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Comment Re:If you smoke, you don't care (Score 1) 139

lmgtfy >>> Indeed, the lung tissues of smokers who have died of lung cancer have absorbed about 80-100 rads of radiation. Some tobacco plants are grown using fertilisers that contain a mineral called apatite. Apatite contains a radioactive element called radium, which can eventually decay into polonium-210.

Scare tactic? Sure. Scary? Yes.

And other plants are grown with potassium fertilizers which is also radioactive. Potassium is a radioactive element which is found naturally in rocks and soil. It's all around us.

Comment Already available (Score 1) 34

This type of system is already available by more than one company. Both offer global coverage and real-time tracking using GPS and the Iridium satellites, so the part about "Aireon said 70 percent of the world's airspace lacks satellite tracking or airline surveillance coverage" isn't true.

To take advantage of planes flying closer, airports will probably need to expand significantly. Busy airports have planes landing about a minute apart now.

Comment Re:interesting (Score 1) 245

This isn't about advancing computer science. This is them abandoning open source sotware. They're pulling old Microsoft. Embrace, Make slight variations so it only runs on your Linux/java platform, and then destroy.

It's open source. The summary even says 'all of the information thus far has come as a result of people digging into the source code'.

Comment Re:How much you want to bet (Score 1) 40

After its all said and done. AT&T gets hit with a slap on the wrist fine. Fine em $12, that'll teach em not to do it again.

And even if it's 12 Million, AT&T at the end of the year will review its finances and say "We didn't make as much profit this year! Looks like we need to raise our rates to compensate."

Comment Re:Can they be that stupid? (Score 1) 348

And a lot of people - including the FBI guy there - seems to think that his agency is a bunch of saints and always has been and always will.

They should go and read some biographies not written by FBI people about J. Edgar Hoover.

Yeah, I've watched the X-Files. I know the FBI is full of jerks and evil dicks (I was going to say 'genuises', but let's face it, most are far from it).

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