Comment There IS a scapegoat (Score 1) 420
The larger side of the ADA/508 compliance revolves around the blind, the scapegoat is called a TTY Relay service.
Comment Re:How long does it last? (Score 1) 603
I'd like to see any of these 'battery depos' handle a few northern winters.
In order to handle a 6 minute charge it's practical to assume there's optimal ambient thermal temperatures.
Comment Press press press (Score 1) 362
This is a simple leverage in free press.
Comment Yawn... (Score 4, Insightful) 281
Such a well timed 'leak' of something after a shitstorm of privacy sensationalism. Nothing to see here, imho.
Comment As long as there's ... (Score 1) 219
enough lifeboats.
Obvious serious downsides (No pirate jokes)
1. Less bandwidth capacity - higher latency (forced to use sat. solution)
2. Very very non-green. Ships put out awful emissions. One running tons of electrical equipment is no better.
3. Curious to know if the sea's movements will affect disk latency - tests have been conducted that if you scream at a hard drive it can slightly affect their latency due to the sound waves.
4. International waters. Nuff said.
5. I'd be willing to say a ship crew - security, EXPENSIVE ship repairs and maintenance far outweigh the profitability.
Obvious serious downsides (No pirate jokes)
1. Less bandwidth capacity - higher latency (forced to use sat. solution)
2. Very very non-green. Ships put out awful emissions. One running tons of electrical equipment is no better.
3. Curious to know if the sea's movements will affect disk latency - tests have been conducted that if you scream at a hard drive it can slightly affect their latency due to the sound waves.
4. International waters. Nuff said.
5. I'd be willing to say a ship crew - security, EXPENSIVE ship repairs and maintenance far outweigh the profitability.
Comment Re:I like the idea (Score 1) 126
In Japan, you don't take things home. Portions are also much smaller when compared with your average American portion. So, I don't think this problem would occur.
Also, bear in mind that in Japan it's polite to eat every last grain of rice on your plate - out of respect for the farmers that grew it. He's merely enforcing cultural standards.
Submission + - Microsoft Sync Could Make You A Worse Driver (zdziarski.com)
Nuclear Elephant writes: Yesterday I test drove a 2010 Lincoln Navigator equipped with the MS Sync feature advertised to make driving safer and easier. In the audio below, it took me a total of three minutes and thoughts of suicide to assign a simple destination using MS Sync. I was forced to take my eyes off the road several times to read numerous lists of possible voice matches for city, street name, and more. Have a listen to my conversation with the onboard computer. And to think that only yesterday, I considered texting to be the most dangerous thing to do while driving.
Submission + - FiOS vs. Cable During a Windstorm (zdziarski.com)
Nuclear Elephant writes: A nasty windstorm blew through a couple weeks back and decimated the power infrastructure in my town. A large part of the town was out for as much as six days. While most of us have generators, many neighbors were still unreachable via their telephone, and weren't online. No connection to the outside world, ... and most importantly – no 911. Come to find, they were all on Comcast. ... But our FiOS was up, even though telephone poles had been torn down into the middle of streets and intersections, roads were closed, and live wires were flying around. To understand what’s going on here, you need to understand the differences in the technology...
Comment Re:Impossible to test (Score 1) 499
It's called a rev limiter. almost all semi-modern cars are rpm limited; and who gives a crap if it's very damaging, you'd be alive and much safer than wrapping your car around a tree with you in it; or worse, another driver on the road.
Comment Re:Impossible to test (Score 1) 499
YES! THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS! I've been wondering if these people had the common sense to try neutral; is it possible you could provide a link to this statement?
Comment Easy one guys... come on... (Score 1) 231
19 went to various meetings to generate a 'spec'...
1 did the programming.
Comment Re:No good (Score 1) 307
Make a bat file, and make a scheduled task on boot
Comment Re:idiocy? Incompetence? (Score 1) 269
The -REAL- Y2K is the unix epoch - where HARDWARE base storage chips that keep time (really just a count of all the seconds since the beginning of the epoc) will essentially overflow because they can't store a number that large.
Comment Re:Wait... (Score 1) 80
www.paypalc.com
Comment Re:Made for Hire Works... (Score 1) 4
thanks for the reply.
