Comment Re:Vacuum tubes (Score 1) 154
But this one is HyperExpensive . . . I wonder how they will maintain breathable air inside the vehicle which is in a near vacuum ?
CO2 scrubbers?
Comment Re:Update the resume (Score 1) 229
Which ironically will give them the exact justification to bring in the contractors -
What does quitting do other than fulfilling what management wanted all along??
Because you get to do it on your terms, not theirs.
Comment "Crunch Time" == Bad Project Management (Score 0) 336
I wouldn't do "Crunch Time" for $50K/yr unless I was building my chops.
Comment Re:Not buying it, Copper wire is exspensive (V*A=W (Score 1) 597
>Ask yourself why Europe uses a ~230V/240V electricity
Apart from the economical reasons as outlined by yourself, I always assumed it was a safety issue. I was taught that current kills not Voltage. A static shock has huge tension but non-existent current whereas a toaster in the bathtub has (relatively) low voltage and high current.
Can a sparky weigh in on this for me?
Not that I'd go licking the sockets in any country.
Increase the voltage (EMF) presented across a load, and your current increases.
I=E/R
So, no, it isn't safer. (Assuming Europeans have roughly the same electrical resistance of their skin as Americans)
The reason electrostatic charge is not normally harmful is because of how quickly the charge is dissipated. (usually microseconds)
Comment Re:A sane supreme court decision? (Score 2) 409
No, it just means you are now going to jail for a seat belt (or other minor) violation, so they can then search your vehicle.
Comment Re:No they don't (Score 1) 226
This stupid idea gets floated every few years. It doesn't work, even in theory. Do the math yourself.
I have. No way in hell that is going to work efficiently. 185dB of attenuation from Geosync, best case.
Comment Re:At 5PM.... (Score 1) 327
So? In the other 8 months it'll still be useful. Or split the difference and point them southwest.
Or continue trying to find ways in which you're a special little snowflake, and trying to make it so that anything that doesn't make something 100% useful for you personal makes the entire thing pointless.
No, the point is there are millions of people that live where I do. Many millions more also live at similar longitude or on the eastern side of their timezone. I'm not a "special snowflake".
Comment At 5PM.... (Score 1) 327
At 5PM the sun is down where I live, 4 months out of the year. No, I didn't RTFA, so I assume he has a good rationale for not taking into account seasonal changes.
Comment Yeah, we got this! (Score 1) 381
Comment Re:Are you patenting software? (Score 1) 224
Your describing trade secrets. IP covers patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade secrets. Trade secrets are usually covered by private contact and do not have the same protections in law as provided for patents, copyrights, and trademarks.
Comment Is it a Windows box? (Score 0) 348
If it's a Windows box, the firewall for the local subnet is down if the "Network Location" is a "Domain Network" anyway, so it really doesn't matter.
Comment Hope this pans out (Score 4, Interesting) 26
My daughter has complete congenital heartblock due to exposure to SSa/Ro antibodies. (My wife had undiagnosed Sjogren's syndrome) She has had a pacemaker most of her life, with her first pacemaker implanted at 12 days. I'm very excited about this and hope that one day doctors could grow her a new AV node,
German NSA Committee May Turn To Typewriters To Stop Leaks 244
mpicpp (3454017) writes with news that Germany may be joining Russia in a paranoid switch from computers to typewriters for sensitive documents. From the article: Patrick Sensburg, chairman of the German parliament's National Security Agency investigative committee, now says he's considering expanding the use of manual typewriters to carry out his group's work. ... Sensburg said that the committee is taking its operational security very seriously. "In fact, we already have [a typewriter], and it's even a non-electronic typewriter," he said. If Sensburg's suggestion takes flight, the country would be taking a page out of the Russian playbook. Last year, the agency in charge of securing communications from the Kremlin announced that it wanted to spend 486,000 rubles (about $14,800) to buy 20 electric typewriters as a way to avoid digital leaks.
Comment Re: Obvious (Score 1) 285
I believe he also wrote much of the BASIC code for the Color Computer, AKA RsDos by CoCo enthusiasts.
Comment As Bob Widlar used to say... (Score 3, Funny) 236
"Every idiot can count to one"
