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Comment: Re:"NO way would these be allowed on a plane." (Score 1) 215

by einhverfr (#38469990) Attached to: Apple Files Patent For Fuel Cell Laptops

Well there's a difference between something like coal which is very energy dense and burns and something like natural bas which is not very energy dense comparatively but poses a much greater explosion hazard.

Please call me when the TSA stops allowing jet (coal) jewelry for airline passengers.

Comment: Re:BSD license was always more permissive, so grea (Score 1) 808

by einhverfr (#38413208) Attached to: GPL, Copyleft Use Declining Fast

The article is interesting because it suggests that the big reason for the trend is the movement away from single-vendor open source projects. Vendors who want to control their own projects (MySQL AB, for example, now Oracle) LOVE the GPL because it gives them *control.* That control is lost with community developed projects, and so the calculus there is different.

I actually think that for community-developed projects, the BSD license is the way to go but for single-vendor projects the GPL is much better. In the end though the GPL also protects projects from proprietary forks when the pace of development is very slow. For projects where the pace of development is high, then the GPL offers really very little if any additional protection (as in Apache or PostgreSQL).

Comment: Re:As a software engineer and a parent (Score 1) 240

by einhverfr (#38134598) Attached to: How Much Tech Can Kids Take?

I know it is very different for different people. If I don't have caffeine for a couple weeks, I lose my ability to function. For example, I can't show up anywhere on time.

I should have probably clarified I am functioning better than I would be if I was on prescription medication. The caffeine and the choices above really help. However during periods of heavy stress it isn't enough by itself. I have also had to learn to be comfortable with a lot more uncertainty than most people because I literally can't cope with the stress.

But again, I was medicated with a number of different medications for years I can no longer tolerate reasonably. So it is perhaps for the better.

As for your question
I avoid alarm clocks because I find that waking up suddenly seems to make my ADD worse. I use them occasionally but maybe a few times a year....

Comment: Re:As a software engineer and a parent (Score 1) 240

by einhverfr (#38133856) Attached to: How Much Tech Can Kids Take?

The other tips I have that work for me:

1) Get plenty of sleep
2) Avoid alarm clocks when you can
3) Avoid too much time in front of the TV
4) Regular exercise and breaks from work help
5) ++caffeine......
6) I avoid too much sugar, particularly on an empty stomach

I have been able to manage better w/o medication on this regime than I could with medication before/

Comment: Re:Will be interesting to see how the 4th Am. issu (Score 1) 268

by einhverfr (#38133536) Attached to: Plate Readers Abound in DC Area, With Little Regard For Privacy

No doubt that such counts as a search if the GPS device records such a location as per Karo v. United States.

However, the question that Knotts explicitly left unanswered was something different, namely whether surveillance of public spaces can ever be sufficiently pervasive to raise 4th Amendment concerns independent of the general lack of protection of public space. This sort of dragnet surveillance was explicitly not decided in that case or indeed any case since. And while such dragnet surveillance doesn't really fit into 4th Amendment search jurisprudence, part of the issue is that it is sufficiently recent that courts haven't had to confront the issues involved.

Ahead warp factor one, Mr. Sulu.

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