Thinking the same thing, run a calibration of the attitude control and fix this stuff before proceeding.

Idiot. Volcanos spit stuff OUT. Now, a deep sea trench in a subduction zone might work out. Suck the waste back to the Earth's core where it truly is not a problem.

Um, I think you missed the point. The important number is the amount of energy used for ICE transport. The number and capacity of brand x electric vehicle does not matter. I'm supposed to be working now so I won't go and look this up, but I suspect that 30% of the energy content of our transport fuel far outstripps all "alternative" generation capacity. IIRC, an article in the IEEE Spectrum way back in 1996 stated that replacing the average energy flux into gas tanks in the greater L.A. basin on a typical Friday afternoon would require about 100x the output of the Hoover Dam. Polywell fusion anyone? Sorry about the line breaks, don't know why they are not showing up correctly.

I own a Roku but not a game console. When my CRT finally dies, I will expect my next TV to do its own streaming.

Amen. And the fact it was Jimmy Carter who told us we HAD to change.

YIKES!! $10,000. Again... $20 webcam sounds better.

I keep wishing for a hands-free mouse. Taping electrodes to your face every day at work--won't, but glasses (or something using your webcam) might. Anyone seen something like this?

We ran into this in a small company. Eventually we just built a simple Access database with the DigiKey number, cross references to other vendors' numbers where appropriate, and then fields for all our assemblies that used it. We had mechanical assemblies too. Total was a few hundred parts and a couple dozen boards and mechanical widgets. We also had links to cad files, software, etc. We are not db people, this had to be simple... and cheap. I'd love to know what else people use.

Tattoos are so ... analog. Just get all of math encoded on a chip and have that embedded. Make sure it has an RF interface, like the modern ID tags for pets, and someday you will be able to read it with your phone or whatever. You could be the first person with their own brain-coprocessor.

I was wondering the same thing. Do the ROHS rules take into account how a 'bad' substance like lead is bound to other materials? For example, is something in an inert, vitreous blob OK?

well it's a story about operators in the UK where the GBP is king. also the euro has a relevancy here too

the dollar isn't really relevant to a story here unless it's maybe about the exchange rate or some such.

so unless you are personally willing to go through ALL the stories here on slashdot and convert ALL the dollar values to GBP and Euros then there's ALWAYS www.xe.com to help

you are welcome

I totally disagree with you here. Apple feels 100% different from Microsoft (hell, they even put the minimize, maximize and close icons on the window manager completely on the opposite site) and yet they succeed.

No; you need quality. As Linux user I will be taking a fresh perspective on this from a higher purpose here. First up: Does it even work? The awnser is "NO". Yeah it is comming with Gallium3D bla bla bla but it is comming and it is not here yet. So no-go from graphics (unless you still feel like using a 2D desktop ala 2009) and no-go for OpenCL.

Next stop: "Does it have advantages over the competition?" The awnser is "It's on par". Linux, in an idiot-friendly distro, is not faster and about kind-of as secure as Mac (maybe more, maybe less; only the future will tell us).

Final destination: "Does it out-app the competition?" and the awnser is probably still "No".

So ladies and gentleman: Linux is not ready yet, although I believe it will be kicking serious ass in a year or four.