Comment Doubts (Score 0) 1
The first to mind is,
Why waste energy by reflecting back colors?
Okay, so they acheive 12% efficiency - is that related to the surface area of the entire panel? I bet it's just the silicon chip that anyone can buy online.
Why waste energy by reflecting back colors?
Okay, so they acheive 12% efficiency - is that related to the surface area of the entire panel? I bet it's just the silicon chip that anyone can buy online.
Comment Re:Is it like Sex Ed can I opt my Kid Out (Score 0) 507
Looking at some of the teacher materials they present on the site,
it makes me want to throw up.
What a disgusting waste of resources trying to teach grade school students what a DMCA Notice is. Kids don't need that crap in their head they've got learning to do.
it makes me want to throw up.
What a disgusting waste of resources trying to teach grade school students what a DMCA Notice is. Kids don't need that crap in their head they've got learning to do.
Supermarket Bans Jedi Knight
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The employees at Tesco seem to be immune to mind tricks, and have kicked out the founder of the International Church of Jediism. Daniel Jones, 23, who founded the religion based on the Star Wars movies, was asked to leave because his robes were against store rules which forbid the wearing of 'hoodies' in their premises. "I told them it was a requirement of my religion but they just sniggered and ordered me to leave," he told The Daily Telegraph newspaper. "I walked past a Muslim lady in a veil. Surely the same rules should apply to everyone." It's exactly this kind of stuff that turns young Jedis to the dark side.
Submission + - Spyware prank exposes hospital medical records (cio.com.au) 1
cheerytt writes: Let this be a very good lesson to all broken-hearted geeks out there! A 38-year-old Ohio man is set to plead guilty to federal charges after spyware he meant to install on the computer of a woman he'd had a relationship with ended up infecting computers at a children's hospital. Spyware was sent to the woman's Yahoo e-mail address in the hope it would be used to monitor what his former girlfriend was doing on her PC. But instead, she opened the spyware on a computer in the hospital's pediatric cardiac surgery department. The spyware sent more than 1,000 screen captures via e-mail, including details of medical procedures, diagnostic notes and other confidential information relating to 62 patients. The man will pay $33,000 to the hospital for damages and faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison. Ouch!
Comment Re:I enjoy nuclear power (Score 0) 575
The moral thing to do is gain power using white lies, then secretly develop plans for nuclear support across the country. Appeal to ignorant people, wink at the smart people, then play your cards so the job gets done right. But you damn well better do it right - and by that I mean safely. One more accident and it'll be 60 years before people aren't afraid to try it again.
Unless he wants another term, in which case keep it on the DL for now.
Comment Re:Problem with wind and solar? (Score 0, Flamebait) 412
I could see this having small localized effects when massive hillsides are covered in these things (beyond all the dead birds lying around),
but if you can grasp the massive amount of kinetic and potential energy of the earth's weather systems - and the sun beating down on the planet, then suddenly even a few hundred windmills seem insignificant.
Comment Re:DotA - fun game, horrible community (Score 1) 173
I agree with parent. While there are immature players in any online game I've noticed it's particularly harsh in DotA. That's why I often host noob-only games even when I'm not playing, because there's so few hosted games for people to just play for fun or to learn. For the most part, there aren't too many regular players joining these games with malicious intent, but when that happens I banlist them.
Comment Re:35 MPG NOT 42 MPG (Score 1) 1186
I agree. Or simple math.
27.5 * 1.3 = 35.75
I'm surprised this wasn't in the first comment..
27.5 * 1.3 = 35.75
I'm surprised this wasn't in the first comment..
