I think Schlock cannot be mentioned enough.

The art is better quality than most web comics (or newspaper/dead tree comics), even if the style isn't going for as-real-as-possible. No storyline is ever dropped in the middle (there are cutaways to things happening on the other side of the galaxy, but these are things happening at the same time and the series will then jump right back to the main action).

Not every day has a LOL moment at the end (or during the strip), but that's because something's happening in the strip which is a very much OMG sort-of thing.

And, oh yeah, something else the parent post mentions which I've never seen any other web comic manage: a new comic every single day of the year (and it's never some kind of filler), and has done this since the comic started (which means a huge reading archive). Which means not a single day need go by without the reader getting some form of entertainment on that day.

Another article about this milestone covered #1 & #3 of what you listed.

The self-driving cars have been deliberately kept out of those situations as they are more difficult to handle, but it was noted that they would be using the compiled data to adjust the programming and have those among the tested conditions in the next phase.

As to #2, I haven't read about it being specifically tested, but the programming for such a situation is already in the self-driving cars. They stop to avoid collisions with any object, and slow down (as part of the collision avoidance programming) if an object crosses its intended path in anticipation of another object performing a similar action (like people jaywalking in a major metropolitan area).

With regards to #4, I haven't read anything anywhere that gives a definite answer about how the self-driving cars would (or may have already) handle(d) that situation.

The T-800 isn't a cyborg. The original base entity is a robot, that makes the flesh-covered version an android.

Cameron & Lucas both made the mistake of not knowing what is a cyborg and what is an android.

Android - The original base entity is a robot. Either flesh or another substance made to mimic flesh in some manner is added to conceal or enhance the robot. Examples: Lt. Commander Data, the T-800.

Cyborg - The original base entity is made out of flesh. Technological components are either added to or replace parts of the base entity. Examples: Robocop, Darth Vader.

I believe you're over-thinking the one-dimensional attribute. It simply means they're using a straight-line chain of the molecules in question. There are no molecules in the construct branching off at any other angle, that's all.

No more weak signals because something is blocking line of transmission to the nearest tower.

All I have to do to send the message from my handset is be walking around with an unlicensed particle accelerator strapped to my back. The receiver component, OTOH will need to be carried by my personal valet, The Incredible Hulk.

I wish that it was possible to mod something up further than 5 in special cases, because the post from hellkyng really is giving the best advice for what you want to do, namely making sure that the people whose data is being stored insecurely becomes stored securely. None of the other 5's in the comments are doing that, they're just "Cover your ass" advice.

Now I'm going to mod up the other post that I've seen which gives advice in line with your goals - contact some famous security professionals and see what they have to say.

This kind of experimentation provides research to something relevant to all of us, namely the Sun. It's something that very few people put any intense thought into, but is very important to us. There's also quite a bit about it that is not understood and every little bit helps, due to our dependence on its existence and how various unusual and not-well-understood (or not understood at all) phenomena can affect us.

Two quotes from the article stand out to me:

First:

"In space, molecular diffusion draws oxygen to the flame and combustion products away from the flame at a rate 100 times slower than the buoyant flow on Earth"

Talk about a slow burn...

When one considers that less than 2% of the Sun is something other than Hydrogen and Helium, and Oxygen being only another chunk of that 2% with other elements having their chunks of that respective small percentage, that quote gives us considerable insight into why the Sun and other stars burn for as long as we believe they do.

Second:

"Thus far, the most surprising thing we've observed is continued apparent burning of heptane droplets after flame extinction under certain conditions. Currently, this is entirely unexplained"

With that perspective, I wonder what unusual phenomena we might now observe (or have been observing) with the idea that there is likely burning ejecta from the sun that we might not ordinarily detect as they are much less visible without any flames.

Of course, the second quote does bring up questions about what strange phenomena might be happening terrestrially or already observed unusual terrestrial phenomena may be closer to being explained with that observation.

This second quote from the article definitely merits more research.

Looking at this quote in the article: "an overflow of workers whose skillsets don’t match with the needs of the export-led, manufacturing-based economy", it really doesn't look like China is thinking long-term.

With how quickly more human-like robotics is coming along in recent years, it looks more and more like over half of those "manufacturing-based economy" jobs could be replaced by a robot that works better for those roles for less money than a human could.

So, what does China do when all of those people are now without jobs. The same problem could be said to apply to all countries around the world as technology moves forward, but China is the one that is currently looking to concentrate people into this area that has has 'long-term obsolescence' stamped all over it. What do they do with all the people that they've trained to be unemployable, then? Soylent Green?

I've got to admit that when I read that they were looking to build the world's largest Tesla Coils, I was wondering how loud the music they would be playing on them would be.

The show from playing the Dr. Who theme with Tesla coils that huge would be unbelievable.

And like earlier commenters, I think they're missing out on too many variables as to how lightning accomplishes what they're trying to duplicate in order for this endeavor to be of any practical use or gain any substantial further useful knowledge.

A change in bias is actually the norm for SCOTUS Justices. Most gain a more Liberal interpretation the longer that they serve.

This would seem to be a logical change to be expected from them performing their duties properly. They are supposed to be interpreting cases based on the Constitution and the mindset of that document's authors.

Given that the mindset of the Founding Fathers of the USA and the rights they attempted to set forth for the people that would be governed, they were very Liberal for the time (one could even call them Radicals considering that they had just gone through a bloody revolution). Going through the Founding Father's other writings to solidify an image of their mindset, shows them to be even more Liberal than their general historic portrayal.

Looking at that, on the basis of the principles of resolving cognitive dissonance in Psychology, a SCOTUS Justice that properly preforms their duties becoming more Liberal in their interpretations is to be expected.

This leads one to wonder why the Conservative appointees from the Reagan-era onwards are mostly acting as exceptions to this norm.

Don't take it off.

Right now it's probably police/gov't doing their violation of the 4th amendment.

In the future, it could be anybody sticking a tracker on you, since even if the government starts putting 'Property of U.S. government' on it, so could anyone else. It's not like you know the difference. This is also a nice way for criminals to disguise a bomb now.

So, take that last one to heart now. If you find one of these things, call 911 and tell them "I found a suspicious black box planted on my vehicle. I don't know what it is or who put it there. I'm scared it might be a bomb, please send the bomb squad."

The bomb squad getting deployed always causes lots of attention and gets on the news. It's also expensive for them to deploy. Suddenly, warantless GPS tracker deployment will start looking much less attractive to the police/gov't with the bad publicity and the actual expenses racking up.

Inevitably, we have a comment from the "didn't RTFA crowd" (since that's generally the majority of /. readers for the past ~7 years), though at least this one isn't as bad as most. FTFA:

"The vision loss seems to be due to a swelling of the optic nerve, a condition similar to a disease on Earth called pseudotumor cerebri, which mostly afflicts heavy women. Nobody knows why pseudotumor cerebri occurs ... Doctors believe the redistribution of cerebral spinal fluid in weightlessness is to blame, though that doesn't fully explain the situation."

It is extraordinarily unlikely that artificial gravity will help given that they really don't know exactly what's causing this. Especially since this is similar to a condition experienced by people who could be (euphemistically speaking) considered to be living under conditions of "slightly higher than average gravity".

How long do these changes last?

If this were a permanent change, one would wonder why all those Southeast Asian people who consume white rice regularly don't end up with high LDL counts counts and subsequently a high per-capita rate of heart attacks.

Is this a short-lived change, like until the affected cells undergo Mitosis again (~30 mins.), or is there another food in tyhese people's diets that counteracts this genetic change?

Since you are "one of the engineers that run the DNS at Comcast", can you answer a question is not answered by the FAQ that you have pointed everyone to:

Will your DNS servers running DNSSEC be implementing NSEC3 to regain some of the "security through obscurity" lost in the DNSSEC protocol?