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Comment Re:This isn't the EU. He's going to win. (Score 2) 314

How are they going to prove the phone was not clean to begin with? What if he wiped it up on the plane before even border crossing? Is this still 'destroying the evidence' ? Yea - this is very sketchy. Advice for regular criminals - you just come through with a clean phone. For the rest of us mortal, expect you browser history to be exposed.

Comment Re:pay for the environment (Score 1) 209

Sustained! My ca2008 SunPower (RIP) still works at full capability (or at least not noticeable degradation). The inverters though, are dying (only last 8-10 years due to design issue in voltage sensing circuits, not even power parts, sic!). There are non-replaceable as the SP used non-standard grounding polarity.

Comment Re:The Pioneer and Voyager probes (Score 1) 38

Out of curiosity I have checked what CPU ISs were available in '77, there was 6502, 8080, Z80 (10x speed of viking's CPUs) albeit all done in NMOS, and NMOS is susceptible to radiation. Hence, the Viking's CPU were build on low-density CMOS discrete logic instead. Also better for power consumption. But I agree that 21th century equipment is designed with few years life span. Use and refuse, but not reuse.

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