No, because it doesn't matter. Anyone doing business internationally can set their CNC machines to "metric" mode and toggle their digital calipers to metric with a single button push. That's if the design isn't in metric already, some are. Machinists, at least in my industry, really doesn't care if the dimension they are trying to cut is 4.000" or 3.937" (100mm). It's just a readout on a digital display to them.

The US doesn't export building materials ("2x4"s, etc.) in any significant amount so that is irrelevant. Anyone shipping products to the US can go to the trouble of making them in imperial measurements if that is important for the product. For most products these days, it isn't.

This has been around for years. A device from last year uses the same joule thief circuit.

Done the right way, I think they could do vehicles right. Just look at GTA5- if you play in first person all of the time, the game is a believably realistic crime simulator. They sunk a lot of time and effort into making every aspect of the vehicles realistic, including believable damage models (cosmetic AND physical), realistic handling physics, etc. It is quite a departure from the arcade feel of the previous GTA games and IMO a huge improvement.

The last Fallout games, on the other hand, could do with a dose of realism. But Bethesda has shown time and again that they can't make a physics engine not be buggy.

Not commonly so in any of the Fallout games I have played. Keeping party members alive has always been a challenge.

Why would you go for that when the Toshiba SCS-T160 is far cheaper and can be installed in a US home for $30 in parts (excluding the electrical outlet)?

I rarely use the water spray, but the heated seat and no-slam lid are very nice.

I'm 99% sure that the parent was referring to outdoor water features. Like fountains, waterfalls, and ponds.

Because you made it all up? Anyone who has actually played with the drinking bird knows that they can't generate anywhere near as much force as the keyboards of that era required in order to register a keystroke.

Surely you can't be serious? USB has only been around for 20 years and in that time they have gone through 10 different types of plugs, 7 of which I have personally used and probably 5 of which most people would agree were "commonly used". We'll have a new plug in less than 10 years, probably less than 5. Unless you already have grandkids of walking age, I really can't agree with your prediction.

I rarely defend Slashdot management, but in their defense, this website isn't so much about the subject content. An external link to a news story and an internal poll are both "content", but actually neither are very significant to many people here. The discussion that follows is the real content.

That said, they should put it back in the sidebar where it belongs.

I think that was for comparison purposes. As in, the TSA costs a lot more than a lot of other programs which actually accomplish something.

Although it is a bit startling to me that the U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) costs as much as it does. $3.2 billion a year, and that organization is basically only in charge of processing paperwork for people applying for visas, resident cards, and citizenship. AND they collect hefty fees for their services- we paid USCIS about $1500 in total for my wife's visa and permanent resident card. Many of their employment-based visa programs are even more expensive.

Don't give them too much credit, they really had no choice. Senior management at Uber decided their next step is to make driverless cars. They seem to be very serious about this. In driverless car competition, you either play small and hope to be bought out or play big and hope to be the winner at the end of the day. They need to move fast because others have a head start, and they have a blank piece of paper. They need some leading experts in the field in order to catch up to where Google was 2 years ago.They don't have time to find qualified candidates that will accept below market rates. If they tried to suppress wages for this project, the project wouldn't happen. It doesn't mean they won't suppress wages on other projects, or even later on this project after they get a production product.

I'm not familiar with that one. Maybe you meant Keepers v. Weepers?

That's the way it always has been. The rich aren't satisfied with consumer goods and never have been. Here's just a couple examples from the 1920s. Drugs and underaged girls aren't a recent invention.

Thats why you own your own domain. Hosting company goes out of business,you switch to another. You can even forward it to someone else if you prefer their mail interface.

At long last, business is booming!