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Comment Re:We'll see how long this lasts... (Score 1) 398

Past the first person with eye problems (particularly photosensitive people) being blinded permanently....

Eyes are a lot more durable than most people think. Even staring at the sun *won't* cause permanent damage, contrary to what your Mom may have told you. What it will do is give you a sunburn on your retina, and being somewhere you can neither get aloe on, or scratch or anything else... well, yeah, that'd suck. But it goes away. The sun isn't bright enough, nor the area of your iris large enough, to create enough heat to cause damage.

That is if the eye is not already damaged... If someone has cataracts or similiar myopia and their eye's cannot respond properly, then damage can and will result even during a time exposure that would not damage a normal eye.

There is the point of my concern.

NASA

Submission + - NASA Administration announces Saturn V Rebirth (foxnews.com)

TheHawke writes: "The Obama administration on Wednesday will unveil its much-delayed general plans for its rocket design, called the Space Launch System, which will cost about $35 billion, according to senior administration sources and information obtained by The Associated Press. It will carry astronauts in a capsule on top and start test launching in six years.

The design for NASA's newest behemoth of a rocket harkens back to the giant workhorse liquid rockets that propelled men to the moon. But this time the destinations will be much farther and the rocket even more powerful.

I can hear the old Saturn contractors cheering now..."

Comment Related, possibly a solution (Score 1) 218

At a bank, they put in gold-tinted reflective panels as exterior decoration. Shortly afterward they realized that the reflection was roasting their vehicles. So they called in a contractor and they lightly blasted the panels, making them opaque. I forgot what material they used, probably something soft to keep from knocking too much of the gold coating off, just to soften the mirror finish.

Comment Re:Lots of good memories :) (Score 2, Interesting) 110

Shades of Raul Julia: "FIIFTY MILLLION!!" And there was great rejoicing (while the ball went down the drain).

Tilting: "Heh heh heh, you're a funny guy!"

That thing sucked more quarters out of my pocket in one day compared to when Gauntlet hit the streets.

I don't think Cousin Itt is ever going to like me; I used him as target practice every time he came up.

Comment Re:Yup (Score 1) 422

How NVIDIA had laid out the hardware specs of their chipset put EVGA on the spot. The chip die does not allow for efficient heat transfer (the dammed thing's as small as an AMD Athlon 4), plus the form factor limits how much cooling they could add to the card. EVGA did their best in putting the leaf blower on it plus the Precision software. I'm planning to deploy the Omega drivers onto my GTX285 1G here shortly to see how it reacts to it.

Comment I smell a loaded poll. (Score 1) 490

I want to know how Yankee formed their poll questions up.
I'll bet that the questions were set up as being vague, hard to understand, and clicking on either one would equal a positive uptick for at&t.

I also want to know the coverage of their polling. Was it already pre-ordained where they would be polling people by at&t, knowing damned well they would get high marks? Did they even bother with fringe areas, or even New York for that matter?

All this sums up to astroturfing, pure and simple.

Comment I've known Dwayne's since the 1970's (Score 1) 359

It's a cozy little portrait studio/camera shop located on the Parsons Plaza. Very comfortable, with outstanding portraits of Dwayne and his family gracing the walls. When I would visit when I was little, they were very nice. I got portraits done of me and family too.

Yes, it is a small operation, but it's also a family business. Patronize them as much as you can folks, they are good at what they do.

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