Comment: Re:It's all about the power supply, folks. (Score 1) 129
I'll just drag around an extension cord, thanks.
Comment: Is it just me, or... (Score 1) 17
http://www.google.ca/search?q=b3898c60dc422629d987a5755bc450e6&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official
This looks like poisonous flash material...
Comment: Re:Whenever China makes headlines in Slashdot ... (Score 1) 85
Well, I don't consider myself a "racist".
However I am somewhat of a "culturist".
Comment: Re:theater (Score 1) 1003
Why is the NTSB targeting gadgets instead of bad drivers?
Because it is always easier to come up with a technological solution (even if it doesn't work) than it is to address the real (usually human) problem.
even hands-free phones
This really illustrates the absurdity of the claim that phones are to blame for the problem.
If you're using a hands-free device, you're just basically having a conversation with someone who isn't actually in the car. It's not going to be any more inherently distracting than having a conversation with somebody who is in the car. So if hands-free phones are a problem... So is talking to a passenger.
Wrong.
1) Your passenger is an additional set of eyes on the road.
2) Talking to someone over a phone (even hands-free) requires you to be mentally in "another place" with them. I'm not explaining it well but I am sure that you get the idea.
3) It has nothing to do with dexterity (using your hand). I have seen pedestrians cluelessly crossing the street at a red light while yakking. Why? Because their attention is in that "other place".
Comment: The Task Ahead... (Score 1) 160
...is for us to simulate quantum entanglement in a digital object.
We have done it with neural networks, we can do this.
It will be very difficult (possibly profitable too), but a truly epic breakthrough.
Think of it.
We have done it with neural networks, we can do this.
It will be very difficult (possibly profitable too), but a truly epic breakthrough.
Think of it.
Comment: Anti- (Score 1) 161
Wouldn't that be an "anti-ballistic" clipboard?
A ballistic clipboard would be a weapon.
Comment: Pr0n Potential (Score 1) 114
Some of the most successful technologies are the ones adopted by the pornography industry.
I'd say that this one has real potential!
Bill would require a warrant for digital tracking ->
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GovTechGuy writes "Sens. Mark Kirk and Ron Wyden used the 25th anniversary of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act to stump for a bill that would require police to obtain a warrant before using an individual's cell phone, laptop or other digital device to track their location. Under current law the government can access that data without a judge's approval, or even access a user's email account without first getting a warrant."
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RIM unveils new OS based on QNX->
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HommeDeJava writes "Research In Motion unveiled a new operating system for its tablet and smartphones at RIM’s BlackBerry developer conference in San Francisco.
Called BlackBerry BBX, the new OS combines features of existing BlackBerry's OS and its recently acquired real time QNX OS.
Could BBX attract software developers and spur interest from the consumers?"
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Called BlackBerry BBX, the new OS combines features of existing BlackBerry's OS and its recently acquired real time QNX OS.
Could BBX attract software developers and spur interest from the consumers?"
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Comment: Why do you need them? (Score 1) 258
I was going to suggest pointing them at the local cop shop or *IAA office, but then...
WTF?
I can't imagine a less appropriate place to "monitor" people than a school, of all places. IMO. Sounds like a real bunch of Nazis.