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  1. Re:When will they learn....? on New Royalty Rates Could Kill Internet Radio · · Score: 1

    Mod parent up please.

  2. Internet radio, RIP 1998? on New Royalty Rates Could Kill Internet Radio · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Didn't internet radio get killed by the advertisers way back in the late 90's? I thought the unions negotiated a 3X increase in royalties and a inflated listener baseline for payments.

  3. Re:Never thought I'd say it. on DoJ Mulls Tracking Picture Uploads · · Score: 1

    Please explain. The statement "DRM would fix this" does not compute.

  4. Re:The Bush administration is the most corrupt... on DoJ Mulls Tracking Picture Uploads · · Score: 1

    And the Australian Gov is not corrupt? I thought our leaders were cut from the same filthy cloth.

  5. Re:The Bush administration is the most corrupt... on DoJ Mulls Tracking Picture Uploads · · Score: 1

    The laws restrict spying on individuals but does nothing to protect the statistical analysis of any information they may intercept. This allows the govenrnment and their agents control and insight into financial and political realms. With a corrupt administration, this is the equal to a crystal ball that can be used for personal / corporate gain.

  6. already done on The Wii's MEMS Inventor on Future Technology · · Score: 4, Informative

    The Crista Inertial Measurement Unit is a very small three axis inertial sensor that provides high resolution digital rate and acceleration data via serial interfaces. It uses MEMS gyroscopic rate sensors and accelerometers mounted on orthogonal axes to provide 300 /sec rate and 10G acceleration data. Small (2" x 1.5" x 1", 37g ) http://www.cloudcaptech.com/crista_imu.htm

  7. Re:Ah yes Marvin Minsky? on Marvin Minsky On AI · · Score: 1

    I have to comment on my last post. I talked my wife into writing a research paper on the impossibility of AI using the peceptrons book as supporting research back in 1973. She is still pissed off.

  8. Re:Ah yes Marvin Minsky? on Marvin Minsky On AI · · Score: 1

    See the perceptron debacle. It set back neural network research 10 years.

  9. Re:Excellent Idea...??? on iPods to be Used as Flight Data Recorders · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Can this information be used for aircraft maintenance? It seems using a non-certified device to record data that will be used to perform service would open a repair center to a lawsuit. How can you be assured that the data is correct? It seems the only application would be to record your flight profile for playback in flightsim.

  10. Re:Without certification on iPods to be Used as Flight Data Recorders · · Score: 1

    The limited usefulness of this solution was the unstated crux of my question. AlphaOne points out that the package can't be hooked up to a certified aircraft. If you wanted to log instrumentation on an experimental aircraft or instrument a RPV or UAV, better, non-volatile, crash-resistant solutions exist or are already implemented in the avionics package.

  11. Without certification on iPods to be Used as Flight Data Recorders · · Score: 1

    can you hook this thing into the avionics?

  12. Re:Shocking... on iPods to be Used as Flight Data Recorders · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think most pre-"air accident victims" are too busy doing the "life flashing before their eyes" thing to remember to save the data for the FAA's post crash analysis. Most programmers have problems doing backups after a 3 day coding marathon when all they're thinking of is beer and sleep.

  13. The hive mind of Intel on Randal Schwartz's Charges Expunged · · Score: 1

    Intel demands procedural thinking and operates with a Borg-like group think. I believe this is due to the extremely vertical nature of management and the existence of powerpoint and netmeeting. Employees that "march to a different drummer" are shown the door. Randal did not follow the rules and was beaten down as an example.

  14. Re:Hmmm... on An Overview of Parallelism · · Score: 0

    Putting four brains in the same *room* is asking for problems.

  15. Re:How long will a post-apocalyptic population las on Doomsday Seed Vault Design Unveiled · · Score: 0

    I believe one implementation was the Terminator gene from Monsanto.
    I think it was withdrawn after international protest in the mid 90's

  16. Re:Dead careers. on Will Telecommuting Kill a Career? · · Score: 0

    $800 bucks for 2 weeks work?!? Jebus on a electric broom! I was getting that for 2 days work and I considered that to be bottom of the barrel.
    I feel your pain, since i've been there.

  17. Face Time on Will Telecommuting Kill a Career? · · Score: 0

    Face time and office hours defines with the suits where you will be in a year or two.
    I had sleep apnea, narcolepsy and insomnia ( working till 3 AM was not a problem ) and
    was initially told that 10:00 AM was not a problem. Soon that changed to 9:00 AM,
    I was able to meet that with no problem on my part.
    After 7 months it was 8:00 AM. I was working till 1:00 AM and meeting all the
    deadlines for a post SI test but could not stay awake in the morning.
    I was canned soon after that. Yes, I needed to lose weight and get more exercise, but
    with a 14 Hr work day, I didn't have much personal time.

    I told the test manager the schedule was unrealistic on day one.

  18. Re: Yea, Paypal Sucks...and that's on a good day on Paypal Won't Release Funds To Slain Soldier's Family · · Score: 0

    I tried your suggestion with a google search of "online auction electronics"
    Buyselltrades.com was at the top of the list, here are the results:

    CATEGORIES
    > Laptops (0)
    > Apple, Mac (0)
    > Drives & Controllers (0)
    > Networking (0)
    > Services (0)
    > Printers (1)
    > Video, Multimedia (0)
    > Monitors (0)
    > Computer Systems (0)
    > Components (0)
    > Peripherals (0)
    > Software (0)

    This may be a bad example, but it seems most consumers
    don't want to search the net for auction deals.
    I know where to find deals, but does Joe and Jill Sixpack?

    Cheers

  19. Go Cougers! on Bluetooth Lawsuit · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I bet the money extracted from this will be spent on sports.

  20. Re:Why artists? on RIAA Wants Artist Royalties Lowered · · Score: 1

    The english language has a name for sculptors, architects and painters, It's sculptors, architects and painters. To argue that the only valid art is visual is shortsighted. Music is performance art. In your narrow definition, plays are just as insiginificant as music. I find your opinion offensive, Although you did mention truly horrid musicians.

  21. Re:Cost is the issue on Solar Cell Achieves 40% Efficiency · · Score: 1

    Of course, you might be able to cover a body of water that is endangered due to evaporation and lacks a real ecological system. The great salt lake comes to mind as something that would benefit from shade ( to increase volume ). The concern for salt lake shrinkage appears to be based on recreational loss, So solar cell coverage could impact that use. Of course, I might be totally wrong.

  22. Re:Patents Strike Again on Computer Monitor In Eyeglasses · · Score: 1

    Multiple designs for reflective and direct retinal projection have been patened over the past 30 years. The one that comes to mind was the piezo scanned led retinal projector. It was going to be available real soon. That was at least 15 years ago and hasn't been seen since. This is just another "patent and wait" for the money and a nice example of modern optics. I wouldn't hold your breath.

  23. Re:OSU on A Spaceport In Ohio? · · Score: 1

    How is this good?

  24. Re:Another TSM duh on Nanoknives To Be Used to Cut Cells · · Score: 1

    Oops, did not RTFM.

  25. Another TSM duh on Nanoknives To Be Used to Cut Cells · · Score: 1

    Yet another application of micropositioning hardware used in tunneling scanning electron microscope. Why it took 20 years to cook or even patent this is a mystery. Obvious? it is now.