Comment Re:Fusion? (Score 1) 120
But how do you go from Thorium to Uranium without fusion?
Comment Re:My eyes, my control (Score 1) 71
There is totally possible for an X-er to think and talk as a boomer.
Thank goodness.
Comment Average track position (Score 1) 43
Instead of just the average track error (the dotted black line), I'd be interested in the error of the average track position. In other words, get the track position at each timestamp for all models, average that, then determine the error.
Comment Fusion? (Score 1) 120
I thought that adding to the nucleus (232 -> 233) requires fusion. Can someone please explain?
Comment Re:Antitrust (Score 1) 41
I didn't want to ignore that I am posting from the US, with a US perspective. But, looking into it now, I see that "In the UK, trade unions are largely exempt from antitrust rules for their collective bargaining activities." So, yes, I believe my post was relevant.
Comment Antitrust (Score 1, Interesting) 41
I think that I would be more sympathetic toward unions if they weren't generally exempt from Antitrust Laws in the US. Make unions compete for contracts and perhaps we'd have a better system.
Comment Re:Hercule Poirot... (Score 1) 46
Hercule Poirot of Agatha Christie murder mystery novels
Comment Re:Ask them about endangered species (Score 1) 133
Pure speculation - that's why I wrote "I bet ...."
Comment Street crime (Score 1) 49
I'm surprised these things aren't being robbed.
Comment Ask them about endangered species (Score 1, Troll) 133
Ask these same people how they feel about blocking the construction of a dam in order to save some endangered salamander. I bet they come down on the side of the salamander, every time. Some people just have a general disregard for the rest of humanity.
Submission + - Afghanistan's cellphone, internet services down after Taliban ordered cut
RoccamOccam writes: The Taliban have ordered internet and mobile phone data services to be cut across Afghanistan, diplomatic and industry sources said on Tuesday, as residents and monitoring services reported no connectivity and disruption to flights and financial services.
The Taliban administration offered no immediate explanation for the outage and could not be reached for comment.
The UN called on authorities to fully restore connections.
The Taliban administration offered no immediate explanation for the outage and could not be reached for comment.
The UN called on authorities to fully restore connections.
Comment Re:USA as movie-rental places as well (Score 0) 44
I've read that DVD is making a comeback.
Probably, because of the cover art. But, what about all the clicks and pops?
Comment Interesting ties to the Commodore 64 (Score 1) 35
From The History of GeoWorks, Microsoft Windows' Upstart '90s Competitor [https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-history-of-geoworks-microsoft-windows-upstart-90s-competitor]
Back in the early ’90s, it wasn’t a sure thing that Microsoft Windows was going to take over the market, even though they had a clear lead over many of their competitors, thanks to MS-DOS.
In fact, one of the iconic GUI-based experiences of the era, AOL, hedged its bets for a while, creating and maintaining a DOS version of its iconic pseudo-internet software using a graphical user interface platform few were familiar with: GeoWorks.
It was an operating system for an era when it wasn’t even a sure thing we’d have a modem.
And it was absurdly lightweight, something it gained from its earliest form—as GEOS (Graphical Environment Operating System), an operating system option for the Commodore 64.
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Comment Re:Perl always draws you back... (Score 1) 86
3.5 minutes? That seems rather slow.
Comment Re:"a centre covering some 3,600 meters" (Score 1) 41
Whoops, not arm (except keeper as noted above).
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