SLS is a steaming pile of shit shoveled onto NASA by Congress. I hope it never flies. Frankly, the Ares V launcher was a pretty good idea, but was bogged down by having to involve all of the old shuttle contractors.

Damn nature, you scary!

How does this give in to Apple's demands? By eliminating the in app subscription/purchase capability, they've actually denied Apple any income from their sales. Seems like they refused Apple's demands, not gave into them.

What a shitty summary and article. Seems like both were written by retarded 4th graders.

What dilemma does this present for developers? It presents an obstacle to overcome, but where's the dilemma?

Illegitimate nations like Libya have no sovereignty beyond what the international community grants them. Just because a guy uses military force to control an area doesn't give him any sort of right to that area. Right now there is no Libya beyond Ghaddafi. Only once he is out of the way and the people of that area are able to determine their own fate can it be said that they truly have anything resembling sovereignty.

Massive computer-controlled Archimedes mirrors already exist in dozens of large reflector telescopes.

Lion fully supports DHCPv6 and other IPv6 broadcast technologies.

Isn't this type of voting inherently unequal, from the voters perspective? I mean, if I only approve of a single candidate but the guy next to me marks several, isn't he in effect getting more votes than me? How am I wrong here? Instead of "one man, one vote" isn't this "one man, up to as many votes as there are candidates on the ballot"?

Working with Boeing on a Delta 5 (call a special version for NASA the Ares 5 if you want, but I always thought Ares would be a better name for the program to land humans on Mars) sounds like a better idea anyway. That way we inherit as much of the commercial tech as possible, especially the RS-68. A new core with five 68s (could use the ET for that, but we probably want a redesign for structural support to handle upper stages) and the Delta 4 segments as boosters would be much more reliable than the SSME + SRB. The J2-X may be usable, but I'm not sure if a second stage wouldn't be better served by using another RS-68. Plus an all LOX+LH2 launcher would be much more environmentally friendly. The SRBs are dirty fuckers. Oh, and the external boosters could be upgraded to reusable flyback boosters in the future, if such a thing is actually worthwhile.

Actually, OpenDNS is supporting a DNSSEC alternative, DNSCurve, which gives many of the same benefits, including the preventions of MitM attacks.

Thank you for that startling revelation, Captain Wozvious!

I have patented a penis input device, to make it easier to type when, well, you know...

...Their junk to frostbite.

Holy shit, $189! Seriously, WTF? Is it printed in gold leaf?