Comment If only it were a bit smaller... (Score 1) 180
Then you could mount it on a drone!
Comment Re:The can -ropose what they want (Score 1) 202
They could call it "Google Earth"... oh wait...
FCC Report Supports Use of White Spaces For Wireless 143
After the FCC's tests mentioned early last month, andy1307 submits word of the FCC's report (released Friday), writing that "the major telcos disagree with the FCC's report that concluded that using white spaces to provide free wireless internet 'would not cause major interference with other services. ... The FCC concluded that sufficient technical protections would prevent major problems.' FCC chairman Kevin Martin's proposal is to auction off the spectrum, with some rules attached. 'Some of the spectrum would be used for free Internet service, which would have content filters to block material considered inappropriate for children.'"
Comment Re:Well, what did you expect? (Score 0) 470
Right on the money about people leaving.
This plan not only hurts long term science but short term as well. With Fermilab having to layoff people, and have them leave for better opportunities, it hurts current projects like the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) at CERN.
Fermilab is a major contributor to CMS, and this will lay off a tonne of people or chase them off to industry right as the LHC turns on.
The US has pumped a pile of cash into CMS, and this is all endangered since the CMS guys are just as likely to jump ship.
So far people seem to be focussed on the future experiments, but this will be just as damaging for LHC in the short term.
[Disclosure: I work for Fermilab on CMS and there are a lot of people talking about leaving now, me included, we get to choose between commitment to science or paying the mortgage and feeding the family]
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