Comment Republicans (Score 4, Informative) 81
Why are they sending unsolicited e-mail (spam) in the first place? That's exactly the type of thing a spam filter is supposed to catch.
Comment What's going on here? (Score 4, Interesting) 64
Why is Europe disinterested or struggling to bring up and foster their own tech industry? They complain about US hegemony but never seem to put forth any home-grown alternatives. There's something about European society or culture that dissuades the type of entrepreneurship that is required to bring about a home-grown Microsoft, Apple or Google.
Comment Re:Sure wish a boycott would work (Score 0) 45
Trump should nationalize Cracker Barrel and deport the CEO.
Comment "Wouldn't it be great..." (Score 1, Informative) 38
"...if the plants in your home could do more than just sit there looking pretty?"
No, I'd rather they just sit there and look pretty. That's why I bought them and placed them in my house.
No, I'd rather they just sit there and look pretty. That's why I bought them and placed them in my house.
Comment Re:4000 a pop (Score 2) 70
A really good "cold snap" is probably what is needed for the Python problem. We haven't had frost in South Florida for probably 35+ years.
Comment Re:the US problem is also technology (Score 1) 85
It was common in the US up to the 1960's. My dad was a conductor and one of his jobs was to lock the restroom doors just before the train rolled into a station.
That's total BS and you know it.
Comment Re:It's their funeral. (Score 1) 3
I'll go to a clinic in Tijuana if I have to.
Comment Re:the US problem is also technology (Score 0) 85
What are you talking about shitting through a hole in the floor? You know where you see that? In Serbia. Guess where that is?
Comment Re:4000 a pop (Score 1) 70
The anole lizard (Dactyloidae) has also changed. By your sig, you're probably in FL and have seen this. They're now 3x the size they were just 15 years ago and have this large curly tail. This is probably from mating with Geckos or some other non-native lizard.
Comment Re:Meanwhile (Score -1) 85
What people forget, is places like Western Europe, Russia and Japan that have advanced railways were all places that were extensively bombed during WWII, which afforded the opportunity to build this infrastructure without the hindrance of dealing with existing infrastructure.
If we want this in the US, we can either leverage eminent domain aggressively to seize/demolish existing property, or use a Chinese model of simply seizing a right-of-way without recourse to the property owners. Neither option is going to be palatable.
If we want this in the US, we can either leverage eminent domain aggressively to seize/demolish existing property, or use a Chinese model of simply seizing a right-of-way without recourse to the property owners. Neither option is going to be palatable.
Comment Meanwhile (Score 1) 85
In China...
Comment The first beaver I ever saw (Score 1) 1
was in Holland.
Comment Re:If it is as good as Youtube, I'll pass (Score 2) 31
Try turning off your audio just relying on their generated CC's. It's just a bunch of incomprehensible nonsense.
Submission + - Engineers Send Quantum Signals With Standard Internet Protocol (phys.org)
An anonymous reader writes: In a first-of-its-kind experiment, engineers at the University of Pennsylvania brought quantum networking out of the lab and onto commercial fiber-optic cables using the same Internet Protocol (IP) that powers today's web. Reported in Science, the work shows that fragile quantum signals can run on the same infrastructure that carries everyday online traffic. The team tested their approach on Verizon's campus fiber-optic network. The Penn team's tiny "Q-chip" coordinates quantum and classical data and, crucially, speaks the same language as the modern web. That approach could pave the way for a future "quantum internet," which scientists believe may one day be as transformative as the dawn of the online era.
Quantum signals rely on pairs of "entangled" particles, so closely linked that changing one instantly affects the other. Harnessing that property could allow quantum computers to link up and pool their processing power, enabling advances like faster, more energy-efficient AI or designing new drugs and materials beyond the reach of today's supercomputers. Penn's work shows, for the first time on live commercial fiber, that a chip can not only send quantum signals but also automatically correct for noise, bundle quantum and classical data into standard internet-style packets, and route them using the same addressing system and management tools that connect everyday devices online.
Quantum signals rely on pairs of "entangled" particles, so closely linked that changing one instantly affects the other. Harnessing that property could allow quantum computers to link up and pool their processing power, enabling advances like faster, more energy-efficient AI or designing new drugs and materials beyond the reach of today's supercomputers. Penn's work shows, for the first time on live commercial fiber, that a chip can not only send quantum signals but also automatically correct for noise, bundle quantum and classical data into standard internet-style packets, and route them using the same addressing system and management tools that connect everyday devices online.
Comment Re:Huh? (Score 1) 47
So they're going to scan your face?
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