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What if by detaining and torturing an individual or a few key individuals you could prevent the death of many of your citizens and widespread destruction - through a bloody civil w…

Surprised how much hate there is here for this technology from people who never tried it. I've had one for a year. It is game-changing. You can drive what you like - it supports ma…

OMG I hope they bring it to burning man.

The quote from the consultant for LightSquared is taken out of context or just plain wrong. i.e. this statement: cellular base stations have been "allowed next to the GPS band sinc…

Hi rorrr, You are clearly on the treadmill. Yeah if you want to buy a new car every X years, and get a mortgage for an overpriced house you are not going to be able to live this li…

When I was 14 I worked a warehouse gig assembling sunday-morning newspapers (the news printed that morning is combined with a larger pre-printed section of want-ads, etc). The hour…

A rocket is a series of pressure vessels, pressurized fuel tanks, pressurized crew compartment, etc.. Round shapes spread the pressure around the entire structure. The ideal shape …

Most of the anger I see at trucks (and truck-drivers) is just ignorance of the physical limitations on trucks. They are big, so the rules of inertia mean they take longer to speed …

If a hacker can steal your user database they as-likely-as-not have access to your reversible encryption keys. On top of that it's bad form to mail a user their plaintext password …

From the article: We don’t say, "It’s these lazy soldiers and their bloated benefits plans! That’s why we haven’t done better in Afghanistan!" It's a good thing our military isn't …

I ask myself the same question every year.

I dono that I agree with the author's definition of DevOps - IMHO it's not that Dev is talking to Ops, there's nothing new there. I think DevOps is something more akin to tackling …

yes, moving at only a slightly slower pace then when they have power.

ditto. Right tool for the job and all that.

China has made several statements in the last few weeks about their concerns about the dollar. However the real BIG news is not their talk, its their actions. China has been moving…

I think for you the best solution would be to keep your day job and work nights/weekends on your startup. With your big financial liabilities and GF that has to stay in school in F…

I've taken ~6 months off every year since 2001. Given our progressive tax system it's a no-brainer. I keep a much higher percentage of my income than I would if I worked constantly…

I counter with data. World ocean temps were higher in 2005 & 2006 than in 1998. Every year after 2000 has been higher than all of the 90's except 1998. http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gi…