Comment so this means (Score 0) 620
That the govt recognizes bitcoin as a viable currency?
Everyone knows that Silk Road was just a complex game, like a more involved version of that old text based drug dealer game.
Comment Pull your head out (Score 2) 365
of your a$$. This is Asus' pricing, not Microsoft. If you RTFA you would see that the linked source is also incorrectly stating this is Microsoft's pricing. ASUS =/= Microsoft.
damn fan boys
Comment Just because you can... (Score 1) 452
...ask a question, doesn't mean you should.
I'd like to thank the submitter for putting this idea into the minds of every ill-meaning...
Stop giving bad people bad ideas!
Comment Re:Would not one have to spend energy... (Score 5, Informative) 222
I should have linked to this in the submission, but here is the paper http://arxiv.org/pdf/1207.6872v1.pdf
From their abstract:
"entangled states require less measurement cost
because we can perform feedback control without decreasing the entropy of the system, and hence
the memory does not need entropy production to compensate for the feedback gain."
Submission + - Entangled Particles Break Classical Law of Thermodynamics, Say Physicists (technologyreview.com) 1
Zex_Suik writes: Japanese physicists have used one of Maxwell's thought experiments and the ability to turn information into energy to extract more energy from an entangled system than should be possible according to the laws of thermodynamics.
Submission + - Anonymous helps turn in hacker who targeted charity (networkworld.com)
netbuzz writes: "A hacker who defaced and disabled the website of a New Zealand film company known for helping poor children could find himself in legal hot water in his home country of Spain after his attack spurred a Facebook/Twitter posse that included members of Anonymous, who the hacker may have been trying to impress. "Apparently, one of the (Anonymous) rules is you don't hack charity sites, you don't hack sites of people trying to help kids,” says the owner of the damaged site. “This guy was trying to impress them, to try and get into their group and boasting about what he'd done — but they turned on him, they chased him.""
Comment obligational (Score 1) 116
I for one welcome our Hulkified squeaky furry Overlords
Comment Use line of Site Internet (Score 1) 577
I have a buddy in Canada that solves these problems for all kinds of people. He uses high speed towers and line of site. You can probably get something setup between you and your neighbors pitching in. The speed should be very reasonable.
check him out at http://www.syban.net/
check him out at http://www.syban.net/
