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Comment Re:Physics doesn't work like that. (Score 3, Interesting) 54

From Wikipedia:

Compared to lower bands, radio waves in this band have high atmospheric attenuation; they are absorbed by the gases in the atmosphere. Therefore they have a short range and can only be used for terrestrial communication over about a kilometer.

and

While this absorption limits potential communications range, it also allows for smaller frequency reuse distances than lower frequencies. The small wavelength allows modest size antennas to have a small beam width, further increasing frequency reuse potential.

It sounds like the absorption will be a feature, not a bug. This will allow many more antennas in a city like situation. It won't be any good in rural areas, but I don't think it is meant for that.

Comment Re:Internet cables? (Score 1) 420

Speak for yourself, all the cables around my house are underground.

Aerial vs Buried depends on region. In rural, it is often aerial, buried costs 10x and when you need to run it much further per person, it makes sense. It can also be aerial in cities due to the difficulty/cost of running underground cables where there is no exposed dirt. In suburban America, the cables are often buried.

Up north, there is more pressure for buried cables than in the south due to the winter time storms, and in coastal regions, there is pressure due to hurricanes. It is a mixed bag :)

Comment Re:Yep it is a scam (Score 1) 667

If anyone wanted to do what you state, they should put forward their own bill. This is just a symbolic act that has no meaning. People who vote for Keystone XL don't give a damn about the anti science rider put on by the Democrats. Maybe this will allow more Dems to vote for the bill though as they can say they were affirming their belief in climate change.

Comment Re: Wow... Just "no". (Score 1) 204

What is the limiting factor though? Should we build more medical facilities? Maybe offer more public money to fund more doctors? Clean up the medical patent system? Maybe loosen rules on "medical devices"?

Just trying to make the system work with what we have is silly, lets fix the problems instead.

Comment Re:Can anyone think of (Score 1) 204

Start requiring that all congressional districts be drawn "as square as possible".

The funny thing is that often those funky borders come from laws passed by Democrats to try and get minority districts in majority Republican states. It is quite rarely able to be attributed to actual gerrymandering like you are trying to indicate.

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