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  1. And on the far end? on Graphene Sheath Modulates Fiber-Optic Transmission At 200 GHz · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It sounds like this is just very high speed On Off Keying, which is not only limited by modulation but also by the ability to clearly receive that signal on the far end.
    This could be an alternative to coherent phase shift keying as a short range 100G+ interconnect though, where dispersion and noise aren't an issue.

  2. Re:Bravo, Tesla on Tesla Sending New Wall-Charger Adapters After Garage Fire · · Score: 2

    If Tesla's design doesn't account for this then personally I'd count that as a flaw, but go ahead, keep thinking it's not Tesla's problem to fix... If Tesla's design doesn't account for this then personally I'd count that as a flaw, but go ahead, keep thinking it's not Tesla's problem to fix...

    So the price of every new Tesla should include a certified electrician auditing and correcting the wiring in the owners house?
    Maybe all car companies should also bundle mandatory driving lessons. A large number of drivers are morons, and the designs should account for that.

  3. Re:Benefit system ? on UK Benefits System In Deeper Trouble? · · Score: 1

    I think it's absolutely about people who don't pay tax and do get benefits. I suppose all the high cost benefits require some kind of identification though.

  4. Re:Benefit system ? on UK Benefits System In Deeper Trouble? · · Score: 1

    EU migrants pay 34% more in tax, non-EU migrants 14% less and UK citizens 11% less.

    Wouldn't this only apply to documented working migrants that talk to the survey people? Seems like there must be a really strong sample bias toward the law abiding migrants.

  5. Not cans on Coca-Cola Reserves a Massive Range of MAC Addresses · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Vertically integrated vending machines?

  6. Re:Laws to protect us from drones? on Feds Announce Test Sites For Drone Aircraft · · Score: 1

    Regulation is not restricted to fines. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_System_divestiture

  7. Re:Hard to believe on What Would It Cost To Build a Windows Version of the Pricey New Mac Pro? · · Score: 1

    "Does the Intel® Core i7 Desktop Processor support Error Correction Code (ECC) memory?

    The Intel® Core i7 Desktop Processors typically do not support ECC memory. ECC memory is usually used on servers and workstations, rather than on desktop platforms. This is mainly due to the price premium of ECC memory and chipset support. Check with your desktop board manufacturer to see if ECC memory is enabled on your board."

    Only for very small values of 'workstation'.

    http://www.intel.com/support/processors/sb/CS-029913.htm

  8. Re:Driveline on Ford Rolls the Dice With Breakthrough F-150 Aluminum Pickup Truck · · Score: 1

    Plenty of pickup trucks have aluminum drive shafts. There's a difference between a drive shaft and an axle. The axles of a truck also support the weight of the truck, unless it's a full-floating axle.

  9. Re:Make it nearly 70 on Ford Rolls the Dice With Breakthrough F-150 Aluminum Pickup Truck · · Score: 1

    You can haul a lot of drywall or fence posts in an F150. The only thing the F250 can do better is pull heavier trailers.

  10. Re:Real Land Rover is Defender on Ford Rolls the Dice With Breakthrough F-150 Aluminum Pickup Truck · · Score: 1

    I would contend that African safaris where you hunt inside of tall fences over water tanks and feed dispensers is for posers. Having no Jeeps present is evidence that they are not for posers.

  11. Re:Canada has similar on Proposed California Law Would Mandate Smartphone Kill Switch · · Score: 1

    I think they may only use this to blacklist phones with overdue bills, and also there would be nothing stopping someone from putting a T-Mobile SIM in.

  12. Re:Lie-fest from the NSA on CBS 60 Minutes: NSA Speaks Out On Snowden, Spying · · Score: -1, Troll

    The Fox News of the left has managed to find a way to justify to themselves how this is not President Obama's fault. Shocker.

  13. Re:what? on Senators Propose Bill Prohibiting Phone Calls On Planes · · Score: 1

    I actually miss smoking sections in restaurants for this reason

    You'd be surprised how good the lunch specials can be at your local bar. Children still can't drink, as far as I know.

  14. Re:ISPs: stupid, monopolisitic on Google Fiber In Austin Hits a Snag: Incumbent AT&T · · Score: 2

    How about Google just partners with some local smaller carrier like Fiberlight or Transtelco, has them build the cable, and then just buys the fibers they need out of it? The company I work for attaches to AT&T poles every day, because we're a carrier and they have to sell that space to us if it's available. Likewise we have to let other carriers attach to our poles. This is not news to anyone who knows anything about fiber.

  15. Re:I'm told Danes and Swedes don't like each other on Pirate Bay Founder Warg Being Held in Solitary Confinement · · Score: 1

    It is probably because the slavic tradition of Finland conflicts with the more cheerful scandinavian atmosphere of Sweden.

    600 years of Swedish rule over Finland might not have anything to do with it?

  16. Re:I like my connection to discriminate on FCC Chair: It's Ok For ISPs To Discriminate Traffic · · Score: 3, Informative

    The fix for that is peering and QOS, not double billing. Double billing is just a money grab.

  17. Re:Torn on Intelligence Officials Fear Snowden's 'Doomsday' Cache · · Score: 1

    49gb would fit on a phone with a large MicroSD card. 349 would fit on an external hard drive not much larger than a phone. Those could easily be the entire contents of a couple of shared network drives, or Exchange email backups.

  18. Re:Porn browsing? on NSA Planned To Discredit Radicals Based On Web-Browsing Habits · · Score: 1

    If you're a mullah, you wouldn't want people to know you like watching people do things you would have them killed for.

  19. Re:ahm. on Why Scott Adams Wished Death On His Dad · · Score: 1

    Both parties wish people painful and slow deaths, the only difference is that the people Saunders wants to suffer actually are forced to do so.

  20. Re:Euthenasia is illegal on Why Scott Adams Wished Death On His Dad · · Score: 1

    Laws are not laws if they are repealed. If everyone had this attitude african americans and women wouldn't be allowed to vote.

  21. Re:wait a second! on Singapore & South Korea Help NSA Tap Undersea Cables · · Score: 1

    I work in Telecom, fiber cuts happen every day on major networks. Backhoes and rats cut underground fiber, trucks and squirrels cut aerial fiber. It would easy to put a splitter in place, but hard for it to stay in place without someone noticing. I think in most of this tapping the carrier is complicit.

  22. Re:Network Processors ? on Researcher Shows How GPUs Make Terrific Network Monitors · · Score: 1

    You can't buy a custom ASIC off the shelf at Fry's, but you can buy a CPU or a GPU. I don't think it's an apples to apples comparison if you throw in custom hardware.

  23. Re:at least they're honest on Chinese Gov't To Tighten Internet Controls Even Further · · Score: 1

    And if you do die in a car accident, it's probably a burning Tesla.

  24. Re:If we're not doing anything wrong... on US Wary of Allowing Russian Electronic Monitoring Stations Inside US · · Score: 1

    From looking at the map, it looks like most of the GPS monitoring stations are on US Military bases anyway, so there's no need for a front. Everybody knows we're collecting any signals we can pick up.
    It looks like Russia is trying to put theirs in corn fields in the middle of the US.

  25. Re: Insert references to an Orwell work here on Britain's Conservatives Scrub Speeches from the Internet · · Score: 1

    This is just basic smart politics. An old speech can never help you in an election, but can be mined for quotes to be used against you. Journalists should keep their own records anyway, or establish some 3rd party trusted repository.