Comment Get bent (Score 1) 103
This should have been the MOD from the start. Doing this out of fear and saving face is useless.
Comment No (Score 1) 160
It's my soaring electrical bill you insensitive clod
Comment This is so stupid (Score 2) 263
We should stay on permanent STANDARD time, not daylight. I can't wait for to not see the sun in Dec and Jan until 9am. And screw the global time zone map.
Comment This is a stupid move (Score 1) 34
The people making this decision do not understand the amount of legacy stuff running in the world. Some of that stuff is not easy to replace, and a simple upgrade is not an option. Yes, risks should be mitigated with isolation as much as possible. Not like companies are just saying screw it we don't need to do this, sometimes the barriers outweigh the costs. And a layered defense is a worthwhile calculated risk. Making it easier to break into is not the way to improve this.
Comment Jeff Goldblum (Score 1) 53
Scientist were so busy asking if they could, they never stopped to ask if they should.
Comment Atlas? (Score 1) 38
Not even 2 Tons.
I don't see any gauss rifles, ppc's, lrm 20's, autocannons.
Sheesh.
Comment AI strikes again? (Score 2) 53
Which aid wrote this bill using ChatGPT?
Comment And the Christian Taliban is doing it here (Score 1) 153
Look at all the porn age verification laws that are being passed. They know they can't directly pass bans, so this is what they are doing for now. Ohio goes into effect in a two weeks. Michigan is trying to pass one. Several other states already have.
Comment Correction (Score 1) 70
HBO's CEO thinks HBO's cancellations are way too low!!!
Comment Post the threat on your website (Score 1) 46
Put a banner or disclosure on the front page of your website with a link to the actual threat. If everyone responds that way, it will negate the effect.
Comment Re:Remind me (Score 1) 282
It's on the tip of my tongue here, did the word start with a C or an A or an F
Comment FREE MARKETS!!! (Score 1) 282
Except when we say no for whatever bs political reasons, like getting the grift.
Comment Re:PornHub isn't rich enough to compete (Score 0) 130
You forget how much Thomas like porn. That was a major issue during his confirmation hearings. He would regularly talk about the porn he had just watched with the female clerks that worked for him. Long Dong Silver was one name brought up in the congressional confirmation hearings.
Japan Startup Eyes Fusion Laser To Shoot Down Space Junk From Ground (nikkei.com) 48
Japanese startup EX-Fusion plans to eliminate small pieces of space junk with laser beams fired from the ground. Nikkei Asia reports: EX-Fusion stands apart in that it is taking the ground-based approach, with the startup tapping its arsenal of laser technology originally developed in pursuit of fusion power. In October, EX-Fusion signed a memorandum of understanding with EOS Space Systems, an Australian contractor that possesses technology used to detect space debris. EX-Fusion plans to place a high-powered laser inside an observatory operated by EOS Space outside of Canberra. The first phase will be to set up laser technology to track debris measuring less than 10 cm. Pieces of this size have typically been difficult to target from the ground using lasers.
For the second phase, EX-Fusion and EOS Space will attempt to remove the space debris by boosting the power of the laser beams fired from the surface. The idea is to fire the laser intermittently against the debris from the opposing direction of its travel in order to slow it down. With a decreased orbiting speed, the debris will enter the Earth's atmosphere to burn up. High-powered lasers are often associated with weapons that blast objects into smithereens. Indeed, the EOS Space group supplies laser weapon systems used to destroy drones. But lasers designed to remove space debris are completely different from weapon-grade lasers, EOS Space's executive vice president James Bennett said during a visit to Japan in November.
Current laser weaponry often uses fiber lasers, which are capable of cutting and welding metal and can destroy targets like drones through heat created from continuous firing. Capturing and removing space junk instead involves diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) lasers, which are pulsed to apply force to fast moving debris, stopping it like a brake. EX-Fusion's signature laser fusion process also involves DPSS lasers, which strike the surface of a hydrogen fuel pellet just millimeters in diameter, compressing it to trigger a fusion reaction. This makes space debris removal a useful test along the path to commercializing the fusion technology.
For the second phase, EX-Fusion and EOS Space will attempt to remove the space debris by boosting the power of the laser beams fired from the surface. The idea is to fire the laser intermittently against the debris from the opposing direction of its travel in order to slow it down. With a decreased orbiting speed, the debris will enter the Earth's atmosphere to burn up. High-powered lasers are often associated with weapons that blast objects into smithereens. Indeed, the EOS Space group supplies laser weapon systems used to destroy drones. But lasers designed to remove space debris are completely different from weapon-grade lasers, EOS Space's executive vice president James Bennett said during a visit to Japan in November.
Current laser weaponry often uses fiber lasers, which are capable of cutting and welding metal and can destroy targets like drones through heat created from continuous firing. Capturing and removing space junk instead involves diode-pumped solid-state (DPSS) lasers, which are pulsed to apply force to fast moving debris, stopping it like a brake. EX-Fusion's signature laser fusion process also involves DPSS lasers, which strike the surface of a hydrogen fuel pellet just millimeters in diameter, compressing it to trigger a fusion reaction. This makes space debris removal a useful test along the path to commercializing the fusion technology.
Comment Re:proven to be the bad choice (Score 1) 171
That HARVARD SCHOOL OF BUSINESS made this claim. Go argue with them. https://hbr.org/2015/08/the-re...
