, Funny) 115
[url]https://issues.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=5852[/url]
Noticed 14 months ago. Fixed 5 months ago. Released today.
Comment: Citation Needed (Score 1) 113
You say that as if you need no facts to back it up. Looking around, the best estimates I could find were 3 to 5 percent of the cost of a plane are litigation and litigation-prevention costs. There's also a fairly significant amount for insurance, some of which goes to paying for litigation, but all totaled it still seems to be less than either of the two largest costs, parts and labor.
So, please stop pulling numbers out of your ass.
Magnetic Heat Shield 1
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bricko
bricko writes "Using a superconducting coil to protect returning capsule via magnetic field rather than ablative ceramic type as usual.
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/11/24/335327/magnetic-heat-shield-test-could-use-russian-launcher.html"
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/11/24/335327/magnetic-heat-shield-test-could-use-russian-launcher.html"
Depeche Mode's Martin Gore subpoenaed in WoW Suit->
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slick_shoes writes "Having unsuccessfully tried to sue (among others) Microsoft for "undue stress" over a broken Xbox 360 and Sony for banning him from the PSN, therefore violating his First Amendment rights in the past, Erik Estavillo has now filed suit against the makers of World of Warcraft. He is claiming that the game is a "harmful virtual environment" and its developers follow "sneaky and deceitful practices". Despite this, Estavillo admits he "relies on videogames heavily for the little ongoing happiness he can achieve in this life".
More bizzarely, he has subpoenaed the guitarist of UK gloom merchants Depeche Mode as an 'expert witness on melancholy' as "he himself has been known to be sad, lonely, and alienated, as can be seen in the songs he writes". Winona Ryder's love of Catcher in the Rye has also landed her with a subpoena to testify about "how alienation in the book can tie to alienation in real life videogames such as World of Warcraft.".
Estavillo is seeking $1m in damages."
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More bizzarely, he has subpoenaed the guitarist of UK gloom merchants Depeche Mode as an 'expert witness on melancholy' as "he himself has been known to be sad, lonely, and alienated, as can be seen in the songs he writes". Winona Ryder's love of Catcher in the Rye has also landed her with a subpoena to testify about "how alienation in the book can tie to alienation in real life videogames such as World of Warcraft.".
Estavillo is seeking $1m in damages."
Link to Original Source
Comment: Re:Take ball, go home (Score 1) 367
The fact that the idea you propose is like using a nuclear bomb to swat a fly. Most electric companies have literally billions of dollars of investments in the cities they service. They're not going to abandon that over a 3 or 4 cent a kilowatt hour difference that they could only use on a very small minority (those who generate their own power) of customers.
Comment: Re:Can someone explain this guy's logic to me (Score 3, Informative) 367
Not really. The standard electric meter runs forward when you're buying electricity, backwards when you're selling electricity. With a standard meter, the company can only tell your net energy use. If you use 100 kilowatts, and put back 95 kilowatts, all they see is 5 kilowatts. There's no record of when each kilowatt was used, or anything like that.
This assumes a standard mechanical electric meter, which is what is in something like 95% of residential homes. Digital meters can keep track of when you use, and meter at different rates, but for the most part they're only used by larger commercial power users.
Further, several states forbid the electric company to buy from consumers at a lower rate than they sell to consumers.
Comment: Not his first time. (Score 4, Informative) 319
Not long after being disbarred, Ol' Jack spammed the entire membership of the Florida Bar (all Florida lawyers) asking for personal stories about how other members have been "unfairly" targeted by the Florida Bar. I presume he wanted to start some sort of class action suit, but I haven't heard anything further about it.