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  1. Good news in this. on NASA Looking At Nuclear Thermal Rockets To Explore the Solar System · · Score: 1

    The good news in all this, is that not only does O want America to go to Mars, BUT, he backs nuclear engines and power. Sadly, the dems fight it. But, the current CONgress is likely to be pro-nukes, which I doubt that O will stop.

  2. Re:Oh, I support making changes on Most Americans Support Government Action On Climate Change · · Score: 1

    and yet, while A does the right thing, it is possible for B to be encouraged to do the right thing.
    For example, China's emissions are mostly caused by 2 things:
    A) Smelting plants that use coal.
    B) power plants that use coal. Back in the early 90's, China was at 65-75% coal plants. They are now at over 80% and still growing FAST.

    The vast majority of that electricity goes into manufacturing, not into civilians.
    As such, the smart move is for America (and hopefully the entire west) to tax ALL GOODS predicated on where they come from and the emissions / $GDP (real GDP, not PPP GDP). This will quickly encourage China to change their direction, while at the same time, getting the west to change quicker.

  3. Oh, I support making changes on Most Americans Support Government Action On Climate Change · · Score: 1

    But what is happening is BS. Unless ALL nations are involved, then nothing will change.
    As it is, the largest polluter, China with more than 1/3 of the CO2 emissions, is being allowed to continue GROWING their emissions while only the west are to cut back.
    This will NEVER succeed if this continues.

    the only possible solution is if all nations cut back, and if they are cut back predicated on CO2 / $ GDP. The reason is that emissions are NOT tied to ppl,but dirty manufacturing.

  4. Re: So, what's the practical concern of this? on Reverse Engineering the Nike+ FuelBand's Communications Protocol · · Score: 1

    In general, somebody who has loads of money will make use of these bands. Now, if I wanted to take a rich person as hostage for a payoff, I might get somebody close to them to simply change out some code. That way when rich person is walking around and device gets a signal, it says, here I am. Basically, an easy tracking device.

  5. let us know who sells to china on Tech Companies Worried Over China's New Rules For Selling To Banks · · Score: 2

    Then if said company is selling to western banks, these should be avoided.

  6. Lunar Elevator? on Engineers Develop 'Ultrarope' For World's Highest Elevator · · Score: 1

    It would be interesting to see if this could work for a lunar elevator.

  7. who writes this shit? on Virgin Galactic Dumps Scaled Composites For Spaceship Two · · Score: 4, Informative

    VG did NOT dump SC.
    This was planned for several years.

  8. Re:They do need a LOT of help on Inside Ford's New Silicon Valley Lab · · Score: 1

    Spend time in the model S.
    Believe me, the physical buttons SUX once you spend time on the Model S.
    Heck, you mention volume and and channels, and yet, radios can be changed. That makes it hard to deal with.
    With the large screen, it is possible for Tesla to allow us to have our own layouts (and it will come).

  9. Re:Lets hope they can do better than MyTouch on Inside Ford's New Silicon Valley Lab · · Score: 2

    Ford has quit Microsoft (thank god) and switched to QNX, which is a decent realtime system.

  10. Follow Germany's lead on Inside Ford's New Silicon Valley Lab · · Score: 1

    Germany is currently behind in driving automation, but by their gov. creating a lane between 2 cities in which only partial and fully automated cars car drive, well, they will move this up QUICKLY.
    If Tesla and Google want to retain their lead and Ford wants to join them, then they should encourage California to create some lanes that are 50 miles or long on road that are heavily traveled by commuters. In addition, CA would be wise to let these companies use some of their cars for experiments.

  11. Re: Lift? on NASA Considers Autonomous Martian Helicopter To Augment Future Rovers · · Score: 1

    Thanx bill; I could see some use for that for a science fair as well.

  12. Re: Lift? on NASA Considers Autonomous Martian Helicopter To Augment Future Rovers · · Score: 1

    Hmmm. Where did you get ahold of aerogel at?

  13. Re: Sattelites??? on NASA Considers Autonomous Martian Helicopter To Augment Future Rovers · · Score: 1

    They can not make under 1 m resolution. We would have to send one of nro's SATs to get decent resolution. Considering that nro gave us 2 that are Hubble quality, one would be ideal for sending to mars

  14. increase and change visa's. on Senator Who Calls STEM Shortage a Hoax Appointed To Head Immigration · · Score: 1

    Visa's should be awarded based on nation need first. Iow, we should increase yearly visa ( say 15% more ), and then make 50% of all visa's dependent on nations need and candidates education. The rest can remain as it is.

    however, they need to resolve the current group of illegals as well as change what is citizen, along with who can run for president/VP.

  15. Re: Just give the option to turn it off... on Fake Engine Noise Is the Auto Industry's Dirty Little Secret · · Score: 1

    While girly men have VW's?

  16. in 10 years, that will not be an issue on Fake Engine Noise Is the Auto Industry's Dirty Little Secret · · Score: 1

    Cars already have sensors and safety packages. These are being improved all the time. In 10 years, the only way to run over someone is with your bike.

  17. rail guns and lasers on US Army Wants Weapon To Destroy Drone Swarms · · Score: 1

    Seriously, they need lower joule rail gun that can fire lots. It does not need to shoot 100 miles, but only 10 miles. BUT, it needs to shoot a larger numbers of rounds, more like a Gatling or Phalanx gun. And for further out, laser.

  18. Re: many are scummy. A few quite useful on Google Pondering $1 Billion Investment In SpaceX's Satellite Internet · · Score: 1

    Actually,many of us will tell you that sales ppl and marketers ARE four-letters words. Sales ppl have little to no integrity, and even less knowledge of the product. Fuck, they run telling you that they do not sell the product, but themselves through any means possible.

    given the choice of keeping sales, or keeping manufacturing/engineering, well, only idiots go with sales/marketing.

  19. Re: 2nd/3rd generation of immigrants are IMMIGRANT on European Countries Seek Sweeping New Powers To Curb Terrorism · · Score: 1

    Umm, you could make an argument that those are the same for both nations

  20. Re: just wait on Chevrolet Unveils 200-Mile Bolt EV At Detroit Auto Show · · Score: 1

    Actually, it was Elio that I was looking for. Reminds me of aptera. Turns out that they will start production this year.

  21. What total BS on Chinese Spacecraft Enters Orbit Around the Moon · · Score: 1

    Think it is easier? Look at how long we have taken for JWST. Basically, building massively new large sats remains expensive.
    OTOH, it is MUCH cheaper to fix the hubble. Even with the shuttle, it was still cheaper. Now, with the coming Dragon along with Inflatable space stations.

  22. Re:ugh. on Chevrolet Unveils 200-Mile Bolt EV At Detroit Auto Show · · Score: 1

    0-60 in 5.7 IS slow. Sadly, those who push for cars like the golf will scream that it is lightening fast, when it is out and out a pig. Over the coming years, as electric pick up, it will be increasingly shown that even 5 seconds is slow.

  23. Re: Success rate of 0% on Chinese Spacecraft Enters Orbit Around the Moon · · Score: 1

    Mod op up please.
    note that without human fixes, we would have discarded Hubble. The fact is, that repairing a sat via robot is difficult.

  24. Re: Success rate of 0% on Chinese Spacecraft Enters Orbit Around the Moon · · Score: 1

    Landing on Venus is trivial. Getting the lander to survive the heat and pressure is not a big deal.

  25. Re: Success rate of 0% on Chinese Spacecraft Enters Orbit Around the Moon · · Score: 1

    Not sure that I agree with you about n1. Its issues was that they had lousy QA ( still do, which is why they build designs that can handle that ).