Comment Re:Implants are a thing of the past? (Score 1, Interesting) 394
IMO parent has a point, what's flamebait about it?
Comment Why? (Score 1) 79
Why do we need complete pressurized module there? I understand that cupola is not the most expensive section of ISS, but wouldn't it make financial sense just to mount bunch of hi def cameras for this? Hell, you can go RealD 3D for this price tag.
64-Bit Flash Player For Linux Finally In Alpha 172
Luchio writes "Finally, a little bit of respect from Adobe with this alpha release of the Adobe Flash Player 10 that was made available for all Linux 64-bit enthusiasts! As noted, 'this is a prerelease version,' so handle with care. Just remove any existing Flash player and extract the new .so file in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins (or /usr/lib/opera/plugins)."
Comment Re:First we bomb the moon... (Score 2, Insightful) 90
What's wrong about the sentence? It was pretty much copied from TFA... The orbit is almost geostationary, considering the distance, so it's not like it'll be doing 8's around Earth and Moon, like Apollo crafts.
Comment Re:It's not that big of a deal... (Score 1) 347
It's interesting how for a model of vegetative man's head in TFA's video they used a wooden texture.
Living In Tokyo's Capsule Hotels
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afabbro writes "Capsule Hotel Shinjuku 510 once offered a night’s refuge to salarymen who had missed the last train home. Now with Japan enduring its worst recession since World War II, it is becoming an affordable option for people with nowhere else to go. The Hotel 510’s capsules are only 6 1/2 feet long by 5 feet wide. Guests must keep possessions, like shirts and shaving cream, in lockers outside of the capsules. Atsushi Nakanishi, jobless since Christmas says, 'It’s just a place to crawl into and sleep. You get used to it.'”
Comment Re:DirectX on WebApps? (Score 1) 335
If anything, we should think about banning DirectX from the Web? We should also ban ActiveX.
And flash, and flash!!!
Comment Re:How many more (Score 1) 351
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This gap now is constantly being squeezed by developments in C++ and appearance of C#. So considering how this affects stability of CodeGear and marketability of both your project and your skill set, I'd probably avoid these products for new projects.
Comment Re:In Soviet Russia (Score 3, Insightful) 600
I hate you, SQL people. You seem to be fond of NULL but abandon it (like many other ideas) half way. And then make a living out of it.
Comment Re:Example Of American Can Do Spirit (Score 1) 147
Let's see how the new leadership will look at further spending for space programs after the current one has led everyone to reconsider the role of the US as a world's savings bank.
Packs of Robots Will Hunt Down Uncooperative Humans 395
Ostracus writes "The latest request from the Pentagon jars the senses. At least, it did mine. They are looking for contractors to 'develop a software/hardware suite that would enable a multi-robot team, together with a human operator, to search for and detect a non-cooperative human subject. The main research task will involve determining the movements of the robot team through the environment to maximize the opportunity to find the subject ... Typical robots for this type of activity are expected to weigh less than 100 Kg and the team would have three to five robots.'"
To be fair, they plan to use the Multi-Robot Pursuit System for less nefarious-sounding purposes as well. They note that the robots would "have potential commercialization within search and rescue, fire fighting, reconnaissance, and automated biological, chemical and radiation sensing with mobile platforms."
Comment Re:Absolutely (Score 1) 693
Skipping 3.1 is a huge marketing miss
