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Comment Autonomous trucking (Score 1) 173

Autonomous trucking with human last-leg is the future for long-haul trucking. Let a truck run highway-only between major points with hand-offs to human drivers for last-mile deliveries. This will be cheaper than current trucking and up to 2x faster due to the now-enforced 10hr driving periods. Once that is in place, I don't see a market for enough volume needing the extra speed to pay for the infrastructure.

Comment Good for them. (Score 1) 547

It's about time someone took those guys down a notch. The scenarios are so contrived that the draw such huge conclusions off of the smallest unimportant decisions. Then they claim that certain cars are crap because they don't compare to those 3x their price. It pisses me off how much they do for the entertainment value rather than trying to actually fairly depict the car they are testing. There certainly are plenty of defamatory statements that get made all of the time on the show.

Comment Not without compensation (Score 2) 997

I don't work more than ~45 hours per week unless it's my own fault that something is behind. That's because I'm salary, and overtime exempt. My priorities in life involve family being above work and the best way to show that is with time. Now if there is overtime, then I'd be happy to work more (to a point). Or if I owned the business and thus had an increase of profit with a greater expenditure of time investment, then I'd do so as well.
AMD

Submission + - 45nm Phenom II matches Core 2 Quad, trails Core i7 (techreport.com)

An anonymous reader writes: AMD is debuting its 45nm Phenom II processors today, and The Tech Report has already run them through a complete suite of benchmarks to see how they perform compared to Intel's latest and greatest. The result? The new 2.8GHz and 3GHz Phenom IIs are in a dead heat with like-priced Core 2 Quads, but they generally fall well behind Intel's new Core i7 chips. TR concludes that AMD's future doesn't look as bleak as some say, and future Phenom IIs could compete favorably with more affordable Core i7 derivatives.
Graphics

Submission + - An early peek at AMD's Radeon HD 4870 X2

Dr. Damage writes: AMD has quite a hit in the Radeon HD 4000 series. Coming up next is a product code-named R700, a high-end graphics card based on two 4870s paired together. Here's a preliminary look at how the card — to be called the Radeon HD 4870 X2 — performs. Hint: Nvidia's got one heck of a fight on its hands.
Networking

Submission + - Homemade VoIP Network Over WiFi Routers (techreport.com)

AnInkle writes: A blogger on The Tech Report details his research and testing of wireless voice communication options for remote mountainous villages in rural undeveloped areas. The home-built project involves open-source software, low-cost wireless routers, solar power, mesh networking, unlicensed radio frequencies and VoIP technology. Although his research began several months ago, he has concluded the first stage of testing and is preparing to move near one of the sites where he hopes to eventually install the final functional network. Anyone with experience or ideas on the subject is invited to offer input and advice.

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