Comment Re:Let them (Score 1) 223
I know right? If only there were hypothetical sites with names like Bing or Duckduckgo or Yahoo I could use to search out information so I didn't have to only use Google!
Comment Carbon powder, not sugar (Score 4, Insightful) 152
It seems to me pretty disingenuous to say that the batteries are using sugar when it's really just carbon powder (which can be made from sugar).
But we're not talking sugar straight out of the paper packet. Before it can be used as the anode in a sodium-ion battery, sucrose powder is turned into hard carbon powder by heating it to up to 1,500 degrees celsius in an oxygen-free oven
Comment Re:It's not only about the antivirus (Score 1) 515
Nowadays you might as well just leave UAC on and have similar protection =)
Comment Re:OneNote (Score 2) 300
Yeah, OneNote with a TabletPC (wacom style stylus) is by far the best electronic note-taking tool available. It's really second only to paper (and superior in many ways).
Comment Re:No (Score 5, Informative) 502
Exceeds 100% ELECTRICAL efficiency is the key here. The conservation of energy is still intact because it supposedly uses heat energy to supplement.
Comment Re:Logic seems flawed (Score 1) 841
Erm, the human eye can easily see faster than 30FPS. Some fighter pilots can see "fast" enough to notice the equivalent of 200FPS.
I certainly can see flickering with the old 60Hz CRT's.
I certainly can see flickering with the old 60Hz CRT's.
Comment Re:maybe the article is flat out wrong (Score 3, Informative) 207
That's not necessarily true. The Adreno 225 in the current Krait is slower than the 320 that'll be coming later in the year but it still trades benchmarks with Tegra3 in graphics tests.
Notably, the GLbenchmark offscreen test where the Tegra3 wins the most by, has a severe bug somewhere.
Notably, the GLbenchmark offscreen test where the Tegra3 wins the most by, has a severe bug somewhere.
Comment I'm glad I didn't hold my breath (Score 1) 2
While it still may be that the results are valid, I might as well wait until they've hammered out every possible source of error as well as come up with a testable theory for the discrepancy.
Submission + - Faster-than-light neutrinos may be error caused by loose cable (sciencemag.org) 2
semi-extrinsic writes: "Everyone remembers the faster-than-light neutrinos reported by the OPERA experiment in collaboration with CERN last year. ScienceInsider now reports that the headline-causing result may turn out to be a measurement error caused by a loose cable:
"According to sources familiar with the experiment, the 60 nanoseconds discrepancy appears to come from a bad connection between a fiber optic cable that connects to the GPS receiver used to correct the timing of the neutrinos' flight and an electronic card in a computer."
The report comes from an anonymous source, and is yet unconfirmed, but if confirmed would be a disappointing result for all those hoping that we had stumbled across new physics."
Comment Re:Not required.. (Score 1) 137
Agree 100%
The two biggest power draws are the screen and radios. This is what needs to be made more efficient.
With proper GUI design and AMOLED screens, the screen power draw can be drastically reduced but things like the 3G radio drain power like mad if the signal isn't perfectly strong (while 4G radios gobble power under all circumstances).
The two biggest power draws are the screen and radios. This is what needs to be made more efficient.
With proper GUI design and AMOLED screens, the screen power draw can be drastically reduced but things like the 3G radio drain power like mad if the signal isn't perfectly strong (while 4G radios gobble power under all circumstances).
Comment Re:what (Score 1) 691
Or rather, shit happens and the designs work better than they were engineered for.
The reactors, built 40 years ago, using an old less safe design, engineered for 8.0 earthquakes, survived a 9.0 (it was upgraded) earthquake and a tsunami as well as a hydrogen explosion of the outer building with the all-important containment building still completely intact.
If people were sane and less reactionary, this is actually quite the demonstration of how incredibly resilient it all was.
The reactors, built 40 years ago, using an old less safe design, engineered for 8.0 earthquakes, survived a 9.0 (it was upgraded) earthquake and a tsunami as well as a hydrogen explosion of the outer building with the all-important containment building still completely intact.
If people were sane and less reactionary, this is actually quite the demonstration of how incredibly resilient it all was.
Comment Re:Open Platform? (Score 1) 459
Okay, turns out I'm a moron and you're right. Didn't go past rooting and seeing that CM isn't available after all. Strange though since the Nexus S does give them what they need.
Comment Re:Open Platform? (Score 1) 459
Considering that Galaxy S is a family of phones rather than just single phone:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Samsung_Vibrant:_Rooting
Ever since the Nexus S came out, everything needed for Cyanogenmod was available.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Samsung_Vibrant:_Rooting
Ever since the Nexus S came out, everything needed for Cyanogenmod was available.
Comment Re:Bing is great for non-techies (Score 3, Informative) 356
Interestingly enough, Google puts the answer right on top if you do that. It even corrects you with Ecuador.
School Swaps Math Textbooks For iPads 439
MexiCali59 writes "Four of California's largest school districts will be trying something new on eighth-grade algebra students this year: giving them iPads instead of textbooks. The devices come pre-loaded with a digital version of the text, allowing students to view teaching videos, receive homework assistance and input assignment all without picking up a pen or paper. If the students with iPads turn out to do improve at a faster pace than their peers as expected, the program could soon spread throughout the Golden State."
