Comment Re:Not Published = Trash (Score 4, Insightful) 474
Does this mean that for balance we have to start including YECs, flat earthers, etc as reviewers in studies? Cause that's definitely how the scientific method works.
Comment Re:Is the judge a member of Anon? (Score 5, Interesting) 325
The ones without a filter are called former sales engineers.
If you ever see a SE with an amazing resume but 3 or 4 recent 1-2 year stints on there? Those tend to be the ones whose filter broke mid career. I love those. They are a fantastic resource for competition research... it's like a waterfall of delicious negativity.
Comment Made in the US of foreign and domestic content (Score 1) 241
That would be the technically accurate claim and for a number of hardware products that my employer manufactures.
In our example we assemble in the US, design in the US, program the firmware in the US, program the chips in the US but source a number of the raw parts from TAA compliant countries. I'm pretty sure the Nexus Q can claim pretty much the same manufacturing mix minus the TAA compliance, not that that matters for a consumer device.
That said I'm going to buy one... I don't care if it ends up being a paper weight, I'll support on-shoring wherever I get a chance.
Comment Re:Beauacracy (Score 1) 322
Yeah, screw poor children! Why don't they get jobs.
Comment Re:Important to remember: (Score 1) 258
Why not the 2009 budget that included the first TARP passed under Bush?
Or the fact that Bush enacted policies with $5.07 trillion of new cost
With Obama at far under $2 trillion
Comment Re:42U - Go Big or Go Home (Score 4, Interesting) 402
If he has the money to throw around then a rack made for branch offices and network closets with integrated cooling etc like a Liebert MCR would be perfect. Since its basically a plug and play configuration integrating cooling, PDUs etc.
Comment Re:Supremacy Clause (Score 1) 601
you aren't perfectly free to drive as you have to be licensed to drive and most likely insured to drive.
So really you are perfectly free to walk from New York to California as long as you don't walk on the Interstate
Comment Re:Google versus Apple (Score 1) 360
This maybe the first time in Slashdot history a 3 digit UI got modded down as Trolling...
Comment Re:Why don't U.S. carriers also use ski-jump? (Score 1) 449
You mean like the SSN-23 Jimmy Carter?
Comment Re:You're Troll-a-riffic! (Score 1) 663
I'd be impressed... that would be the quickest study and copy effort in the history of mankind.
Comment Re:I'll Hold My Breath (Score 1) 1797
No, but likely donors paid the majority and football/basketball revenue contributed the rest. At least that's how my Alma Mater handles CapEx
US House 'Creator' of TSA Wants To Kill It 681
U.S. Representative John Mica (R-Florida), the sponsor of the original House bill that helped create the TSA, has become an outspoken opponent of the agency. In a recent interview, "Mica said screeners should be privatized and the agency dismantled." Mica seems to agree with other TSA critics that the agency 'failed to actually detect any threat in 10 years.' Mica is the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman and receives classified briefings on TSA. Perhaps we should trust him more than most people on this topic.
Lucasfilm Unveils "Sandcrawler" Singapore Office
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An anonymous reader writes "The massive, slow moving Sandcrawlers from George Lucas' Star Wars films inspired the form of Lucasfilm's new regional headquarters in Singapore. Designed by Aedas, the Sandcrawler Building will house a 100 seat theater, Lucasfilm Singapore offices, a public podium and other employee spaces. Neither rusty nor slow moving in this case, the glassy and streamlined building will combine a high performance facade with lush gardens and foliage that spills over terraces, resulting in a highly efficient commercial space. With construction already underway, we can look forward to this real life Star Wars manifestation sometime in 2012."
Ask Slashdot: Could We Deal With the End of Time Zones? 990
First time accepted submitter hairyfish writes "Do we still need time zones? Time zones are a relic of the past, when different parts of the world were isolated, and 12 p.m. was whenever the sun was directly above your specific location. Now, in the Internet age, time is just an arbitrary number, and time zones are just unnecessary complexity. Why can't we scrap time zones altogether, and all just use UTC across the board? So here on the eastern seaboard of Australia, lunchtime will now be at 2 a.m., In New York it will be 4 p.m., and in Moscow it will be 8 a.m. There'll be some pain with the initial changeover, but from then on it's all good. Got a meeting with colleagues on the other side of the world? 4 a.m. means 4 a.m. for everyone. Got a flight landing at 3 p.m.? 3 p.m. now means 3 p.m. for everyone. For DST, you simply change your schedule rather than the clock (i.e. work and school starts an hour earlier during DST months). No confusion ever again. For someone whose work involves travel or communication across time zones, this is the best idea I've ever heard. So why aren't we doing it?"
Comment Re:Widespread opposition to a vacuous plan (Score 1) 340
I'm all pro NASA. As an Alabama resident I love what it does for Huntsville.
The real blame here should go to Parker Griffith. You don't leave the majority party, this is what happens when you do. If he hadn't become a turncoat there would be no way the administration would have cut funding to his district.
But he made the decision easy for them... good luck Parker getting re-elected with the right and the left wanting to taste your blood.
