Comment The "Roach Motel" effect..... (Score 1) 465
Reformers check in but they never check out....
To Save the Internet We Need To Own the Means of Distribution 338
indros13 (531405) writes "Net neutrality took a hit when the FCC gave its blessing to "Internet fast lanes' last week and one commentator believes that the solution is simple: public ownership of the hardware. 'Owning the means of distribution is a traditional function of local government. We call our roads and bridges and water and sewer pipe networks public infrastructure for a reason. In the 19th century local and state governments concluded that the transportation of people and goods was so essential to a modern economy that the key distribution system must be publicly owned. In the 21st century the transportation of information is equally essential.'
Is the Internet essential infrastructure? Should local governments step in to preserve equality of access?"
Is the Internet essential infrastructure? Should local governments step in to preserve equality of access?"
Comment Free Speech TV? (Score 1) 293
NYPD's Twitter Campaign Backfires 173
An anonymous reader writes "A NYPD community outreach campaign designed to show images of citizens with cops turned ugly quickly when a deluge of images depicting police brutality came in. From the article: 'The responses soon turned ugly when Occupy Wall Street tweeted a photograph of cops battling protesters with the caption "changing hearts and minds one baton at a time." Other photos included an elderly man bloodied after being arrested for jaywalking.' Police Commissioner Bill Bratton says, 'I kind of welcome the attention,' of the #myNYPD project."
Comment Limited potential? Of course it does... (Score 1) 360
The maximum potential is determined by battery chemistry and number of cells. In the Tesla, the nominal potential is 375 Volts.
Comment Neil was a Randroid.... (Score 1) 285
at least at one point in his life. Check the credits on 2112.
Anyone Can Buy Google Glass April 15 167
An anonymous reader writes "Starting at 9 a.m. ET on April 15 anyone in the US will be able to buy Google Glass for one day. From the article: 'This is the first time the device has been available to the general public. So far, the face-mounted computers have been sold only to Google "Explorers," the company's name for early adopters. At first only developers could buy Glass, but Google slowly expanded the program to include regular people. Some were hand-picked, others applied to be Explorers through Google contests by sharing what cool projects they would do if they had Glass.'"
New French Law Prohibits After-Hours Work Emails 477
Hugh Pickens DOT Com (2995471) writes "Lucy Mangan reports at The Guardian that a new labor agreement in France means that employees must ignore their bosses' work emails once they are out of the office and relaxing at home – even on their smartphones. Under the deal, which affects a million employees in the technology and consultancy sectors (including the French arms of Google, Facebook, and Deloitte), employees will also have to resist the temptation to look at work-related material on their computers or smartphones – or any other kind of malevolent intrusion into the time they have been nationally mandated to spend on whatever the French call la dolce vita. "We must also measure digital working time," says Michel De La Force, chairman of the General Confederation of Managers. "We can admit extra work in exceptional circumstances but we must always come back to what is normal, which is to unplug, to stop being permanently at work." However critics say it will impose further red tape on French businesses, which already face some of the world's tightest labor laws." (Continues)
Comment Actually, the stupidity infects both sides.... (Score 1) 408
Comment What exactly is "the taste of beer", anyway? (Score 1) 179
There are a HUGE range of beverages with vastly varying flavors which fall into the category of "beer". How many styles have you tried? There are lots of alternatives to the fizzy yellow stuff sold in 30 packs.
I can imagine that a big imperial stout, doppelbock, or barleywine might make a great marinade for steak.
Comment Yeah, this could be the THC-orange urban legend... (Score 1) 107
coming true.
http://msgboard.snopes.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=76;t=000176;p=0
A better candidate for sneaking THC into beer would be a GMO hop variety, as hops are the closest botanical relative to Cannabis.
Comment Coming soon from Dogfish Head, no doubt.... (Score 1) 107
Those folks will put anything in a beer....and make some fascinating brews!
Comment Interesting how right-wingers find a conscience (Score 3, Insightful) 289
when it comes to having to pay for things like contraceptives or abortions.
How about this? You can withhold the percentage of your income taxes that provide abortions and contraceptives when you allow people who oppose war to withhold the percentage that gets pissed away on the military budget. Deal?
Comment Yes, crap meters can and do explode.... (Score 1) 250
Compare what happens to multiple brands of cheap meters vs. a Fluke when intentionally whacked with high energy pulses:
http://www.eevblog.com/2010/05...
Notice that ALL the meters were damaged in this test. But the Fluke simply died gracefully, without exploding, catching fire, etc.
Comment Re:Fused leads = major safety FAIL. (Score 1) 250
[quote]If you're not double checking your meter reading against a known live source before and after your test reading please stay out of a live panel. That's electrician 101.[/quote]
Yes, as well as being an OSHA and NFPA 70E requirement.
But you know as well as I do that it doesn't always happen. And that fused leads would greatly increase the risk of an accident in the real world.
