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Feed Congressman wants NASA to sell ad space in space (engadget.com)

From feed by engfeed on Thursday May 03, 2007 @05:32PM

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Transportation

While NASA certainly has its share of funding troubles, we doubt that the money-making solution now being proposed by California Congressman Ken Calvert is the best way to get them the dough they need. Currently the ranking Republican on the House Space and Aeronautics subcommittee, Calvert wants NASA to get in the business of selling advertising on its spacecraft and other gear -- an idea that others have proposed with less of a straight face in the past (as seen above). While it's unclear just how much interest the proposal has garnered, The Register reports that the idea has been enough to raise the ire of "high altitude advertising" firm JP Aerospace, which feels that NASA would be unfairly muscling in on their turf.

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Vim 7 Released 665

Posted by Hemos on Monday May 08, 2006 @12:58PM from the time-to-get-your-upgrade-on dept.

houseofmore writes "After many years of development, Bram Moolenaar, creator of Vim, today announced version 7 of the widely used editor. New features included spell checking in up to 50 languages, intelligent completion, tab pages, extended undo branches and much more. Downloads available here for Unix, Windows, Mac and more."

Intel Names Upcoming Chips 216

Posted by Hemos on Monday May 08, 2006 @11:31AM from the duo-squared1 dept.

Phooey42 writes "USA Today is reporting that Intel has finally announced names for their new set of desktop and notebook processor lines, previously dubbed Conroe and Merom. The new chips for both the desktop and laptop lines will be dubbed "Core 2 Duo", whereas their new "premium processor" for high end desktop users will be called the "Core 2 Extreme". Knowing Intel, who would have ever thought that the successor to the Core Duo would be the Core 2 Duo!?"

'Cooking' Carbon Nanotubes Like Spaghetti 57

Posted by Zonk on Sunday April 30, 2006 @09:40PM from the tastes-like-liquid-polymer dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "Scientists from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have developed a technique to force a variety of enzymes to self-assemble layer-by-layer on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with the help of noodle-like polymer molecules. In 'A biosensor layered like lasagna,' the researchers say that this technique can be applied to a wide range of applications. In particular, it will be possible to build other biosensors "that react specifically with other biological chemicals, environmental agents or even microbes." Read more for additional details and the most spectacular scientific image of the month."

New Chip Promises Longer Battery Life 188

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Saturday April 22, 2006 @08:26PM from the only-for-the-first-week-then-it-dies dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "It always happens when you need it the most: the battery of your cellphone just died. But now, researchers of the University of Rochester have developed a wireless chip that needs ten times less power than current designs. The new chip relies on a technology named injection locked frequency divider (ILFD) which dramatically reduces the time needed to check for transmission frequencies which are performed several billion times per second by your current phone. The new chip uses five transistors and can perform divisions by 3 instead of only 2 by previous circuits, allowing a perfect communication between two phones communicating at 2.0001 and 2.0002 gigahertz respectively."

AjaxWrite to "Compete" with MS Word 390

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday March 23, 2006 @05:00PM from the crashed-my-browser dept.

prostoalex writes "Michael Robertson (of MP3.com, Linspire, SIPPhone, GizmoProject and MP3Tunes.com fame) is launching a Web-only competitor to Microsoft Office by creating a suite of applications replicating Microsoft Office look and feel. From the posting: "But ajaxWrite is just the start. We have a library of applications we have been working on to replace most of the standard PC software titles. Every week we will launch a new sophisticated program on Wednesday at 12:00 PST on ajaxlaunch.com. These programs will push the boundaries of what people believe is possible today with web-delivered software. These programs look and operate much like their traditional software cousins, but are cross-platform, loaded dynamically, and are available to users at no charge. I'm convinced if you try a few of these products you will understand how the software business will fundamentally change." ajaxWrite is the first launched product."

Space Jackets Down to Earth 87

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Saturday March 04, 2006 @08:32PM from the crossover-tech dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "Several technologies used to design the space suits protecting astronauts are now being adapted to protect workers facing extremely hot and dangerous conditions. According to the European Space Agency (ESA), these 'space-cooled' jackets are using three different technologies: special 3D-textile structure, cooling apparatus derived from astronauts' suits, and a special water-binding polymer acting as a coating. Even if these protective clothes are primarily intended for firefighters or steel workers, several applications are possible, such as in sportswear or in cars as parts of air conditioning systems. Read more for additional details and pictures."

Comment Re:Blame The Government (Score 1) 652

by bgleason on Saturday April 09, 2005 @06:25PM (#12189352) Attached to: Google Founders Cut Salaries to $1

Earned income isn't taxed any differently than earned income. In fact many deductions cannot be applied to earned income. Capital gains taxes and stock dividends are taxed differently than income, but that is because they are different than income. Dividends are corporate profits that have already been taxed and capital gains are returns on investments not income. They aren't income. Now options should be considered as income and taxed according to their value when granted.

In any case the submitter discussion of FICA is ridiculous. The amount of FICA taxes paid affects the amount that is paid by social security when you retire. So Sergey and Larry won't be able to collect benefits from years when they made $1. Addtionally FICA is a regressive tax and has a cap on the maximum that will be paid. So Sergey and Larry dont' really stand to save that much by avoiding there FICA taxes.

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