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  1. Re:Go all the way! on Intel Experimental Processor Runs On Solar Power · · Score: 1

    Seems like research supports this: ieeexplore.ieee.org/iel5/16/5896011/05773485.pdf?arnumber=5773485

  2. Re:Notably missing from the video: on Dave Perry Shows Off Cloud Gaming Service "Gaikai" · · Score: 1

    From TFA:

    (3) Data travel distance is around 800 miles (round trip) on this demo as that's where the server is. I get a 21 millisecond ping on that route. My final delay will be 10 milliseconds as I just added a server in Irvine California yesterday, but it's not added to our grid yet. (So this demo is twice the delay I personally would get, the good news is I don't notice it anyway.)

  3. 172 stations per day on Australia Developing Massive Electric Vehicle Grid · · Score: 1

    200000 stations by 2012 means that, if they started today, they would have to come out with 172 stations every day until 1/1/2012. Good luck!

  4. Re:I'm not trying to troll, I swear on User Interface of Major Oscilliscope Brands? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    An alternative way out is to take a survey of the people who will actually be using the equipment. Chances are they have a preference one way or another. If they don't have a preference off hand, then present them with a side-by-side comparison and let them chose.

  5. Re:I'm betting ... on Google Spends Money to Jump-Start Hybrid Car Development · · Score: 1

    As long as the car is free (i.e. paid by the ad revenue) and the ads are text based I wouldn't complain.

  6. Re:As long as it doesn't violate GPL on Google, Microsoft Escalate Data Center Battle · · Score: 1

    Their OS is clearly distributed with Google Search Appliance as answered with this FAQ:

    http://www.google.com/support/gsa/bin/answer.py?an swer=15898&topic=-1

    Does that change things?

  7. Re:Fallout 2 on Gamers Of The Apocalypse · · Score: 1

    I'm not much an RPG genre fan, but all this praise to the Fallout games is wetting my appetite to try a bite. Is there a place to download the game legally? I assume it is off store shelves by now.

  8. Re:Serious "LITTLE" problem? on Next-Gen DVD Players to Rely on HDMI? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Not S-Video, but this device will do the trick.

  9. Non-crippled formats are supported on Sony Reader Taking Hold? · · Score: 1

    This reader, unlike the Librie, can display formats other than BBeB. Supported formats are BBeB Book, PDF, JPEG, MP3. According to Gizmodo the reader will also support syncing to RSS feeds with images.

  10. Nitpick: Reason or mechanism? on Scientists Unlock Reasons Cancer Spreads · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What is the reason for cancer to spread? What is the reason for tree to grow? They discovered a mechanism not a reason.

  11. Re:Sensationalist Journalism? on A Flu Pandemic? · · Score: 1

    Good point about the mask. Did a quick search and an NPR Q&A with NIAID director turned this up:

    Q: If a vaccine is not available for the general population and a pandemic does develop, what are recommendations for every day life in a big city? Are any face masks on the market effective against viruses? Should disposable gloves be used as much as possible?

    A: There are fundamental public health issues that will be triggered into effect if there is a pandemic or a major threat of a pandemic. They're simple things: hand washing, covering your nose and your mouth when you sneeze and cough. Viruses are transmitted from person to person in droplets and also in an aerosolized spray. Aerosolization is a finer way of the virus to spread, and there are masks that are effective against that form of transmission. Some masks are pretty good against droplets, such as the standard surgical masks, but if you really want to get the aerosolization protection, there's a mask called an "N95" that's specially fitted to you. When you get it fitted correctly it works, but that's not something you want to do now. It's totally unnecessary.

  12. Re:some thoughts on WiMax Technology Could Blanket the US? · · Score: 1

    That is if you are covering a round cell with a single omni-directional antenna. I think when a cell is deployed, several directional antennas are used to cover a cell. Configure adjacent antennas to non-overlapping frequency channels to avoid interference. Using directional antennas also gets you longer reach because the energy can be focused on a smaller area and the FCC specifies max power output per area

  13. Re:Its easy... on How To Avoid Viruses At Windows Install Time? · · Score: 2, Funny

    He can either disable the cable modem or unplug the network cable until the OS is up and running.

  14. Re:Blaming the tool again... on LUG Pres Resigns Over Military Linux Use · · Score: 2

    Seems to me he just doesn't want to be a part of something that is used to fascilitate needless deaths, destruction and suffering. It is not as obvious as choosing not to contribute to a missile guidance system project, but I can see the connection here.

    He is not blaming the tool. I think he just wants to generate debate on military uses of free software. He doubts that the Pentagon will abide by GPL and will give everyone equal opportunity to take advantage of their improvements to linux, which sounds to me like a topic worthy of discussion. He also hopes that this debate will make people realize the connection between technology and how it effects the world.

  15. Re:10$ = Rs 500 approx on New HP Drive Lets You Burn Your Own Label · · Score: 1

    The article also doesn't specify if the $10 extra is for the OEM or the consumer. $10 OEM can translate into a much larger number for the consumer. The article also doesn't cover the extra cost of media, which can be used to hide the drive premium the way it's done with printers and ink cartriges.

    That said, seems to me that the cost premium would have to be less than, say, 10% of the drive or 10% on the media. Personally, I don't see spending more than that for the labeling feature.

  16. Didn't Microsoft buy their license on SCO Targets US Government, TiVo · · Score: 1

    >>Does anyone know if SCO is successfully collecting on this? Is money being made?

    > My guess is not.

    http://www.google.com/search?q=microsoft+sco+licen se+unix

    Looks like MS did pay SCO for a license.

  17. Re:International Power Cables on (Solar) Power to the Masses · · Score: 1

    Maybe superconducting cables would help mitigate some of your concerns?

    Problem is superconducting power distribution is not here yet even on local scale.

  18. Re:Radical solutions to radical problems on Pentagon Lets You Bid on Terrorism? · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Actually, that's the idea. To bring experts in the Middle East into the mix and see what they have to say about what might happen.


    But they won't be actually "bringing" anyone in. There is no guarantee that people who trade in these futures are experts. And you have no way to evaluate what they have to "say" because all you got is a statistical result. You don't know what the source of that result is. You don't know how reliable the source is or who to hold accountable.


    There seems to be enough trouble finding the source of real intelligence. For example, the latest trouble with the state of the union speech including information that Iraq was trying to purchase radioactive material from Africa.

  19. Tracking the bills on RFID Tags in Euro Banknotes · · Score: 1

    You can just go to http://www.wheresgeorge.com/. ;)

  20. Re:My experience on Environmental Costs of Computer Use? · · Score: 1

    Have your students ever claimed that their e-mail service was down, or have your e-mail service ever gone down when assignments were due?

    I am interested because it seems to me that e-mail is less reliable than showing up to class or office with a hardcopy. Has that been a case in your experience? What do suggest to your students as a way to avoid such problems beyond the obvious suggestion of having the HW ready a day before it's due?

  21. VHDL and the US gov on Software/Hardware FPGA Dev Board that runs Linux · · Score: 1
    Agreed.

    It's a wonder, however, that VHDL is the preferred HDL of the US government and its contractors. It was patterned after Ada--another US government fave.

    This ought to fit into a conspiracy theory or two.

  22. Re:Cycles on Giant Sucking Noise · · Score: 1
    I can think of one reason:


    Once the white-collar jobs start disappearing there will be many more people opposed to this, so such a movement will grow dramatically. Maybe to the point where such companies will feel the pressure.

  23. Casino solution on Building a Multi-Channel PVR System? · · Score: 1

    Many VCRs and VHS tapes seems to be the solution here, based on this web page at least.

  24. Re:Some limitations to keep in mind on Building a Multi-Channel PVR System? · · Score: 1

    Maybe a FibreChannel-based HD array?

  25. economy on Has the Quality of Consumer Electronics Declined? · · Score: 1
    Isn't that the only thing you can possibly base an economy on?

    Good point. :) I agree with that, so I suppose my problem isn't with the fundamental idea, but how it seems to be working out in light of the question this article asks.

    What seems wrong to me about increasing consumption based on goods with increasingly shorter lifetime is that it is terribly inefficient and artificial.

    The inefficiency should be obvious. We are using up natural resources faster than needed generating more waste in the process.

    The artificiality comes from companies (i.e. producers of goods) artificially increasing demand for their product by decreasing product lifetime.