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iOS 7 is REALLY yucky. Why Isn't Anyone Saying So? Have you considered maybe it's because most people don't agree with you? I think you point out some real UI issues, but to me, th…

The peregrine falcon videos linked to in the article used a "808 #16 HD Key Chain Camera" attached to the bird's back with a little harness. While they are much larger birds, I sus…

Instead of buying civet coffee, roast your own beans. I have never tasted coffee as good as the stuff I have roasted myself. All you need is an old popcorn maker. Buy green beans f…

I wish! My wifi password at work is useful over a much larger area. It is also the login password for my email, the course management system I use when teaching, and pretty much ev…

But there are so many more apple apps! apple pie, apple fritters, apple juice, apple cider, apple jacks, apple crisp, apple cake, apple butter, apple muffins, apple brown betty, ap…

Cal-HSRA predicts that by 2040 the train will reduce highway miles traveled by 10 million miles a day[1]. For comparison, in May 2013, there were 15.3 billion miles of travel just …

The cost is going to be high, maybe $100 billion by the time the project is done. Even with the feds helping, that is a huge sum. Are we really going to get the most "bang" for our…

From the article: The line between Tokyo and Osaka is expected to cost approximately $90 billion and it won't be completed until 2045 I think California's high speed rail project s…

The solution is to build new towers without guy-wires. To operate a communications tower in the US, you need a permit from the FCC. To get a permit or renew a permit from the FCC, …

Good or bad, I'd be surprised if he ever has the chance to sign it. It has to make its way through the quagmire that is the senate first.

Could you explain your reasoning? How is the US purposefully losing a drone in Iran somehow a signal to the Israelis? Surely Israel already knew that we were capable of / already f…

Natural gas is great, useful for generating electricity, heating, maybe powering cars, making plastic, etc. So why are we (the US) exporting it? It seems incredibly shortsighted. O…

To me, the real lesson from SOPA and PIPA is that the tech industry needs to spend a lot more money bribing (oh, excuse me, lobbying) senators and representatives to counter all th…