Comment Been done (Score 5, Informative) 106
In 1973, no less.
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc439.html
Comment Impracticality (Score 1) 49
What do you mean harvesting large amounts of spider silk is impractical? We have farm designs already.
http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/DF2010:Giant_cave_spider#Farming_Silk
Comment I knew immediately (Score 5, Funny) 185
After all, I use Opera.
Comment Signal-blocking (Score 2) 175
It could just as easily be seen as a security feature. Drawing the shades is easier than encasing your room in Faraday cage.
And while I'm at it, since when do hospitals ban Wi-Fi? The ones I've been around (Tufts Medical Center, Children's Hospital Boston & St. Elizabeth's) have all offered it for patient and visitor use.
Comment And of course (Score 1, Insightful) 216
It will never see widespread adoption because the unwashed masses will think it causes cancer.
Comment Point? (Score 1) 259
At this point, a 10 Gb/s peripheral is excessive -- not even SATA-6 can do that. Granted, Thunderbolt could be used internally, but can flash even get those speeds? Hard disks sure can't.
Comment Could it be... (Score 5, Funny) 85
SENTRY SAPPIN' MY SPY?
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