Comment Only 25 crashes in 40 years? (Score 1) 295
There have been more than 25 crashes involving Navy aircraft on or near the base over the past four decades.
Only 25 crashes of high-performance military hardware in four decades is a staggeringly low number to me if even the B2 can have a glitch caused by a little water on takeoff and crash,
Comment Streisand Effect. (Score 2) 109
Totally not gonna backfire...
Comment BASE Jump? (Score 1) 65
Comment Re:Well, actually... (Score 4, Informative) 807
Comment Ridiculous assertions. (Score 1) 516
Comment P2P just in a lull... (Score 1) 110
Comment No different from sharks. (Score 0) 79
Comment Unfortunately... (Score 1) 414
Comment Obligatory: (Score 1) 351
Comment NONSENSE! (Score 1) 155
It's the goddamn TVTropes that inhibits my good sleep...
Comment Re:great, more advertising by press release (Score 3, Insightful) 169
I can, however, see moly transistors stepping in for the power regulation side of a chip and system where efficiency is demanded, and graphene-based 'burst processing' cores that are shut down completely when not in use on the performance side.
Everything is about application, adaptation, and integration of technologies, not seeking out a replacement for every end of the spectrum at once. Silicon is the Jack in the middle, while the specialists should be looked upon as integrable to the whole of transistor arrangement.
Comment Re:Override available? (Score 1) 549
Comment Re:A couple of points missed by the article... (Score 1) 225
And concert tickets...jesus, if you even have to ask. I can remember paying $25 for good concert tickets (for mainstream bands) just 20 years ago. Today it's crazy what you pay even for tickets to no-name bands' concerts.
I saw Apocalyptica for just $25 a few weeks ago by buying the ticket at the door. What you're likely encountering is Ticketmaster's runabout scam, which after fees turns that '$25 at the door' into $48 or more. They even intentionally put their site into maintenance mode just as new tickets are released and link to a site that has no mention of Ticketmaster, yet is owned by them, which sells the tickets at up to 10x their box-office price.
The tickets themselves haven't gotten more expensive, really to the contrary, but the fees and greed of the company who monopolizes them has indeed gotten out of hand.