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Comment It's an easy rule of thumb (Score 1) 182

Whomever wants you to go to the conference pays.

If you want to go to the conference, but haven't been asked to by your employer, you pay

If your employer asks you to go to the conference, they have made the determination that your presence there is critical to the company's mission, so they should pay.

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WSJ Reports Boeing To Beat SpaceX For Manned Taxi To ISS 200

PvtVoid writes The Wall Street Journal reports (paywalled) that NASA is poised to award a key contract for manned transport to the International Space Station to Boeing over rival SpaceX: "Recent signals from the Obama administration, according to the officials, indicate that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's leadership has concluded on a preliminary basis that Boeing's proposed capsule offers the least risky option, as well as the one most likely to be ready to transport U.S. crews to the international space station within three years. The officials cautioned that a last-minute shift by NASA chief Charles Bolden, who must vet the decision, could change the result of the closely watched competition." Here is a non-paywalled link to an article at CNET.

Comment Re:Fahrenheit? WTHolyF? (Score 2, Insightful) 210

Yes, apparently it is too much to ask that people be correct these days.

The summary clearly states that 512GB of memory is 1000 times more than 512MB of memory, which is patently false. If you're making comparisons, you don't make absolute statements like this. You use qualifying words like "about 1000 times" or "approximately 1000 times" to let the reader know you do not mean to be precise.

 

Comment Fahrenheit? WTHolyF? (Score 1, Troll) 210

Why the hell are we talking about the Fahrenheit scale. And, while we're at it, memory of all kinds is always expressed in GiB, so a 512GB card is 1024 times as large as a 512MB card, not 1000 times.

It looks like a standard -25 to 85C extended commercial rating.

Comment Wrong thinking (Score 1) 499

"Colleagues who decry Barr's fate worry that the incident could make other scientists think twice about coming to work for NSF"

No, her fate will make other scientists think twice about getting involved with terrorist organizations and then lying about it on their background check applications.

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