I read a few articles about Microsoft calling its new Windows release "Windows 10" rather than Windows 9. Nobody mentioned what is probably the reason, and, although in the grand scheme of things it is hardly of earth-shattering importance, the fact that it wasn't mentioned makes me feel like I have...

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Then there is Sorbothane. An expensive material, but one created for vibration damping.

Now that I've done just a little research it is easy to learn that cooling computers with liquid dielectrics is nothing new. What's new with this is perhaps the use of this particular agent (Novec 1230) which is said to be astonishingly environmentally friendly. Novec 1230 is dispensed as a liquid b...

Intel and SGI trial submerging servers in liquid to cool them Intel and SGI have been trialing a new method of cooling servers and supercomputers that involves submerging them completely in liquid. This cooling solution doesn't rely on water though, as its properties would damage components, instea...

But then there's the the lag, the latency in digital voice. Is there any way to get rid of that? It seems to me from my limited knowledge that whereas analog is transmitted like a railroad train, with each car (and window in each car) following each other in real time, a digital transmission is sent...

I think you're absolutely right.

The first quoted statement is pure ignorance, and pretentious.

The second statement can be forgiven if he's not at all familiar with this website, but it's just as pretentious.

Does using a good quality headset help any?

I imagine that, once the voice quality does improve, you'd need to use a headset to really take advantage of it.

I was the last person in the world to get a cell phone. They are wonderful for traveling or emergencies, but if the truth be told they are a bane as well. One thing I don't like about them is the terrible sound quality of calls made from such devices, even (in my experience) those made from a high e...

It appears that Logitech keyboards are available in Scandinavia. If that is the case, try the Logitech Illuminated Ultrathin Keyboard (corded). It's even quieter than the UltraX. More features, higher price.

If this device is for real, it's not going to change the world greatly all that fast, because that's not the way things work. The total effect that any invention has had on the world is not just a function of what percentage of the populace has come to adopt it, but also simply of how much time it's...

How does nickel = nuclear bomb? the goal of fusion is taking stable elements and combining them into other stable elements, and extracting energy from that process. the goal of fission is taking inherently unstable elements and doing a controlled split on them. neither one will produce a bomb. Late...

Noise cancelling is a good concept but in reality, it doesn't work. Most of these headphones are equipped an inaccurate microphone to pickup the ambient noise which does more harm than good. I recommend getting a closed back monitoring headphone if you need a really good isolation. Beyerdynamic DT ...

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. This kind of invention could be broadly welcomed.

The holes in the window, indispensable in having the noise-cancelling effect, look to me like a liability in most cases (except in the summer, of course.)

Stalin a leftist?! All someone has to do is claim they are and they get believed for a century (or longer.)

Bottom line to me is that denying these benefits to kids for any reason is just plain mean or awfully ignorant. And, yes, if you study even hatha yoga you're apt to learn a bit about Hinduism in the process. Good! It's good to learn about world religions. Yes, also, any time you learn about a new be...

On a personal note, this is something that is far more alarming that is happening to my schools (and probably yours as well) - the dilution of your national identity is far more serious than a Yoga class at school, and very few people have the balls to even discuss such an issue. http://www.telegra...

One school I went to started offering yoga for PE lessons. They already offered dance so it's not a huge jump but it's not a sport so isn't exercise in the traditional sense. You hit on one of the cruxes of the issue. Yoga has traditionally been regarded as a spiritual discipline, and its practitio...

I know I'm stepping into one of the most rancorous can of worm realms this forum has had, but this topic need note evoke ill will. I saw this article today: http://news.yahoo.com/judge-rule-whether-yoga-tied-religion-071730132.html The public school system of Encinitas, California is teaching studen...

Do you know how hard it is to gather 10 000 people for anything let alone 100 000? its not that hard if you serve beer and hand out free cigarettes... According to NASCAR estimates, 3,518,000 million attended last year's 36 Sprint Cup races. The average of 97,722 per event was the lowest since NASC...

I suspect that the term "fundamentalism" was coined or adopted by those embracing it as a way of justifying their beliefs by proclaiming that their beliefs are the true and basic. The commenter quoted fails to understand that extremism within the whole domain of an established religion is a differen...

Back in the 1970s, a conscientious farmer told me of his admiration for China, which feeds 4 times the population of the U.S. using 1/3 the arable land. Especially back then, a lot of the farming techniques in China must have been traditional, i.e. low tech. These facts say something. Funny how obv...

Back in the 1970s, a conscientious farmer told me of his admiration for China, which feeds 4 times the population of the U.S. using 1/3 the arable land.

Especially back then, a lot of the farming techniques in China must have been traditional, i.e. low tech.

These facts say something.

The more the hand of man is present in creating something, the more the hand of man has to be there to maintain it. The forces of nature as a whole will maintain a forest, but they won't maintain your car. GM organisms are far more vulnerable and require more human effort to maintain. In most cases...

Around 1990 I read about an early experiment with GM crops that had been begun ten years prior. A variety of crops were used. For each type of crop, one field of non-hybridized "wild" seeds was planted. In the same location, one field of conventional hybridized seeds was planted. A third field, with...

These are 1990s figures, but one can assume that they haven't changed in any profound way -- 70% of all the grain grown in the U.S. (and I think that figure also includes legumes) is used to feed livestock. Worldwide the figure is 30%. Add to that now the grain that's used to produce ethanol. Consid...

So, from what I read, an LED backlit monitor would be more apt to have a problem stemming from PWM: http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/pulse_width_modulation.htm but I can't honestly say that I'm certain that issue is what the problem is. By the way, the program f.lux has been a considerable help ...

Maybe I don't get around much anymore, but I've never used an LED backlit monitor. At the same time, the CCFL backlit monitors have become (to me) increasingly oppressive on the eyes. Doing Web searches I've not been able to get any information as to whether or not the LED backlights are more gentle...

Static electricity, from what I've read, can take out tiny fractional bits of electronic circuitry which might not be immediately apparent but can lead to a component's destruction months later. But all the cautioning about static is directed at those working in open cases. I imagine that closed cas...

I've noticed that whenever a scientist is given any sort of significant pulpit from which to preach, when he criticizes conventional religion he will do so only at the level that conventional religion commonly gives its message from, and that makes the scientist's message no more insightful or uncon...