Comment Re:KSP (Score 1) 150
Maybe, but kerbals don't wear parachutes.
Comment Re: Thanks for making my point (Score 2) 928
Who said it had to be quietly?
Comment Re:Ridiculous (Score 1) 139
and a lever-arm on the parachute rig to angle the capsule on the descent (not sure why, I guess for a better landing).
Wild guess: to make splashdown less impactful by avoiding a "belly flop" and hitting the water edge-first.
Comment Re:It's not your phone (Score 1) 610
Unlimited data plans on cell phones are not very common these days. I think people have a right to be upset if 100M gets sent to them unexpectedly.
Comment Re:Practical applications? (Score 1) 238
I'd suspect that the energy is released as a near perfect black-body spectrum.
Comment Of course cisco opposes neutrality... (Score 1) 337
"Different bits do matter differently. We need to ensure that we have a system that allows this to occur."
Translation:
"Different bits do matter differently. We SELL systems that allows this to occur."
Translation:
"Different bits do matter differently. We SELL systems that allows this to occur."
Comment Advantages? (Score 1) 59
> ISS-Above has an advantage or two over those apps
But the advantages it supposedly has have nothing to do with it being a dedicted piece of hardware, and could be implemented better and cheaper in an app...
Comment Nonsense (Score 4, Interesting) 293
"The thinking is that about 100 million years after the Big Bang, this supermassive object attracted the gas and dust that eventually became the Milky Way. But there is a problem with this theory--100 million years is not long enough for a black hole to grow so big. The alternative explanation is that Sagittarius A* is a wormhole..."
No, the widely accepted alternative (aka, the actual mainstream consensus) is that the supermassive black hole and the galaxy grew together, not that the black hole came first and was supermassive before the galaxy existed. This wormhole theory is an answer to a question no one is asking.
Submission + - Cheap alternative to expensive "smartboards" (vmarker.org)
An anonymous reader writes: A Belgian company has devolpmedt a cheap alternative to the smartboard. These interactive whiteboard let the user with a beamer to create a simple but cheap multitouch input device.
They also recently launched a contest, where a school can win a interactive whiteboard upgrade for its classrooms.
They also recently launched a contest, where a school can win a interactive whiteboard upgrade for its classrooms.
Comment Re:Confidential Sources (Score 1) 122
Because if you ever been in their channel, this is exactly how they talk. There's little proof needed.
I say, let them burn in hell for 5-10 years without parole (thanks federal crimes), come back to life with a permanent restriction on using computers, never get a job again (thanks google), and show the rest of the retards like weev & co how things should be done. good riddance, the internet thanks you!
Microsoft Finally Certifies an Open Source Web App 87
An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft has caught up with the fact that open source web-based software exists, today announcing an open source project written in PHP is the first 'Certified for Windows' software that (a) follows an OSI-approved license and (b) runs via a webserver rather than operating as a native Windows executable.
The software in question is SilverStripe CMS, free software released under a BSD license, that is used to build and manage websites. Certification entails a third-party performing various tests and audits on the software and giving it the green light. If other open source projects can follow suit, this will be another step in getting business folk to see that open source is ready for enterprise use. And heck, maybe even a .NET application could now seek to be certified!"
Comment Re:Wells Fargo (Score 1) 359
"Wells Fargo High Yield Savings".
Minimum amount is $25k or else you get a service fee. Interest rate varies, but is "high".
Comment Re:Wells Fargo (Score 1) 359
I've been with WellsFargo for about 15 years (actually started with a smaller local bank they bought out) and I can actually pull all my statements (in PDF) since the month I opened my account - and they carried over the statements/history from the bank they picked up. Shrug. Last year my account brought in ~$1k in interest, so I'm not sure I'm getting your "stupid enough to bank with WellsFargo" comment either. Do they suck or something?
Comment Ah, if only would they make statistics public... (Score 1) 548
Too bad they will never do it... For very obvious reasons.
Comment Another +1 for Tektronix (Score 1) 337
I got a DPO4034 and its great. 350MHz, 4 channels, can do I2C/CAN/SPI bus decoding and Wave Inspector rules.
