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  1. Re:Benjamin Franklin.... Cruel irony? on Bigger Isn't Better As Mega-Ships Get Too Big and Too Risky · · Score: 1

    An example of a nation hurt by trade.

  2. Re:Benjamin Franklin.... Cruel irony? on Bigger Isn't Better As Mega-Ships Get Too Big and Too Risky · · Score: 1

    South Africa?

  3. The article put the wrong picture in there. Notice it does say Next 1000 in there. BMW (the parent company), is planning a
    Mini Copper Next 1000
    BMW Next 1000
    Rolls Royce Next 1000

    The BMW next 1000 which is supposed to have a removable steering wheel, but still that picture isn't quite right, I'm not sure where its from but the RR next 1000 that is not.

  4. It should be possible if you plan a descent to be opposite a "normal" assent from Mars (not that we have done that).
    Its 3800 deltaV from Mars surface to low Mars orbit, it should be similar cost to land.
    That said, 3800 deltaV is still a lot, and I can't imagine it would be feasible to "stage" a re-entry.

  5. Not even close.
    SpaceX landing uses atmopsheric drag. Most of the landing comes from its terminal velocity. Earths terminal velocity is about 200 km/h, Mars terminal velocity is 1000 km/h (both of which change per shape/density/etc).
     

  6. Re:Generic? on Internet, Web Enjoy One Final Day As Proper Nouns (go.com) · · Score: 1

    There is also a difference between.

    I need an internet connection.
    and
    I need a connection to the Internet.

    I personally would capitalize the later but not the first, previous AP guide said that both should be capitalized.

    I wonder if there is a difference between. "The Internet is down," and, "My internet is down" ??

  7. Re:Yeah, so... on Will Self-Driving Cars Clog Our Highways? (go.com) · · Score: 1

    Self driving taxis (which eventually most self driving cars will be, why own?) will make taking public transit much easier though. No need to worry about where you are going to park. Take the taxi to the metro, take the taxi to your final destination. It solves the last mile problem of public transportation in rural areas nicely.

  8. Kiosk good but won't replace jobs. on Wendy's Plans To Automate 6,000 Restaurants With Self-Service Ordering Kiosks (investors.com) · · Score: 1

    I've seen a few fast food restaurants add ordering kiosk around here. Its seems to actually improve service and doesn't impact jobs.
    Normally, the person taking your order normally is constantly switching between taking your older and trying to fill your order. They also have to constantly swap gloves as they deal with cash then food and visa versa (or they don't). Allow the workers to concentrate on the main job of making food and they produce a better and more hygienic product. At places with kiosk they seem to have just as many workers, but they are more productive and the lines are much shorter and things move at a quicker pace.

  9. Well we will officially have our first imported President, it only makes sense he wants to bring in other imports as well. Perhaps we can import a medical system.

  10. Re:What parts of capitalism young people dislike on A Majority Of Millennials Now Reject Capitalism, Poll Shows (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    True, but he's the catch. You never see the resumes from the typical Chinese or Russian or Indian student who coasted through. You are seeing resumes from the top 20% of US students. You are seeing resumes from the top 0.1 percent of Foreign students.

  11. Technically Steam movie rentals give you a 30 day period to begin your 48 hour watching window.
    That said, I still think its kinda silly/stupid. How about this, for $15 I can buy the movie. For $4 I can watch it 2 times in total (counted as a greater than 75% viewing)

  12. Re:I dont care about JBoss or Containers on Red Hat Expands Red Hat Developer Program With No-Cost Red Hat Enterprise Linux (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    https://www.centos.org/legal/t...
    The CentOS Marks are trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. (âoeRed Hatâ).

    That said, the source code is open and CentOS remains a "community project". RedHat could certainly legally close the doors of CentOS and the community could just reassemble under a different name.

  13. Re:I dont care about JBoss or Containers on Red Hat Expands Red Hat Developer Program With No-Cost Red Hat Enterprise Linux (betanews.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You realize RedHat owns CentOS. They bought them out a few years ago.

  14. Honestly, I think the idea of being able to specify and exact perimeter does make sense in some cases. Essentially it means "if you can get inside this door, you can access the wifi".
    A fun application of this could be having internet and no internet rooms so people A more practical example might be for conferences or conventions where you what to provide free wifi to your guest.

  15. Re:Lots of changes coming down the pipe on GM, Lyft Working Toward Creating Autonomous Vehicle Ride-Sharing Network (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Don't feel sorry for the buggy whip maker.
    Either way mechanics will certainly still be needed, possibly more so. One of the most unexpected hits will be parking lots. You don't need to park an autonomous car in the city, the car will be of use elsewhere. Parking a fleet at night is a much easier to solve problem than parking each city visitor during the day. With an automated fleet you can park them with extreme density.

  16. Re:I don't know on BMW Showcases Self-Driving Concept Car · · Score: 1

    I seriously doubt they will expect the driver to take over at a moments notice. The cars vision seems to be good enough that it can stop in reasonable time for any reasonable issue. The only time I'd expect a car like this to want to drive to take over is construction/badly marked roads. The car should be able to have enough information to be able to force the drive to take over a good half mile before any such issues arise, or at worse case slow to a stop until the driver has taken over. No need to be "instant".
    I think a good passthrough system would be a remote "call center" where a driver could remotely drive the car through such areas or to a gas station or other resting place as well.

  17. Re:two questions on Hacker May Have Discovered Plans For A Tesla P100D (jalopnik.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    There currently are 3 models of Tesla.
    P70 with a 70kWh battery and P90 with a 90kWh battery, and P90D with dual motors.

  18. Logic? on The Case Against Algebra · · Score: 5, Interesting

    How about a course in logic, particularly Boolean logic? I agree, very few people really need to understand logarithms or even polynomials. But learning how to think, and solve problems is important.

  19. Only a small percentage of G4s suffer from any of those glitches. If you are suffering from them, return your unit, its defective. Mine has worked perfectly for 6 months now, no glitches.

  20. Re:Re-entry aiming on North Korea's Satellite Tumbling In Orbit · · Score: 1

    I think it really depends upon how willing they are to fight back. Put South Koreans on the front line promising re-unification, and we likely could roll right through with very little bloodshed. The true cost will be the humanitarian aide after the current government fails. //I certainly wouldn't be willing to bet on this outcome, but its not out of the realm of probability.

  21. Re-entry aiming on North Korea's Satellite Tumbling In Orbit · · Score: 1

    Re-entry aiming is actually quite difficult. Statistically they are more likely to land in the ocean or somewhere in the middle of Kansas than they are to hit DC. If they nuked the middle of the ocean it would be an interesting day. We likely wouldn't nuke them back (though we could I guess), We likely would just invade.

  22. Re:Real Life? on Jaguar Land Rover To Test Autonomous Cars In 'Living Lab' (thestack.com) · · Score: 0

    Don't forget about adding deer, pedestrians and bikes who don't follow the law.
    Also Google's car freaked out when a paper bag rolled across the street infront of it, Don't forget to simulate that and everything else you can and can't imagine.

  23. Re:Makes sense to me. on Tesla Truck 'Quite Likely,' Says Elon Musk (bgr.com) · · Score: 2

    Maybe, maybe not. The bed of the truck would make for excellent battery swap potential. The end user can't swap the cars battery. I can see several potential ways to make battery swap much more feasible in a truck, at least for a commercial outfit to equip one.
    Also the electric All Wheel Drive dual motor in the current models is far superior traction control to Internal Combustion Engine AWD. Its even possible they might put 4 motors, 1 for each wheel. This would offer vastly superior traction to any truck on the market today.

  24. Re:More likely to be used by drones than post offi on Providing Addresses for 4 Billion People Using Three Words (mondaynote.com) · · Score: 2

    Whichever one you want.
    what3words is a word -> lat/long service. It works extremely well for lat/long information. Perfect for saying where your geo-cache is, or even telling people where to meet in the park, or approximately where you are in some rural area. Its not a replacement for an actual address, but certainly can help if you don't have an actual address.

  25. Re:Who needed help here? on Mother Blames Wi-Fi Allergy For Daughter's Suicide (telegraph.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Yes, but this is discussing industrial radiation.
    For instance your microwave oven produces 1000 watts of 2.4GZ EF radiation. That bandwidth tends to get absorbed by water rather than traveling straight through it. Your WiFi router on the other hand produces less than 1 watt of WiFi. This is akin to shooting yourself with a laser pointer or touching a LED lightbulb or shooting yourself with an industrial laser or touching a 1000watt lightbulb.