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Comment Re:The game itself was Pirated from another game (Score 1) 509

Incorrect. MS Flight Sim X is used extensively as a training simulator. The fact that it uses lookup tables instead of fluid dynamics equations doesn't detract from what it is. In the long run X-Plane has much more potential, but FSX has better aftermarket scenery and aircraft. Call me when A2A make a airplane for for X-Plane.

Comment Re:This is here, because? (Score 1) 931

That wasn't actually my point. Many atheists do actually go on the war path. They seek out agnostics and the religious and try to convert them. One in particular has even been known to take out adverts in the papers and published one on a bus. I name no names, but I am sure you take the point. Like with most groups(I deliberately avoid the contentious terms religion and 'belief system'), it is the vocal minority not the reasonable majority that is the problem.

Comment Re:Why are these stories on /.? (Score 2) 422

In this case, it has everything to do with tech. What failed on the plant's systems to cause this? Fertalizer plants are dangerous places, by nature, and (at least in my part of the world) have some hectic safety procedures and equipment up to shutting down if it looks like there is lightning anywhere near....

Was it human error? Equipment failure? We don't know, but everyone came here to speculate. So, yeah it belongs here.

Comment Re:Somewhere... (Score 1) 244

Actually, increasing the voltage won't help. You can't charge a 400V battery with 4KV without some hefty transformers or solid state switching supplies in the car that would be heavy and waste energy. Not to mention still generating 2.5kA internally. Switching to a higher voltage system (battery and motor) increases the weight and complexity of the system. I built the controls for a system that regularly handles 2.9kA and more. The slightest imperfection in a join or link causes things to get red hot very quickly. If you plan on pushing 2.5kA into a battery, I want to be very very far away.

Comment Re:Worked in WW2 (Score 1) 497

To be fair, the spitfire owes its success more to the mad genius of RJ Mitchel than any specific technological leap.... It was also a disaster in manufacturing - late and overbudget as the process was untested and mismanaged. But unlike the F-35 it was a special purpose fighter - namely a short range interceptor, a role at which it excelled.

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