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Comment Re:Exactly what I was thinking (Score 1) 365

Also how much of a payload can one missile really carry? Not much, good only for targeted strikes.

For your edification: a hypersonic missile DOES NOT NEED to carry ANY payload. The missile itself IS the payload, which is part of the whole 'hypersonic' point (the other part being to be able to hit globally in under 60 minutes).

Submission + - Scientists Report Observation of Dirac Monopoles (nature.com)

arisvega writes: From their abstract: " [..] Here we demonstrate the controlled creation of Dirac monopoles in the synthetic magnetic field produced by a spinor Bose–Einstein condensate. Monopoles are identified, in both experiments and matching numerical simulations, at the termini of vortex lines within the condensate. [..] These real-space images provide conclusive and long-awaited experimental evidence of the existence of Dirac monopoles. Our result provides an unprecedented opportunity to observe and manipulate these quantum mechanical entities in a controlled environment."

I am trully sorry for the fact that the article is paywalled by a publisher that adds almost no value to it. Research from public funding has to be public, period. But this discovery/technique is Nobel-prize nomination material, so I think it worths a look.

Comment So does 'Lightbeam' (in a browser), but .. (Score 2) 52

.. if you go hastefully through the ToS it is very easy to miss that _some_ data will be communicated to 'momma' server _anyway_, regardless of user control settings, and that they reserve the right to do basically whatever they want with it.

Their stated intentions for the collected data, should they (the company behind the addon, working with Mozilla for the time being) not be acquired, go bankrupt or 'experience corporate restructuring', is to produce a public internet map with it to show which megacorp is connected to which other megacorp- but there is no link or even a timeline for that, and they are not really clear as to what data they will make public, how, when and where.

I have my doubts for them, as I do for this app.

Submission + - Occulus Rift Used in Virtual Reality Prototype with Live Motion Capture (bbc.co.uk) 1

arisvega writes: A researcher at University College London has developed a prototype augmented reality system which enables users to interact with virtual objects, avatars and websites, all bundled with live motion tracking.

Before you get too excited, note that the system is rather difficult to be made portable, as it uses fixed cameras to perform motion capture.

The system, developed by William Steptoe (and presumably his team?), researcher at University College London, uses a head-mounted display and panels fitted to the hands to insert virtual objects into the room in which you sit or stand, enabling interaction with virtual objects, avatars and websites.

In this demonstration he uses the technology to interact with objects around him and brings up tablet-like displays to get online. He even uses his Occulus Rift to put on a virtual Occulus Rift on.

Comment Re:Killing two birds with one stone? (Score 1) 408

If there aren't, and the US government is persistent enough, wouldn't they be able to effectively "lock out" everyone else from getting money out of the system by basically draining the exchanges dry?

I don't think it works that way. Usually it is not the exchange's task to convert bitcoin to fiat: the exchange is just a middleman that (optimally) guarantees that a transaction between two parties will go smoothly. This is mainly done by having an online 'balance' of bitcoin, same as having a balance on a bank account. The exchange company will allow to 'withdraw' your remainder if you wish, by sending you bitcoin to an address of your liking: but if you want money for bitcoin, this will be wired (or otherwise transfered) to your *bank* account, from the buyer, through the exchange.

So there is always money for bitcoin as long as there are buyers for it.

Comment Re:So what happens to the hydrogen? That's usable. (Score 1) 375

So if it actually separates the oxygen what about the hydrogen? That's fuel.

What it would separate, if it was real, would be the oxygen (gas) that is dissolved in water: not the oxygen atoms that are part of the water molecule. At least this is where gills get their oxygen from: from air dissolved in water.

Comment Re:Sounds safe (Score 1) 134

Wow. The joke was that Silk Road was compromised and user data was gathered.

What I mistakenly thought was that the joke was on cryptocurrency --hence my reaction. Now then, I apologise for my tone.

Never go full retard.

Actually it's 'never go full retard, man'. Know your memes! I believe you are not quite ready to give up your regular job and become a comedian.

By the way, thanks for collaterally pointing out to me that I can become borderline psychotic with bitcoin if I do not keep it together.

Comment Re:Sounds safe (Score 1) 134

Mentioning that as somehow relevant to a Tor hidden node being compromised leads me to believe you don't understand the topic anyway.

Nice try. Only you forgot that it was actually you who brought the cryptocurrency subject up, when you proclaimed that "you will shop at Silk Road while you wait for your download", perhaps in an attempt to be the funny guy of this hour by throwing an unspecified 'joke' in the form of general mockery against 'all things cryptoanarchy', most probably because of your personal distaste and/or fear for them.

See how simple you are to figure out?

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