Comment Re: I wonder (Score 2) 207
I'm looking forward to the Popular person in a production car and seeing their feral racing driver the Gits test supercars.
Comment Re:Negotiating salaries is for the birds. (Score 1) 430
how about since you don't care about it and others seem to care about it, we do what people who care about it want?
Comment Re: What about "legitimate" use? (Score 1) 155
he's right, when i take a little adderall it makes me sleepy, i can zone out and have symptoms like im sedated, i take what i feel is my dose i become focused and productive and organzied, if i take too much then i get like super add or how normal people behave with a little dose of adderall
Comment Re:She's a little crazy (Score 1) 485
If you're going to try to misrepresent people convincingly, you'll need to do it MUCH better than that, Ace.
Comment Re:WHY property? (Score 1) 1197
What is this american obsession with property.
Privacy is someting you can expect, regardless of property. It in fact has nothing to do with property.
Privacy is something you can excpect even in a public place.
Even at the beach. Someone talking a picture of you without permission can not publish that.
Whether you own thy beach or not.
Are you sure about that? We have a local news segment here in silicon valley on channel 4 (nbc?) called people behaving badly, and because he films people in public spaces, he does NOT need you to sign a waiver to use your image on TV, the guy who does the segment held a little ama on the news channel on the weekend where he discussed in length how public pictures are not prohibited by privacy laws.
this included places like crosswalks, front yards, side of the freeway, people in their cars, etc.. i haven't seen any open air place yet that he has had to blur images of people.
Comment Re:Because it toggles an LED! (Score 1) 698
you can also toggle the num lock key for the same effect.
Comment Re:not 6th century (Score 1) 77
Good thing you're a mind-reader, then, since I'm not.
Comment Re:Depends on how you define warfare. (Score 1) 77
Trust me, it reads better in the original Klingon.
Comment Re:You don't fight "cyberbattles". (Score 1) 77
A certain general would like to speak to you: http://www.brainyquote.com/quo...
Comment Re:not 6th century (Score 1) 77
That would in fact be the 6th Century (BC).
Comment Re:Why not just call it 1 exaflop computer? (Score 1) 223
Because 0.1 exaflops is still "exascale", but not "exaflops"...
Paul B.
Comment I doubt it is for *chips* themselves (Score 3, Interesting) 90
TFA is a bit light on details, but (having heard of GaN before), it is good at handling large voltages/currents, and they are probably talking about more efficient power supplies (saving 20%, apparently), not replacing Si in logic chips. Or maybe integrating power conversion onto processor die itself, but the latter is still made of good old CMOS. Currently, from what I've heard, a good chunk of pins on your processor are used to supply power -- if you think of it, 30W processor with 3V bias needs to get 10A of current.
Paul B.
US Military Stepping Up Use of Directed Energy Weapons 83
An anonymous reader writes: At a conference on Tuesday, U.S. officials explained that all branches of the military would be increasing their use of lasers and other directed energy weapons. Lieutenant General William Etter said, "Directed energy brings the dawn of an entirely new era in defense." The Navy's laser deployment test has gone well, and they're working on a new prototype laser in the 100-150 kilowatt range. "[Navy Secretary Ray] Mabus said Iran and other countries were already using lasers to target ships and commercial airliners, and the U.S. military needed to accelerate often cumbersome acquisition processes to ensure that it stayed ahead of potential foes."
Comment Re:Wrong age (Score 1) 318
But knowing to not shoot selfies of yourself being a total jackass is something that can make some sense a lot earlier than 18. If some 15 year old can know enough not to drop his pants in front of his grandmother or in front of his classroom at school, he already has what it takes to know not to do it online.
Mod this up. (I've already posted in the thread, so I can't.)
Comment Re:Here's a thought... (Score 2) 318
Did you confront the responsible party? No? Then don't ask everyone else to fix your problem, which is with that person, not with us or the Internet.
