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Comment Re:Coins work (Score 3, Interesting) 397

I was given effectively the same advice by a recruiter when faced with a choice like this, but its a little more refined: write both your choices on folded pieces of paper and stick them in a hat. Pull one out, and as you open it decide if you are pleased or unhappy you got that one. That instant emotional response is your subconscious chiming in and almost certainly giving you the right answer that your higher brain can not get to.

Comment Re:One more issue (Score 1) 1065

And that is exactly the problem with a wealth tax. Property taxes are wealth taxes, and your example shows the argument against them. The same issue applies even more commonly for a retiree. But don't get me started on California property taxes, and the ridiculous effects of the well-meaning Prop 13 which was supposed to help the retirees...

Comment Re:iPhone 4S is a huge disappointment in this rega (Score 1) 165

Smartphone designers struggle with the number of antennas required; and 5 GHz implies an additional antenna. They already have antennas for the cellular network, GPS, increasingly NFC, sometimes FM, WiFi and Bluetooth. The latter two are sometimes combined, but still, that is a lot to fit in a package that is very space constrained.

Comment Re:Lowepro Fastpack 350 (Score 1) 282

I'll second this also. I can get a 15" Macbook (17" would probably fit), Canon 50D, 17-55 f2.8, 70-300, big flash, chargers, compact camera, mini tripod, and a bunch of other junk in. It is small enough to carry-on and put under the seat in front of you as your "personal item", at least in the US. I love it!
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NASA Revamps Historic 4-Million-kg Mars Antenna 66

coondoggie writes NASA is working on some difficult renovations to reinvigorate its 70-meter-wide 'Mars antenna.' The antenna, a key cog in NASA's Deep Space Network, needs about $1.25M worth of what NASA calls major, delicate surgery. The revamp calls for lifting the antenna — about 4 million kilograms of finely tuned scientific instruments — to a height of about 5 millimeters so workers can replace the steel runner, walls and supporting grout."

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