They seem to think client device operation of streaming is less than that of a dvd player, by about a factor of 2.

The study assumes a set top box of some sort being used for streaming. It's no surprise to me that the energy usage of that is about half that of a dvd player.
However, with the number of people streaming on PC, and the number playing DVD on PC, it is a nontrivial point that they have excluded - the cost of running those devices. I bet the power consumptions of those devices are dwarfed by desktop and laptop users.
And something doesn't look right...3MJ for a set top box? A 500W pc would run 1.8MJ, unless I screwed that up.

The medication thing is an interesting issue. I've personally encountered the following:
I just want a pill that's going to solve everything
Nothing I've taken has helped me, and the side effects can be hellish, and I'm tired of the not knowing and waiting to see if the next drug is going to work or not
I'm scared of the side effects, and especially that they will affect my cognitive function or personality
I don't want to be dependent on a pill for the rest of my life
I'm feeling better, so I'm going to stop taking my meds

I'm not in a camp critical of medication. I believe that it is one of man's best shots at improving himself. And the truth is, due to some combination of meds or therapy, I'm doing better than I was some years ago. However, I still have those feelings about meds from time to time. Let's call it a love-hate relationship.

A good number of generic meds can be had for $15 copay if your insurance covers prescriptions. And if it doesn't, a number of generics are still probably pretty cheap (Lithium, Paxil). Forget about new name brand drugs. Also, You may be looking at $300 of lab work every 3-6 months, if you're on lithium or something else that needs to be monitored.

Now the darker side of being undiagnosed and untreated is that you may have a depressive episode out of the blue and you wont have anything in place to help catch you. Not to mention, your life may currently be impacted negatively by lack of treatment and you are unaware of it or don't want to face it (reading into your last paragraph, not forming relationships with people, maybe? Which doesn't seem like such a big issue because who really wants to socialize, anyway? )

Noone really has to know you have a mental illness, if you do get diagnosed. The biggest game becomes concealing your meds and your doctors appointments. The former isn't too bad, but the latter can be difficult if you work a mon-fri 9-5, because you'll have to get the okay to leave work when you normally wouldn't. My dad knows, my friends know, but I generally don't tell my employer or coworkers. Of course, if your employer knows, you may get some leniency for making those appointments...

Maybe this whole experiment should have been run in a vacuum regardless. Couldn't a possible source of the electrons be the air, or particles in it?

We are so sorry to have poisoned you and then ignored you until someone else spoke up on your behalf. I hope we can still be friends...

...if you're still alive...

...and can keep up your quota.

NeRD is not a backronym. A backronym is when you take an existing word/name (Fiat) and create an acronym for it (Fix It Again Tony). I really doubt the Navy just stumbled on the name NeRD and later found the words to affix to it.

Also interesting to note, the submitter submits things from the same group of sites...
Naval-technology.com
Power-technology.com
Army-technology.com
Offshore-technology.com
Pharmaceutical-technology.com
Hydrocarbon-technology.com

There are articles about NeRD going back days. I guess these days news is more about rehashing someone else's news and getting traffic to your site.

Might want to replace "IR spectrum" with "near IR". That far IR stuff doesn't come cheap.

You're lucky she didn't leave you in the landfill

It has been my constant gripe to my friends that the original HL was the superior game in the series. The story in the first one was enthralling and immersed you in it. The second one, while shinier, paled story wise.

He's probably in hiding.

Someone else pointed out to me that he owes money to a lot of people that probably aren't good to owe money to.

Of course they shouldn't be denied employment, but noone in this case has changed their mind.

If gay marriage is passed everywhere in the US tomorrow, it doesn't change anything. Eich will only be fit to head a company of like minded individuals until he changes his views (or lies about them).
Even if the law has changed, he will have to say "I respect the rights given to gays" before being given the reins of a very public company. Its not about persecution, its about respecting a change in society. And if you can't do that, you don't get to be CEO of Mozilla.

One thing to consider here is that his belief was so strong that he would not recant it, he would not compromise it for the sake of working at Mozilla.
This is evident from his Cnet interview. http://www.cnet.com/news/mozil...
He couldn't even say, in the middle of the firestorm, that he would not donate again to Prop-8. Even though that wouldn't directly compromise his belief.
He was so set against gays having the right to marry that he let it jeopardize his position as CEO. That's why he isn't the right person to be the CEO.

Are you suggesting that you wouldn't benefit from having that extra information?

Had I known the time left on the light (or the speed needed to make it), I would have been able to make a better decision, sooner, on whether to gas it or brake. The other driver, in turn, would have had more time to react. Whether he was paying attention all is another matter. But you can't tell me this isn't a safer situation overall.

I'm not sure why this is modded insightful.

First off, they put the timers on the crosswalks for the *pedestrians* who use the crosswalks. It just so happens to greatly benefit drivers who can make a better judgement on how fast to go.

Second, big surprise, not all intersections have those countdown timers. I find that most don't.

Third, if there is no countdown, and you are unfamiliar with the intersection, or the internal timer has schedules/triggers you cant depend on, no amount of paying attention is going to give you the optimal speed.

Finally, why is all of this important? For starters, it will cut down on accidents. I've been rear ended stopping quickly at a light that I wasn't sure I could make. The guy behind me still thought he could make it. Easily solved by him paying better attention? Maybe. More easily solved by both of us having information to make better decisions. Definitely. Secondly, the amount of gas that is wasted every day, by people accelerating up to lights that they don't know are going to turn red, must be astonishing. I can think of at least two stretches of road near me with limits of 45-50 where I can, from idle, hit 50 just in time for the next light to change, and do it 3 times in a row. Waste of gas, wear on my brakes, and bad for the environment.

to publicly state that "We have to flawlessly update this thing from 655km away" until after I already updated it.

You had it right the first time. They will gather information on the gamers. What do the play, who do they play with. Why do they pick this NPC over that NPC. How long do they look at X. In game advertisements. Ads on loading screens. Quests that give 5% off at [insert website].
Or maybe they buy Second Life.