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Comment Re:Android has many problems (Score 1) 614

by Turbine2k5 on Thursday December 15, 2011 @08:46PM (#38391942) Attached to: Why Developers Still Prefer iOS To Android

Android is outselling iOs. Either what you say isn't true, or nobody cares.

Technically, yes. But you forget that, whereas, there's only one manufacturer using iOS, there's at least 4-5 using Android. Add the extra iPhone fee, and the fact that almost every phone that isn't an iPhone has Android on it, and it works. But if Google was just as restrictive as Apple, I'm sure those numbers wouldn't look the same.

Comment Re:Kudos to the JPMC engineers! (Score 0) 210

by Turbine2k5 on Thursday December 15, 2011 @08:23PM (#38391652) Attached to: JPMorgan Rolls Out (Another) FPGA Supercomputer

You wouldn't believe the totals I saw come out of some reports, and I wish I could forget them. Such numbers are not meant for the grasp of mere humans living on a working wage.

...so what you're saying is that the numbers you saw are the CEO's salary?

Submission + - Coral Cement Turns CO2 Into a Building Material (calera.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 15, 2011 @06:31PM

An anonymous reader writes: Researchers at Stanford University have developed a novel way to create a new form of carbon neutral cement by studying the formation of coral reefs and applying the principles at work. Coral takes in minerals and CO2 and then secretes calcium carbonate to build its hard exoskeleton. Inspired by this construction process, Stanford scientist Brent Constanz has developed a way to capture CO2 and turn it into an alternative to Portland cement.

Submission + - How Often Does Your Car Really Need an Oil Change?

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Hugh Pickens writes

on Thursday December 15, 2011 @06:00PM

Hugh Pickens writes writes: "The LA Times reports that quick-lube companies have done such a good job convincing consumers that they need to change the oil in their cars every 3,000 miles that drivers are wasting millions of gallons of oil annually because they have their vehicles serviced too often as improvement in oils, friction proofing and car engines have lengthened the oil-change interval, typically 7,500 miles to 10,000 miles for most vehicles. "Our survey data found that nearly half of California drivers are still changing their oil at 3,000 miles or even sooner," says Mark Oldfield, a spokesman for the California Department of Resources, Recycling and Recovery, which has launched a website, checkyournumber.org, where drivers can look up the suggested motor-oil change interval number for their vehicles. Ford Motor Co. recommends oil changes for most of its new vehicles at 10,000 miles, although some still require the service at 7,500 miles. "Our new generation of engines have tighter internal tolerances, which reduces the amount of carbon and other products from combustion that gets into the oil," says Richard Truett, a Ford spokesman. Both Honda and Acura are equipped with a maintenance minder system that recommends oil changes and other services based on a number of vehicle-usage factors, including mileage and climate and other manufacturers have similar systems that alert drivers to the need for an oil change. "The idea is to prevent either over- or under-maintaining a car by following a set schedule," says Chris Martin, a Honda spokesman. "Now, there is no guesswork.""

Submission + - Google Selects City for Fiber Network (google.com)

Submitted by Turbine2k5 on Thursday December 15, 2011 @05:56PM

Turbine2k5 writes: After much deliberation, Google has chosen Kansas City to receive a fiber optic upgrade by 2012. Development is planned to start by the end of the year, although they have not released any specifics on their plan. Google says that this is "not the end of the project" and that they'll "be looking closely at ways to bring ultra high-speed Internet to other cities across the country."

Submission + - 10 Retro Game Consoles Which Were Also Useful PCs

Submitted by adeelarshad82 on Thursday December 15, 2011 @02:42PM

adeelarshad82 writes: In the 1970s when computers were an expensive and a scarce commodity it seemed a monumental waste to own one and not be able to use it to its full potential. Especially when in an attempt to appeal to the educational side of computing, the major game console makers of time offered hardware modification packages for the devices which could give them the ability to perform tasks like programming, word processing, databases, and the like. A recently published article rounds-up ten game consoles, from Atari 2600 to Nintendo Family Computer, that could be turned into fully programmable general-purpose PCs using commercial add-on hardware.

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