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  1. Re:Actually... on Rosetta Results: Comets "Did Not Bring Water To Earth" · · Score: 1

    In the same matter I wish cosmology would create less theories based on on a single observation as one observation can neither prove or disprove theories.

  2. Re:Sounds unlikely to me on Rosetta Results: Comets "Did Not Bring Water To Earth" · · Score: 2

    So you prefer to use baseless arguments rather than point to references? In fact I can find a paper that suggests we may not have lost a significant amount of water during the impact forming the moon:

    "Genda and Abe (2003, 2005) showed that Earth is unlikely to lose much of its water as a result of the Moon-forming impact, although loss of a significant amount of atmosphere is possible. " http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pm...

  3. Re: Oh it's asteroids now? on Rosetta Results: Comets "Did Not Bring Water To Earth" · · Score: 2

    And does the evidence we have to date support the loss of all water at some point as the most likely or are there other theories that fit the data equally well but are pushed to the side? In pure science theories are based on evidence, in human science theories are affected by politics.

  4. Re:They only mean "navigable" airspace, correct? on Report: Big Issues Remain Before Drones Can Safely Access National Airspace · · Score: 2

    I don't think the GP is nitpicking the use of "navigable" but the use of "restricted". See the below link, restricted airspace means an area where general aviation is not allowed to enter (ex flying over the white house is permanent restricted airspace). Controlled airspace is the airspace around an airport which according to the FAA Advisory Circular is when a model aircraft operator must notify the control tower (note the circular does not say you cannot fly there, just that you must work with the control tower).

    Interestingly the FPV article in wikipedia appears to be wrong, which scares me slightly as some people take that for bible. That article states you must be under 400 ft when in controlled airspace. However when I read the FAA Advisory Circular it appears to state you must always operate under 400 ft, in addition you must contact the tower when 3 miles from an airport (as in controlled airspace). But I could be misunderstanding something.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...

  5. Re:Technology leadership stifled by regulation on Report: Big Issues Remain Before Drones Can Safely Access National Airspace · · Score: 1

    That has worked out well for Russia in the long run hasn't it?

  6. Re:For safe integration with existing air traffic on Report: Big Issues Remain Before Drones Can Safely Access National Airspace · · Score: 1

    Your right, technically the regs apply in your scenario, but it SHOULD BE well beneath the FAAs notice, and we all know it.

    Fixed that for you. Just because something shouldn't be important enough for the government to bother with doesn't mean they wont. It wouldn't be the first time the government spent a million dollars over a two dollar issue.

  7. Re:I'm perferctly willing to share my net w/strang on Comcast Sued For Turning Home Wi-Fi Routers Into Public Hotspots · · Score: 1

    I'm waiting for cellular service and television to die and be consumed by the internet. Then all we have is internet providers with everything else being an internet service. Probably wont happen for a while but it seems like a way to cut out a few middle men.

  8. Re: Woohoo, let's explore on NASA's Orion Capsule Reaches Orbit · · Score: 1

    The funny thing is I work on aircraft hardware that uses 40 gauge wire in many places where they should be traces. Of course none of those are part of the CPU.

  9. Re:Are they really that scared? on Why Elon Musk's Batteries Frighten Electric Companies · · Score: 1

    Yeah, probably is profitable for the big guys and not the little ones... like everything.

  10. Re:Are they really that scared? on Why Elon Musk's Batteries Frighten Electric Companies · · Score: 2

    I wonder about the value of capturing power during off peak hours and providing it back during peak hours.

  11. Re: Woohoo, let's explore on NASA's Orion Capsule Reaches Orbit · · Score: 1

    Especially with how different the electronics must be from the Apollo's. I suspect their radiation tolerance is completely different (drastically smaller traces). Just a layman's thoughts though...

  12. Re:Rollout in 2030 on How the Rollout of 5G Will Change Everything · · Score: 1

    And now true 4G will be called 5G. And the cycle repeats.

  13. Um "and they look much better than console games"?

  14. Re:Story I heard as a kid on Group Tries To Open Source Seeds · · Score: 1

    But... but... but... I want mine and I want it now!

  15. Re:The culture of responsibility switches. on Ubisoft Points Finger At AMD For Assassin's Creed Unity Poor Performance · · Score: 2

    If a tester runs a test and no one is around to see it, does the test return a result?

    Depends on the quality of the test automation software. You do know a lot of the software in the airplanes you fly in is tested via an automated approach where the only observation of 10k tests is 1 pass/fail?

  16. Re:Movie ordering on 'Star Wars: Episode VII' Gets a Name · · Score: 1

    I had an advertisement with the movies in that order and release dates. Not sure if it was official or not though.

  17. Re:This is the future on Denmark Plans To Be Coal-Free In 10 Years · · Score: 1

    Actually I'm living in the country as it is much quieter than the city but still nearby. Also my little car gets plenty of gas milage. But it doesn't matter a lot when my primary work is split between two cities that are a distance apart.

  18. Re:This is the future on Denmark Plans To Be Coal-Free In 10 Years · · Score: 1

    Not too bad given the hourly paycheck.

  19. Re:This is the future on Denmark Plans To Be Coal-Free In 10 Years · · Score: 1

    I would love to bicycle to work every day. Unfortunately in Michigan half the year the roads are too icy and snowy or else it is rather warm and none of my work places have showers. Also my house is 23 miles from one contract and 55 miles from the other and the only good routes are freeways which rather frown on bicycle traffic. I'm already spending 12 hours a day between driving and working, I would rather not up that to 14-16. Relocating would not help as the two contracts are 55 miles from each other and never provide full time work by themselves.

    Sounds like a situational difference for this US person but YMMV.

  20. Re:left/right apocalypse on Imagining the Future History of Climate Change · · Score: 1

    Well from what I hear said by most of the engineers around me, a successful engineering company produces working products, a successful academic produces ideas that may never work.

  21. Re:left/right apocalypse on Imagining the Future History of Climate Change · · Score: 1

    I didn't go to school for ten years studying engineering and CS so I could deal with politics more than designing new software. Yet that is what I do anyway, despite working for a highly successful engineering company.

  22. Re:Critical thinking without applicable knowledge? on Employers Worried About Critical Thinking Skills · · Score: 1

    Employers have nearly completely stopped training in all the jobs I've worked recently (contract work so I'm bouncing around). However little of what I need to know is provided by any college. Mostly the employers are looking for employees who have already worked the jobs (ex one employer refused one of our people because he did not have 5 years Ada experience. But in our area, the only way to gain that is on the job) but also seem to expect you to learn on the job without formal training.

  23. Critical thinking without applicable knowledge? on Employers Worried About Critical Thinking Skills · · Score: 2

    A lot of critical thinking is rather difficult when you don't know the different causes of the effect you are seeing. Schools teach how to learn, jobs teach the skills and knowledge specific to the job.

  24. Re:"Social justice warriors" are the ultimate trol on The Inevitable Death of the Internet Troll · · Score: 1

    I forget the exact quote but it is something like show me a man of absolute conviction or show me a man of absolute faith and I'll show you the most dangerous man in the world.

  25. Re:Puffery on Judge Says EA Battlefield 4 Execs Engaged In "Puffery," Not Fraud · · Score: 1

    But... but... I spent money and didn't get what I wanted!