tokamoka - Slashdot User

Comment Re:I got mine (Score 1) 434

by tokamoka on Tuesday August 05, 2008 @07:45PM (#24488979) Attached to: iPhone Tethering App Released, Killed In 2 Hours

What if he's got money? If I was rich I wouldn't hesitate two seconds on sicking my lawyer(s) on a BS ticket/fee/law that annoyed me.

People say this sort of thing, but it's not really true. People with money did not accumulate it by spending 200$ - 300$ to get a 10$ refund check.

I know many people with money who would do just that - especially if they felt themselves morally wronged by something. Aside from this, perhaps he has a tame lawyer a friend. Not so uncommon. Anyway, thanks for your opinion on his statement.

Automating Future Aircraft Carriers 571

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday March 27, 2006 @12:23AM from the sign-em-up-for-a-skynet-subscription dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "Britain and France will jointly build three new huge aircraft carriers which will be delivered between 2012 and 2014. With their 60,000 tonnes, these 275-meter-long carriers will be the largest warships outside of the U.S. Navy. They're going to cost about $4 billion each, but with their reduced crews due to automation, they'll save lots of money to taxpayers during their 50 years of use. StrategyPage tells us that these ships will need at most a crew of 800 sailors instead of 2,000 for ships of that size today. At a cost of $100K per sailor per year, this represents savings of more than $6 billion. Impressive -- if it works."

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