Comment Scott Manley did a nice vid on this. (Score 4, Informative) 470
Demonstrating the physics of space fighters with Kerbals in them:
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3F...
Comment Alternatives are coming. (Score 2) 104
Since the Oculus Ruft now has a certain backer, I'm looking at alternatives:
http://www.roadtovr.com/castar...
Comment Re:Video of the road (Score 2) 187
The man in the video mentions that, when daylight is insufficient to light up the lines, a tiny bit of electricity is used to make it glow.
Comment Re:Encryption: (Score 2) 505
More interesting that your content, is who you share it with.
They map out who sends what to whom, to find interest networks and classify people:
http://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2013/06/09/using-metadata-to-find-paul-revere/
Submission + - Serious researchers but lacking in facts: E-cat looks like a hoax.
CdXiminez writes: What would it take to convince a reasonable observer that you’ve got a controlled nuclear reaction going on here?
Things not shown in the earlier report:
- Show that nuclear transmutation has in fact taken place.
- Start the device operating by whatever means you want, then disconnect all external power to it, and allow it to run.
- Place a gamma-ray detector around the device.
- Accurately monitor the power drawn from all sources to the device at all times, while also monitoring the energy output from the device at all times.
http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2013/05/21/the-e-cat-is-back-and-people-are-still-falling-for-it/
Things not shown in the earlier report:
- Show that nuclear transmutation has in fact taken place.
- Start the device operating by whatever means you want, then disconnect all external power to it, and allow it to run.
- Place a gamma-ray detector around the device.
- Accurately monitor the power drawn from all sources to the device at all times, while also monitoring the energy output from the device at all times.
http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2013/05/21/the-e-cat-is-back-and-people-are-still-falling-for-it/
Comment $11.79 for a single ISBN in The Netherlands. (Score 2) 127
$125 for a single ISBN is very expensive. In The Netherlands a single ISBN is €9.07 ($11.79).
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fportal.boekhuis.nl%2Fisbn%2Finformatie%2Ftarieven
Comment Re:Vote (Score 2) 707
I live in Holland. Big government and taxes keep my feet dry when it storms.
Comment Re:Um, what? (Score 1) 570
"Shareholder value" is a mistake. The profit should be invested in the company, not given to the shareholders. Shareholders have no interest in innovation and company longevity, only in profit.
Top companies invest in themselves, mediocre companies in dividend.
Comment Works for marketing. (Score 1) 174
At least this way his 'school' got slashdotted.
Comment Re:It already is (Score 1) 317
That was the option I was looking for.
I suspect I could have learned a lot more in my young days if it was without classrooms.
Also, teach people actual trades, not management-without-content.
Comment Rush at arctic resources vs. global warming. (Score 2) 1367
I wonder, are the global warming deniers the same that are rushing to get at the resources in Greenland and the Arctic Ocean and the Northern Passage?
Then, aren't they expecting the pole to freeze over again soon, making the effort pointless?
Comment Flowers in January (Score 1) 1367
I just found some flowers starting to bloom that I didn't expect to do so until early March.
Probably just 'chance', like a fair number of years in the last decade...
Comment Re:They should call it "The Spanish Inquisition".. (Score 3, Funny) 136
... because none of us expected it.
Except when you are, like me, Cardinal Ximinez.
Comment 10% is only a handful for the poll maker? (Score 1) 298
10% is more than a handful in my case. Quite a lot more.
Comment Re:speech recognition is noisy. (Score 2) 692
Daily I wish people would indeed stop doing this.
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