User: turkeydance

whatever China wants

On: China Passes Law Requiring Tech Firms To Hand Over Encryption Keys (betanews.com)

China gets.

Definition of proprietary

On: Switzerland Moves Toward a Universal Phone Charger Standard (vice.com)

3: a business secretly owned by and run as a cover for an intelligence organization

is failure allowed?

On: Dissecting a $231 Million High-Tech Boondoggle

millions or billions. if not, let's stop right here.

"local police departments to keep a large portion"

On: Justice Department Shuts Down Huge Asset Forfeiture Program

the feds want more of that portion. locals get less.

Re:RPG

On: Analyzing the US Air Force's New "Portable Hobby Drone Disruptors" Solicitation (vortex.com)

kinda/sorta like this? http://www.firequest.com/G12-0...

i ship my next-day clothes by FedEx

On: Forrest Mimms On Modern Air Travel With a Bag Full of Electronics

as well as others things. carry only today's needs.

back to The Curve of Binding Energy

On: ORNL Restores US Capability To Produce Plutonium-238 (ornl.gov)

Cubs Win!

tax write-off

On: Nicolas Cage To Return Rare Stolen Dinosaur Skull To Mongolia (nytimes.com)

now he'll focus on his core competencies.

"science behind"

On: The Science Behind the Paris Climate Accords (thebulletin.org)

politics ahead.

Re:There's something about

On: Microsoft Buys Talko, Another Ray Ozzie Company (fortune.com)

a turtleneck gets more money and a religion.

sure they can.

On: Can Electric Signals In Earth's Atmosphere Predict Earthquakes? (sciencemag.org)

in my experience, they predict lots of things. time for dinner.

whatever Elon wants

On: Musk, Others Want Volkswagen To Go Electric Instead of Fixing Diesels (washingtonpost.com)

elon gets....Pride

a woman living in a city on the moon

On: Andy Weir, Author of 'The Martian,' Is Writing a Novel Set On the Moon (huffingtonpost.com)

with lots of cats.

Re:Bible Spoiler Alert

On: ISRO Launches Six Singaporean Satellites (thehindu.com)

yeah, but he pulls an O.B.1 and shows up later.

first place alliteration

On: ISRO Launches Six Singaporean Satellites (thehindu.com)

post

two-foot-long, 121 meters, 100mph,

On: Miniature Flying Car Receives US Airspace Approval For Testing

make up your mind!

Obama's throwing things against the wall

On: White House Expected To Announce Big Computer Science Push

hoping they'll stick to his legacy. i expect more "executive orders" this month.

it's all about the batteries

On: Sony Creating Sulfur-Based Batteries With 40% More Capacity Than Li-Ion (hothardware.com)

ain't nobody's hero

12 year old Sikh boy

On: 12-Year-Old Sikh Boy Arrested In Texas After Bringing a Power Bag To School (salon.com)

ageist, sexist, and Islamophobia in 5 words. well played, sir.

Re:Three part cancer risk

On: Contradicting Previous Study, Cancer Risk Has Strong Environmental Component (washingtonpost.com)

that means 2/3 of the risk of cancer is unaffected by efforts to avoid it.

Re:Supermod

On: How Long Until the Cyborg Olympics Are Better Than the Traditional Games? (ieee.org)

+1 great idea, but the super-mods will get all the $ponsor$hip$.

everything gives you cancer

On: Contradicting Previous Study, Cancer Risk Has Strong Environmental Component (washingtonpost.com)

Joe Jackson https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

didn't grease the right palms

On: LifeLock Agrees To Pay $100 Million Fine In Settlement With FTC (nytimes.com)

you gotta pay to play

taking China's word for it

On: China Launches Dark Matter Space Probe (nature.com)

wonder what they really are.

open season on open databases

On: Geneticists Push For Databases Over Journals As Main Source of Information (theatlantic.com)

it's duck season!