Comment Missed opportunity / wrong song (Score 1) 139
Pull a Star Trek Beyond and use Sabotage by the Beastie Boys
Comment Re:It just makes no sense (Score 2) 305
The starship didn't disintegrate. The flap was functional enough for starship to make a controlled soft landing in the Indian Ocean. The flap burning through meant it didn't land on the exact spot it intended and was about 6km off target but they have already updated the design to make the burn through less likely.
Comment Re:How far away is engineering break even? (Score 1) 124
It sounds like they lost energy when you consider the amount of energy stored in the ultracompressed hydrogen in the middle of a diamond and gold encased fuel pellet.
Comment Scrub (Score 5, Informative) 45
An anomaly was detected with the system used to start the nine Merlin engines and the launch was scrubbed.
Comment Abandonware (Score 3, Insightful) 240
I just hope they don't leave one of these behind the next time we abandon Afghanistan...
Comment Plausible Deniability (Score 5, Interesting) 168
Does this give everyone plausible deniability when some nefarious traffic is tracked back to their assigned IP?
Comment Hypothetical situation (Score 0) 164
Base a system on data from 1970 to the present.
Predict what 1990 to 1999 will look like based on the output.
Act surprised when the output matches the input.
If the system doesn't include any data that occurs after the prediction data I would be more likely to trust its ability to predict the future.
Comment Re: 6 football fields (Score 1) 140
The term football refers to the fact that the players are not riding a horse while playing and thus afoot.
Comment Hello verifiable vote buying (Score 4, Interesting) 67
Show me the verification for your vote for candidate x or you're fired...
Comment Ford Ranger EV (Score 1) 67
This isn't Ford's first venture into EV territory for a truck. Read about the Ford Ranger EV
Comment Grey Goo (Score 3, Insightful) 107
Do you "want" grey goo? This is how you get grey goo.
Alaska Airlines Trials Virtual Reality On Some Flights (pcmag.com) 94
Alaska Airlines is trailing virtual reality onboard 10 flights between Boston and Seattle and Boston and San Diego. The headsets are provided by French in-flight entertainment company SkyLights and will only be offered to first-class passengers. PCMag.com reports: The trial kicked off on Sunday, Sept. 23 and runs through Thursday, Sept. 27. Forget trying to pay attention to that small seatback monitor as jet engines and crying babies blare in the background. "Wearing the headset is comparable to having a personal movie screen in front of you," the airline said. "When paired with noise-cancelling headphones, it's easy to feel like you're at the movie theater instead of flying." Passengers participating in the trial can choose from a selection of 2D and 3D movies. [...] There's also several "360-degree immersive experiences that let guests explore different worlds by just slowly moving their head around," Alaska Airlines said.
Comment Re: Stupid government regulation fail (Score 1) 295
Voice activated reporting fixes this. The newest versions of Waze respond to this: "Ok Waze, report police on the other side"
Submission + - New Intel and AMD chips will only support Windows 10 (pcworld.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Buried in the announcement of the new Kaby Lake (seventh-generation) processors and a rash of incoming notebooks set to use them is the confirmation that it will have a Windows 10 future. Microsoft has been warning people for ages that Kaby Lake will not run on anything older than Windows 10 and AMD's incoming Zen chip will be going the same way.
Microsoft said that as new silicon generations are introduced, they need the latest Windows platform for support. This will allow Microsoft to focus on deep integration between Windows and the silicon, while maintaining maximum reliability and compatibility with previous generations of platform and silicon. “We are committed to working with Microsoft and our ecosystem partners to help ensure a smooth transition given these changes to Microsoft’s Windows support policy”, and Intel clarified: "No, Intel will not be updating Win 7/8 drivers for 7th Gen Intel Core [Kaby Lake] per Microsoft's support policy change."
An AMD representative was equally neutral. “AMD’s processor roadmap is fully aligned with Microsoft’s software strategy,” AMD chief technical officer Mark Papermaster said, via a company spokeswoman.
Microsoft said that as new silicon generations are introduced, they need the latest Windows platform for support. This will allow Microsoft to focus on deep integration between Windows and the silicon, while maintaining maximum reliability and compatibility with previous generations of platform and silicon. “We are committed to working with Microsoft and our ecosystem partners to help ensure a smooth transition given these changes to Microsoft’s Windows support policy”, and Intel clarified: "No, Intel will not be updating Win 7/8 drivers for 7th Gen Intel Core [Kaby Lake] per Microsoft's support policy change."
An AMD representative was equally neutral. “AMD’s processor roadmap is fully aligned with Microsoft’s software strategy,” AMD chief technical officer Mark Papermaster said, via a company spokeswoman.
