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  1. Re:What's in it for me ? on Qualcomm Says Over 30 5G-Enabled Devices Will Launch This Year (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    the only feature I could see would be streaming video, right ? But the only time I'd use it, would be when commuting (bus/subway); but it isn't many people ; and connection is barely working in many cities subways so far... not even 3G is working reliably... so I won't buy it for some time...

  2. What's in it for me ? on Qualcomm Says Over 30 5G-Enabled Devices Will Launch This Year (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    I've been wondering: as a customer, as a (dumb) user, what does 5G brings me ? Faster speed, I suppose, OK. But what for ?

    Maybe I'd pay for 5G if it brings useful stuff - new apps, better apps - but not just a new buzzword standard that I don't really understand.

    Seems that telcos are pushing 4G, 5G,... just because they need something new to sell. They are not thinking about customer value. Will not take them very far.

  3. killing maps, burning books... on Instagram Is Killing Photo Maps (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    I just stumbled on this page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... (China's censorship on maps)

    and I suddenly realized how deleting maps is as close as you can get from burning books nowadays: textual information rarely entirely disappears from the internet (copy-paste too easy :) ), but non-textual, non-image based, information -- in particularly maps -- easily does...

  4. Augustine's law valid for the foreseeable future on US Air Force Declares F-35A Ready For Combat (defensenews.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting
    per https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... , enacted in 1984:

    Law Number XVI: In the year 2054, the entire defense budget will purchase just one tactical aircraft. This aircraft will have to be shared by the Air Force and Navy 3½ days each per week except for leap year, when it will be made available to the Marines for the extra day.

  5. "Citizen Petition" from industry groups ? on FDA Considers Redefining Chocolate · · Score: 1
    I found it rather funny to have a "citizen petition" entered by industry groups. I didn't know that industry groups were "citizen".

    Also the PDF is protected by a password against copy/paste, and printing. I suppose that's breakable, but I found easier to post this comment:

    I read with great interest the "Citizen Petition to modernize Food Standards" ( http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/dockets/07p0085/0 7p-0085-cp00001-02-vol1.pdf ). I am wondering why this "Citizen Petition" is signed by only a group of industry groups, representing the producers rather than the "Citizen". I do not think that the industry groups represent the consumers or the citizen: quite naturally, they only represent their constituants, which are industry companies. The reasonable aim of those companies is to maximize profits, which is a not a goal shared by the citizens, or the general public. Thus, I do not think that this "Citizen petition" is receiveable as is. It should be modified to be called "Industry petition", and should be completed by a document representing the consumer, for example through consumer unions.

    On an unrelated note, I have been trying to copy (using the "copy/paste" functionality of my computer) from the PDF document, but could not, because I was asked for a password. I discovered I could also not print this document, being also asked for a password. I would like to keep a written copy of this document, so please provide me with this password, or please give me the reference of the regulation that requires password protection for public documents. Please contact me at my email address: XXX@XXX.com . Thank you.
    I'll tell you if I get an answer ;)
  6. Re:Physics is a bitch isn't it on French Train Breaks Speed Record · · Score: 1

    vaccuum tunnel has been studied for SwissMetro http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swissmetro/ . It has been shown to work well, but to be expensive to build and maintain. Swiss was clearly a very good candidate (mountains -> you need tunnels anyway).

  7. Re:Handcounting: How Slow Is It? on Verifiable Elections Via Cryptography · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately you assume that there's only one question on the ballot.

    In the United States, you have always several. In my town, on Tuesday, I'll have more than 30 choices to make.

    Your numbers just got multiplied by 30.

  8. Re:Eclipse very slow after loosing focus for a whi on Netbeans 4.1 Released · · Score: 1
    There is a solution to your problem: http://suif.stanford.edu/pub/keepresident/.

    That's actually the great thing about Eclipse: there's usually (always ?) a plugin that does what you need.

    The difficulty is just to find it.