Comment Re:UK has them, Waze still useful (Score 4, Interesting) 200
Comment Re:Why not use another fantasy series (Score 1) 236
For that matter, the whole Dying Earth series could be made into a series.
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Comment I'm skeptical (Score 3, Informative) 298
These particles, stored in a vacuum, react to the Earth's magnetic field.
I work for a company that deals with inertial navigation systems, specifically systems based on mechanical gyroscopes. The reason we use gyroscopes is because testing, running, and updating our tools for the last 30 years has shown us that we are inherently more precise than a magnetic measurement tool that measures the Earth's (local) magnetic field. Contrary to our tools, a magnetic measurement device is easily influenced by outside interference. Events like variations in the solar wind, such as solar flares, can easily interfere with the local magnetic field, which in turn changes your measurement of the field. Of course you can compensate for this with a lot of math, but even then those tools are still not as accurate as the tools we provide. I'd really like to know how they solved that problem, if they actually did.
Comment Or you just link to the actual source ... (Score 5, Informative) 97
Comment Re:So, time to scrap TSA/airport security checks (Score 1) 208
Comment Re:So, time to scrap TSA/airport security checks (Score 1) 208
Comment Radion? (Score 1) 75
Comment Why not just link to the youtube vid directly (Score 4, Informative) 58
The L.A. Times' story on the launch has some great video footage, too.
Yeah, it's a good thing we have to visit the L.A. Times site to see what is basically nothing more than an embedded video from YouTube.
Comment Do good ... (Score 5, Insightful) 569
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Comment Re:Houston has 4 Major league teams (Score 1) 128
Comment Re:Houston has 4 Major league teams (Score 1) 128
Comment News implies that it's recent right? (Score 2) 213
Cause if so, here's an article from August 2012, pretty much detailing the exact same thing
Either way, cool beans!