That this inane post is moderated as "3, Insightful" is why I do not visit /. anymore.

Thanks for ruining my awesome iPad experience. :)

Choosing providers is a function of the value of your files and your ability to pay. Choose providers with strong financials and replicate critical files among providers.

The *external* part of the fuel cell should run much cooler, but the internal part may need to be quite hot, in order to work at high efficiency.

A fuel cell will create less heat as a by-product, but that doesn't mean the parts of the engine are running at a cooler temperature (e.g., you could have a very hot, but very well insulated engine that releases very little heat).

Money is the abstraction of human effort. The point isn't who prints it or how much of it there is, the point is the hard work it represents, whether that work is pouring concrete or managing a hedge fund. To say that it doesn't really belong to individuals, but rather the government, is to say the fruits of their own labor does not belong to the individual, but rather to the collective. Sounds pretty communist to be.

Or they could refrain from confiscating people's hard earned money at gunpoint to hand out to favored group, whether it's the good-ol boy network or some green nonsense.

Wow, talk about a terrifying thing for a prominent senator to say:

To everyone saying "there's always waves!", see this quote FTA:

So, there's also often not.

What's the cost? Since it wasn't mentioned anywhere in the press release, er, article, I assume it's still absurdly expensive.

Also, I still want to know what happens when the wind stops blowing, the sun stops shining, or waves stop coming.

There's no technical information here, just that they can now make a more powerful diode laser. More info here.

The opening line in TFA says "annually".

Or the court overturns itself, which it usually reluctant to do, but certainly can be done.

IANAL, but that sounds like the sort of thing that would be legal malpractice.