This doesn't really boost Microsoft's goodwill. Plus, WP7 suck.

They could still estimate the distance traveled by registering the car at certain checkpoints. In Sweden we already have toll stations that work this way. It's a system developed by IBM that takes pictures of the license plates and automatically parses the letters.

This is like when ISP's employ traffic based payment per megabyte instead of a monthly fixed fee. It usually ends up being more expensive than it should be.

Lets pray to the fusion-power God, or just turn all computers off. Power problem solved.

Btw. i was thinking about placing the reactor core in the ground below sea level and then use a self circulating cooling system based on sea water. But that's not good either, because in the case of a meltdown or flood (like a tsunami ;) ) it would be increasingly difficult to monitor it and an increased risk of radioactive material leaking into the groundwater.

And with increased risk that the cables get damaged in an accident or disaster... like a tsunami.

It's probably a hydrogen explosion. The same thing happened in the Three Mile Island accident, although it was a smaller explosion that time. Hydrogen is apparently produced when the fuel rods are not completely covered with cooling water (don't know the physics / chemistry behind this, sorry). The Fukushima reactors are light water moderated BWR's. This means that the neutron moderation will disappear as soon as the cooling water vaporises (in contrast to Chernobyl which was graphite moderated), slowing down the chain reaction. However the reactor core will still remain hot for several hours, or days. So if not cooled properly the core will melt, and in worst case, breach the encapsulation.

Yeah, i kinda like coding but not sience. Maybe i should have pursued a more worthless path in life.

Where i go (Swedish university) we started with linear algebra the first semester and then took single and multi variable calculus the second semester (though, they're called mathematical analysis in Sweden). The only use i've seen for calculus so far is in the physics course that we are also required to take from some reason.

Maybe there are these classic Diablo II sort of glitches that enables duping of equipment etc. For example, in the good old days before the game was patched, i could give you a weapon and then pull the network cable out. When i later came back online, I would still have the weapon and you would have a duped copy.

If you can call not withstanding a DDOS attack from an angry mob of 15 year olds weak security, i don't know. It's like saying a bank has weak security because the glass windows in the entrance break when people are throwing stones at them form the street.

Isn't than an old American tradition frorm the colonial age? I mean slaves..

This is a joke...

• INTERNET/NETWORK COMPUTER USE
• -Not change default or desktop settings

They don't have a serious security policy/system on their computers?

• SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOR
• -Prolonged or heavy kissing
• -Excessive body contact (including sitting on the lap of another student)

Wat? Are they religious, thought this was a science oriented school? Btw. they didn't say anything about bullying. Bringing electronics, home made stuff or potentially dangerous things to school is not mentioned.