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  1. Re:Move the WiFi on Massachusetts Boarding School Sued Over Wi-Fi Sickness · · Score: 1

    Ahem.

    1) This child isn't sensitive to wifi
    2) Changing the frequency by 0.05 Ghz wouldn't change it if he was
    3) There is no channel 13 in 5Ghz.
    4) Aren't you special

  2. Nobody making $210k lives in downtown LA. :-) Just sayin'. :-D

  3. Re:Um...210k? And 3 months? on Ask Slashdot: Switching Careers From Software Engineering To Networking? · · Score: 1

    You have basically an entire music studio in your house (a drum kit, grand piano, etc), a workshop (sewing kit, wood shop, etc), an industrial printer (why?), a gym, as well as space for storage... And since your christmas tree doesn't fit (my family used to put a table in storage to make room for the tree), you are *UNCOMFORTABLE*?

    Your requirements for being comfortable are substantially different than 95% of the world.

  4. Re:Um...210k? And 3 months? on Ask Slashdot: Switching Careers From Software Engineering To Networking? · · Score: 1

    To be honest, he's probably either in New York or San Francisco, based on his salary as a developer. A 2 bedroom apartment in both places costs about $2,500/mo. $1,000/mo will get you a shabby one-room bachelor thing in SF and a below-ground parking spot in NYC.

    But, $3k/mo will get a decent 3br apartment just across the water, so I guess it is a matter of priorities.

  5. What makes you think that? on Ask Slashdot: Switching Careers From Software Engineering To Networking? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    A couple of things come to mind beyond your current financial situation.

    1) Dual CCIE is the absolute pinnacle of the field. Out of 50 million people in the world who do IT work, the 600-ish people in the world who have this combination of certifications are the top of their field. It generally takes 8-10 years of experience and dedicated study to get to this level. Did you think you would just walk in and get a CCIE in 3 months? The lab itself costs several thousand $$ and requires you to fly to California, where you do an 8-hour long practical exam. It's the top cert among Cisco's 15-18 different certs. Most people get at least 4 others before a CCIE.

    2) A quick google on this topic turns up this quote, which is very apt: "Given equal intellectual capabilities and work ethic, 20 years of hands-on costs a lot more to an employer than 3 years of hands-on with 2 CCIEs, in most cases. Also, in most cases, a better investment." Ask your friend what his real world experience and the number of times he's deployed large scale complex WANs and various other technologies and remember that having that experience with dozens of networks is what makes him valuable. The cert is just the proof.

    3) If you switch fields, you will start at $50-60k. That's what they pay network engineers with no experience. After 10 years and 6 or 8 certifications leading up to a CCIE, the median salary is $165k. Making $210 is very lucrative. I would find ways to save money now, rather than try to switch careers.

    4) Your dream that somehow computer networking is immune to H1B is asinine. They will be outsourced and replaced at the same rate, with the same drivers and the same goals and outcomes.

  6. Re:Long range outlook: batteries or fuel cells? on Ask GM's Exec. Chief Engineer For Electric Vehicles Pam Fletcher a Question · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Fuel cells are awful.

    End of story.

    Hydrogen is a volatile gas that is EXTREMELY difficult to store and transport, making it very impractical.

    Fuel cells aren't terribly efficient.

    They're equally bulky and weighty as modern batteries, considering the hydrogen storage.

    They have to be replaced more often (because hydrogen is very hard on materials).

    Not a fan..

  7. Re:State of the art of batteries on Ask GM's Exec. Chief Engineer For Electric Vehicles Pam Fletcher a Question · · Score: 2

    Tesla has been using a 7,104 cell Lithium Ion pack for years.

  8. Tesla and Elon on Ask GM's Exec. Chief Engineer For Electric Vehicles Pam Fletcher a Question · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Elon Musk sounded less than impressed by the electric cars from other companies like Toyota, Mercedes and GM.

    What do you think of the Tesla as a competitor? Do you feel like you are playing catch-up? What things can GM bring to the table that Tesla cannot?

    What about batteries? Have you considered that you may end up needing to source batteries from Tesla themselves in the future? Are there plans for gaining access to suppliers in this field as there will likely be a persistent shortage of good batteries for cars in the future?

  9. Re:There's a clue shortage on The Great IT Hiring He-Said / She-Said · · Score: 1

    It sounds like someone did and he got canned for it.

  10. Re:Well on Space Tourism Isn't Worth Dying For · · Score: 1

    Get over yourself.

    You're the obstinate one in this thread.

  11. Re: Well on Space Tourism Isn't Worth Dying For · · Score: 1

    It's unlikely it could ever orbit, but frankly, the re-entry technology is interesting and could be useful for a variety of types of actual orbital missions.

  12. Re: Well on Space Tourism Isn't Worth Dying For · · Score: 1

    No, but refusing to make the sawmill DOES make it less likely to come up with an automobile.

    You're talking like a creationist trying to deny evolution...

  13. Re:Didn't bother reading TFA on Space Tourism Isn't Worth Dying For · · Score: 1

    How many people die every year on rollercoasters?

    Any idea?

    Hint: It's more than 4.

  14. Re:A question then on Space Tourism Isn't Worth Dying For · · Score: 1

    that's the point of this design. By flying the rocket to altitude on a subsonic plane, the cost is not 1000 times, it's more like 2 times.

    Would you pay double to get there in 4 hours?

    Why are we whining about this in the first place? It's interesting research.

    Our cultural risk aversion is a serious problem.

  15. Re:Typical short sighted viewpoint on Space Tourism Isn't Worth Dying For · · Score: 1

    Suborbital flights are a great way to travel in planes, but there are a lot of technical problems to re-entry from suborbital planes, under control.

    This is a very novel way to do it and deserves further research, frankly.

  16. Re:Typical short sighted viewpoint on Space Tourism Isn't Worth Dying For · · Score: 1

    No they didn't.

    It was widely believed that materials were not strong/light enough to build a practical plane that wasn't more than a toy (and they weren't until the wide use of aluminum, which wasn't available then).

    And suborbital flights are the BEST way to fly between continents. Research that goes this direction is good.

  17. Re:Typical short sighted viewpoint on Space Tourism Isn't Worth Dying For · · Score: 1

    Neither did planes, when the Wright brothers flew one down a beach.

    It was a glorified and deadly kite. Hundreds of people died thrillseeking in planes before they were ever used commercially.

    Learning for the sake of thrills is still learning.

  18. Re:Who fucking wrote this? on Space Tourism Isn't Worth Dying For · · Score: 1

    But.... they could have died.

    gasp

  19. Re:Who fucking wrote this? on Space Tourism Isn't Worth Dying For · · Score: 1

    To be fair, the first thousand or so airplanes were entirely for "thrill seeking" purposes. There was no practical use at the time. Over 100 people died in plane crashes before there was any practical use for them.

    The people at the time couldn't have envisioned wars and modern transportation being entirely dictated by aircraft.

    Now, suborbital flights are potentially the future of intercontinental travel.

    Why are we so averse to risk these days? I think it's a serious cultural flaw.

  20. Re:It had better be reliable! on Tesla Teardown Reveals Driver-facing Electronics Built By iPhone 6 Suppliers · · Score: 1

    Very few cars made since 1988 do not rely on a single computer (or a group of computers) to run properly.

    If you have a problem with computer-controlled cars, you need to keep your 1944 Ford running.

  21. I suspect that will be addressed in the near future.

    In the short term, I am OK with gas cars subsidizing electric cars if it encourages more EV powertrain development.

  22. Wait, what?

    The entire body is built in a different way. The primary body components are a "sled" with the powertrain and battery packs. This rigid sled makes the vehicle's center of gravity substantially lower than any other vehicle and makes the passenger compartment substantially more rigid. Both of these things result in a much higher safety than any other vehicle on the road.

    Second, the vehicle is entirely drive-by-wire, which may scare the luddites, but is really the future of automotive technology.

    Third, it's not only the fastest accelerating production care EVER built for under $1 million (and it only costs $95k in that config), but it also had the single highest rating ever given out by "Consumer Reports", last year, beating every single Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Ferrari, Cadillac, etc in their metrics (drivability, comfort, quality, performance, style).

    http://money.cnn.com/2013/05/0...

    It also received the highest rating ever given to any car by Car & Driver magazine.

    It beats the 7-series BMW and the Jaguar S-Type and the Audi A8 on a level playing field.

    "a Ford Fusion"

    LOL

  23. Re: More feminist bullshit on Why the Trolls Will Always Win · · Score: 1

    If you can identify a KKK-like group that is systematically threatening women, by all means, lets go stop them.

    If not, i'm confused what the analogy is.

  24. Re:More feminist bullshit on Why the Trolls Will Always Win · · Score: 1

    I don't even know anything about the case you're talking about and I don't care to read about it, but I will say that I address all unsupported accusations, whether from a man, woman, child, monkey, dolphin or all-knowing sky fairy... with a grain of salt and a query to show me the evidence.

    A large chunk of crimes reported are false reports. It's not a majority, but it's enough to be scary and justify investigating all accusations carefully.

  25. Re:Something More Modest on MIT Study Finds Fault With Mars One Colony Concept · · Score: 1

    giant blocks of ice lying around

    Just making sure you're aware that the ice caps are dry ice (CO2), not water.