Comment Re:Yes it is real (Score 1) 206
So essentially "trust the drone" to avoid collisions with planes carrying a transponder?
Comment Re:"Democratizing" (Score 1) 97
how far into bullshit do you have to go in the results before you find a meaning that fits this?
If you didn't see it immediately upon following the link, then I guess you will find the bullshit deeper than most.
Comment Re:Yes it is real (Score 1) 206
Yeah, if only they'd invent some sort of device to turn a transmitter on in civilian airspace and off in restricted airspace. Maybe they could call it a Radio-Controlled Switch or something. In other news... if you're worried about insurgents shooting down your precious drones, why the fuck did you clear that area for civilian aviation?
Right.... because no insurgent would ever choose to put their hang out near a civilian airport. Someplace nice and safe from those pesky drones. Nope... that would never, ever happen.
Comment Re:"Democratizing" (Score 2) 97
Jeez give it a rest, there are people on this planet who'd do anything to live in our democracy and you cheapen the word with your trinket dispenser.
No one is cheapening the word -- it's its usage in this form predates your absurdist politically correct world view.
Comment Re:Yes it is real (Score 1) 206
If drones were equipped with automatic collision prevention systems, would those same systems not be used by opposition forces to detect the presence of these drones? The whole point of most of these drones is stealthy surveillance and/or attack.
Comment Re:TRS 80 Model I (Score 1) 623
Model I and "Creative Computing" books/magazines for me. Amazing that these books are available in eBook format now. Search for "David Ahl" on Amazon. Also here: http://www.atariarchives.org/bcc1/
Had loads of fun with Lunar Lander, Hunt the Wumpus, Super Star Trek, and many others.
Moore's Law Fails At NAND Flash Node 147
An anonymous reader writes "SanDisk sampling its 1Y-based NAND flash memory products and has revealed they are manufactured at same minimum geometry as the 1X generation: 19 nm. The author speculates that this is one of the first instances of a Moore's Law 'fail' since the self-fulfilling prophecy was made in 1965 — but that it won't be the last."
Submission + - How Did You Learn How to Program?
theodp writes: 'Every programmer likely remembers how they learned to code,' writes GeekWire's Taylor Soper. 'For guys like Bill Gates and Paul Allen, the magic began on the Teletype Model 33 (pic). For others, it may have been a few days at a coding workshop like the one I attended for journalists.' If you're in the mood to share how and in what ways your own developer days began, Soper adds, 'cyborg anthropologist' Amber Case is collecting stories to help people understand what it takes to learn how to code. Any fond computer camp stories, kids?
Comment Re:blowback (Score 2) 203
Maybe a functional theocracy with an end-of-the-world complex developing nuclear weapons wasn't such a good idea.
They have an end-of-the-world complex? Citation please? I'm only familiar with the doomsday preppers here in the U.S. Something similar going on in Iran?
Chinese Hackers Steal Top US Weapons Designs 395
n1ywb writes "Chinese hackers have gained access to the designs of many of the nation's most sensitive advanced weapons systems, according to a report prepared for the Defense Department and government and defense industry officials,The Washington Post reported Tuesday. The compromised weapons designs include, among others, the advanced Patriot missile system, the Navy's Aegis ballistic missile defense systems, the F/A-18 fighter jet, the V-22 Osprey, the Black Hawk helicopter and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter." Also (with some more details and news-report round-up) at SlashBI.
Comment Licensing (Score 1) 397
Build it. We have cars that fly. They are called airplanes. J. Random Citizen cannot just buy a plane and fly it. In the early days of aviation they could. But it quickly became clear that some form of training and licensing was required. If it is anything like your analogy, sure -- not everyone will be qualified. And they may put other people in danger. But we have laws to protect us from the most egregious idiocy and the regulatory framework, if needed, will be put in place quickly enough. (I say that and yet believe that we should have already instituted a "port 25" license, a "port 80" license, an "amateur internet operator license", and a "white hat security" license.)
Comment Re:The best part of the article is at the bottom (Score 1) 555
This message brought to you by the hometown newspaper for what is usually considered one of the more politically corrupt cities in the country.
Politically?? My Dear Sir, we do not limit our corruption to just government and politics in this fine city. What do you take us for? Amateurs?
Comment Re:And so can you! (Score 1) 121
Colbert is no a doctor though...
Of course he is! http://wikiality.wikia.com/Dr._Stephen_T._Colbert,_D.F.A.
Comment Mmmm... Stromboli (Score 1) 41
That's the only thing about this story that caught my attention.
Comment Re:This is disgusting!! (Score 1) 579
It helps the lawyers. Anyone on SCOTUS not a J.D.? They have a somewhat biased view of the world.
