Comment Re:Dual Screens Saved Paper, YMMV (Score 0) 252
Agreed, I'm so used to my dual 1050x1680 setup that I feel lost going back to one screen. Virtual desktops are fine but multiple physical screens are unbeatable.
Submission + - Pentagon Makes "Operation Dark Heart" a Success
mykos writes: Remember when the Pentagon said they were arranging a taxpayer-funded, government-sponsored book burning a couple weeks ago? Well, they made good on that threat., purchasing 9,500 copies of the book to be destroyed. The publisher, St. Martin's Press, has redacted anything the Pentagon told them to redact in the upcoming second run of the book. They Department of Defense has not yet paid for the burned books, but says they are "in the process". Pentagon spokeswoman Lt. Col. April Cunningham gave this statement: "DoD decided to purchase copies of the first printing because they contained information which could cause damage to national security."
Whew, looks like we're safe now.
Whew, looks like we're safe now.
Submission + - Apple patents new camera technology (tekgoblin.com)
tekgoblin writes: A patent application has surfaced that shows Apple’s attempts at creating a new way for a flash to work on a camera. The way the new flash works is very intriguing, a user can select a dimly lit area of the photo and the camera will try to illuminate just that area with the flash. The way Apple is attempting to accomplish this is similar to the way the autofocus works on the iPhone 4 where you can touch the screen in certain areas to focus on that area. Instead you will be able to light up that area with the flash. This is accomplished by the camera flash passing through a ‘redirector’ so the flash can be placed in a different location other than directly center when a photo is taken.
Comment Re:And 1/2... (Score 0) 776
You're correct. It's more like a 3rd type of basic vehicle powertrain design. It has no need for any driver input into the selection of gears or motive power source. All the powertrain wants from you, as the driver, is an acceleration input and a braking input.
Comment Re:And 1/2... (Score 0) 776
AFAIK (At least in Australia), there is no such thing as an MT Hybrid. The driver is not supposed to have direct control of the petrol engine.
Comment Re:Orbit is a gravity well (Score 0) 304
There is a difference between building and assembling though...
Things may be built on Earth then ferried to the Moon only to be assembled into much larger vehicles to be launched from the Moon. I fail to see how a launcher like this would be a bad idea
NASA Employee Suspended For Blogging At Work 211
BobJacobsen writes "FCW has an article about a NASA employee that was suspended for blogging on government time. Seems the unnamed employee's 'politically partisan' blog entries were a violation of the Hatch Act. The article ends with a chilling quote from the government's Special Counsel in the case: 'Today, modern office technology multiplies the opportunities for employees to abuse their positions and — as in this serious case — to be penalized, even removed from their job, with just a few clicks of a mouse.'" Thing is, he was soliciting campaign donations and writing partisan stuff.
