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Comment Solid steel and black annodized or go home! (Score 1) 103

I want someone to make a forged 1'x3'x9' solid steel, anodized black monolith. If they could mix the steel so it weighs precisely 493.8271604 lbs/cubic food instead of 489 that would be nice too so it could be a nice 13,333.3333 lbs would be a bonus.

Place that somewhere with a heavy lift helicopter and then see if anyone tries to move it!

Comment Not quite... (Score 1) 28

It won't replace 1password until

1. Multiplatform
2. Multi-identity: I have work/personal appleId's and need to access both sets of passwords.
3. Peer to peer/Offline storage: Storing all the passwords in a single online seems like a terrible security risk.
4. Have any concept of history: Mistakes/errors happen, history is important.

Comment Why not stagger the production? (Score 4, Interesting) 595

It seems like if after 3-6 months the vaccine was promising, you would start production immediately and simply not distribute it until the study was complete. It would be worth doing this with multiple vaccine candidates and only use the ones that pass the test.

The economic and death costs of not having it ready and waiting 4 additional months would GREATLY outweigh and economic loss of producing it ahead of time.

Comment Reduced CO2 would be my guess (Score 2) 76

Replacing air filter will increase the total volume of air which will reduce CO2 levels. With a group of people in a room without adequate ventilation CO2 levels can exceed cognitive reducing levels quite rapidly. Even moderate levels over 900ppm have shown marked reductions in performance and at higher levels performance drops are staggering.

Modern buildings are sealed tighter than ever and therefor a regular volume of air exchange is critical to keep CO2 levels at a reasonable level.

Comment How about we go back to pre-9/11 security? (Score 1) 681

Using planes as weapons only works once. In fact it didn't even entirely succeed as the plane that was downed by the passengers proves. Any future attempt would be foiled by passengers, on board air marshals, or by locked/reinforced cockpit doors.

So just drop the BS screenings and get back to having our personal liberties and rights to not be exposed to unreasonably searches.

Use some of that money for intelligent solutions. If you're spending money on airport screening, you've already missed the point. It's like defending at point blank range, you need to get the bad guys before they are trying to execute their plan. No matter how hard you try, there will be gaps in the system that will be exploited due to real world and the human factor. The bad guys won't come through the obvious front door where all the security is.

Kill it and save the money for making new jobs and improving the standard of living for those that hate us. If anything human beings are lazy and if you give them enough luxury, they will just sit around on the couch and complain rather than actually taking action :P
 

Comment Re:SageTV (Score 2) 223

I'm another loyal SageTV user... I've been using it for close to 10 years and it's really nice. I never went crazy with the multi-tv setups, but paired with a Hauppauge HD-DVR i've been watching crystal clear HD on FIOS for years. It was disappointing when they basically sold it and shutdown the website. I highly doubt they'll put out anything as feature-rich as the original SageTV. It's not as 'cutesy' as Tivo but its easily better in a lot of ways. I can seamlessly watch DVR TV/LiveTV/Downloaded Content and streamed web content on the same box as well as watch any of that content on any computer or other TV in the house.

Comment Re:retire it (Score 1) 417

I'd love to do exactly that with my G5, but i'm dragging my feet because there are two choices:
1. Configure a generic linux box and spend ?? hours getting to work just right
OR
2. Get an off the shelf NAS with mediocre performance.

I'd love to get a cheap NAS that will actually go close the full disk speed over gig-e. But the reality is most are really slow. 10-30MB/sec piles of junk...
In the end I'll find the time and do #1...

Comment Ownership... (Score 1) 913

Not sure where you got those facts, but it looks to me like they own a 65% interest in the well. While it could be argued that a "working interest" doesn't imply ownership, it pretty much says 'owns' to me. Mitsui owns 10% and Anadarko the remaining 25%.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/30850121/Deepwater-Horizon
RIG Deepwater Horizon rig owner
BP 65% working interest (operator)
APC 25% working interest (operator)
Mitsui 10% working interest (operator)
CAM Manufacturer of blowout preventer (BOP)
HAL Provided cementing services to the rig

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN3011545120100430
"Transocean Ltd (RIGN.S) (RIG.N) - The Zug, Switzerland-based company owned and operated the Deepwater Horizon Rig. The rig went into service in 2001 and was drilling the Macondo prospect about 40 miles off the coast of Louisiana.

BP Plc (BP.L) (BP.N) - BP hired Transocean's rig at a rate of about $500,000 per day to drill the well. BP is the project's operator and has a 65 percent working interest in the well.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp (APC.N) - The Houston company owns a 25 percent nonoperating interest in the well."

http://www.deepwater.com/fw/main/Deepwater-Horizon-56C17.html?LayoutID=17
It was built by Hyundai Heavy Industries Shipyard, Ulsan, South Korea in 2001.

Comment How does this qualify as extreme close up? (Score 1) 104

Looks pretty low resolution to me compared to NASA's HiRISE images from 2008. The wikipedia page has a link to a nice time magazine gallery and the Official HiRISE SiteGo ahead click on the 3374 × 3300 pixel image on this UCL page for an EXTREME closeup of Phobos.

So nice snap shots ESA, but hardly extreme...

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