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Study Finds Planets More Numerous Than Stars in Milky Way(nature.com)
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by johno215 15y ago
Lesser known fact. Most homes contain alpha radiation sources through their use in smoke detectors. http://www.epa.gov/radiation/sources/smoke_alarm.html That being said, radiological material regulations are very strict these day. Back w
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by johno215 15y ago
Here is an accompanying segment from QuakeCon 2011 in August where static code analysis is discussed. This topic must really be on his mind. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zgYG-_ha28&feature=playe...
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by johno215 15y ago
Forgot about the Energiya. To bad it only flew successfully once. Had the Soviet Union not crumbled around the same time things may have been different.
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by johno215 15y ago
Edit: Never mind. wolf550e and cstross are right. If Falcon Heavy flies it will be the 3rd largest rocket (in terms of payload) that has ever flown behind the Saturn V and the Energia. ---- I think you're being a little nit-picky. "Largest
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by johno215 15y ago
I don't think this destroys your argument, but the barycenter of the Earth-Moon system is located, according to wikipedia [1], 4670 km from the center of the Earth. Interestingly, both the Pluto-Charon and the Sun-Jupiter systems have bary
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by johno215 15y ago
Good point. Do you think Bing could be monetized at a similar rate to Google if their market shares were similar? Or are there other things Google are doing (e.g. better add targeting) that is making them more money per search?
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by johno215 15y ago
If this was such a great money making deal for Google why did Microsoft not bid higher? They have similar monetization strategy for Bing and would have similar ROI for gaining searches. Plus, MS is flush with cash and have a great desire t
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by johno215 15y ago
The trick is figuring out how many users would use the Firefox search box vs would just enter google.com into the URL the old fashioned way (or would change the search box back to Google). I have no doubt Google is measuring that number and
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Democratic Super PAC Buys Newtgingrich.com(politics.slashdot.org)
2 points by johno215 15y ago|0 comments
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Captured RQ-170 Drone: The Simplest Explanation (theaviationist.com)
1 points by johno215 15y ago|0 comments
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Separating Fact from Speculation about Kepler-20's Earth-sized Planets(planetary.org)
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by johno215 15y ago
"I would not be surprised to see Google make a change to its signal strength to bars mapping for LTE and placebo away an issue that never really existed to begin with." As an engineer it grates on my sanity when people compare engineering m
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Investigating the Galaxy Nexus LTE Signal Issue(anandtech.com)
1 points by johno215 15y ago|1 comments
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Real-life Dilbert manager quotes(blogs.msdn.com)
4 points by johno215 15y ago|0 comments
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Space exploration not thrilling anymore(ft.com)
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by johno215 15y ago
I think the reluctance comes from being burned by Microsoft infusing their own technologies into the web browser in the past. I realize that Python and Ruby would be standard and open but people still fear the possible fragmentation.
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Finding a lost dog's owner with Perl(perlbuzz.com)
5 points by johno215 15y ago|1 comments
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John Carmack's rocket reaches 140,000 ft (youtube.com)
5 points by johno215 15y ago|0 comments
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by johno215 15y ago
Still a horrible security design if that is the case. Simply jamming something should not by-pass an authentication mechanism.
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by johno215 15y ago
Sigh.. I hope it was not that insecure.
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by johno215 15y ago
Hmm, the GPS signal the military uses is supposed to be encrypted and un-spoofable. I wonder if Iran cracked it. If so, can the US reset the key easily? [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS_signals#Precision_code
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by johno215 15y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_engine_nozzle#Atmospheri...
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HD zoom to the black hole at the center of our galaxy(youtube.com)
5 points by johno215 15y ago|0 comments
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by johno215 15y ago
Based on the Nature article abstract images it appears they were able to image the cloud using the VLT telescope. I got confused about L'-band for a second. Thought they were talking about L-band. Feel free to correct me if someone has read
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by johno215 15y ago
I think Jobs' voice works surprisingly well for that ad. I especially like they way he says "and they have no respect for the status quo" for some reason. [1] Steve Job's Voice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQaAg3uxS24
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by johno215 15y ago
A negative is that it is a lot harder to check-out the vehicle when it is attached to an airplane than when it is on the ground. Also, on the ground the successful start-up of all the engines can be verified before the vehicle is released.
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by johno215 15y ago
[I don't think the parent should be down-voted. It is a fair question to ask.] Speaking for me personally, there is a strong attraction within me to see humans expand, explore and colonize the physical world around us. I just don't get as e
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by johno215 15y ago
Launching at a higher altitude allows the rocket engines to be optimized for low atmospheric pressure increasing their efficiency. In addition, the trajectory can be turned to a more horizontal angle earlier without having to fight drag too
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Stratolaunch-Systems: a new Paul Allen project(stratolaunchsystems.com)
1 points by johno215 15y ago|0 comments

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