Comment Re:And the immigration "problem" (Score 0) 179
Corn prices are at record highs. Have been high for awhile. Since the Title I of the US Farm Bill (2008) the corn prices have skyrocketed. I don't see the basis for your analogy.
Comment Re:Non-issue. (Score 1) 358
An owner of course has the right to make you leave. What he can't do is press charges for taking pictures.
Comment Re:Non-issue. (Score 1) 358
Actually it isn't different. Cell phone pics are taken inside businesses with regularity. Bars, Clubs, Restaurants. How do they differ from Retail stores? You are in public with no expectations of privacy. The law will not protect you.
Comment Re:Non-issue. (Score 1) 358
As a photographers I disagree with nearly every point. As much as it pains me to side with the paparazzi, they have the right to take your picture in public. I challenge you to site the specific statue being violated by taking your picture inside a public accessible business.
Comment Non-issue. (Score 0) 358
It is legal to take your picture inside a public business without your knowledge. See security camera's in nearly every business. It is legal to take pictures of the public without knowledge and no expectation of privacy by a private 3rd party. Why is this an issue at all? Seems like a huge waste of resources to me.
Comment Dynamic Braking (Score 1) 229
Forget the subway. I work for a Class 1 railroad. We haul 19,000 ton coal trains up and down hills all day long. We have four 4,400 HP motors in full dynamics down every hill. We dissipate the generated electrical power as heat in brake grid resistors. What if we had a way to release that tremendous electrical output into the grid?
Thousands of trains a day all over the country do this.
Cutting Umbilical Cord Early Eliminates Stem Cells 139
GeneralSoh writes "Delaying clamping the umbilical cord at birth may have far-reaching benefits for your baby, according to researchers at the University of South Florida's Center of Excellence for Aging and Brain Repair — and should be delayed for at least a few minutes longer after birth. This new recommendation published in the most recent Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine (14:3) notes that delaying clamping the umbilical cord allows more umbilical cord blood and crucial stem cells to transfer from mama to baby."
Comment Re:Summary misleading (Score 2, Informative) 174
actually... Fellatio does help. http://www.momlogic.com/2009/06/is_oral_sex_good_for_your_fetu.php
Comment Backblaze (Score 1) 393
I have been using encrypted Backblaze $5/mo backup for my home system for a few months now. I think in the end it will save me way more money on the bottom line then a dedicated system that will periodically need updated and maintained. It is uses 2048-bit RSA public/private key system that makes me feel warm and fuzzy. For the first time I feel pretty good about my backup of all my family photos and movies. http://www.backblaze.com/
Microsoft's Office Web Will Do iPhone, Linux, Mac 202
CWmike writes "Gregg Keizer reports Microsoft has clarified that its upcoming Office Web service will be available to users running Mac OS X and Linux, as well as from Apple's iPhone. The key to this cross platform-friendliness: Office Web will run in Firefox and Safari browsers, in addition to IE. Introduced last month, Office Web is a lightweight version of its Office suite that runs as an online service. I think it's time for Google to embrace OpenOffice.org to take on Microsoft head-on, as CW blogger Preston Gralla has argued for and described how to go about it."
Comment Every June (Score 2, Interesting) 46
Every June in Florida the local news is full of reports by experts that this year would be the worst hurricane season on record. After 7 years of hearing the same stuff I started to tune it out.
