Comment Re:Fair-weather power sources are lame... (Score 1) 337

by Okneff on Saturday November 15, 2014 @10:41AM (#48391441) Attached to: Philae's Batteries Have Drained; Comet Lander Sleeps

Radioisotope thermoelectric generator requires plutonium and they weren't able to use it mainly for political reasons.

Comment Re:Uebersetzungsfehler? (Score 1) 325

by Okneff on Monday May 27, 2013 @12:09PM (#43833151) Attached to: German Brewers Warn Fracking Could Hurt Beer

It's even allowed to use chemicals (PVPP, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyvinylpolypyrrolidone) to filter out unwanted tanning agents. After the (complete) removal of the PVPP the Reinheitsgebot by definition is not violated...

Comment Re:Typical (Score 1) 596

by Okneff on Friday February 10, 2012 @03:45AM (#38992915) Attached to: US Approves Two New Nuclear Reactors

Today (2012/02/10) France is buying not selling energy. Germany delivers :-)

Comment hypothesis (creds to #arlenarlenarlen) (Score 1) 768

by Okneff on Tuesday June 14, 2011 @11:41AM (#36436822) Attached to: Ask Amir Taaki About Bitcoin

Is bitcoin just a scam, invented by nVidia to sell GPUs?

Comment the homeopathic solution (Score 1) 342

by Okneff on Saturday April 09, 2011 @05:20AM (#35766248) Attached to: 30 Years To Clean Up Fukushima Dai-Ichi

1. Dilute the contaminated water
2. Dilute it even more
3. ...and more
4. Sell it to homeopaths
5. Profit!

Comment Some more analysis & advice (Score 1) 167

by Okneff on Saturday September 18, 2010 @06:34AM (#33618740) Attached to: Stuxnet Worm Infected Industrial Control Systems

"German IACS security researcher Ralph Langner has successfully analyzed the Stuxnet malware that appeared to be a miracle. Stuxnet is a directed attack against a specific control system installation. Langner will disclose details, including forensic evidence, next week at Joe Weiss' conference in Rockville. " http://www.langner.com/en/index.htm

Kindle 2 Tear-Down Reveals Price of Components 169

Posted by timothy on Wednesday April 22, 2009 @03:54PM from the venturing-to-gain dept.

adeelarshad82 writes "Amazon's wildly popular Kindle 2 got a good old fashioned tear-down from the folks at market research firm iSuppli. According to the organization, the Kindle 2's manufacturing cost is almost half as much as its retail price."