brettper - Slashdot User

Comment Re:Sudden Outbreak of Common Sense (Score 1) 352

by brettper on Wednesday April 21, 2010 @08:05PM (#31933714) Attached to: UK University Researchers Must Make Data Available

Yes, but Group B may find a mistake in Group A's analysis of the data. This is still useful

Comment Re:MY insight, as an engineer (Score 1) 407

by brettper on Saturday October 31, 2009 @10:59PM (#29938963) Attached to: What Happened To the Bay Bridge?

I'm fairly sure that 'Our Sydney Harbour bridge' isn't in London, and neither is the above poster

Comment Re:Why don't the Austrailians build differently? (Score 2, Insightful) 397

by brettper on Sunday March 01, 2009 @05:42AM (#27028477) Attached to: Is Climate Change Affecting Bushfires?

Part of the problem is that many of the people who live in these regional areas can't afford to rebuild in a more 'modern' or fireproof way. A lot of them didn't even have insurance because they couldn't afford it.

Comment Re:Hype Words (Score 1) 603

by brettper on Tuesday December 23, 2008 @12:04AM (#26208423) Attached to: EEStor Issued a Patent For Its Supercapacitor

What comes after ultrahigh? Is the next level double dumb-ass amounts of energy?

No, obviously it would be plaid

Comment Re:Cannot explode but can be used in cars? (Score 1) 603

by brettper on Monday December 22, 2008 @11:35PM (#26208303) Attached to: EEStor Issued a Patent For Its Supercapacitor

Short out a 10 aH nicad

What the hell has an atto-Henry of inductance? You'd probably get worse out of a straight peice of wire

Comment Re:But What About The Children/Terrorists/Etc. (Score 1) 182

by brettper on Monday December 22, 2008 @09:02PM (#26207245) Attached to: Security Flaws In Aussie Net Filter Exposed

it's sad that the people aren't marching on Adelaide demanding the government's resignation

Um what? Why Adelaide?

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