Comment Didn't they support Heartland Institute? (Score 1) 178
https://pinterest.com/climatebrad/heartland-institute-sponsors/
Looks like almost $60k and they haven't withdrawn their support (yet?)
Comment Expect surge in banana photo popularity (Score 1) 49
If this becomes commercially available... and if Cavendish survives that long
Comment Some men (Score 1) 363
Some men just want to watch the world burn
NASA's New Bag Turns Urine Into Sports Drink 182
An anonymous reader writes "NASA's Atlantis shuttle is set to launch this Friday, and its crew will be testing an innovative device that can recycle human urine into a sugary sports drink. The bag uses forward osmosis technology and features a semi-permeable membrane capable of isolating water from virtually any liquid. Recycling urine in this way has a significant effect on a ship's payload, and considering that a single pound adds $10,000 of cost, that slight weight difference can translate to serious savings."
CT: I'm at Kennedy Space Center now, tweeting as @cmdrtaco. And I think I'll stay away from the sports drink.
Comment Re:Might make a good movie (Score 1) 351
Sam, get some sleep. You're very tired.
Comment Flashy but not secure (Score 2) 242
The metallic reflective layer is NOT where the information is stored, it just aids in the information retrieval. In other words, this method might not destroy the data at all. It's true that it's pretty hard to get the data back, but depending on various conditions it may not be impossible.
Comment Re:N900 / Asterisk / Vitelity (Score 1) 208
Most likely T-mobile, since pretty much nothing else lets you use 3G on N900
But I'd like to know for sure, too
Why IP Laws Are Blocking Innovation 348
DrJimbo passes along this quote from Groklaw:
"The White House is asking us to give them ideas on what is blocking innovation in America. I thought I'd give them an honest answer. Here it is: Current intellectual property laws are blocking innovation. President Obama just set a goal of wireless access for everyone in the US, saying it will spark innovation. But that's only true if people are allowed to actually do innovative things once they are online. You have to choose. You can prop up old business models with overbearing intellectual property laws that hit innovators on the head whenever they stick their heads up from the ground; or you can have innovation. You can't have both. And right now, the balance is away from innovation."
Comment Re:Don't buy anything from Sony for some time. (Score 1) 397
Easy for you to say if you don't want to play a game that's only available for PS3, for instance MGS4.
Comment Re:Bad Article or Worst System Ever? (Score 2) 112
If I understand TFA correctly, these sensors act as a radar, except they analyze EM fields (which are distorted by metal cars) within the working radius
Comment Re:"The Firefox 4 beta seems to work fine." (Score 1) 107
Fedora 14 here with OSS ATI drivers
Chromium works fine; Firefox 4b7 works (slow~ish, after updating extensions), Firefox 4b8 (JS preview build) doesn't work
Comment Re:"Too fast to be true" (Score 2) 194
FTFA: "Cryptologist Ron 'The R in RSA' Rivest withdrew his MD6 process - it was highly-rated but conspicuously sluggish"
Someone simply misread or misunderstood "sluggish" for "too fast"
Comment Re:The Browser Wars (Score 2) 120
Or... "The browsers warses continueses"
Fix'd
Comment Re:Next up (Score 1) 366
Yeah, vote for Mickey Mouse - he doesn't have an agenda!
Comment In theory, theory and practice are the same (Score 1) 202
2 major problems with using iPad as a car pc (off the top of my head, mind you)
* glare -- HUGE problem when you're in daylight and you've got light coming in from every window. And if the sun hits the screen directly... have fun!
* no extensibility -- no CD/tape/radio. Forget sat radio. No higher quality GPS or any other upgrades. True, you don't get extreme flexibility with pre-built car pcs, but they're still upgradeable to an extent..
