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Comment Re: Some interesting moral questions here. (Score 1) 189

Itâ(TM)s also creates a lot
Of problems. Sure the USCG can enforce away and enforce/ regulate til the cows come home. Along US territorial waters , not 70 Miles out to sea. If hÃmster boy has the proper Emergency response beacon to narrow down the search if he puts out a distress call or family reports missingâ¦. Thatâ(TM)s the extent of their interaction. Correction: Used to be the extent

Submission + - The Koch Brothers Attack on Solar Energy 1

Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes: The NYT writes in an editorial that for the last few months, the Koch brothers and their conservative allies in state government have been spending heavily to fight incentives for renewable energy, by pushing legislatures to impose a surtax on this increasingly popular practice, hoping to make installing solar panels on houses less attractive. "The coal producers’ motivation is clear: They see solar and wind energy as a long-term threat to their businesses. That might seem distant at the moment, when nearly 40 percent of the nation’s electricity is still generated by coal, and when less than 1 percent of power customers have solar arrays. But given new regulations on power-plant emissions of mercury and other pollutants, and the urgent need to reduce global warming emissions, the future clearly lies with renewable energy." For example, the Arizona Public Service Company, the state’s largest utility, funneled large sums through a Koch operative to a nonprofit group that ran an ad claiming net metering would hurt older people on fixed incomes by raising electric rates. The ad tried to link the requirement to President Obama. Another Koch ad likens the renewable-energy requirement to health care reform, the ultimate insult in that world. “Like Obamacare, it’s another government mandate we can’t afford,” the narrator says. "That line might appeal to Tea Partiers, but it’s deliberately misleading," concludes the editorial. "This campaign is really about the profits of Koch Carbon and the utilities, which to its organizers is much more important than clean air and the consequences of climate change."

Submission + - Scientists Give Praying mantises Tiny 3D glasses

An anonymous reader writes: Scientists at Newcastle University are outfitting praying mantises with tiny 3D glasses in order to study how their vision works. From the article: 'Praying mantises have stereoscopic vision, unlike most invertebrates. This makes them sophisticated hunters, and ideal subjects for a team from Newcastle University led by vision scientist Jenny Read. By putting 3-D glasses on the mantises and faking them out, Reid and her colleagues want to learn how the insect’s vision differs from ours."
Censorship

China Censors "The Big Bang Theory" and Other Streaming Shows 166

dryriver (1010635) writes in with news that the Chinese government has had enough of the antics of doctor Sheldon Lee Cooper. "Chinese authorities have ordered video streaming websites in the country to stop showing four popular American TV shows, including The Big Bang Theory and The Good Wife, senior staff from two sites said Sunday. The move suggests government attention is intensifying on the online streaming industry, which is freer than state television and China's cinemas to show foreign productions and other content and has stretched the boundaries of what can be seen in the country. A spokeswoman for a leading online video site, Youku, said it had received notification on Saturday not to show sitcom The Big Bang Theory, political and legal drama The Good Wife, crime drama NCIS and legal drama The Practice."

Comment Look into Tom Wooten (Score 1) 218

The Author of Bipolar Advantage. I've seen him talk 2X and he's one of the few that really is onto something useful.

  Tom's bipolar himself and has learned to manage it and continue as an author. He's invented a whole new approach to this stuff. I had to attend 2 of his free lectures, to really "get it". He's not selling a seminar, but truly trying to change the delivery of care.
Basically, the current mental healthcare system to strive for the unrealistic goal that they admit doesn't work! Just medicate people into some kind of "even keel" state and hope they're going to stay that way.

If you can watch a few minutes of this presentation . or read a bit of his books, I never finished one, but got a lot out of a l ittle exposure to this guy. (I've been diagnosed bipolar, btw)
Here's a recent talk by Tom Wooten, a youtube link shortened
http://bit.ly/19p8u6k

here's his website
http://www.bipolaradvantage.com/

Comment Re:Sucks (Score 1) 118

It was costing Google money to send every text.
AND
Google aren't a charity.

Sounds logical, but I think it leaves out an important piece of the equation. Namely Google does generate a decent income from their Adwords service. This creates advertisements which will appear on relevant Google search results pages and their network of partner sites.
Therefore, SMS search, one could argue, ALSO makes money for our friendly search engine giant from Mountain View.....right?

Comment Re:Just steal the damn drive (Score 1) 547

Unquestionably the best option! I did the same thing. after a 5year stint w/ a major telco. The $20 sounds about right for a HD which has aged 3-5yrs. Any "loss" the company initally seems to suffer is more than offset by savings in manpower when a new drive is loaded. ie;
    The IT-dept and the next person will be better-off setting up the workstation from a fresh install.

Comment Re:Remember when "apps" were called "programs"? (Score 1) 343

I think there's a significant difference between apps and programs.
An app, you don't have to install -- or even find the folder where you've downloaded it. And you don't need a manual or much configuration to start using it immediately.
For the majority of people, this difference is huge.
Arguably, contributing to the success and massive growth of mobile app store/market place in the past few years.

 

Japan

Submission + - Japan restarts two of their 50 nuclear reactors (go.com) 1

Darth_brooks writes: "Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda ordered the restart of two idle nuclear reactors Saturday, amid split public response. The Japanese government is trying to fill a summer power shortfall. According to the article, the two reactors supply power to the Kansai region near Osaka, where local officials were predicting a 15% shortfall in power capacity during July and August."
Power

Submission + - MIT Unveils Sun-Free Photovoltaics (mit.edu)

An anonymous reader writes: Researchers at MIT just unveiled a new solar power generator that doesn't need sunlight to function. The button-sized power generator can tap energy from heat, the sun’s rays, a hydrocarbon fuel, or a decaying radioisotope, and it can run three times longer than a lithium-ion battery of the same weight. It is hoped that the technology may one day be used to generate power for spacecraft on long-term missions where sunlight may not be available.

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