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Comment US Constitution (Score 1) 222

Funny thing the US Constitution, intrastate commerce is the SOLE responcibility of a state. i.e. A rail line from San Fran to LA is exactly that. Now, if it was LA to Phoenix, then it's Interstate commerce and FEDERAL territory. Whomever wrote this should do a better job of knowing the law.

Comment Re: Everyone start handing out DVDs and USBs of Li (Score 5, Insightful) 137

The problem is, that this is EASY for a Unix/Linux Sysop. It is IMPOSSIBLE for the standard Windows user. They are NOT ignorent, nor is this comment a slam at Windows useres, it's a "We don't get it!" issue. So unless you want to go door to door and do the work, for free, then come up with a viable solution instead of being dismissive and calling it "easy".

Comment A Good Reason (Score 1) 278

There is a very good reason to go to the moon: Experimentation. The moon is three days away, Mars, over 18 months, minimum. In an emergency, a 3 day trip beats 18 months plus any day. It is better to test ones hardware and habitats on the Moon, then head to Mars. i.e. If it works on the moon, which is more hostile than Mars, it will work on Mars.

Submission + - Extend Little-Used Zinc Battery Lifespan (goodnewsnetwork.org)

HammerOn1024 writes: Energy Materials.

Known as a âbase metal,â(TM) zinc is the 23rd most abundant mineral in the world, and is produced in large quantities in many of the worldâ(TM)s top mining nations and by many of the worldâ(TM)s largest gold and copper mining companies which end up with zinc as a common byproduct of their operations.

A firm like Southern Copper Corporation can generate gold, silver, zinc, and copper from a single pit, lithium is often mined from deposits of brine in once salt-rich areas, often without yielding any other materials.

âoeThis is truly a spectacular research result. We have shown that the chemical approach developed by Da Lei not only works, but is also controllable,â said Professor Roland A. Fischer, Chair of Inorganic and Metal-Organic Chemistry at the TUM School of Natural Sciences.

âoeAs fundamental researchers, we are primarily interested in new scientific principlesâ"and here we have discovered one. We have already developed a first prototype in the form of a button cell. I see no reason why our findings couldnâ(TM)t be translated to larger applications. Now, itâ(TM)s up to engineers to take up the idea and develop appropriate production processes.â

Submission + - SPAM: Simple, Cheap Food Dye Makes Skin Transparent

HammerOn1024 writes: A revolutionary new technique uses food dye to provide a âoewindowâ into the body by making skin transparent.

By applying a mixture of water and a common yellow food coloring called tartrazine, researchers made the skin on the skulls and abdomens of live mice see-through.

The ground-breaking technique, described in the journal Science, gives medics a new way to see organs within a body by rendering overlying tissues transparent to visible light.

Also known as Yellow Dye #5, the technique needs to be tested on humans, as certain food dyes have negative side effects.

But the process was reversible in tests with animals, and scientists say it may ultimately apply to several medical usesâ"from locating injuries to monitoring digestive disorders and identifying cancers.

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Comment Re: oh good.... (Score 2) 103

Oh please! Boeing said it was going to beat SpaceX by a mile and trolled them for years. As to Starship blowing up, it's in development and Misk's method is VASTLY different to the rest of the Aerospace industry; They expect things to go wrong: Test-fix-test again. As to critisizing SpaceX, what planet do you live on? They get hammered all the time. Back under your bridge troll.

Submission + - Teens Invent Device that Removes Microplastics with Ultrasound Waves, Winning $5 (goodnewsnetwork.org)

HammerOn1024 writes: A pair of high schoolers invented a unique water filtration device that uses a wall of sound to hold back microplastic particles from running water.

In lab tests, the acoustic force from the high-frequency sound waves removed between 84% and 94% of the suspended microplastic particles in a single pass, and they are using the reward money from a prestigious prize to attempt to scale up their invention.

Without beating a dead horse, microplastic particles are everywhere on Earthâ"raining down from the jetstream, blowing up to the summit of Everest, and located at the deepest points of the ocean. Once ingested by humans they have been found to infiltrate every organ that has so far been examined for them.

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Comment In the Trenches (Score 2) 38

Then you are going to get CONGRESS to get rid of burocratic oversight. Good luck with that. Having spent 30 plus years dealing with DoD procurement, the large elephants are accounting, contracts, expenditure reports and SOW generation. YEARS can go by trying to get a Statement Of Work through the system! YEARS! None of that is going away, so good luck with "speeding" things up.

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