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  1. Standards are important to animals too on Research Finds Effects of GSM Signals on Sleep · · Score: 1

    Didn't realize standards made a difference. How do EVDO, EDGE, 802.11n, DOCSYS, and OCAP affect sleep? The frequency and power of the signal has no effect, of course.

  2. Use open source or die on Convincing the Military to Embrace Open Source · · Score: 1

    With the most advanced inertial navigation software, image sensors, microprocessors being developed in other countries, they have to use open source and download it from other countries just to survive.

  3. Combining GLONASS & GPS on Russian GPS Alternative Near Completion · · Score: 1

    So what improvement can be achieved by combining GLONASS & GPS? Another 10 satellites should improve accuracy, but the media isn't covering this.

  4. retention bonuses for laid off workers on Circuit City Rewards Execs As Stock Tanks · · Score: 1

    Too bad the laid off workers didn't get retention bonuses to keep them from leaving.

  5. People love CEOs on Circuit City Rewards Execs As Stock Tanks · · Score: 1

    Humans are programmed to worship leadership. There's nothing else to it.

  6. x86 cores? on Single-Chip x86 Chipsets Around the Corner? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It would be huge if x86 or x86_64 was available as a core like MIPS & ARM. Life would be much easier for the set top boxes.

  7. How much after the CEO cut? on Silicon Valley Startup Prints $1/watt Solar Panels · · Score: 1

    $1/W to produce. $5000/W after the CEO's bonus is added in.

  8. Looks sort of funny on Kite-Powered Ship Launched · · Score: 1

    Sort of funny seeing them going through all that trouble to wrestle a little $300,000 parachute "kite" to pull a huge ship. Couldn't they just enlist a bunch of Chinese to row the thing and save $300,000?

  9. Goodbye shuttle replacement program #54. on US Urged To Keep Space Shuttles Flying Past 2010 · · Score: 1

    No surprise here. Now the Goo tube generation can say they thought they were going to get a shuttle replacement and were proven wrong. Every generation guesses wrong the first time.

  10. Is speed still the issue? on Faster Chips Are Leaving Programmers in Their Dust · · Score: 1

    Most of the jobs being created are not for achieving maximum speed but standards compliance. Companies want software which is easy to maintain & portable, but not necessarily the fastest. If it still was 1997 there would probably be ubiquitous implementations for SMP & vectored assembly language, but that's not the focus anymore.

  11. 35mpg was average 3 years ago on Auto Mileage Standards Raised to 35 mpg · · Score: 1

    35mpg is sort of behind the times. Ever since oil peaked in 2005, consumption has averaged over 35mpg even if GM didn't make the cars.

  12. We're just too fat. on Will The Next Generation of Spacecraft Land In the Water? · · Score: 1

    The vehicle is landing in water to reduce weight.

  13. Progress with lasers on Boeing 12,000lb Chemical Laser Set to Fry Targets · · Score: 1

    So is the latest one much better than the old ones which required hauling around a truckload of toxic chemicals and burning up a few million dollars to get a split second laser burst?

  14. For research only on Cloned, Glow in the Dark Cats · · Score: 4, Informative

    This is for research only, so U can see if a protein is expressed by attaching a UV marker to it. It also doesn't glow unless U shine UV light on it. Don't expect glowing cats in pet stores.

  15. Personal experience with AJAX on The Future of AJAX and the Rich Web · · Score: 1

    The main thing I know about AJAX is the traffic nightmare it's boom has created on 680.

  16. Death to Dvorjak on Dvorak Slams OLPC As 'Naive Fiasco' · · Score: 1

    Just because every other laptop U bought became a worthless, obsolete piece of trash in a year doesn't mean this one will.

    People need to pick up their credit cards and buy this product now. How dare anyone question the wisdom of the group, the truthfulness of their chairmen, directors, presidents, and VP's in favor of their own theory.

    Just look at the millions of Americans who, just by buying an iPhone, were saved from poverty and became OpenGL programming geniouses.

  17. The value is the content on Ruby on Rails 2.0 is Done · · Score: 1

    The language isn't much use if there aren't blogs to fill the websites with content. Don't forget the millions of blogs, diaries, instant messages, home videos, & home photos that really make the current languages valuable.

  18. Private spaceflight 2.0 on Narrowing the Space Flight Gap · · Score: 1

    Well, Bigelow certainly couldn't get any support from the current startups and instead had to cancel a mission to cover inflation. Now it's NASA's turn again.

  19. Another idea for corporations on Why Google Doesn't Need To Win the Bid To Win In January · · Score: 1

    Instead of creating another cell phone service, couldn't they create a general purpose band for hobbyists like the 2.4Ghz band? It could be reserved for UAV's, personal ultra wide band networks, or hobbyists. There are lots of possibilities besides cell phones.

  20. How many people wanted to fix it? on Final Repair Mission To Extend Hubble's Life · · Score: 0, Troll

    Not sure it was a cry from scientists, legislators, and the public as much as it was a cry from a small number of people with everyone else going along with what they read.

  21. Attitude is everything on Large Tech Companies Moving Beyond the Cubicle · · Score: 1

    Glad we could clear this up. After years of complaining about less and less privacy, workers finally turned around and looked up to common work spaces. Managers of course, will still be provided private offices.

  22. Whew. What a relief on Radiation Not As Hazardous As Once Believed · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Time to move to Nevada and take a mud bath. Funny how the more expensive oil is, the less dangerous radiation is.

  23. Long live inertial navigation on Wearable Motion Capture · · Score: 1

    Motion capture by inertial navigation seems a bit expensive, but it's probably affordable for Swiss. Those IDG300's actually increased in price since they came out. Now we're finding all kinds of new uses for inertial navigation. Too bad there aren't many jobs for inertial navigation experts in Web 2.0 crazed Silicon Valley.

  24. How did Sony screw up? on Amazon's Kindle Sells Out In 5.5 Hours · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Sony screwed up so badly with e-books, they're the only company which would fail to sell oil. Sony's only successful invention this decade is Blu-Ray.

  25. Boy was Sony wrong on Amazon's Kindle Sells Out In 5.5 Hours · · Score: 1

    Sony sold e-ink. Bezos sold "a way to get the emotions and experiences I love from books". Big difference.