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Comment As if passing a law will affect them (Score 1) 1216

As if they are not going to just find some other way to structure their compensation packages to make it appear to be under the cap.

I am sure there are at least a dozen ways they will be able to make as much as they possibly can and never have it run in to any restrictions like the proposed law in Switzerland. If worse comes to worse they can probably use off shore companies to have the executives get paid in a country that doesn't have these sorts of restrictions.

It is nice to put the executives on notice that it would be good for everyone if pay rates were not so disparate, but really the law will make zero difference.

Comment Re:2 minute advertisement?! (Score 4, Informative) 26

I felt the same way. But really it is because they are not making clear they are basically an amateur serious rocketry hobby group. More professional than just hobbyists because their goal is manned missions, but not a for profit commercial company.

That makes it a lot more cool with me. Their name and their descriptions (the English ones I mean) just make them sound too commercial without some background and explanation.

Comment Re:Looks like they are about 5 years behind SpaceX (Score 4, Insightful) 26

I think you guys would do well to emphasize you are a non-profit, amateur group.

It looks at a glance like you are trying to do stuff commercially and so are judged based on that impression.

People would end up with a totally different impression if they understood this is basically a very advanced hobby for you and your team.

And I do not mean to say you are amateurs, just that you are not a for profit commercial enterprise. There is probably a good English word for what is between those two but I can't think of it.

Comment Re:NOT posted as AC. (Score 5, Informative) 603

Does this mean Obama will stop his anti-second amendment agenda now?

Stop spreading lies or being ignorant or both.

Obama has done nothing related to gun control in his years in office except make it easier for people to own whatever type of firearm they want.

He has signed legislation allowing guns in National Parks and on Amtrack trains.

He signed legislation that makes concealed carry permits valid in one state valid in all states.

He has never pushed an "assault" weapons ban or even restrictions on large capacity magazines.

His justice department has never challenged any of the numerous state level laws that have increased gun rights (Arizona, Louisiana, Mississippi, Wyoming, Texas, North Dakota, etc.) or any of the stand-your-ground laws.

He is one of the most pro-gun Presidents in recent times and yet right wing delusionals (and firearm business interests) still trot out he is trying to take away guns.

Comment Re:I can't decide... (Score 3, Insightful) 238

He also has the kill your colleague if they don't follow an order thing wrong.

All those missiles can be controlled from another launch facility, so if one of the missileers doesn't want to turn their key, control of their silos is just assumed by another launch facility and their missiles are launched anyway.

The sidearms were for defense of the facility, not to use on fellow officers is my understanding.

Comment Re:Traditional Mail? (Score 1) 79

Also do not forget that we know some color printers and copiers are encoding traceable information in the pages they print. I thought more than just color printers did that, but I can't find a reference.

I would err on the safe side and assume the practice has expanded since first discovered.

https://www.eff.org/issues/printers

Comment Re:Surprised? Not Entirely (Score 1) 254

The main problem with that little investigation is that it failed to submit the paper to any non open access publications for comparison. Failing to do that means it doesn't really indicate anything specifically about open access journals since we do not know that non open access journals would have done any better.

It also points out that in science, publication in a peer reviewed journal of any sort is really just the first step. Once published it gets reviewed by the world at large and people can reproduce or fail to reproduce the results. The process takes years.

Comment Re:References? (Score 1) 274

It is also better in the sense that the individual units represent a wider range of temperature.

So you can actually tell the difference between say... 15C and 16C but there really is little meaningful difference between say 71F and 72F.

I can live without any of the rest of the metric system, but for temperature, it is significantly more useful.

Comment My pedantic solution to surveillance gag orders (Score 1) 255

I know this is probably wouldn't fly, but what the hell:

When you sign up for a service the service provider agrees to send you an email every day that says:

"By government order your materials or service with us is under surveillance and/or investigation, we are required to turn over all the data we have about you."

Then when the government does send your service provider a notice to look at your stuff and it includes one of those gag orders that says you can not inform the target of the surveillance, the daily emails have to stop.

You as a customer can then deduce whatever you want to about the cessation of the daily notice emails.

Submission + - A simple DIY game controller for people with physical challenges (hackaday.com)

capedgirardeau writes: Caleb Kraft of the well known Hack-A-Day site noticed that game controllers and alternate keyboard for people with physical challenges were very expensive. Simple switches for buttons that could be made for a few dollars were running USD$60 or $70 apiece. Working with a young man he knew who loved gaming and has muscular dystrophy, Caleb created a do-it-yourself controller for people with physical challenges using a 3D printer, a super cheap micro-controller board and some simple keyboard emulation software. He is freely releasing all the 3d printer files and tutorials to make his and other controllers on a new site, http://thecontrollerproject.com/ and encourages people to also checkout The AbleGamers Foundation

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