Comment Re:What does it mean? (Score 1) 328
The transportation network is authorized under the post office clause NOT the commerce clause
United States Begins Flying Stealth Bombers Over South Korea 567
skade88 writes "The New York Times is reporting that the United States has started flying B-2 stealth bomber runs over South Korea as a show of force to North Korea. The bombers flew 6,500 miles to bomb a South Korean island with mock explosives. Earlier this month the U.S. Military ran mock B-52 bombing runs over the same South Korean island. The U.S. military says it shows that it can execute precision bombing runs at will with little notice needed. The U.S. also reaffirmed their commitment to protecting its allies in the region. The North Koreans have been making threats to turn South Korea into a sea of fire. North Korea has also made threats claiming they will nuke the United States' mainland."
Comment Re:The barrier is too high, MAN must adapt (Score 1) 123
And I for one welcome our galactic blue elf overlords
Comment Re:The open question... (Score 1) 877
View with skepticism; this is a Rupert Murdoch publication
JAXA To Use Fishing Nets To Scoop Up Space Junk 210
An anonymous reader writes "We've seen high-fallutin proposals to tackling the space junk problem before — and now the Japanese space agency JAXA has teamed up with Japanese fishing net maker Nitto Seimo to haul in some of the 100,000-plus objects of space junk orbiting the planet. AJAXA satellite will deploy and release a kilometers-wide net made by Nitto Seimo of ultra-thin triple layered metal threads. The net will gradually be drawn into Earth's magnetic field and burned up along with the abandoned satellites, engine parts and other litter it's collected."
Comment There you go again. (Score 1) 17
Ciao,
James
Comment Re:Comment from the original article - (Score 1) 478
I used to bull's-eye womp rats in my T-16 back home, and they can't be any bigger that 2m.
Comment Re:Cost of production isn't the issue (Score 1) 208
Everyone has strengths and weaknesses. Programming a computer is as hard for most musicians as playing guitar is for you. There's nothing special about it.
In other words, even for most people who develop this specialization, it's still a losing economic proposition. Sounds like de-valuing it further isn't likely to make things any better.
Giving something away doesn't devalue it at all. In many cases it makes the thing more precious; a Christmas gift from a loved one is far more valuable than the same object if you'd bought it yourself.
It doesn't hurt a musician a bit to spread his music around, unless he sucks at it. Nobody ever went hungry from piracy, but many have starved from obscurity. Read the forward to Cory Doctorow's best selling novel Little Brother. You can buy it at Amazon or Barnes, read a copy checked out of the library for free, or just go to his web site, he has all his books posted there, for free. Because he understands (and explains) that getting your stuff in front of people is the only way to make money off of it.
The more you give the more you get. If I hear a great song I'm going to look for another one. Two great songs? Time to buy the album. Read a great library book? Time to buy another one from that author.
If all you're about is money, stay away from art. Even though art costs money, the two should never be together. You may make money making art, but you can't make art by trying to make money.
Comment Re:This happens all the time.... (Score 2, Insightful) 2
Agree that he should sue, but he should get back more than what he put into it, without knowing the specifics I can't say he should get 166 million, but if it was posted on the machine that the max jackpot was 166 million he should get it. It is the responsibility of the casino to ensure their machines work. However if the maximum jackpot listed on the machine was 99K then that's what he should get, as that is the max amount that he had a reasonable expectation to win.
Comment Re:The signature of human fear (Score 1) 342
The smell of fear is that stuff running down the back of the subjects, or in this case, the suspects legs...
Comment Mostly links to localhost (Score 1) 496
Fastest way to organize a lot of infrequently used but difficult to relocate resources I've accumulated over the years. Hence, the improbably named "personal home page."
Comment Re:I'm going to get a lot of flak for this, but. . (Score 1) 775
Ok, let's apply this logic to the real world on a bigger level.
Some would say the US supports thermonuclear war because it has missiles. The obvious way to show support for world peace would be to get rid of our nukes, right?
When you understand that, you will understand why OIN, Redhat, and others have large patent portfolios and actively purchase them even though they have no intention of ever enforcing them against the average schmuck.
Comment Re:Love to use it, but... (Score 1) 383
skype on windows has become a piece of shit! The linux version does everything except for SMS messages and hasn't become a UI nightmare. let's keep it that way
Comment Re:Sucks To Be You (Score 3, Funny) 383
That all depends on your industry/area of research.
ah, i see, it depends on your niche...
Comment But I guess there are bugs.. (Score 1) 383
I tried to post the above in Chrome but it failed to work. The Submit button just kept on saying to try again later. So I then tried in Safari. The Submit button still did not work but it did display a countdown. This countdown was not visible in the Mac version of Chrome.
So I guess I'm saying that if you use the Mac version be prepared for some issues.
