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Comment Re:This just in... (Score 1) 936

Actually the opposite. This is the result of having educated police officers. Not sure how it works in the US but in Canada, they go through a program in school. Educated police, don't want to dirty their hands too much, or skin their knuckles taking someone down. You don't need to be in good physical shape to push a button.

Comment Cheap antennas and connectors? (Score 1) 615

My first guess would be corrosion or some such, impeading the transmitted signal. If the connection loosens, or becomes corroded the SWR will increase because of the impeadence mis-match. The antenna is no longer ressonant so only a fraction of the full transmit power is actuallay radiated over the air.

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Science and Engineering Workforce Has Stalled In the US 433

dcblogs writes "The science and engineering workforce in the U.S. has flatlined, according to the Population Reference Bureau. As a percentage of the total labor force, S&E workers accounted for 4.9% of the workforce in 2010, a slight decline from the three previous years when these workers accounted for 5% of the workforce. That percentage has been essentially flat for the past decade. In 2000, it stood at 5.3%. The reasons for this trend aren't clear, but one factor may be retirements. S&E workers who are 55 and older accounted for 13% of this workforce in 2005; they accounted for 18% in 2010. 'This might imply that there aren't enough young people entering the S&E labor force,' said one research analyst."

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