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Dufus. If the power beam wandered off target even a little bit, it would be noticed instantly since the power would stop being delivered to the paying customers at that point. And it is much more likely that if the satelllite guidance systems failed that the beam would end up pointing into space.

"... the right wing--a group also famous for narrow-minded egocentric world-views" As is the left wing, apparently.

"Terrorist organizations have long recognized that engineering departments are fertile ground for recruitment and have concentrated their efforts there." Liberal types love to speculate about how scary conservative religious people are. But the population of this site is both heavily skewed towards engineers and very liberal. The reason you see engineers as terrorists is because the terrorist organizations realize the value of engineering and recruit as many as they can.

Actually that site tends to confirm the article. Data from yahoo, etc. show more hits for java, but data from programming discussion sites (only reddit is listed there) shows C# ahead of java.

Yes, free speech is a crime against nature.

Trying to cast the story in the beset possible light, the OP has to fold, staple and mutilate the simple content of the TFA to avoid its real negative implications for Linux market share now and in the future. Look for instance at this graphic (also from hitslink.com), which really shows how hopeless the situation is for Linux.

The ABL has yielded many many benefits: modeling, control systems, adaptive optics, laser chemistry, CFD analysis. Yes, in the end it has to actually be able to shoot down a missle, but all of the advances that were funded by the ABL development mean that subsequent generations of DE weapons get developed in progressively shorter amounts of time. The ABL with its COIL laser is arguably the most mature laser weapon and certainly the most powerful at this point. But the nextgen systems like HELLADS will certainly be more compact and efficient (think orders of magnitude) and will take much less time to develop as well. That is why it is important to invest in promising technology even if it will not yield an immediately useful product. Heated debate serves to help determine which technologies are truly "promising" and which are just wastes of resources. But in the case of ABL it seems the US made the right choice and is starting to reap the benefits.

Wireless USB (see Dynadock.com)

AT&T just sucks? Lots of Verizon users have Moto Q, or the wireless USB modem for computers. I refuse to believe that the iPhone uses any more bandwidth than those devices, unless it is just really inefficient. Either way, AT&T sucks.

COIL wavelength is 1.3 microns (near infrared)

"Oh, right, everyone in the government is stupid, and can be easily conned." Closer to true than you can imagine. The few that are intelligent sit near the top of the heap and will not have an effect on a project like this for political reasons to intricate to go into here. The young and stupid who are not qualified to make any real money are left to evaluate the feasibility of insanse ideas like this one.

When we made our latest move, we did not order cable for the new house. It was tough but now we are very glad to have done so. OTA ATSC we get about 15 channels here in Dayton. With commercial skip via our HTPC (Vista WITHOUT the "TV Pack") we don't waste as much of our time watching what we do choose to watch. We also have Zinc (www.zeevee.com) integrated into the Vista Media Center menu. This gives us couch-surfable Internet television including Hulu and Youtube - also with reduced or zero commercial interruption. Also has an interface to Amazon and Netflix, which are more than adequate replacements for the cable company's "On Demand" feature. All of this in sparkling HD quality. And then there is justin.tv, which though lower quality is our "movie channel". We see absolutely no reason to go back to spending $100 / mo just for entertainment. We do spend some of that now on entertainment outside of the house: movies are easier to justify, as well as evenings out with friends.