How about have a la carte channels on netflix so I only have to pay cable companies for internet access?

Alcatel-Lucent has been hemorrhaging jobs for what feels longer than a decade. Time to just close up shop and put all the assets on the chopping block.

I've had bad luck with LG products so I guess I'll take my money elsewhere or see if a google play version of the moto x comes out.

I enjoyed taking MITx 6.002x with you last year. Is there any chance there will be a EE certificate program or graduate level courses (specialty courses) in the future?

I wish Valve would start announcing new games. This console infatuation is getting annoying.

I would draw on a tablet screen. I think the Surface Pro is a good alternative to the expensive artist tablets that Wacom sells like the Cintiq and their upcoming windows 8 tablet that is $2,000. Trick is to make the interface small enough to make the drawing area larger.

GaAs semiconductors have been around for years. The issue is it sucks at oxide growth and therefore makes it expensive to fab.

You can get around this by adding aluminum to GaAs, creating a hetrojunction transistor. Other materials like Indium can be used as well.

The beauty of these materials is you can get different bandgaps making it possible to create a true multijunction solar cell bumping up the conversion efficiency to around 40% which is almost unheard of in normal Silicon solar cells. The devices also have the advantage of running at multi GHz speeds with little issue.

It's a shame we cant reuse the plant with a simpler and/or safer reactor like CANDU or thorium.

I thought Aerojet got a license to produce the design in the United States so there is a domestic supply.

If Verizon decides they want to put a limit on how much can be used on their pipes then let them. It's only a matter of time before Google Fiber sets up shop in Verizon's backyard and eats their lunch.

You are correct. Enough people will complain about it they will put it up to a vote in something similar as a California proposition. Regardless of the outcome Verizon will have alienated their base so much their shareholders will jump ship en masse.

Obviously you haven't heard of the French Revolution.

Well said V.I.N.CENT.

Because its the closest large body next to the Earth. It takes a few days to get to if there are any problems and can be used as a stepping stone to other planets since the escape velocity is much smaller than Earths. Don't forget that the Moon also has a source of H3 that we can use for future fusion reactors on our own planet, rather than depending on fossil fuels and nuclear fission.

If you are worried about radiation doses you are still going to get them during the trip to and while on the surface of mars.

I would rather rent Photoshop than ever use GIMP again.