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  1. Re:They compete in the same market... on Kindle Versus The iPhone · · Score: 1

    for one:
          https://ebooks.primisonline.com/eBookstore/

    disco: i work for MHE, but not in this group [otherwise, it wouldn't have that ugly "null" string bug, right SB? ;)]

  2. ...and bandwidth limits may be applied on Verizon Offers 20/20 Symmetrical FiOS Service · · Score: 1

    3.7.1 You may not resell the Broadband Service, use it for high volume purposes, or exceed the bandwidth usage limitations that Verizon may establish from time to time for the Service.

    and, as usual:

    2.2 Changes to Service. We reserve the right to change any of the features, Content or applications offered as part of the Service at any time with or without notice to you.

  3. Re:Grabbing the Moon on Japan Launches Lunar Orbiter Mission · · Score: 1

    "Send enough energy back". Um....how, exactly?

  4. Re:A solution to all of this FUD... on James Hansen on the Warmest Year Brouhaha · · Score: 1

    I hear ya - both sides of the debate seem to attract these extremist idiots willing to grasp soundbite-shaped straws. Me, I contend the data (even messy, unformatted) and reasonable analysis (by multiple models, and multiple groups, each with differing assumptions), show us that something potentially nasty is up that should give us - society - some serious pause about how to proceed.

    I just react badly to the "if they only gave us the data and algorithms" when, to a very large degree, they have - there's open-source climate models, FTP data sites, etc.

    -t

  5. Re:A solution to all of this FUD... on James Hansen on the Warmest Year Brouhaha · · Score: 1
    > that as more and more analysts take a gander

    And produce a report like, say, the upcoming IPCC synthesis report? Where lots of analysts "took a gander"?

    Or just the selection of NOAA climate data that's free? Or, did you want to look at, for example, sea ice data?

    Reallly, people. There's boats of data out there. Sure, it may not be in a "trusted" place (btw, who exactly would the contrarians consider trusted here?).

    Have at it.

  6. Re:Democrats will not protect your freedom either on House Approves Warrantless Wiretapping Extension · · Score: 1

    The "withdraw from the UN, back to a gold standard, life begins at conception" Ron Paul? No thanks.

  7. cow farts != co2 is true, but... on How ExxonMobil Funded Global Warming Skeptics · · Score: 2, Informative

    Livestock methane - which has higher AGW impact than C02 due to longevity - is a large component of yearly greenhouse emissions, as reported here

  8. Re:Mail has always been openable w/o warrant on Bush Claims Mail Can Be Opened Without Warrant · · Score: 1

    Umm...dozens vs. an estimated 750 for GWB. And most of the statements previous to Ronnie were not of the "nice law, but i'm not going to follow it" type that Georgie specializes in.

    You may want to read up on the issue before acting like you haven't read up on the issue

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signing_statement

  9. Re:Oh God no! on New Animated Star Trek In The Works · · Score: 1

    Yeah! Like the "ST:Night Shift", kinda like McHale's Navy or Phil Silvers crossed with Trek - with the crew pulling scams, smuggling, getting caught between romulans and vulcans. Hilarity ensues.

    Episodes always end with Picard coming in , "oh, nothing unusual, Cap'n", but there's always something odd caught in the captain's chair...

  10. Re:Google Earth on High Tech Tour de France · · Score: 1

    Better was the real-time mashup of race positions on top of Google Earth, where you could follow the live race - leads, chases, peloton - as they moved through through the mountains. Fantastic for those of us at work.

    Now, if they only had hires imagery in the Alps ;)

  11. Worth noting the pioneers on Videoblog Revolution · · Score: 1

    Before you sling arrows in the wrong direction.

    Shouts to Tim Hall, who has been running his vlog since, oh, 2003.

    It's more about micro filmmaking...

  12. And I beg to differ on 235,000 Fewer Programmers by 2015 · · Score: 1

    It doesn't extrapolate.

    To CxOs, there's a big difference between allowing direct verbal communication with customers, and a bunch of guys talking among themselves about how to get some job done.

    At a high-level, business doesn't care whether a custom coded solution - or the maintenance -comes from India or Mars, along as it performs to spec. Specs are a matter of contract, and requirements gathering and functional spec'ing will continue to be done locally or in-house.

  13. Re:Outlook 2003 on Remail: IBM is Reinventing Email · · Score: 1
    Totally agreed - threads, multiple panes, IM integration (well, MS Messenger - ack) etc.

    The one thing new in the article is visualizations. I really question how really effective the visualizations are to provide meaningful gains in navigation.

  14. Re:So what exactly is it good for in the office? on IM Usage & Awareness Services · · Score: 1

    Great for heavy-duty teleconferences too; we have our team on IM (no doubt the others do as well), and we can quickly coordinate responses, point to relevant docs, whine about the nitwit droning on, etc.....

  15. NYSE MarketTrac on Flash Applications That Can Be Used Online and Off · · Score: 1

    A very cool, very useful .application for visualizing one financial market. Make sure you choose the broadband option

  16. Re:Only concepts so far on Ultra-Cool Wireless Wearables · · Score: 2, Informative
    Also note current Register story regarding a similar device from Samsung.

    Difference being, the Samsung device might be available this year

  17. and a pair of books... on Life Confirmed At Extreme Depths · · Score: 1
    Starfish and Maelstrom by Peter Watts.

    Deadly microbe found in a ocean vent; said microbe that assimilates sulfur more rapidly than most things, screwing with human metabolism and killing the host. Humans attempt to nuke the vent. Chaos ensues.

    Two fun books, really well written. Here's a link to an annoying, sound filled, book-specific site if you're really interested. Maelstrom to me is much more interesting...

  18. and so much more!! on Library of Congress Map Collections from 1500's · · Score: 2, Interesting
    The American Memory project [of which the maps is a small fraction] has total history or old-time geek appeal

    They have movies of people in SF in the early 1900s, sheet music of civil war songs, photos of old mining towns in Colorado, recordings of appalachia string bands, etc, etc.

    One of my favorite sites on the web, and always being updated with more Olde Shite. recommended.

  19. Marking the Site on Yucca Mountain, Open For Business · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Another question is how do you keep the site marked, and perceived as dangerous, for 10K years? What message will last through whatever potential societal chaos/collapse/evolution is a'comin?

    There was a design competition about this - my favorite is the Landscape of Thorns.