Comment Re:behavioral problems have virtually disappeared (Score 1) 241
Fuck you for perpetuating the problem and contributing nothing toward the solution.
Gov't Proposes "National Climate Service" For the US 599
Standing Bear writes "NPR reports that 140 years after the creation of the National Weather Service, the US government is proposing the creation of a similar service that will provide long-term projections of how climate will change. 'We are actually getting millions of requests a year already about: How should coastal cities plan for sea-level rise? How should various other agencies in the federal government or in state governments make plans for everything from roads to managing water supplies?' says NOAA Administrator Dr. Jane Lubchenco. 'And a lot of that is going to be changing as the climate changes.' Under the plan, the new NOAA Climate Service would incorporate some of the agency's existing laboratories and research programs, including the National Climatic Data Center, the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory and the National Weather Service's Historical Climate Network. Meanwhile, as plans for the new climate service shape up, NOAA launched a new Web site, climate.gov, designed to provide access to a wide range of climate information."
Comment Re:Ironic (Score 1) 139
I'm pretty sure that a bullet traveling a few centimeters per year won't be doing too much damage. And even if all of those people still had earbuds on they could still SEE you screaming.
So, actually, I would say that your analogy is much, much worse.
So, actually, I would say that your analogy is much, much worse.
Comment Re:Traffic court... (Score 1) 369
I would also rather not have my "death by van" be handled in any kind of court. Having some guy pay a speeding ticket instead of me dying sounds like a much better option
Comment Re:GPS speed not accurate 100% of the time (Score 1) 369
Yet we can still beam HDTV to thousands of people at the same distance but if somebody stands in front of the TV my remote doesn't work.
The question is not the accuracy of GPS, it's the fact that the car's speed was only recorded at 30 seconds intervals, and anything could have gone on in between those intervals as long as it brought his average speed to 45 mile/hr.
The question is not the accuracy of GPS, it's the fact that the car's speed was only recorded at 30 seconds intervals, and anything could have gone on in between those intervals as long as it brought his average speed to 45 mile/hr.
Comment Re:Traffic court... (Score 1) 369
I WOULD support you argument, but I'd rather not have my liver all over the the hood of a van
Comment Re:Standard Calculus (Score 2, Funny) 369
You missed the fact that the 68 is in feet per second.
68ft/1sec * 1mile/5280 * 60sec/1min * 60min/1hr = 46.4 Mile/Hr
Come one, that's just standard unit conversion.
Comment Re:Terrorists have no fear (Score 1) 342
How would you know that? Most terrorists are religious radicals. Ever hear of the phrase "god-fearing"?
Comment Re:Positive Feedback Loop? (Score 1) 342
Perhaps they could install these systems but disregard the results for a couple years. Until they become commonplace. If people are used to these detectors being an average part of airport security, I'm sure there would be much fewer false positives. Though I do have to admit, I get a bit anxious every time I walk through a "commonplace" metal detector.
I guess it would all depend on the sensitivity of these machines. Would fear of death give off a stronger result than everyday fears??
I guess it would all depend on the sensitivity of these machines. Would fear of death give off a stronger result than everyday fears??
Microsoft Moves To Patent Time-Based Software Licensing 118
theodp writes "Microsoft's Open Value Subscription offering didn't get the warmest reception. Nor did the follow-up announcement of Albany, a planned MS-Office Subscription Service. Now comes word from the USPTO that Microsoft feels it deserves a patent for the 'invention' of 'Time-Based Licensing,' which aims to make the traditional pay-once perpetual license model a thing of the past. Hey, if your customers were waiting nine years between OS upgrades, you'd try touting a three-year lease with a balloon buy-out payment, too!"
NASA's LCROSS Moon Impact Mission Provides Great Data 91
Several sources are sending us reports of NASA's recent LCROSS Moon impact mission. While the visual results seem to be less than stunning, LCROSS Principal Investigator Anthony Colaprete said the initial results produced "the data we need," but refused to say anything about "water or no water." "The goal of this dual impact was to have the Centaur upper stage impact first, allowing the LCROSS spacecraft to observe close-up the results of the impact. In fairness, the view from LCROSS as it approached the moon was amazing — even though there was no obvious visual evidence of impact, which early data from the infrared camera on the craft indicates did occur. What happens next is a whole lot of math and science. The LCROSS spacecraft included nine individual science instruments. This suite of instruments consisted of one visible camera, two near-infrared cameras, two mid-infrared cameras, a visible light spectrometer, two near-infrared spectrometers, and a photometer. All nine of those instruments were gathering data simultaneously and streaming that data back to Earth."
When Do You Fire a Headhunter? 344
Captain Sarcastic writes "I have been a contract programmer for a few years (with some time off when a contract-for-hire paid off and made me a full-time employee). Currently, I'm between projects, but I'm a little worried about one of the contracting companies who's helping me. First off, a little history. "Zeke" (not his real name) was with ABC Contractors (not their real name) when I first met him, and he took my resume and started processing me through the jobs that ABC had available. A bit later, Zeke left, and his replacement Yvonne (standard disclaimer) submitted me to a company (call them "Acme") for a contract-for-hire. Everything looked like a good fit, and she E-mailed me a copy of the resume they submitted to Acme. Came the interview, I realized that Zeke had left out part of my history and had mis-dated other aspects, to keep me from appearing unemployed. Like an idiot, I tried to correct this at the interview, to find out that Acme had decided that I had fabricated all of my experience, and chewed out the rep for ABC for sending an unqualified applicant. Fine, learning experience for me — double-check what the contracting company says about you, and don't try to correct things in the middle of the interview." Read below for the rest of the story. What other difficulties have others gone through with headhunters and when is it time to leave one behind?
Yahoo! Opens Floodgates On Homepage To Devs 49
alphadogg writes to mention that at their "Open Hack Day" conference today and tomorrow, Yahoo plans on opening the floodgates to their homepage in hopes that developers will start building massive numbers of applications for general distribution. "Announced in April 2008, YOS [Yahoo's Open Strategy] aims to open all of the company's online services, sites and applications to third-party developers, as well as give end users a 'social profile' dashboard to unify and manage their Yahoo services. Swinging wide open the doors of Yahoo.com to external developers is a big milestone in this ambitious effort. Until now, Yahoo has erred on the conservative side when it comes to allowing tightly-integrated applications for its home page, opting to work individually with hand-picked partners."
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