Comment Re:Missing the point (Score 1) 230
"That 10 MHz bandwidth can provide 60 Mbit/s of data throughput."
You sir have just won a Nobel prize if you can prove that!
Comment Re:I have an idea to stop the need for anti-biotic (Score 1) 551
Troll? What is the relationship between cows eating grass and not needing antibiotics. Dairy cows are given antibiotics to treat mastitis. That probably is 90% of antibiotic use on a dairy farm. Unless you are talking Monensin?
Comment Re:what a difference 10 years make (Score 1) 676
n=1
Comment Re:How do they do it? (Score 3, Informative) 145
Fusion splices are the only acceptable option because you can't afford to have a 0.1 dB splice on a long fiber. Too much loss will upset your whole link budget and you will not get an acceptable SNR at the far end.
BTW, I have never read how a fusion splicer works, but all the ones I have used align the fiber and look like they send a current between two metal contacts for ~0.2 seconds that fuse the fiber. I'm pretty sure ultrasound isn't used. When you are trying to align two fibers exactly, vibrating them doesn't sound like a good idea.
Comment these discoveries (Score 1) 140
I really love these discoveries, because it means someday a game like Spore or Elite will have the actual stars, with the actual planets, with the actual atmospheres. These planets will all be named, etc. etc.
When I was playing Elite/Frontier years ago, I (and I believe scientist too) weren't even 100% sure extra-solar planets existed.
Review: Ergo Interfaces Evolution Keyboard 190
I've been using the deskmount Evolution keyboard from
Ergo Interfaces on my main work machine for a couple of months
now. I've been doing so both because of some chronic wrist pain, and
to try actually using the split-keyboard approach to things. What follows
are my own personal tribulations and truimphs using said technology.
Ergonomic Keyboards 378
I've asked this before, but it's been awhile so I'm interested in knowing what people are liking in ergonomic keyboards these days. For the last several months I've been using a split keyboard mounted on my chair, but while overall it is excellent, it is having some problems now (it randomly died, forcing me to reboot and lose my 81-day uptime, but mainly it has only two mouse buttons on the integrated pointer which just isn't cool). My wrists aren't in the greatest shape after typing pretty much non-stop for the last few years, so it's time to try a new keyboard. Anyone have good suggestions? What has worked for you?
OSHA Trying to "Protect" Telecommuters 237
DiabloQueen writes "MSNBC reports that OSHA says that employers are now responsible for home workstations.
Wonder how many people will try to get their employers to help pay for the ergonomically correct leather executive chair they must have?
" Interesting quandry - I don't think that employers should be responsible for accidents that happen in a telecommuter's home, but I do think they should help pay for ergonomic furniture and an appropriate working environment. What do you think? Is there a happy median?
