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Comment A summary of what has been said + my experience (Score 1) 438

by Ancos (#26046993) Attached to: Freelance Web Developer Best Practices?
Sorry for coming in late.

I feel that the discussion has gone a little off topic, with comments about CSS best practices while we should be answering to the OP with small business best practices.

I'll shamelessly plug an article I wrote inspired by this conversation:

http://www.bukisa.com/articles/11949_how-much-should-i-ask-a-guide-to-pricing-for-freelancers

If the OP is still around, I hope this gives him a little insight.
Space

Submission + - US satillite dodging Chinese missle debris (washingtontimes.com)

Submitted by GSGKT
GSGKT writes: Today's Washington Times runs a story about the increasing problem with space junks orbiting the earth. Debris from the anti-satellite missile test by the Chinese military last year threatens the integrity of more than 800 operating satellites, half of them belongs to the US. Two orbiting U.S. spacecraft were forced to change course to avoid being damaged soon after the incident. Air Force Brig. Gen. Ted Kresge, director of air, space and information operations at the Air Force Space Command in Colorado, estimates that "essentially (Chinese anti-satellite tests) increase the amount of space debris orbiting the Earth by about 20 percent", and the debris might threaten spacecraft for up to 100 years.
United States

Diebold Voter Fraud Rumors in New Hampshire Primaries 861

Posted by CmdrTaco from the oh-good-this-again dept.
Westech writes "Multiple indications of vote fraud are beginning to pop up regarding the New Hampshire primary elections. Roughly 80% of New Hampshire precincts use Diebold machines, while the remaining 20% are hand counted. A Black Box Voting contributor has compiled a chart of results from hand counted precincts vs. results from machine counted precincts. In machine counted precincts, Clinton beat Obama by almost 5%. In hand counted precincts, Obama beat Clinton by over 4%, which closely matches the scientific polls that were conducted leading up to the election. Another issue is the Republican results from Sutton precinct. The final results showed Ron Paul with 0 votes in Sutton. The next day a Ron Paul supporter came forward claiming that both she and several of her family members had voted for Ron Paul in Sutton. Black Box Voting reports that after being asked about the discrepancy Sutton officials decided that Ron Paul actually received 31 votes in Sutton, but they were left off of the tally sheet due to 'human error.'"
Power

What is the Future of Wireless Power? 178

Posted by CmdrTaco from the this-is-gonna-burn-my-crotch-isn't-it dept.
mfbatzap writes "According to Firdooze, we have seen various devices that can free ourselves from wires at CES 2008. The manufactures, Wildcharge, Powercast and Fulton Innovation, came out with two different methods of transmitting power from source to the devices. Wildcharge and Fulton banked on magnetic coupling while Powercast decided to go with RF (Radio Frequency). So which technology will eventually prevail to be the future of wireless power? Or will the technological setbacks from transferring power wirelessly make it unrealistic to accomplish a wire-free world?"
Wireless Networking

Schneier Says 'Steal this Wi-Fi' 432

Posted by CmdrTaco from the can-i-steal-a-sandwich-too-i'm-hungry dept.
apolloose noted Bruce Schneier's latest entry on Wired where he talks about insecured wifi networks, and suggests that you Steal this WiFi. Basically, since insecure WiFi is everywhere, why not? You're helping make the world a little better for someone else.
XBox (Games)

Submission + - Xbox 360 free content thanks to Christmas outage (bbc.co.uk)

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01100111
01100111 writes: "Over the Christmas period, many Xbox LIVE users experienced outages, and now Microsoft have acknowledged that fact.
The software firm said it was "disappointed" with its performance and promised a free downloadable game to all users as recompense.

As a reward for their patience, Mr Whitten said all eight million members would get access to a full Xbox Live Arcade game free of charge. Details of how to claim this game would be made available in the next few weeks, he explained. He added the outages were driven by a record-breaking number of new members signing up, and the biggest ever number of concurrent users.

.. And to boot, it seems that Microsoft will be taken to the courts over this outage."
Math

Submission + - Range vote to defeat Arrow Impossibility Theorem? (motherjones.com)

Submitted by
sethawoolley
sethawoolley writes: "In light of the upcoming elections in the US, William Poundstone was interviewed about voting systems by Mother Jones. In it he advocates the benefits of Range Voting as a solution to Arrow's Impossibility Theorem. Approval, Borda, Instant Runoff, and Condorcet Voting, which are often solutions advocated by the Greens and Libertarians (in the US), are discussed, as well, in light of Warren Smith's recent empirical research using Bayesian Regret. My local party (of which I'm the Parliamentarian) uses Single Transferable voting, but we're considering using Range Voting in the future. One thing is for certain: any system is better than the West's out-dated plurality voting system."
Education

Submission + - Science Text Reconciles Religion and Science

Submitted by terrymaster69
terrymaster69 writes: An article in the New York Times reports that the National Academy of Sciences has just published their third book outlining guidelines for the teaching of evolution.

"But this volume is unusual, people who worked on it say, because it is intended specifically for the lay public and because it devotes much of its space to explaining the differences between science and religion, and asserting that acceptance of evolution does not require abandoning belief in God.

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