Comment Re:UPS trouble (Score 1) 480
It's actually even stupider.
Your computer wasn't Running! A simple AM radio on the conveyer
would pick up the RFI if it was alive.
Just wait, this post will be replaced with a DHS/TSA emblem.
Comment Batteries + Microprocessor + heat + RFI (Score 1) 480
Good job TSA!
Wired Magazine used to print the most entertaining package they received in the mail.
I wouldn't want to try that now.
Comment Re:Anyone who is stupid enough to work with the RI (Score 2, Insightful) 495
Wow, this is the first time I've seen this from someone else. I live in Philadelphia (A wholly owned subsidiary of Clear Channel (even the clubs!)). I stopped listening to OTA radio sometime in the 90s and never missed it since. Top 40s and oldies are great, but every station?
Programmable Quantum Computer Created 132
An anonymous reader writes "A team at NIST (the National Institute of Standards and Technology) used berylium ions, lasers and electrodes to develop a quantum system that performed 160 randomly chosen routines. Other quantum systems to date have only been able to perform single, prescribed tasks. Other researchers say the system could be scaled up. 'The researchers ran each program 900 times. On average, the quantum computer operated accurately 79 percent of the time, the team reported in their paper.'"
Take-Two Faces $20 Million Settlement For "Hot Coffee" Scandal 124
eldavojohn writes "Take-Two has settled with shareholders to the tune of $20 million dollars over the 'Hot Coffee' debacle. Ars brings the details on how a badly-handled situation resulted in shareholders suing Take-Two. '[The scandal] led to a media panic because it was assumed the sexual content was easy for children to get to (it wasn't) or that sex themes were becoming common in games (they aren't). Still, the lawsuit shows how badly the company bungled the situation, and it's easy to see how Take-Two's management directly caused shareholders to lose money. ... The suit alleged far more than a single misstep with Hot Coffee, however. "Take-Two's management was not cooperating or assisting with the Company's audit committee and was failing to keep the Board of Directors informed of important issues or failing to do so in a timely fashion," the complaint stated. Inventory was misstated, as was software development costs."
