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Comment Re:What good will this do (Score 1) 252

This is rubbish, FTTC is the best way to get hi speed connections as soon as physically possible without having to invest double figure billions. Once you have FTTC installed you then use VDSL to cover the last mile and then you are talking about 40Mbit/s as the average sort of speed available. After a couple of years when the whole "digital Britain" idea takes off you can then start pumping money to actually connect the final mile with fibre. Saying FTTC and 2Mbit in the same sentence is simply wrong.
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Submission + - 220MPH Solar-Powered Bullet Train on AZ horizon (inhabitat.com)

Mike writes: "An ambitious Arizona company has recently revealed plans for a solar powered bullet train that will streak across the desert at 220mph, traveling from Tuscon to Phoenix in 30 minutes flat. Proposed by Solar Bullet LLC, the system comprises a series of tracks that would serve stations including Chandler, Casa Grande, Red Rock and Marana, and may one day stretch as far as Mexico City. The train would require 110 megawatts of electricity, which would be generated by solar panels mounted above the tracks."

Comment Re:High density = no digging (Score 4, Interesting) 257

Oh I forgot to add, the 50Mbit being offered is purely down to this being their first push into using DOCSIS 3, the company has been quoted as saying once they make sure their network is working properly and more areas are supported, in a year or less they'll start offering 80Mbit and upwards to 120Mbit. All still based on the hardware the current 50Mbit subscribers use and all still not requiring any digging.

Comment Re:High density = no digging (Score 4, Informative) 257

This has nothing to do with digging up the roads, the article talks about the US basing their high speed lines around FiOS installs, where as Japan are simply upgrading their cable lines to use DOCSIS 3 instead of 1.

In the UK atm, the main (pretty much only) cable provider is doing the same, they are upgrading half of their network to run off DOCSIS 3 and are offering 50Mbit, but leaving the rest of the network still on DOCSIS 1 that'll run speeds of less than 20Mbit.

All it takes is for the ISP to replace the hardware in their buildings and send the customer a new cable modem that supports version 3.

Literally, no spade is involved at all in the process.

Comment Re:Would Love an Android Phone (Score 1) 315

Creating a backup in itunes and using the program AptBackup to create a backup for cydia installed apps basically restores it to exactly how it was. Also, if the phone is broken to the point that it won't switch on then Apple wouldn't even know about it being jailbroken till it's been fixed, and if it isn't broken to the point it won't switch on then it's a very simple system restore process to get the phone to it's original state.

Comment Re:Would Love an Android Phone (Score 2, Informative) 315

I have copy and paste on my iPhone and I can even run background applications when I want. Over a million people so far have jailbroken their iphone, there is nothing illegal or wrong about it either. It simply opens up the phone to the sort of apps that we all want but apple won't allow. http://www.google.co.uk/search?&channel=s&hl=en&q=why+you+should+jailbreak&btnG=Google+Search

Comment Re:Rational (Score 1) 807

Are you purposely trying to make it sound like growing weed is easy? As if you are then it's a complete lie. The idea that you can "just water it" and it'll grow into the regular stuff everyone smokes then you couldn't be more wrong. Take 5 minutes to check some of the online sites dedicated to growers and see the $1000+ they invest into lightning, room preparation with timed sprinklers, the weeks it takes to cultivate it and the personal time dedicated to pruning etc. The is a real that the majority of weed smokers simply buy it instead of growing their own. Try and actually learn about what you preach before fabricating your side of the story.

Comment Re:Can anyone explain this bug? (Score 4, Informative) 277

while (days > 365)
    {
        if (IsLeapYear(year))
        {
            if (days > 366)
            {
                days -= 366;
                year += 1;
            }
        }
        else
        {
            days -= 365;
            year += 1;
        }
    }

source code that caused the bug.

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