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Comment Re:Slashdot rss still works (Score 1) 49

I was unhappy when Apple killed native RSS support in Safari years ago (I much preferred Safari's RSS reader to the native reader in Firefox). I still have dozens of feeds that I monitor through feedly.com on Safari (in fact, that's how I found this story).

Whatever reasons Apple may have for moving away from RSS, it isn't a big deal to find a workaround.

Comment Re:Apple Just Released an Update to Address This (Score 2) 31

The summary didn't have a link to the update and the FA had the update information several paragraphs down from the top. I just wanted to highlight the fact that an update was out there and link to a short announcement that had the relevant information. I did not offer any commentary or complaint as to bias or quality re: the summary.

Comment Re:Your kidding, right? (Score 1) 585

In the UK for example, the death rate from car accidents was 5.4 per 100,000 population, while in the US it was 14.3 per 100,000 population

Last I checked, miles driven was the largest factor in determining frequency of accidents. In the US we drive more on average than the Brits. If you check the number of deaths per billion vehicle kilometers, the numbers get much closer: 9.3 for the UK and 10.7 for the US.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_traffic_safety#KSI_by_country

Comment Geography (Score 2, Insightful) 151

I live within 50 miles of KSC, so I hate to turn on my fellow central Floridians, but shouldn't NASA consider moving its launch facilities to the desert southwest? Wouldn't the lower humidity mitigate the ice/foam problems? Wouldn't the thinner, drier air of the high desert require at least a little less fuel for launch? I've always assumed that the Cape was chosen as a launch location because it was fairly far to the south and allowed launches over water, but launching over water doesn't seem to be that big of a deal when (a) it doesn't add any additional safety for the astronauts and (b) there are plenty of areas in the desert SW that would allow for launches over uninhabited territories.

What am I missing?

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