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Comment Re:Bull (Score 1) 559

These weren't notes on his summer vacation. They were work products documenting private conversations with the President. He admitted he did it to encourage an investigation once he was a "private citizen"...Classified or not, they weren't his to release at that point. They were the FBI's. He doesn't have copies now because he turned them over to the special prosecutor.

Comment Re:Not News (Score 1) 72

In Central New York, we were just forced to get the boxes with the promise that it would free up bandwidth for upgraded internet speeds. The upgrades were supposed to happen in June. It looks like we are double screwed... we get to pay for the boxes after the first year and will probably never see the speed increases...

We'll see if Spectrum does the right thing or I think i'm headed to FIOS. Just can't stand Verizon...

Comment Re:Trading one set of problems for another (Score 1) 842

People with lots of money have unique challenges: Who do you trust? Taxes become problematic. Gold diggers. How do you raise kids without spoiling them?

I remember someone from school that came into a bunch of money. The problem was that she wanted to travel all over the world at a moments notice and all of her "old" friends were busy going to school, working and doing stuff to make ends meet. She basically had to find new friends that were rich and also had nothing to do so they could pal around the world together.

Comment Re:Difficulty (Score 1) 270

What a useless statement. An astrophysicist might have had a difficult time setting his VCR to record All My Children while he was away at work. Just because someone is an expert in one field doesn't make them all-knowing.

I studied Electrical Engineering. This reminded me of the time my mother in law's toilet wouldn't flush and she said "You're the engineer, fix it."

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How Tesla Batteries Will Force Home Wiring To Go Low Voltage 597

CIStud writes with a story at CEPro suggesting that solar power and home batteries like Tesla's PowerWall "will force the reinvention of home wiring from primarily AC high voltage to DC home-run low voltage to reduce power conversion loss," writing "To avoid the 20% to 40% power loss when converting from DC to AC, home wiring will have to convert to home-run low-voltage, and eventually eliminate the need for high-voltage 110V electrical wiring." As a former full-time Airstream dweller, I can attest to the importance of DC appliances when dealing with batteries.

Comment Re:SCO, IBM, and my employer (Score 2, Interesting) 390

I agree with you and I've asked this question. However, the answer I get back from our lawyers is that Microsoft provides the target for lawsuits if something is wrong with Windows. We (large Aerospace company) become the target for lawsuits if there is a problem with the Open Source stuff that has no company behind it.

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