Comment Easy as 123 (Score 1) 688
We started with PC0001 and are now at PC7921. Someday we'll need to add another digit. This isn't really that hard a problem to solve.
Production of Boeing 787 Dreamliner Delayed Again 334
Hugh Pickens writes "Boeing has discovered microscopic wrinkles in the skin of the 787's fuselage and has ordered Italian supplier Alenia Aeronautica to halt production of fuselage sections at a factory in Italy. 'In two areas on the fuselage, the structure doesn't have the long-term strength that we want,' says Boeing spokeswoman Lori Gunter. To repair the wrinkles, additional layers of carbon composite material are being added to a 787 at the South Carolina factory and twenty-two other planes must also be patched. Production of the 787 has been fraught with problems with ill-fitting parts, casting doubt on Boeing's strategy of relying on overseas suppliers to build big sections of the aircraft before assembling them at its facilities near Seattle. The 787, built for fuel efficiency from lightweight carbon composite parts, is a priority for Boeing as it struggles with dwindling orders amid the global recession. Customers had been expecting the first of the new jets in the first quarter of 2010 — nearly two years earlier than they will be delivered. The delays have cost Boeing credibility and billions of dollars in anticipated expenses and penalties. Orders for 72 planes have been canceled already this year, although Boeing still has confirmed orders for over 800 aircraft."
Comment Should this be covered in a town hall meeting? (Score 1) 165
I wonder if this would be covered as part of that end of life counseling/planning in the new health care reform legislation. Do we all have an inalienable right to a final email?
Comment Autism (Score 1) 1146
Prepare for the likelihood of Autism Spectrum Disorder children. If I knew that was in the offing I wouldn't've married a geek.
Comment Re:Treating this seriously (Score 1) 325
In all seriousness, couldn't we take care of this by just detonating a small nuke (or maybe a large fuel-air bomb) in the middle of this "patch". Seems like it would clean things up nicely. As I understand, there's nothing around that would get damaged.
Comment Re:Let's remember a few things for this discussion (Score 1) 586
improve that 12 mpg to 18 mpg and now you need to replace a 30 mpg with a 180 MPG car (the EPA calculates the carbon-cost of an electric vehicle using our mix of power source to be roughly 120 mpg) to match the fuel savings.
Maybe the government could help. They could maybe give an incentive to people with old, inefficient cars to be used toward purchase of new efficient cars. Some sort of "cash for clunkers" type deal. Just a thought.
Comment Re:I think (Score 0) 87
Comment Re:Exchange-Outlook-SharePoint, baby! (Score 5, Funny) 394
Google isn't evil so this doesn't matter. They said so themsleves.
Outlook Inertia the Main Factor Holding Business From Google Apps 394
Meshach writes "There's an interesting article in PC World claiming that the major factor preventing businesses from transferring their communication interface from Outlook to Google Apps is employees' unwillingness to give up a tool that's so familiar. Basically, Google is underestimating how attached businesses and their workers are to Office and Outlook in particular. Quoting: 'Google has found out that, yes, many companies are happy to ditch Exchange for Gmail if it means saving money and eliminating the grief of maintaining Exchange in-house. However, and maybe to a degree unexpected by Google, it also discovered that many companies consider it a deal-breaker to lose the functionality that the Outlook-Exchange combo provides, thanks to the deep links that exist between this client-server tandem.'"
Comment Simplify (Score 1) 64
This system appears to be in need of simplification.
