Comment Re:SpaceX (Score 5, Informative) 63
I wouldn't exactly call Blue Origin a "new startup." Bezos founded it in 2000, 2 years before Musk founded SpaceX.
Comment Re:I'm sure nothing will change (Score 1) 40
100% this.
Look at Unity for a recent example of what happens post IPO.
Comment Re:Contract Requirements (Score 2) 61
This already exists and is managed by the Defense Security Service (DSS) and is mandated by an Executive Order:
https://www.dss.mil/isp/index....
https://www.archives.gov/isoo/...
Comment Re:DDR4 RAM!!! I really can't care about GPUs (Score 1) 242
This! The 16GB of DDR3 RAM that I purchased for $85 two years ago on Newegg is now listed at nearly $200. DDR4 RAM is just as bad.
Comment Re:Backlash (Score 1) 579
I went in with low expectations because The Last Jedi was such crap but was pleasantly surprised that I actually enjoyed Solo. Maybe if Solo had been released 6 months later in November or December, it would have fared better.
Comment Re:Details! Details! (Score 1) 272
A flaperon is a trailing edge device and is one of the components making up the trailing edge of the wing. The "leading edge" of the flaperon mates with the main wing and would not necessarily be crushed on impact. The leading edge of the main wing, certainly; but not the flaperon.
See the graphic below for location of the flaperon on a 777:
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Comment Re:PC is the only one that counts (Score 1) 204
I haven't played New Vegas... I'll have to check it out!
Comment Re:PC is the only one that counts (Score 1) 204
Very good point about the leveling system in Fallout 1 and 2. I remember doing a bunch of side missions at the beginning of 1 and then obliterating the raider camps. lots of fun!
Fallout 3 was also missing a lot of the humor found in 1 and 2 as well.
Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Building a Home Media Center/Small Server in a Crawlspace 4
An anonymous reader writes: I've decided it's time for me to build a separate machine specifically for use as a Media Center/Small Home Server.
My wife and I haven't had cable TV in years, instead relying entirely on Netflix, other streaming sites, and hard copies we've bought over the years. Having just finished ripping our entire media collection (CDs, DVDs, and even our Vinyls and VHS with the help of a capture card and some sweet digital voodoo) to a couple HDDs, I'm feeling froggy. Up until now we've been using WDTV Live, and it's been pretty snazzy, but I want to upgrade to a dedicated media machine instead of piggybacking off of my office computer. It'll be a Windows based machine utilizing Plex, and it's going in the crawlspace of the house.
The crawlspace in question is unfinished, but I do have a dry concrete slab down there where I can put/mount/assemble something. Cooling won't be an issue obviously, and I am keeping a close eye on hardware specs with regards to moisture. It is still a crawlspace though...
My Question(s) being:
* What would be a good setup to to house the hardware? Priorities being to safeguard against moisture, vermin, and dirt.
— Modified PC Tower?
— Rack?
— Build an enclosure?
— Something I haven't considered?
Please assume I'm stubborn and absolutely dead-set on putting it in the crawlspace to avoid the discussion devolving into the "best" place to put a media machine. Any advice or ideas are very much appreciated, Thank you /.
My wife and I haven't had cable TV in years, instead relying entirely on Netflix, other streaming sites, and hard copies we've bought over the years. Having just finished ripping our entire media collection (CDs, DVDs, and even our Vinyls and VHS with the help of a capture card and some sweet digital voodoo) to a couple HDDs, I'm feeling froggy. Up until now we've been using WDTV Live, and it's been pretty snazzy, but I want to upgrade to a dedicated media machine instead of piggybacking off of my office computer. It'll be a Windows based machine utilizing Plex, and it's going in the crawlspace of the house.
The crawlspace in question is unfinished, but I do have a dry concrete slab down there where I can put/mount/assemble something. Cooling won't be an issue obviously, and I am keeping a close eye on hardware specs with regards to moisture. It is still a crawlspace though...
My Question(s) being:
* What would be a good setup to to house the hardware? Priorities being to safeguard against moisture, vermin, and dirt.
— Modified PC Tower?
— Rack?
— Build an enclosure?
— Something I haven't considered?
Please assume I'm stubborn and absolutely dead-set on putting it in the crawlspace to avoid the discussion devolving into the "best" place to put a media machine. Any advice or ideas are very much appreciated, Thank you
Comment Coding Bootcamps != CS (Score 1) 92
Do coding Bootcamps teach calculus, differential equations, linear algebra, logic, etc? I don't think so! It's like comparing an auto mechanic school to mechanical engineering.
Submission + - How a 'Seismic Cloak' Could Slow Down an Earthquake (vice.com)
Daniel_Stuckey writes: The United States is currently gripped in a bout of earthquake mania, following a series of significant tremors in the West. And any time Yellowstone, LA, or San Francisco shakes, people start to wonder if it's a sign of The Big One to come. Yet even after decades of research, earthquake prediction remains notoriously hard, and not every building in quake-prone areas has an earthquake-resistant design. What if, instead of quaking in our boots, we could stop quakes in their tracks?
Theoretically, it's not a crazy idea. Earthquakes propagate in waves, and if noise-canceling headphones have taught us anything, it's that waves can be absorbed, reflected, or canceled out. Today, a paper published in Physical Review Letters suggests how that might be done. It's the result of French research into the use of metamaterials—broadly, materials with properties not found in nature—to modify seismic waves, like a seismic cloaking device.
Theoretically, it's not a crazy idea. Earthquakes propagate in waves, and if noise-canceling headphones have taught us anything, it's that waves can be absorbed, reflected, or canceled out. Today, a paper published in Physical Review Letters suggests how that might be done. It's the result of French research into the use of metamaterials—broadly, materials with properties not found in nature—to modify seismic waves, like a seismic cloaking device.
Comment Re: 80% of market in terms of what? (Score 5, Informative) 125
Luxoticca not only owns a wide range of premium and "budget" eyewear brands (prescription glasses and sunglasses), they also own LensCrafters. Pearle vision, sears optical, target optical, and Sunglass Hut to name a few. Additionally they own the vision insurance company EyeMed.
The word "monopoly" comes to mind.
There was a 60 minutes piece about this not too long ago:
Comment Re:Astronomy is not a science??? (Score 1) 860
whoops wrong commented on the wrong article
Comment Astronomy is not a science??? (Score 1) 860
Last I checked, astronomy was a branch of Physics.
Comment Re:google satellites? (Score 4, Informative) 118
Digital Globe is not in the business of building satellites. Ball Aerospace is building the satellite for Digital Globe who will operate it. Digital Globe then sells/leases the imagery to Google.
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