Comment Re:Who cares about existing apps? (Score 2) 167
Have you tried PlusFive, the link in my sig? It looks a lot like the old Slashdot interface.
Comment "Against a wall" (Score 5, Informative) 149
In other words, it's ok to place this directly agains the wall, because the shape ensures it cannot be placed agains the wall. Well done.
Comment Re:god dammit. (Score 2, Insightful) 521
The Exxon Valdez spill killed (from my quick search) an estimated 200,000 to 300,000 birds, about what this would kill in 10 years or so at mid-20k birds killed per year. So, build 10 of these plants (or larger with even more roasting capacity) and you have the equivalent (in bird deaths) of an Exxon Valdez oil spill each year. A wise sage once said "It's not easy being green."
The Exxon Valdez is something which should not have happened at all. Whereas this is a consequence of "normal operation".
This kind of thinking works out so well with nuclear.
Comment Re:8300? Let that sink in a moment (Score 1) 327
You are off by one order of magnitude, it is 70 patents / worker / year.
Comment Re:Tech solutions. Why tech? (Score 1) 123
Why is this post in Lisp?
Comment Re:Real Programmers don't use GC (Score 1) 637
The important word being "can". It only helps if people use it, and in my experience they don't.
Comment Re:Ooh, get tough... (Score 5, Insightful) 108
Pirate mp3's? Pay damages of up to 600.000 times the cost of the album.
Don't pay $3M in wages? Pay damages of less than the amount owed.
Comment Re:Nuke it from orbit, then restore from backups. (Score 2) 150
Backups need backups too. Your data isn't safe unless there are backups all the way down.
But seriously, having two copies is enough most of the time, provided they are somewhat separate (i.e. not on two identical, connected NAS machines).
Comment Re:Nuke it from orbit, then restore from backups. (Score 3, Insightful) 150
Backup? What do people usually use NAS for, I always thought it's mostly for ripped/torrented movies and backups of other computers. Neither of these need backups.
Comment Re:what's in a name (Score 1) 142
"In 2025, they'll be promoted to "transport managers."
And then, around 2030, to "route supervisors".
Disappointed Woz Sells His "Worthless" Galaxy Gear Watch 242
curtwoodward (2147628) writes Apple co-founder and legendary nerd Steve Wozniak is a huge gadget enthusiast, often appearing in lines with mere mortals to purchase new Apple products. So you can bet he's tried out most of the smartwatches on the market today. The worst one? By far, the Samsung Galaxy Gear, which The Woz says he sold on eBay after half a day's use. "It was so worthless and did so little that was convenient," Wozniak said at an appearance in Milwaukee. "You had to hold it up to your ear and stuff." So maybe the watch sucked, but just imagine being the one who bought Woz's used Gear---do you think they know?
Comment Re:Carl Linnaeus? Here's why: (Score 1) 231
Speaking of Euler, does anyone have a longer "list of things named after x" than him?
Comment Re:What did you expect? (Score 5, Funny) 240
What else could you expect from a country, reigned by the QUEEN?
I would expect it all, and I would expect it now.
Comment Re:Maybe it doesn't measure science literacy (Score 1) 772
Ok, make one testable prediction on the wizard model, and I promise you people will jump at the chance to test it.
Comment Re:Wait a sec (Score 1) 772
No, the thing about science is that all the successful theories give useful and correct predictions. Religion does not.
