hokiemattdude - Slashdot User

Comment Re:The engine has to recharge the battery (Score 1) 317

by hokiemattdude on Thursday October 07, 2010 @07:56AM (#33822832) Attached to: US Military Orders Less Dependence On Fossil Fuel

The AC (needed in hot weather) takes its energy from the battery, which depletes it. Why do you think it doesn't run out?

Do whaaat? Never heard of a car AC running off electricity. Every car I've ever owned and have seen has a big honkin belt attaching it (the compressor) to the crankshaft.

Comment Re:So little forest (Score 1) 55

by hokiemattdude on Thursday July 22, 2010 @09:57AM (#32989380) Attached to: NASA Creates First Global Forest Map Using Lasers

Sure, until you run out of farmers and then have nothing to eat.

Comment Re:Programmers? (Score 1) 1139

by hokiemattdude on Wednesday August 06, 2008 @09:35AM (#24495419) Attached to: California Can't Perform Pay Cut Because of COBOL

I started college in August of '99. On September 9th, we received an interesting lesson on the use of sentinels when all of a sudden a bunch of software using 9999 for a sentinel stopped working.

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