Comment Re:MOD PARENT UP PLEASE (Score 1) 341
slower? at least V8 is JITed already, Dalvik AFAIK is just about to get JIT compilation
Bicycles As a Gateway To Government Control 634
somaTh writes "Dan Maes, a candidate for governor of Colorado, thinks he's found an international conspiracy that starts with bike sharing. The article describes his current complaints with the incumbent's policies. 'The bike program in it of itself, if that's all it is, I wouldn't be opposed to it,' Maes told 9NEWS. 'What I am opposed to is if it's part of a bigger program that the mayor has signed on to as part of a UN program. That I would be opposed to.' He goes on to argue that the bicycle program is only a gateway into bigger policies including, but not limited to, forced abortions and population control. I understand that bike seats are uncomfortable, but I had no idea it was on purpose."
Comment Re:What Oracle v. Google tells us (Score 1) 443
and that's a full J2SE implementation, and nothing added to it, you cannot have a subset, or a superset of the J2SE as that removes the promise not to sue for patent infringement by oracle.
Comment only have 17 inches... (Score 1) 375
... although i do have two of them, so it's not too bad, next set will most likely be two 20" screens...
Comment I actually just got a new portable setup (Score 1) 376
I just got a new Icom 703+ and purchased a 18aH 12V SLA battery for it. I use a Par EndFedz 10/20/40m dipole thrown up into a tree and can talk to anyone worldwide. Now, this doesn't cover local 2m/70cm frequencies, but it's a great setup to take backpacking which doesn't weigh too much.
I use the bigger battery because I want as much operating power at that 10W I can get. You can downsize to a smaller 7-10aH battery to cut weight. But keep in mind you may also cut your transmit power too. The Yaesu FT-817 is also a fine choice and in my opinion smaller and lighter than the 703, but you can only do around 5w out max. It comes with a battery back built in though.
Comment Re:never gonna work (Score 1) 249
well, there was actually a 3rd format cvalled Video 2000 which could record longer than that *and* you could flip the cassette and record on the other side, just like audio cassettes.
For some reason it never caught on....
Comment Re:Let me see. (Score 1) 1186
well, it's a fad that comes and goes, I got mine in the early 90's, when people said 'oh you'll regrett that, it's only a fad', still love it to this day.
people have been tattooing themselves for centuries so I doubt it's going anywhere soon. Of course, one should think it through befoer going and getting tattooed.
Comment Re:codec? (Score 1) 218
Newly Discovered Bacteria Could Aid Oil Cleanup 167
suraj.sun passes along news from Oregon State University, where researchers have discovered a new strain of bacteria that may be able to aid cleanup efforts in the Gulf of Mexico. The bacteria "can produce non-toxic, comparatively inexpensive 'rhamnolipids,' and effectively help degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs — environmental pollutants that are one of the most harmful aspects of oil spills. Because of its unique characteristics, this new bacterial strain could be of considerable value in the long-term cleanup of the massive Gulf Coast oil spill, scientists say." In related news, Kevin Costner's centrifugal separator technology has gotten approval for deployment; now it is only waiting on funding from BP.
Comment Re:There is a reason... (Score 1) 466
considering the sales of classic coke went sky-high after the new coke experiment, I can fully understand why google did it.
Comment Re:1st step in something useful for deep explorati (Score 1) 284
Somebody will probably point out that if you could focus all the sunlight that falls on a small town, you could make a hostile spacecraft very uncomfortable, though you couldn't get them any hotter than the surface of the Sun.
Hmmm , reminds me of the book "The Mote in GOd's eye", where there is a ship with a solar sail using the sail to focus beams of light as a defence mechanism on another ship trying to investigate it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mote_in_God's_Eye
Comment Re:But the UK is not within US jurisdiction (Score 3, Insightful) 452
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe they're not *required* to extradite him, but if UK don't send him over, then the risk is that US will flick UK the bird next time UK wants someone extradited.
Countries also have deals where they promise to send over anyone the other country believes to have committed a crime (within reason I suppose).
That's why all british gangsters went to Spain back in the day, spain refused to extradite anyone from Spain to UK due to tensions over Gibraltar
Comment OT: Re:Cult of Math (Score 1) 179
rather off-topic, but anyway....
regarding the moon head towards earth, not sure i understand what you mean. the moon is currently moving away because of the tides: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbit_of_the_Moon#Tidal_evolution
Comment Re:Medium well. (Score 1) 763
Well, islam is not supposed to have any other deities, etc than god/allah himself, so basically Muhammed was just a normal guy like you and me, although he got to speak with god or something. Never understood this islam cult of muhammed, is this a new thing? All seems a bit like catholism to me with all their saints, etc
Comment Re:The OP forgot VAT. (Score 2, Insightful) 248
and so they should! We like our public servies
