They know that the privately funded space industry is growing and could potentially surpass state run space agencies one day unless they continue to innovate. I am guessing the Soviet space program would rather license technologies they develop to private industry rather than simply fade away into the history books.

Or the reason semiconductor houses switch from conventional (bulk CMOS) processes to Silicon-on-Insulator. Many SOI processes are rad hardened by default.

Anyone know if the Dunia codebase forked from CryEngine before or after this vulnerability was introduced? I'd really like to enjoy some FarCry 3 during my year end holiday but I'd prefer not to get hacked.

The final push over the cliff for electronics manufacturing in the US was the deadline for implementing RoHS compliance. Given the costs associated with revamping processes and procedures to insure compliance it was a no-brainer decision to simply outsource circuit board manufacturing. In many cases it was a cash-positive decision as many outsource manufacturers would even agree to buy out existing assembly lines in the US and ship the equipment to Asia or Mexico.

Conductive flooring paired with electrostatic discharge heelstraps (or better yet static dissipative shoes) will go a long way toward mitigating ESD risks in your lab. While wrist straps are effective they are inconvenient and therefore more likely not to be used consistently. Most lab furniture is conductive, but you often pay a bit extra for chairs with conductive castors. The need for lab coats depends on the apparel your lab staff typically wear (wool and synthetics should be covered with a dissipative lab coat, cottons are not typically an ESD risk).

Interesting, but I would have preferred to have our /. robotic overlords read TFA to me in the voice of James Doohan.

I tossed a few frozen pot stickers in to boil with my ramen noodles tonight and seasoned everything with chili sauce and a good thick Cantonese-style stir fry sauce. It was quite yummy.

And how many BTC will it cost me to get /. to add a -1 Dumbass moderation option?

If you do signup for an MS Office subscription, make sure you uninstall the software before the subscription expires. Some of the most badly-borked systems I have encountered in the past three years have had a pre-release version of Office installed that went beyond its timebomb date. I expect similar badness to occur with systems where an Office subscription has expired.

The answer to that question changed considerably when the Fukushima incident occurred. The entire nuclear power industry is held accountable for the failings of even the most reckless of its ranks.

The world will be dearly in need of leadership after a nuclear war. I think these tests need to be repeated with politicians to see how they fare.

How many of the canned foods you eat are as acidic as soda? Also food cans are vacuum sealed whereas carbonated soda cans are pressurized. At a guess I would suspect the lining in the soda can is more likely to break down over time. Perhaps there is something to those freshness dates that have been stamped on the cans for the past few years after all?

While these are only prototypes they seem to be very slow and utilize the simplest of end effectors ("hands"). What they are working on seems better suited to household use, as in helping the elderly or disabled with basic domestic tasks.

The best way to get Linux on a large number of desktops would be a desktop Android distro. And what would the killer app be that would make everyone want an Android desktop? Why, Steam of course.