Comment Re:Astronaut helmet cams (Score 5, Funny) 94
That's the only thing holding you back?
Comment Re:First Post! (Score 1) 332
I vote for the GREATER evil. Go AOL!
Comment Re:Thats it... (Score 1) 238
1000 Mbit internet? The mind boggles.
Comment Re:From "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (Score 1) 364
Sounds like the cause of mindset behind the American revolution of independence.
Comment Re:Jesus tapdancing christ (Score 1) 464
If only there was a country where a company could set up major nuclear power generation facilities without excessive red tape, and export it to the rest of the continent...
Comment Re:15 years or so ago (Score 1) 1127
Why not have some sort of clean-room urination hose attachment to the suit?
Comment Re:Bad, but not as bad as Visa (Score 1) 230
Do you get still chargebacks with Paypal? Does it depend on your company size?
Comment Re:My feet (Score 1) 857
Don't forget about engine idling, oil changes, tires, gasoline additives, refining, manufacturing, etc. that release much more CO2 and other toxic chemicals than their equivalents biking.
Submission + - A Pilot on Airline Security (hotair.com)
Paperweight writes: Dave Mackett, president of the Airline Pilots Security Alliance, recently wrote how unsafe and hole-ridden airline security still is, in spite of all the money being blown on it. There is simply no deployable technology that has a prayer of keeping a motivated, prepared terrorist out of the system. The US Transport Security Administration misses more than 90% of detectable weapons at passenger checkpoints even in their own tests. Until the mindset behind airline security is changed, using an airliner as a weapon of mass destruction is as easy today as ever.
Submission + - Intel launches massive mobile Linux project (linuxdevices.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Intel is serious about Linux on handhelds. The chip giant today launched a "Moblinux" project aimed at creating a whole family of open source software for Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) — small, battery-powered mobile devices midway between phones and laptops in size, price, and performance. The Moblinux.org website hosts open source projects that include a Mozilla-based browser, GTK-based GUI, dev tools, and a kernel patchset for Intel's forthcoming A100 and A110 mobile processors. Intel plans to demo the Moblinux wares at the Ubuntu Live expo in Portland next week — where Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded (UME) will also preview.
Submission + - Sunrocket Is Dead
Aaron writes: VoIP provider SunRocket last Friday laid off a significant number of employees and left just a skeleton crew in place to handle the sale of operations, according to DSL Reports. This morning, after that sale fell through, the company laid off the remainder of their employees (including hundreds of outsourced tech support positions) and is now essentially just a husk of a company. As of this writing the service is still operational, but it may not be for long. There has been absolutely no communication to customers about any of this, but the 1-800 number confirms that they're no longer taking new orders or helping existing customers, and annoyed ex-employees have been telling tales of mismanagement in this fifty page thread in the DSLReports forums since late last week.
Submission + - What You Know, Just Ain't So: Facts vs. Beliefs (functionalisminaction.com)
IConrad01 writes: "Functionalism In Action: What You Know — It Just Ain't So: Why Facts Can't Win Arguments is a commentary by a technophile libertarian (yours truly) attempting to further document the connection between deeply held beliefs and the inability of those with hard facts to contradict those beliefs."
Submission + - Robot aircraft crush worldwide enemies - from Nev. (networkworld.com)
coondoggie writes: "The first unmanned attack squadron in aviation history will arrive in Iraq today looking to deliver 500-pound bombs and Hellfire missiles to the enemy — all from the comfort of a US Air Force base in Nevada. The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper can be controlled via satellite link thousands of miles away from operational areas. The planes are launched locally, in this case Iraq and Afghanistan, but can be controlled by a pilot and sensor operator sitting at computer consoles in a ground station, or they can be "handed off" via satellite signals to pilots and sensor operators in Nevada's Creech Air Force Base or elsewhere.
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Feed Gefen's new 4x4 HDMI Matrix switch (engadget.com)
Filed under: HDTV, Home Entertainment
One of the reasons why we still love component video is because of the availability of component video matrix switches. Matrix switches are like a Ethernet switch for HDTVs, they allow any source to connect to any HDTV throughout your house. That way you can stack up all your equipment in your closet, and enjoy any one of your sources on any one of your HDTVs. Finally regular consumers can get the same matrix action out of their HDMI gear, with Gefen's new 4x4 HDMI Matrix switch, which routes your video and sound, and can be controlled via IR or a RS-232 connection for your home automation system. As cool as this product is, it isn't for everyone. The switch costs $1,999, and who knows how much those long HDMI cables from the closet will cost you, but if you have four HDTVs, a Series3 TiVo, an Xbox360, an HD DVD and a Blu-ray player, you can probably afford it.Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Submission + - Japan to Launch Magnetic Trains in 2025
SpeedyTrain writes: Magnetic trains zooming at a landscape-blurring 310 miles an hour will connect Tokyo and Nagoya by 2025, one of Japan's biggest railway operators said Friday.
The new magnetically levitated, or "maglev," trains would slash the 100-minute travel time down the country's busiest transportation corridor and are envisioned as a successor for Japan's iconic bullet trains, or shinkansen, first introduced to the world in 1964.
