Comment God save the queen... (Score 4, Funny) 301
because we can't rip her to archival media.
Comment Re:The trick... (Score 1) 246
Just give them a Voight-Kampff test.
Comment Re:Who needs brakes? (Score 1) 262
Land speed record attempts require 2 passes, in opposite directions. So the vehicle has to be reusable.
Comment Re:Militia, then vs now (Score 1) 1633
Chicago has show some irregularities in the way they are reporting crime stats. That decrease may not be as dramatic as you think. http://www.chicagomag.com/Chic...
Comment Discarding Sabot (Score 1) 630
I see that they are using a discarding sabot to keep from welding the projectile to the rails.
Comment Re:Is racetrack memory even persistent? (Score 2) 40
I understand how it might be a viable substitute for ram, but I'm not sure if it's persistent like flash storage. Which would make it an abysmal substitute for hard drives.
The first line in the linked wikipedia page says its non-volatile, so it should be persistent.
Google and Samsung Sign Global Patent Deal 64
An anonymous reader writes "Google and Samsung have signed a global patent cross-licensing agreement aimed at reducing 'the potential for litigation' and enhancing innovation. The deal will cover 'a broad range of technologies and business areas' and apply to both existing patents and any filed over the next decade. The move is also expected to strengthen their position against rivals such as Apple, which has filed multiple lawsuits worth billions of dollars for alleged patent infringements."
Comment Remember kids... (Score 1) 321
STAY IN SCHOOL!
Atlanta Man Shatters Coast-to-Coast Driving Record, Averaging 98MPH 666
New submitter The Grim Reefer sends this quote from CNN:
"[Ed] Bolian set out on a serious mission to beat the record for driving from New York to Los Angeles. The mark? Alex Roy and David Maher's cross-country record of 31 hours and 4 minutes, which they set in a modified BMW M5 in 2006. ... He went into preparation mode about 18 months ago and chose a Mercedes CL55 AMG with 115,000 miles for the journey. The Benz's gas tank was only 23 gallons, so he added two 22-gallon tanks in the trunk, upping his range to about 800 miles. ... To foil the police, he installed a switch to kill the rear lights and bought two laser jammers and three radar detectors. He commissioned a radar jammer, but it wasn't finished in time for the trek. There was also a police scanner, two GPS units and various chargers for smartphones and tablets -- not to mention snacks, iced coffee and a bedpan. ... The total time: 28 hours, 50 minutes and about 30 seconds. ... When they were moving, which, impressively, was all but 46 minutes of the trip, they were averaging around 100 mph. Their total average was 98 mph, and their top speed was 158 mph, according to an onboard tracking device."
Comment From the cable provider's perspective (Score 1) 356
It's public tax payer money being spent to combat a private company. A company that made the investment in infrastructure and in hiring local people. There really needs to be competition. Maybe deregulation of the incumbant's fiber/coax needs to happen. When it happened to the telcos and all the CLECs popped up it didn't drive the ILECs out of business. It just doesn't seem "fair" to make the incumbant compete against the tax payers.
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