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Comment: Re:One more issue (Score 1) 1064

by g8oz (#38983569) Attached to: The Zuckerberg Tax

If all governments stopped being so pussy assed about offending the feelings of rich people and co-ordinated a reasonable wealth tax on the super rich the way they have co-ordinated say free trade/globalization or ACTA.......think about it.

Lets say 2% on net worth over $500 million. Can anyone aside from free market fundamentalists honestly say that represents the triumph of communism?

Security

Computer Virus Hits US Drone Fleet-> 3

Submitted by Golgafrinchan
Golgafrinchan writes "Quoting from the story:

"A computer virus has infected the cockpits of America’s Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots’ every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan and other warzones. The virus, first detected nearly two weeks ago by the military’s Host-Based Security System, has not prevented pilots at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada from flying their missions overseas. Nor have there been any confirmed incidents of classified information being lost or sent to an outside source. But the virus has resisted multiple efforts to remove it from Creech’s computers, network security specialists say. And the infection underscores the ongoing security risks in what has become the U.S. military’s most important weapons system.""
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Science

Sex-Crazed Astrologer Was a Stellar Records Keeper->

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sciencehabit writes "If you lived in the time of Shakespeare and wanted to know whether your sick child was going to make it, you might well have paid a visit to the shady offices of physician-cum-astrologer Simon Forman, who, with his student Richard Napier, advised more than 30,000 patients and clients during their careers. Forman would listen to your description of the symptoms, note them meticulously as you spoke, consult the stars, and give you a prognosis or suggest a treatment. Although his fellow physicians considered him a quack, Forman's bad reputation might be about to get a boost; his casebooks between the years 1596 and 1634 have now turned out to be the most extensive and systematic set of known medical records from that period. Historians are putting these records online for all to peruse and study medical trends in Elizabethan England."
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Transportation

Looking Beyond Detroit for Engine Innovation-> 1

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waderoush
waderoush writes "Opposed-piston engines (with two pistons in the same cylinder) have been around since the 1920s, but have been used mainly in submarines and airplanes. Now several startups are working to make these high-efficiency engines practical for cars, trucks, and light vehicles — but they're under no illusions that Detroit will adopt the idea. Silicon Valley startup Pinnacle Engines, which is backed by the world's largest venture fund, is looking to a scooter manufacturer in India as its first partner. 'This ought to be music to Detroit’s ears, but to them I’m just some whacko in California,' says Monty Cleeves, Pinnacle's founder and CTO. 'This is Silicon Valley, and what does Silicon Valley know about making engines? Folks in Asia have almost zero ‘not-invented-here’ issues, whereas it’s pretty prevalent all over the U.S.'"
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Power

Graphene creates electricity when struck by light->

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MrSeb
MrSeb writes "Oh graphene! The cheap, easy-to-manufacture one-atom-thick sheet of carbon can add yet another weird, fantastical, and possibly life-changing ability to its list of characteristics: it has an incredibly sensitive thermoelectric response to light. In layman’s terms: graphene, when struck by light of almost any wavelength, can produce an electric current. Discovered by MIT and Japanese researchers, this effect (hot carrier response) works at room temperature, with a wide range of light spectra, and at low intensities, which means it could replace photovoltaic solar panels, photodetectors in astronomy and photography, and even some medical applications (searching for disease and toxin)."
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