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Comment: Re:Start here (Score 1) 1145

by smithmc (#43905831) Attached to: White House: Use Metric If You Want, We Don't Care

As I recall, it was required nation-wide during the late 70s. Then Reagan happened.

The use of the metric system has never been required by the Federal government. The Metric Conversion Act of 1975 designates the metric system as the "preferred system of weights and measures for United States trade and commerce", but it did not make this mandatory, at least not for private citizens or businesses.

Comment: Re:Spin spin.. (Score 1) 311

by smithmc (#43862299) Attached to: New Best Way To Nuke a Short-Notice Asteroid

Don't asteroids usually spin? If you blast a crater on one side, then you have some serious aiming to do to hit the crater?

Then again, clearly it's possible to hit with photon torpedoes, and using the Force.

That'll work great, as long as there's an exhaust port on the asteroid about the size of a womprat. Then, all we need to do is build an X-Wing...

Comment: Re:From the article: (Score 1) 761

by smithmc (#43284255) Attached to: Man Who Pointed Laser At Aircraft Gets 30-Month Sentence

Coat the windows in a layer of nonlinear optic material that only significantly attenuates light above a certain radiant density. It'd potentially make flying towards the sun less unpleasant as well.

Um, given this, don't you think that planes/pilots would already be equipped with this if it already existed?

Comment: Re:From the article: (Score 1) 761

by smithmc (#43284233) Attached to: Man Who Pointed Laser At Aircraft Gets 30-Month Sentence

The law is stupid because the idea that laws serve as an effective deterrent is stupid.

Remember when they passed that law against __________, and now no one does __________ anymore? Hmm? Yeah, neither do I.

Yeah, you're right - laws are such a pain in the ass. We should just get rid of them and save ourselves the bother.

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