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Comment Re:range (Score 1) 181

The Roadster is approx 80 square feet. A 100 watt panel is 8 square feet. If you covered the car you could get a full kilowatt, or 8 kilowatt-hours while at work. This is enough for a 20% charge on the smaller battery or 30 miles, more than enough for the average commute.

Comment 1 in a million (Score 1) 386

in an environment where many violators believe that they will go unnoticed

In other words, we can't prosecute everyone, so we will scare everyone we can by destroying the lives of the people we do prosecute. It's like a reverse lottery and all you have to do to enter is download a song or two.

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Does Professional Gaming Have a Future? 116

mr_sifter writes "Three years ago, celebrity gamers such as Fatal1ty were bagging millions in prizes, and TV channels were queuing up to broadcast games on TV. Professional gaming looked set for the big time. It never happened, and in the current economic crisis, sponsors and media organizations are cutting costs, resulting in the closure of many pro gaming competitions (as we recently discussed) and a down-scaling in prize money. This feature looks at whether pro gaming can bounce back, and whether it will always be a PC sport, or if pro gaming on consoles is the future."

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