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Comment: Re:No need for a tuner (Score 1) 232

by tweak13 (#38509784) Attached to: DigiTimes Lends Credence To Apple-Branded TVs For 2012
A huge portion of that 90% has either basic or extended basic cable. Those plans typically do not require a cable box. You can't equate subscribing to cable with not using a tuner.

I currently get basic cable, and my provider sends all the local stations in HD via Clear QAM. I don't have a cable box, and if my provider forced me into getting one (along with the rental fee and $50 increase in programming fees) I'd drop cable altogether and buy an antenna.

Comment: Re:Brilliant Games especially SpaceChem (Score 1) 276

by tweak13 (#37686056) Attached to: Latest Humble Bundle Hits $1 Million
I think the controls are just fine, my mouse doesn't lag, and while you can't get any window size (which is annoying) you have many resolution options available as well as fullscreen.

I remember having a few problems back when the demo first came out, but the finished product has worked quite well for me.

Comment: Re:Prior art: F1 (Score 1) 113

by tweak13 (#36480640) Attached to: GM Patents Data Mining Method For Refining the Chevy Volt

As for alternative fuel, I believe in these times most racing cars were using Jet fuel, ethanol or other crap like that.

Unless the cars were using diesel engines, I'm pretty sure jet fuel wasn't involved. I'm fairly sure F1 has generally used some form of high octane gasoline for racing fuel. Alcohol was more popular with other racing series. Methanol was a much more popular alcohol choice back then, replaced almost entirely by ethanol in recent years.

Comment: Re:Who wrote this article? (Score 1) 505

by tweak13 (#36394520) Attached to: Personal Electronics May Indeed Disrupt Avionics

ILS can't be used in bad weather. They will either switch you to VFR or make you change airports.

This is one of the dumber comments I've seen in this article. ILS is made for bad weather, for various definitions of 'bad'. Why else would you need it?

No, you won't be using it in the middle of a severe thunderstorm, but in moderate rain or heavy fog, it's the only way to reliably land in that situation.

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