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Comment Business Issues With Superpedestrian (Score 1) 136

The author did not add much if anything to what is already known about the prototype. A more interesting article would have included some discussion about the way that Superpedestrian reneged on its promise to deliver the Copenhagen Wheel to early adopters like me who pre-ordered it last Christmas. Initial deliveries were supposed to take place in the spring but apparently somebody decided that they should ramp up (and manufacture overseas?) a larger quantity, delaying deliveries until sometime "before the end of 2014." Since May 1st, there has been no communication from Superpedestrian about when actual delivery will occur and pretty much the back of its hand with respect to those of us who paid $750.00 hoping to be a little more involved with the rollout. The author might also have spent some time talking to the bike dealers who want to sell (and service) the Copenhagen Wheel but who have been told by Superpedestrian that it can handle sales and service without any middlemen.

Comment Marketing Ploy (Score 1) 992

An interesting way for Governor Perry's road building buddies to market their product: "Hey all you pickup truck driving drugstore cowboys with more horsepower than sense. Quien es mas macho? Find out and the highway patrol and your nearest county hospital will clean up the mess, all at public expense." Privatize the roads/socialize the costs: that sadly is Texas today.
Math

Euler's Partition Function Theory Finished 117

universegeek writes "Mathematician Ken Ono, from Emory, has solved a 250-year-old problem: how to exactly and explicitly generate partition numbers. Ono and colleagues were able to finally do this by realizing that the pattern of partition numbers is fractal (PDF). This pattern allowed them to find a finite, algebraic formula, which is like striking oil in mathematics."

Comment Test Launch of the "Coyote" ? (Score 1) 858

Test launch of the "Coyote" anti-missile missile? Rail launched RAM jet with some kind of booster to help get it up to ramjet speeds. From San Nicolas Island. All seems to fit though you would expect the military to announce the test in advance so that planes stay out of the way Link is to an environmental permit application for launches from San Nicolas Island. http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/pr/pdfs/permits/sni_str_application.pdf
The Military

Mystery Missile Launched Near LA 858

J. L. Tympanum writes "CBS News is reporting the launch of an unidentified missile off the coast of California. No one wants to take credit for it." The article has visuals taken from a CBS affiliate's helicopter, and a Navy spokesman said it wasn't theirs.

Comment Re:Raises the Question Where Does Oil Come From? (Score 2, Informative) 343

Ah, the a-biogenic theory of hydrocarbons raises its ugly head again. Chief proponent was Professor Thomas Gold (Cornell but r.i.p.). Pretty much discredited but check out research of Dr. Roger Anderson of LDEO and Larry Cathles at Cornell. they got a DOE grant to drill offshore at EI 330 Field to explore for deeper "plumbing" that might be recharging that 1 billion BOE deposit. No joy however.

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