Comment Re:Unfair Blame to Both Google And AltaRock (Score 1) 295
Huh...so it is...It would help if the "2 points = x1000" part was in the same location on both pages. I was reading the section called "Richter magnitudes"
Comment Re:Unfair Blame to Both Google And AltaRock (Score 4, Informative) 295
I hate to say this, but the Richter Scale islog base 10.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_magnitude_scale
perhaps you were thinking of this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_magnitude_scale
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_magnitude_scale
perhaps you were thinking of this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment_magnitude_scale
Submission + - 110-mpg car engines
jgutter0501 writes: WAUSEON — The man who drove his 20-year-old Mustang from Napoleon, Ohio, to Las Vegas and back last year on 39 gallons of fuel will open his first manufacturing facility Monday to allow others to get 110 miles per gallon.
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090530/BUSINESS03/905300338/0/BUSINESS02
http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090530/BUSINESS03/905300338/0/BUSINESS02
Submission + - Norwegian court rules: Indexing sites not legal 1
geirendre writes: The court of Norways capitol "Oslo Tingrett" have ruled that indexing internet sites without prior consent from the owner to be illegal.
Link to original article (in Norwegian)
http://www.digi.no/814900/forbudt-aa-indeksere-uten-lov
The court states that "indexing a site is copying content" and thus violates copyright laws.
In other words, what Google (and other search engines) does when it indexes sites, is illegal.
Comment Re:This actually hurt EA this time (Score 1) 187
Releasing a demo version should encourage people to buy the game. If it doesn't, the game must really be pretty bad, and you don't deserve those sales anyway.
If the demo doesn't encourage people to buy the game, then it's a bad demo. The problem is most companies make demos off of their beta versions, and as such loose business for bugs not present in the main game.
Comment Re:No, probably not (Score 2, Insightful) 443
And yet, you still see some people using a horse and buggy. The Amish and various people in cities for park tours for example.
Comment Re:Main problem (Score 5, Interesting) 239
Length of time is a relevant restriction. While information can be lost due to becoming obsolete, corruption over time occurs. CD's and DVD's are sometimes very fickle on how long they last, and many people are using them for backups. I believe that is the main concern, thus leading to this new technology.
Comment Re:Are these people professionals or not? (Score 1) 329
While ideologically, I agree with you, reality often disagrees. Some people just can't separate their personal views from what they are supposed to be doing.
Ball And Chain To Force Children To Study 346
You haven't tried everything to get your kids to study until you've tried the Study Ball. The Study Ball is a 21-pound prison-style device that locks onto your child's leg and only unlocks after a predetermined amount of study time has passed. The homework manacles can't be locked for more than four hours, and come with a safety key. The product website states, "Quite often, students who are having problems concentrating tend to get up every ten minutes to watch TV, talk on the phone, take something out of the fridge, and a long list of other distractions. Were they to dedicate all this wasted time to studying, they would optimise their performance and have more free time available. Study Ball helps you study more and more efficiently." Stop Teasing Your Brother Pepper Spray coming soon.
Comment Re:Enough already (Score 1) 263
yes, but the law would REQUIRE them to do it. If it was their personal policy, that would be different.
Comment Re:More of an operting system? Err , what? (Score 1) 554
Just because you do doesn't make it so for everyone.
And just because you don't doesn't make it so for everyone. Alot of online companies recently have been moving to online apps instead of static pages. Look at Picassa and Google docs. Parts of the internet is moving towards being a shared hard drive and they want to be able to handle it.
That being said, it will all be in the implementation on how it goes and how great or terrible their idea is.
Comment Re:Warranty is a differentiating factor (Score 2, Insightful) 311
The first page of TFA has a chart which states the warranty of each one they tested. While it did not go in more depth than "lifetime" or "2 years", it is still in there.
Comment Re:Headline is inaccurate (Score 2, Insightful) 414
"We know the guy did it...we just don't have the evidence to prove it yet" rarely gives you a warrant.
Submission + - Top NY court: Police can't track suspect with GPS (timesunion.com)
SoundGuyNoise writes: "A sharply divided NY Court of Appeals, in a 4-3 decision, reversed the burglary conviction of defendant Scott Weaver, 41, of Watervliet. Four years ago, State Police tracked Weaver over 65 days in connection with the burglary investigation."
Submission + - Solar Flyer: DIY Solar Motorcycle Tops 90MPH (inhabitat.com)
Yuka Yoneda writes: "This guy is so sure of his DIY motorcycle that he sold his house and a number of other motorcycles to finance it!
The Arizona sun is strong-so strong that one Phoenix man is using it to power up his motorcycle. Richard Gryzch's Solar Flyer motorcycle, named after the Radio Flyer red wagon, has a 50 mile range and can supposedly top 90 MPH.
Gryzch doesn't provide many details about the workings of the Solar Flyer, but the bike appears to have flexible solar panels coating its outer skin. No word on how long the panels take to charge the bike, but it's safe to assume the Solar Flyer takes many hours to juice up completely. In the future, the inventor hopes to develop a solar-powered bike with a 300 mile range.
The Solar Flyer isn't the first solar-powered motorcycle to come along in recent months. Prometheus Solar founder Jim Corning has developed a model with a 50 mile range that can go up to 70 MPH."
