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Re:Tesla reveals Supercharger network, Free Fill Ups on Tuesday September 25, 2012 @02:09AM (#4568896)
At $2/W, filling up a roadster would require $106,000 in solar panels. More if you anticipate more than one fill up per hour.
Re:Go Bloviations on Tuesday September 25, 2012 @02:05AM (#4568889)

    sm <- commandData{action: length, result: reply} return (<-reply).(int)
wowza.
Re:Nigerian scammer gets a laptop from me on Monday September 24, 2012 @11:01PM (#4568327)
You listed a series of victimless crimes to prove that two crimes that do have victims are unrelated?
Re:Apple's HTTP POST caching is a bug on Monday September 24, 2012 @10:44PM (#4568265)
A file storage service, ala dropbox, that allows you to select multiple files and download them as a zip. The concatenation of several uuids adds up quickly.
Re:Apple's HTTP POST caching is a bug on Sunday September 23, 2012 @10:43PM (#4562961)
What do I do about the people who tell me POST is only for actions which change server state?
Re:Apple's HTTP POST caching is a bug on Sunday September 23, 2012 @10:30PM (#4562934)
So what's the fix? I want to GET something that has an 8k long name. What do I do?
Re:Facebook's Gen Y Nightmare on Sunday September 23, 2012 @07:57PM (#4562588)
Cross your fingers and hope your new employer doesn't do the most basic of basic background checks.
Re:Ubuntu Will Now Have Amazon Ads Pre-Installed on Saturday September 22, 2012 @08:21PM (#4559459)
That's you saying there is a point. That's not you telling us what the point is.
What if the pilot has a feature phone with no maps at all??? Think of the children!
Re:John Carmack on Static Code Analysis on Wednesday September 19, 2012 @03:41PM (#4545180)
Even with crazy ifdef mazes, you're only shipping a finite set of builds. Build those, analyze those.
Re:iPhone 5 review on Tuesday September 18, 2012 @10:51PM (#4541783)
The maps change is such a big deal I can't help but think there's also some big money involved. Also gone is the youtube app. Since google makes money from ads, and the iphone apps don't have a lot of ads, was apple paying google? Did google ask for eighty bajillion dollars when it came time to renew the contract?
Re:Introducing the Humble Indie Bundle 6 on Tuesday September 18, 2012 @04:54PM (#4540450)
0% of linux users have any of these games, some percentage greater than zero of windows users will have one or more.