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Comment Re:Truth or dare... (Score 0) 617

Keiser Report talks about this sometimes.

The way trading software works allows this manipulation, it's illegal, and it happens all the time.

Here's my impression of how it works.

Entity one buys the stock. Entity two does a buy order to inflate the price a little bit, entity one sells instantly, entity two cancels the order a few milliseconds later.

Wash, rinse, repeat several million times and ... free money.

Comment Re:Why is the Obama administration objecting ? (Score -1) 308

Well for one thing, I hope nobody else starts copying Monsanto's specific roundup-resistant GMO strain, since there was an article recently showing that both the GMO strain and roundup itself cause cancer.. so it would make sense to stop anyone else from copying it.

this needs modded up.

This frankenfood has GOT to stop. Europe is ahead of us on this issue. People have been VERY suspicious of it for years, now the truth comes out.

Comment Re:what about nuclear fusion? (Score 1) 686

i'm sure an advanced civilization will master Star Trek type fusion tech before doing something ridiculous like building a starlight collector.

the earth compared to the sun is like a grain of sand to a beachball. where would you get enough matter to build something around a star if the same or similar size ratio will exist in other star systems?

This is being done by a civilization that isn't worried about the logistics of such trivial concerns as the raw materials...

Comment Re:are the windows.. (Score 1) 474

double paned?

x2 there are very effective windows and window technology that block noise. No I'm not an expert but I've experienced it myself.

Cellulose insulation blocks noise many many times better than fiberglass or anything else, with the benefit of being more fire resistant as well.

White/brown noise or similar is a very good idea it will block out distractions. Aiming it at the windows or making a sound curtain is a novel idea and will probably help - but the bass will tend to be more omnidirectional...

Here's an idea OP - if you're trying to create a noiseproof coccoon of your whole house or just your office, it might be simpler to wrap your office with cellulose insulation or other sound deadening material and replace just the window in that room, if any, with something better than what you evidently used first time around.

Comment Re:Absolutely. (Score 1) 342

Expensive hardware has been dead for a while. That's why Apple had such disappointing preorders of the new iPhone and has been lagging behind Samsung in tablet sell-through.

Or, maybe not.

A while ago netbooks were all the rage. Now tablets. Next will be ________ and it will be cool, for sure.

The issue behind TFA is the same issue that's been around for about 4 years now. Entry level hardware is completely capable of meeting the needs of 90+% of consumers.

Tech companies keep innovating and trying to maintain Moore's law. There will always be a $1000 top-of-the-line Extreme Edition Ultra Uber chip, and people will always buy them, helping the tech companies pay for the R+D so that after a while the $1000 chip will be available for $35 on Tiger Direct.

iPhones are not expensive hardware, they cost about $200 or so.

iPads are not expensive hardware either, apparently.

Perhaps the real premise is expensive high-end desktop PCs are dead. Except for render stations, CAD stations, gamers, etc.

hmmm.... Well....

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