Comment Re:Um, not quite.... (Score 5, Informative) 384
Agree - I used to work on nukes - they are designed to disperse, not detonate, on anything other than a properly sequenced detonation.
Comment Can't use it in MD (Score 4, Interesting) 347
MD is a 2 party consent state - can't use it here!
A Hyper-Velocity Impact In the Asteroid Belt? 114
astroengine writes "Astronomers have spotted something rather odd in the asteroid belt. It looks like a comet, but it's got a circular orbit, similar to an asteroid. Whether it's an asteroid or a comet, it has a long, comet-like tail, suggesting something is being vented into space. Some experts think it could be a very rare comet/asteroid hybrid being heated by the sun, but there's an even more exciting possibility: It could be the first ever observation of two asteroids colliding in the asteroid belt."
US Air Force Buying Another 2,200 PS3s 144
bleedingpegasus sends word that the US Air Force will be grabbing up 2,200 new PlayStation 3 consoles for research into supercomputing. They already have a cluster made from 336 of the old-style (non-Slim) consoles, which they've used for a variety of purposes, including "processing multiple radar images into higher resolution composite images (known as synthetic aperture radar image formation), high-def video processing, and 'neuromorphic computing.'" According to the Justification Review Document (DOC), "Once the hardware configuration is implemented, software code will be developed in-house for cluster implementation utilizing a Linux-based operating software."
Comment I can't believe the naysayers (Score 1) 609
It is unbelievable the arguments against this. Fighter aircraft have been controlled by joysticks for years. The argument concerning power steering failure is plain BS. I'm now 56 and I have experienced power steering failure once in my life and the car let me know it was coming well ahead of the actual failure. MTBF is very high and not an issue.
This is way overdue.
Comment Proof of concept????? (Score 1) 210
The cruise ship industry has been doing this for years!!!! What proof of concept is necessary? This is an industry best practice and this $33M is wasted money.
Submission + - The 'high' tech toilet that wants your credit card (pcauthority.com.au) 1
SwiftyNifty writes: Here's a another example of airlines going too far: Budget airline Ryanair wants to commission Boeing to add credit card machines to its toilet cubicles, in order to make passengers pay up when nature calls.
Submission + - RIAA victim Jammie Thomas gets a new lawyer! (p2pnet.net)
newtley writes: "Only days after learning Brian Toder, her previous legal representative, had decided discretion was the better part of valour, leaving her fend for herself against the RIAA, Jammie Thomas says another lawyer has come forward with an offer of pro bono help. He's K.A.D. Camara from Camara & Sibley in Houston, Texas, says Jammie. And, "He's the youngest person in history to graduate from Harvard Law school with honors," she points out. Nor will her trial — or, rather, her retrial — be delayed, as was expected. It'll now go forward in June 15, as slated. "I'm so happy !" — Jammie said. That didn't take long. :)"
Comment Pure Bull (Score 1) 340
BS - if there wasn't a business case for migrating to IPv6, then they wouldn't do it. The case is obvious, demand by their customers. If they don't provide it, their customers will go elsewhere.
