Comment Re:Seems fair to me. (Score 1) 317
What if I vote for you?
Comment Re:Competition (Score 1) 161
Bah. Forgot the link
Comment Competition (Score 2, Informative) 161
Although this thing idea is neat, there is an Israeli company that is currently selling RF tech to do the same thing. It comes in a package the size of a suitcase, and can be deployed without having to put transmitters/receivers all over the place. Check it out.
I actually applied to work for that company but wasn't smart enough. Blasted Israelis and their blasted smarter-than-me-ness.
Comment Re:Ultimately, this will change nothing (Score 2, Interesting) 123
Google will likely provide a better collaborative product within a couple years
I look for Google Wave to fill that void within 12 months.
Comment Re:Very Tricky but pathbreaking area (Score 1) 337
The OP is referring to the suspicionless internal DHS (border control) check points.
* http://www.aliciapatterson.org/APF1804/Davidson/Davidson.html
* http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=b92_1231335983
I can't find anything official from the DHS website, but the claim seems to be that DHS can legally set up spots away from the border and act as if they are at the border for purposes of questioning and searches.
Comment Re:In another word... (Score 1) 1385
Biden also had the rare luck of working across the street from a regional rail hub. Unless we all start working right next to our regional hubs (not likely) it seems to make sense that local transit has to improve a lot for the overall system to become useful.
Incidentally, I live in the DC metro area (NoVA) close to a metro station. Unless I am going to DC proper or Reagan airport I generally have to drive.
Comment Re:Why stop there? (Score 3, Informative) 155
Comment Code is great, what about hardware design? (Score 3, Informative) 520
I agree that the software will tell part of the story on whether or not the device is accurate, but I'd be interested in examining the hardware too. It is easy to imagine that varying conditions (temp, humidity, altitude, exhaust, smoker lung, etc) could alter the operation of the hardware even before the software comes into play. How have these variables been neutralized? Casting doubt on the device would be easy.
Casting doubt is what the defense is interested in, but what the public should really be interested in is the test data (from an independent third party). Have they conducted appropriate tests across sufficient body types and environmental conditions? Lets see the results.
Comment Re:We've been over this before (Score 1) 255
I would think evaporation would be a large consideration, no? If you go to a historically dry place and make large (shallow?) pools of water it may get quite expensive to keep filling them up.
I would think a sunny, humid, place with cheap undeveloped treeless land would be ideal. A swamp somewhere?
Comment Happened to me in the states too. (Score 1) 173
I wish I had saved my chat log. I had an very frustrating chat with a Dell sales associate. The price shown online was $99 for a Mini9 (at this site). Too good to be true, I know, but there it was. The site wouldn't let me check out so I opened a chat window. The person helping me couldn't confirm or deny the price and promised to call or email soon. This is what I got:
we apologize for the misinformation we are currently having error on the website. but ill make sure to let someone call you if things clear up. just log backin online to check if its still the price but i will be callig you when this is already cleared.
No further attempts to contact me. Good to see a professional interface with the customer, huh?
Comment Any hotels want to pile on? (Score 1) 541
Hopefully no Canadian hotels hear about this and jump into the fray. Sites like couchsurfing charge a small fee for membership. Members are provided a forum to find people willing to let other users stay at their place free of charge (while on travel or whatnot). No licenses, no taxes, no government involvement whatsoever. Sounds like we need some government intervention!
Submission + - One Brand of Alcopop off Shelves - Sparks next? (cspinet.org)
lbgator writes: The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has succeeded in convincing Anheuser-Busch, Inc. to 'stop producing and marketing caffeinated alcoholic beverages such as Bud Extra and Tilt.' The reports used to score this win include a correlation between caffeinated alcohol and accidents. One goes so far as to postulate that 'caffeine consumption can have adverse health consequences' (with an admission that they have no evidence). Grassroots organizations are looking to turn this victory into a pattern by focusing efforts on Miller Brewing Company and their popular Sparks brand.
Note: the Wake Forest Study also showed Greek societies were significantly more likely to use alcohol 'laced' with caffeine. The report concluded that caffeinated beverages cause an increase in accidents and sexual abuse. I wonder if that is because the study was funded by a Anti-Alcohol group and not an anti-Greek group.
Note: the Wake Forest Study also showed Greek societies were significantly more likely to use alcohol 'laced' with caffeine. The report concluded that caffeinated beverages cause an increase in accidents and sexual abuse. I wonder if that is because the study was funded by a Anti-Alcohol group and not an anti-Greek group.
Americans Don't Care About Domestic Spying ? 485
S1mmo+61 writes "Salon is analyzing a Time Magazine article today, a piece that essentially claims Americans do not care about the domestic spying. The analysis of the Time magazine piece (which is longer than the article itself) is interesting, if only as a quick history of domestic spying in the last eight years. 'Time claims that "nobody cares" about the Government's increased spying powers and that "polling consistently supports that conclusion." They don't cite a single poll because that assertion is blatantly false. Just this weekend, a new poll released by Scripps Howard News Service and Ohio University proves that exactly the opposite is true. That poll shows that the percentage of Americans who believe the Federal Government is "very secretive" has doubled in the last two years alone (to 44%)'"
One Minute of Science Per Five Hours of Cable News 184
ideonexus writes "The Pew group has released its annual study into the state of news media. They conclude that science and technology content is a rare treat for cable newscast viewers; some five hours of programming could pass with the average viewer seeing only one minute of science news coverage."
Mass Website Hack Compromises 200,000 Sites 153
Stony Stevenson writes "Hot on the heels of a recent hack in which 10,000 sites were compromised, researchers have disclosed a new large-scale attack. Researchers at McAfee estimated that the attack has been active for roughly one week, and in that time frame has managed to place itself on roughly 200,000 web pages. Most of the infected pages are running the phpBB forum software, said McAfee. The compromised pages are embedded with a Javascript file that links to the site hosting the attack."
