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  1. Re:WHO CARES? on Chrome Does Have a Caps-Lock Key After All · · Score: 1

    Try this one: http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/home/index.htm
    ARM, completely open, choice of several OSs out of the box, and it weighs 3 lbs
    Not sure what you mean by flash based though.

  2. Re:Super on Rear-View Cameras On Cars Could Become Mandatory In the US · · Score: 1

    Seconded. I'm guessing that LIDAR would be the most likely technology for this, since that's what they used in the DARPA Challenge. Given that it's not widespread yet I'm guessing the cost is still too high though.

  3. Re:Irrational Environmental Regulations on IAEA Forms Nuclear Fuel Bank · · Score: 1

    Different from all other power systems, you cannot find examples of how the nuclear power plants have ruined the environment by "cutting corners".

    IIRC, Chernobyl was caused by precisely that - cutting corners.
    That said, any modern reactor is going to be far safer than the Chernobyl design.

  4. Re:I'm always intrigued by desert solar projects on Sahara Solar To Power Half the World By 2050 · · Score: 1

    Given a cost of $1.19M USD, it's probably feasible for some billionaire to do it himself - buy the land, build some walls around it then start the project. It would be a rather profitable business venture to top it off.

  5. Re:Static IPv6 addresses for everyone. on Peter Sunde Wants To Create Alternative To ICANN · · Score: 1

    It depends on your luck. Mine is really simple, I got ::1

  6. Re:It's time... on Once-Secret ACTA Copyright Treaty Approved By EU · · Score: 1

    That only works if there are enough lobbyists who are against ACTA - otherwise the dead ones just get replaced.
    Besides, if there's a clear threat they're more likely to band together against it. If they are killed, it can't look like murder - suicide or divine punishment would be better

  7. Re:The most important benchmark would still be... on Autonomous Audi TT Conquers Pike's Peak · · Score: 1

    What if the vehicle manufacturer licensed the AI software with regular payments, and used the payments as a form of insurance?

  8. Re:Duh. on 50 ISPs Harbor Half of All Infected Machines · · Score: 1

    This is the same website that handles billing. If it's that easy to hack, the ISP has bigger problems.

  9. Re:Yet if the lasse fair economics crowd would say on US Embassy Categorizes Beijing Air Quality As 'Crazy Bad' · · Score: 2, Funny

    Screw the pony, I wish I had a girlfriend.

  10. Re:Duh. on 50 ISPs Harbor Half of All Infected Machines · · Score: 1

    Better solution: block the commonly exploited ports (25, 80, etc.) for users by default, and offer them an option on the website to enable them.
    This blocks the flow of malware, but still preserves neutrality.
    My ISP (iiNet) does this and it works extremely well, IMO.

  11. Re:Doesn't work on a live brain on New Imaging Method Reveals Brain Connections · · Score: 1

    This is on the cellular level, so I don't think that applies. 'Capturing tens of billions of events simultaneously with perfect accuracy' is a strawman - we don't need observe all the signals simultaneously, we just need to measure the resistance (for lack of a better word) along each connection. 'Perfect accuracy' isn't found anywhere in science - we just need it to be good enough.
    A century ago, people would never have believed it possible to communicate across the planet in under a second, or to communicate with other planets. Human technology grows exponentially and can't be underestimated.

  12. Re:Doesn't work on a live brain on New Imaging Method Reveals Brain Connections · · Score: 1

    You would need the speed to be at least within an order of magnitude of realtime for it to have any practical use. Within the brain/neural network whatever protocols are in use is irrelevant, since it's communicating with itself. As for connecting it to reality, connecting the I/O neurons to another dead/cloned body should suffice.
    Really, the only issue I can think of is that if the values of the connections couldn't be changed by the 'mind', then the person would be unable to learn anything new and would thus be almost useless.

  13. Re:Doesn't work on a live brain on New Imaging Method Reveals Brain Connections · · Score: 1

    If they can get this working, you might not remain dead. As I understand it, all the information in a neural network is stored in the connections between neurons - that is, how much of the signal gets transmitted to the next neuron. This is usually represented as a decimal between 0 and 1 in programming.
    If we could measure those values and record the arrangement of neurons, it would be possible to literally copy someone's mind. Actually running it would require a ridiculously powerful computer, but Moore's law should take care of that and at any rate the problem is extremely parallel.
    Imagine the progress we could make if the greatest minds of our time could be stored and continue to make discoveries even after death.

  14. Re:This is the law in Belgium on Organs of UK Nuclear Workers Secretly Harvested; Energy Secretary Apologizes · · Score: 1

    I don't know about Belgium in particular, but I do know that some countries have it set up so that you can specify which organs you want to donate, rather than an all or nothing approach.

  15. Re:I saw a documentary about this. on Organs of UK Nuclear Workers Secretly Harvested; Energy Secretary Apologizes · · Score: 1

    A better solution would be to change the organ donor system from opt-in to opt-out. There are a large number of people who won't act either way, and it would solve the shortages.

  16. Re:Little difference? on Scientists Propose One-Way Trips To Mars · · Score: 1

    And then we end up with a planet ruled by violent criminals. Keep in mind that the colony approach used on Australia also required wardens to keep them in check.

  17. Re:Solution --- only distribute files for PD thing on 3D Printing May Face Legal Challenges · · Score: 1

    Forget $10K, you can build your own CNC for only a few hundred dollars of parts. Admittedly, this requires a much higher skill level, but realistically geeks are going to be the early adopters for this sort of technology anyway.

  18. Re:Easily swappable parts on Bloom Laptop Designed For Easy Disassembly · · Score: 1

    The AI SmartBook is similar, except it's ARM (so 3x the battery life) and instead of being easily disassembled, the design goal was to be completely open. It ships with Android, Ubuntu and a custom built OS.

  19. Re:Is it not time to give up yet? on Jammie Thomas Hit With $1.5 Million Verdict · · Score: 1

    Depending on your jurisdiction, downloading* may not even be illegal. Under Australian copyright law only uploading infringes the copyright. I'd expect US law to be similar, since they were the ones who pushed the current laws on to us via the USAFTA.

    * Excluding BitTorrent and the like, which both upload and download at the same time.

  20. Bad Title on Aussie Research Company Brings Wi-Fi To TV Antenna · · Score: 1

    Aussie Research Company

    CSIRO stands for Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation - they're not a company, they're a government organization that does research. In a sense they're similar to the American NASA, except they have a much more diverse range of research.

  21. Re:finally! on First Chrome OS Notebooks Due This Month · · Score: 1

    This one was available over a year ago, and a new model has just been released: http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/home/index.htm

  22. Re:So it's just a body? on Car Produced With a 3D Printer · · Score: 1

    Or in other words, this problem has already been addressed where it applies to automotive parts, and it is not the issue you claim it to be.

    Copyright terms also used to be only 12 years long. The law changes over time.

  23. Re:Isn't that illegal? on Google Sues US Gov't For Only Considering Microsoft · · Score: 1

    We should call it the Department of the Exterior.

  24. Re:Isn't that illegal? on Google Sues US Gov't For Only Considering Microsoft · · Score: 1

    We could call them the Department of the Exterior!

  25. Re:Apple.... and those others. on Workers Poisoned Making Touchscreen Hardware · · Score: 1

    It is about them:

    MCDONELL: These young women use to finish off laptop computers by gluing on, measuring and then polishing Apple logos. For this they used a chemical used N-Hexane. One of the women has kept some of the logos they used to show that their work was connected to Apple products.