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Comment: Re:This is how train and air travel began, too. (Score 1) 164

by Igmuth (#33857066) Attached to: SpaceShipTwo Flies Free For the First Time

Umm.. yes it would be a lot harder, and take a lot more fuel to stay up for longer. They are only hitting 65mi AGL. That's technically in space, but just barely (either 62 or 50 miles depending on who's counting). To stay up for an hour or so, they would have to reach something near Low Earth Orbit (LEO). For reference, the ISS is in LEO, and it takes ~90 minutes to complete one orbit. It's orbiting at an altitude of 190mi. Besides, weightless is a rather misleading term. Gravity is still pulling them down at nearly the same rate as it is on the ground (minus a percent or so). They are just falling (decelerating) at the same rate as the craft, and hence have no apparent weight,

Comment: Re:Unmanned Warning System (Score 4, Insightful) 351

by Igmuth (#31731640) Attached to: Tsunami Warning From Space?

Wait a damn second here. You are against warning people about tsunamis because some might use it as a chance for looting? Personally, if there is a giant wall of watery death heading my way, I'd like to know about it. If some moron decides to stay behind to grab my stuff, I'll the aforementioned wall of watery death deal with him, wash away all evidence, including the moron himself.

Comment: Re:Little attention was given. Read Consumer Repor (Score 1) 345

by Igmuth (#31391468) Attached to: Toyota's Engineering Process and the General Public

But people have 'known' that most cars made by the big 3 sucked for decades. All of the various imports have been trumpeting their safety and reliability as a major selling point. (And importantly people accepted it as true). When a car manufacturer in that position starts have issues people are more likely to notice.


Nmap 5.20 Released 36

Posted by Soulskill
from the more-and-better dept.

Comment: Re:The problem is service provider sloppyness (Score 2, Insightful) 205

by Igmuth (#29168499) Attached to: Real-Time Keyloggers

How does this provide any security? All the fake site needs to do is get the picture from the BoA site. (Heck a well written script could cause your machine to do it for them.) Once that happens you are no better off than you were before, and likely worse (Since you are training people to assume that "picture means legit", instead of other more secure methods.

Comment: Re:Mars (Score 1) 130

by Igmuth (#26218479) Attached to: Space Is Just a Little Bit Closer Than Expected

I hear Mars might become a substitute for Earth in the future. That could really impact the value of your Earth and depreciate the assets in your non-diversified Earth portfolio.

So, the only logical response that I can see is blow up Mars. It will also teach that damn Marvin a lesson. "Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be a mars-shattering kaboom!"

Comment: Re:Cost of Convenience? (Score 1) 439

by Igmuth (#25972433) Attached to: Study Confirms Mobile Phones Distract Drivers

What I'd really like is for drivers to be taught how to deal with distractions. Distractions should actually be part of the training (once the basics are mastered) and part of the driving test.

Forget testing about dealing with distractions, the US needs to start testing basic driving ability.

Comment: Re:Alternative Viewpoint (Score 1) 360

by Igmuth (#25782833) Attached to: Boycott Novell Protesters Manhandled In India

If participants or protestors won't shut up and keep disrupting the event, they should get kicked out by security.

Why don't you read what actually happened instead of making up your own version and commenting about it?

From what I can tell, all the protestors did was put up flyers and banners. The Novell reps then told the organizers that the organizers would not be getting their sponsor money if the banners and flyers remained up. The organizers then demanded that the protestors take them down; the protestors refused. The organizers then decided to call the cops and forcibly remove the protestors, the banners, and any visual documentation of their actions.

So, basically the protesters disrupted the event and got the cops called when they refused to stop?
