Phoghat - Slashdot User

Submission + - Tech's Highest-Paid Engineers (wired.com)

Submitted by Phoghat on Thursday October 17, 2013 @08:51PM

Phoghat writes: The guys at Glassdoor have compiled a list of the 25 tech companies with the best salaries for software engineers. Google and Facebook made the list, of course. So did Apple and Twitter. But the company at the very top is a bit of a surprise: networking gear maker Juniper Networks.

Submission + - The Grasshopper Can Fly Sideways (nbcnews.com)

Submitted by Phoghat on Thursday August 15, 2013 @02:29AM

Phoghat writes: I'm of a "certain age" and as a child grew up watching shows like "Rocky Jones, Space Ranger and others popular at the dawn of the space age. They always showed rocket ships sitting on ther tails and blasting off, and landing, straight up. The shuttle went up that way but had to land like a plane, and anything else was considered impossible or impractical.
Now, the Space X rocket Grasshopper can not only do that, but has demonstrated sideways flight also.

Submission + - Defense Expert Says: Hire Hackers And Wage War (guardian.co.uk)

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Phoghat

on Saturday July 14, 2012 @09:25AM

Phoghat writes: "A top defense and cybersecurity expert says the U.S. should stop trying to take aim at expert hackers and start doing a better job of recruiting them.
"Let's just say that in some places you find guys with body piercings and nonregulation haircuts," U.S. Naval Postgraduate School professor John Arquilla , "But most of these sorts of guys can't be vetted in the traditional way. We need a new institutional culture that allows us to reach out to them.""

Submission + - Missing Matter, Parralel Universes ? (universetoday.com)

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Phoghat

on Tuesday June 19, 2012 @05:30AM

Phoghat writes: "Could mirror universes or parallel worlds account for dark matter — the ‘missing’ matter in the Universe? In what seems to be mixing of science and science fiction, a new paper by a team of theoretical physicists hypothesizes the existence of mirror particles as a possible candidate for dark matter. An anomaly observed in the behavior of ordinary particles that appear to oscillate in and out of existence could be from a “hypothetical parallel world consisting of mirror particles,” says a press release from Springer. “Each neutron would have the ability to transition into its invisible mirror twin, and back, oscillating from one world to the other.”"

Submission + - Opportunity Surpasses 30 KM Driving ! (universetoday.com) 1

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Phoghat

on Saturday June 04, 2011 @07:24AM

Phoghat writes: "With her most recent drive of 482 feet (146.8 meters) on June 1, 2011 (Sol 2614), NASA’s Opportunity Mars Rover has zoomed past the unimaginable 30 kilometer (18,64 miles) mark in total odometry since safely landing on Mars nearly seven and one half years ago on Jan 24, 2004. That’s 50 times beyond the roughly quarter mile of roving distance initially forseen.
And Opportunity is still going strong, in good health and has abundant solar power as she continues driving on her ambitious overland trek across the martian plains of Meridiani Planum. She is heading to the giant Endeavour crater, some 22 km (14 miles) in diameter."

Submission + - Dark Energy Confirmed By Australian WiggleZ Survey (techie-buzz.com)

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Phoghat

on Monday May 23, 2011 @08:21AM

Phoghat writes: "An Australian team of researchers scanned the sky using WiggleZ Dark Energy survey and found confirmatory evidence of presence of Dark Energy. Einstein is correct, as so far, usual. Swiss mail clerk my arse!"

Submission + - Another Milestone For Virgin Galactic (virgingalactic.com) 1

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on Thursday May 05, 2011 @05:21AM

Phoghat writes: "Early on Wednesday 4th May 2011, in the skies above Mojave Air and Spaceport CA, SpaceShipTwo, the world’s first commercial spaceship, demonstrated its unique reentry ‘feather’ configuration for the first time. This test flight, the third in less than two weeks, marks another major milestone on the path to powered test flights and commercial operations.
SpaceShipTwo (SS2), named VSS Enterprise, has now flown solo seven times since its public roll-out in December 2009 and since the completion of its ground and captive -carry test program."

Submission + - Voyager Set to Enter Interstellar Space - NASA Sci (nasa.gov)

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Phoghat

on Thursday April 28, 2011 @07:01PM

Phoghat writes: "More than 30 years after they were launched, NASA's two Voyager probes have traveled to the edge of the solar system and are on the doorstep of interstellar space.
Today, April 28, 2011, NASA held a live briefing to reflect on what the Voyager mission has accomplished--and to preview what lies ahead as the probes prepare to enter the realm of the Milky Way itself."

Submission + - Several Student-Led Experiments to Fly on Endeavou (universetoday.com)

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Phoghat

on Wednesday April 27, 2011 @07:56AM

Phoghat writes: "STS-134, the final flight of the space shuttle Endeavour – is set to carry several experiments of students from the middle school, high school and collegiate levels. Two of these payloads are sponsored by the NASA Florida
The first experiment is one that could provide some guidance on future long-duration space flight missions, it deals with seed germination. As missions take astronauts further and further away from Earth, they will need to be able to produce their own food. Learning everything possible about the effects of micro-gravity on seeds therefore is viewed as relevant and important research.
Another experiment, one comprised of squid embryos is being spearheaded by the University of Florida and will research the physiological impact of the micro-gravity environment on the animal’s growth and development."

Submission + - Astronomy Without A Telescope (universetoday.com)

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Phoghat

on Monday April 25, 2011 @08:16AM

Phoghat writes: "In what is starting to become a familiar theme, researchers have speculated on what types of observational data from distant planetary systems might indicate the presence of an alien civilization, in this case asteroid mining
it’s thought that indicators of the presence of an alien civilization might include:
Atmospheric pollutants, like chlorofluorocarbons – which, unlike methane or molecular oxygen, are clearly manufactured rather than just biogenically produced
Propulsion signatures – remember how the Vulcans detected humanity in Star Trek: First Contact
Stellar engineering – where a star’s lifetime is artificially extended to maintain the habitable zone of its planetary system"

Submission + - Stop being duped by the 3D scam (techrepublic.com)

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Phoghat

on Saturday April 23, 2011 @07:17AM

Phoghat writes: "The entertainment and electronics industries keep trying to push 3D on consumers, even though a lot of smart people have caught on to the fact that it is a scam and not innovation as the industry would like you to believe."

Submission + - STS-133 Launches Final Discovery Mission (universetoday.com) 3

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Phoghat

on Friday February 25, 2011 @03:17AM

Phoghat writes: "Overcoming a down-to the-last second problem, space shuttle Discovery made history today, launching on its final mission to orbit. The most-traveled orbiter is carrying a crew of six astronauts and one human-like Robonaut , along with a new permanent storeroom and supplies for the International Space Station."

Submission + - Solar Panels for Your Pants (discovery.com)

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on Monday December 27, 2010 @08:34PM

Phoghat writes: "A new line of clothes come with its own solar panels to charge small electronics in your pocket. It might be overdoing the "Green" technology but for the low, low price of $920, you can own a pair of Go Urban Cargo Pants, which boasts "fly front, low-slung drawstring waist, and two back patch pockets with button down flaps", but the main reason you might want them is main reason you might pay nearly $1,000 for a pair of pants: "two side cargo pockets each comes with independently functioning power supply." Go shop with your Christmas Money Go Urban website "

Submission + - The animal world has its junkies too (pjonline.com)

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Phoghat

on Friday December 24, 2010 @08:54AM

Phoghat writes: "Research scientists have used many animal species in investigating mind-altering drugs, but it may come as a surprise to learn that animals in the wild — from starlings to reindeer — also make use of psychoactive substances of their own accord.
It seems that many of these species have a natural desire to experience altered states of consciousness, and man may well have found his way to some of his favourite recreational drugs by observing the behaviour of animals."

Submission + - Latest From Mars: Frosty Landscapes, Ancient Lakeb (universetoday.com)

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Phoghat

on Thursday December 23, 2010 @09:49AM

Phoghat writes: "A new batch of images has been released by the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissaince Orbiter and as usual they are stunning. In the first image, there is a lot going on! Numerous dust devil tracks have left criss cross marks
The second is an image of what could have been a once habitable lake.
There are more including a possible future landing site."

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