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Comment Re:Don't fly. (Score 1) 1233

I don't fly... for personal trips. I haven't visited my siblings (4,400 mile roundtrip) in 8 years; I see my parents (2,000 mile roundtrip) every couple years, when I have the time to make a driving trip.

But refusing to fly for work when required would be equivalent to quitting. Fortunately I have not had too many trips required though others in my group fly several times a month.

This is what others mean by "no choice". It's choose to fly or choose to work in a different field, if such work can be found.

Submission + - Motorola uses NFC to enable touch-to-unlock for smartphones (networkworld.com)

smaxp writes: The next best thing to a password pill, the Motorola Skip can both bolster a smartphone's security and make it more convenient to use.

Earlier this year, Motorola’s head of advanced technologies Regina Dugan discussed an alternative to the increasingly vulnerable password method for authentication – a “password pill” that would store credentials within the user’s body.

It makes sense, then, for Motorola to introduce a non-invasive version. The Skip, a magnetized clip that can be worn on clothes without the intrusiveness of a password pill, looks like a derivative of the password pill research, providing strong authentication with simplicity of operation. It’s based on NFC technology, the same technology used to secure contactless payments and building access.

Submission + - SkyOS Beta is Now Public and Free To Download 2

Lose writes: SkyOS halted development in 2009 after the lone remaining developer Robert Szeleney noted SkyOS development could not keep pace with the rate at which hardware and technology was advancing. Now, after 4 years of near radio silence, Szeleney has quietly made the decision to make the latest beta build of SkyOS freely availible for download.

It was made publicly available earlier this month, to little media attention. No direct indication regarding whether the operating system would resume active development was given.

Comment Re:Incinerators (Score 1) 427

Why is the US so allergic to incinerators?

It's not that we're allergic (although they're more often called waste-to-energy plants these days).

It's that the public solid-waste agencencies don't have the money to build them, and the private industries that would build them as "turnkey" enterprises can't be expected to respect the public health and safety interests.

Comment Re:This news is already out of date: (Score 1) 209

Good. A sensible decision.

Now the best way to handle the case of Ye Meng Yuan, if SF first responders did in fact accidentaly run her over, is with some kind of restorative justice: Apologize to her family for the accident that happened while working to rescue others. Offer restitution and acknowledge that it is not meant to replace the young woman who is now gone.

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