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NEW YORK (AP) -- A surgeon at Mount Sinai Medical Center, one of New York City's most renowned hospitals, has been relieved from his clinical and administrative duties after removing the wrong kidney from a patient, hospital officials said Thursday.

The patient, a 76-year-old male, was on dialysis with two failed and diseased kidneys when the wrong one was removed, said Sinai spokeswoman Dorie Klissas. Doctors subsequently removed the second failed kidney and the patient is doing well, she said.

"This event should never have occurred at Mount Sinai," said Klissas. "We apologized to the patient, and we will do all we can to ensure that something like this never happens again."

Klissas, who said hospital officials had consulted with the patient Thursday, would not say when the incident occurred. She also would not name the surgeon, citing hospital policy not to comment on personnel issues.

The patient, she said, told hospital officials the surgeon helped him overcome bladder cancer and that despite the error he had "enormous faith in the doctor."

Wrong side surgeries do occur at hospitals throughout the country -- and many facilities take efforts to "mistake proof" operating rooms. In July 2008, a surgeon at a Minneapolis hospital who removed the wrong kidney from a cancer patient said he was distracted by beeper calls and other patients when he made a mistake on the patient's chart, a state investigation there found.

The 12-story hospital, which has nearly 1,200 beds, occupies four square blocks on the city's Upper East Side and was founded in downtown Manhattan in 1852.

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Moms who are overweight or obese in early pregnancy may increase the risk of heart attack in their children later in life, a study in Australia found.

Researchers at the Royal Women's Hospital in Melbourne and the University of Sydney compared the thickness of the wall of the aorta, the largest artery in the body, in newborns with the body mass index of their mothers at 16 weeks' gestation. They found a BMI of 25 or more, considered overweight, led to an 8 percent increase in aortic thickness in the baby.

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The findings, published in a letter to the medical journal Archives of Disease in Childhood -- Fetal and Neonatal Edition, suggest that increasing rates of maternal obesity could bring more heart attacks in coming decades. Sixteen percent of pregnant women in England had a BMI of at least 30 in 2007, compared with 7 percent in 1990, a study published in the International Journal of Obesity in 2010 found.

"Potentially it means these kids are at an increased risk of having heart attacks in adulthood irrespective of what they do in their life -- whether or not they become obese," said co- author Michael Skilton, a vascular physiologist at Sydney University's Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise & Eating Disorders, in a telephone interview. "The good thing is that they have enough time to start exercising, eating well and doing all the things you can do" to improve heart health.

The research, which was based on a study of 23 pregnant women, found the higher the BMI in pregnancy, the thicker the aorta wall in the resultant newborn, Skilton said. Correlating the effect in adults suggests maternal overweight and obesity may be the equivalent of eight to 10 years of natural aging, he said.

Skilton's group plans to study the phenomenon in as many as 1,000 women as part of a research project in Melbourne, he said.

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A large woman brings Buster to court, wrongly accusing him of smashing a window. But the judge is an immigrant who only understands Polish. He mistakes Buster and the woman for another couple and marries them to one another. The large woman brings her new husband to her home, where Buster is confronted with her brutal brothers.

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Cold Creek resident among those backing new "Dark Skies" law

CALABASAS -- Newcomers who put up street lights in Cold Creek in the 1970s got a quick lesson in lighting etiquette, according to local legend. The bulbs were immediately shot out by old-timers - a message that a dark sky was preferred over a lit one in this rural Los Angeles County community.

Decades later, darkness is still preferred.

"Darkness just speaks of tranquility," said Mary Ellen Strote, whose Cold Creek home overlooks the wilderness of Malibu Creek State Park. "It just feels protective and calming."

Strote, the president of the Las Virgenes Homeowners Federation, is one of many neighborhood leaders enthusiastically backing a new ordinance that aims to keep the darkest parts of the county dark.

Passed by the Regional Planning Commission last week, the Dark Skies Ordinance cracks down on overly bright and obtrusive lighting, fining residents whose lights "trespass" onto other properties.

The new rules empower homeowners annoyed by a next-door neighbor's barn light, or irked by a nearby high school football field's flood lights.

First proposed by Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich in 2008, the ordinance is intended to preserve the unique character of the county's rural areas, which are increasingly being surrounded by new development, as well as conserve energy.

It's also intended to protect nocturnal animals, such as bats and owls, that require darkness to survive.

According to Antonovich Field Deputy Norm Hickling, the ordinance was developed after numerous homeowners complained that light from new subdivisions and residences was illuminating the once-dark ridgetops and canyons.

"The biggest complaints we got were that brand-new houses were being built, and lit up for security reasons," said Hickling. "Neighbors could see the homes two miles away."

The Board of Supervisors is expected to pass the ordinance - which has garnered support from numerous neighborhood groups and no opposition - by early next year. It would take effect six months later.

The new rules would apply to all areas deemed rural in unincorporated Los Angeles County. That includes nearly all of the northern area of Los Angeles County, parts of Chatsworth and Agoura, and the Santa Monica Mountains. It also encompasses parts of southern Los Angeles County, like South Diamond Bar, and eastward to the San Dimas Reservoir.

Under the new regulations, light from a residence or business can't trespass onto another person's property. Barn lights or corral lights must be shielded with a special covering, so the light faces downward, not out.

Facilities, such as ball fields, must also use downward-facing light. Even a bright patio light would be banned under the new ordinance if it shines on a neighbor's property.

Enforcement of the ordinance will be complaint- driven, and there will be a voluntary period of 45 days to comply. Noncompliance could result in a fine, for a figure still being worked out, according to county planners.

Riverside County is consider a similar ordinance for its unincorporated areas, and the Orange County city of San Clemente is also creating outdoor lighting standards to preserve nighttime skies.

There's been an uptick in dark sky ordinances in recent years, according to Scott Kardel, public affairs director at the International Dark Sky Association, a group that works to prevent light pollution.

The association's recommendations were used in crafting the Los Angeles County ordinance.

"Basically as cities grow larger, it's becoming harder and harder to see a natural dark sky," said Kardel. "Generally speaking, it's because of development, but it's also because lighting is poorly directed. There's little attention to how much light is actually needed or lights are often left on all night long."

Lori Weatherbie, who lives in Juniper Hills on the north slope of the San Gabriel Mountains, said light pollution is an ongoing issue in the rural area, particularly when neighbors place lights all around the edges of their property. The bright lights of a home located a mile and half away from her residence is a constant, glowing nuisance, she said.

"People who build up here sometimes bring city lights with them," said Weatherbie, president of the Juniper Hills Community Association, "because they think they need them for safety."

The new ordinance, she believes, "will give residents the peace and solitude of having dark nights."

In the Cold Creek area, where street lights are still rare, the neighborhood remains a draw for stargazers. When Halley's Comet passed through in 1986, cars lined Stunt Road, near Mulholland Highway, to catch the show, according to Strote.

"You give up a lot to live in the country," she said. "You have to drive a lot, for instance. But the payoff is that you get to see the stars."


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Daily Deal: Camarillo bird museum hosts free open house

The bird museum in Camarillo may be little known, but it houses a vast collection of all things avian, including 225,000 sets of bird eggs from about 4,000 bird species and 18,000 bird nests. The museum has invited the public to take a tour Saturday during a free open house.

The deal: The nonprofit Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, as it's more formally known, works to preserve ornithology collections for research, education and conservation efforts involving birds worldwide.

The one-day event, now in its 11th year, allows visitors to tour the collection of eggs and nests as well as thousands of bird specimens. It also will feature live birds of prey from the nearby Ojai Raptor Center from noon to 2 p.m. and demonstrations by experts to explain how they prepare museum specimens from 2 to 3:30 p.m.

When: The museum is open to visitors 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday.

Details: During the open house, Mamoru Suzuki, an artist who has been visiting the museum since the 1990s to draw and paint some of the bird eggs and nest materials, will be signing his book "Birds' Nests of the World."

Info: Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology, 439 Calle San Pablo, Camarillo; (805) 388-9944

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Dec. 18: Admirals reach third place, beat Binghampton

NORFOLK, Va.  Dustin Tokarski made 25 saves and Adam Hall scored twice as the Norfolk Admirals (15-15-1-0) leapt over the Binghamton Senators (13-14-1-1) in the East Division standings with a 3-1 victory on Friday night at Norfolk Scope Arena. The same two teams will meet again at Scope tomorrow night.

The Admirals took a 1-0 lead in the game's eleventh minute. Mark Parrish won a battle for the puck in the left corner of the rink behind Binghamton netminder Andy Chiodo. Parrish threaded a pass through traffic to an open Juraj Simek in the slot. Simek one-timed the puck over Chiodo's blocker at 10:14 for his fifth goal of the season.

Norfolk's lead doubled midway through the second stanza. Martins Karsums carried the puck into the attacking zone through the left wing and circled behind the net before centering the puck toward the slot. The puck bounced off legs near the top of the crease and Adam Hall found it at his feet. He shoveled the puck past Chiodo for his fifth goal of the season at 7:31.

The Senators came out firing to start the third period and drew a pair of power plays. They capitalized on the last one, as Drew Bannister's shot found its mark for a power play tally at 14:56 that spoiled Norfolk netminder Dustin Tokarski's bid for a second consecutive shutout.

Tokarski, however, was undeterred, as he did not let another shot past him on the evening. Hall iced the Norfolk victory with an empty-net goal with 48 seconds remaining.

Dustin Tokarski (26 shots, 25 saves) earned his tenth win of the season. Andy Chiodo (33 shots, 31 saves) took the loss.

Norfolk was 0-1 on the power play. Binghamton was 1-3.

The Admirals and Senators will square off at Scope again tomorrow night at 7:15 p.m. There are several promotions on tap for the game.

The first 2,000 fans through the gates will receive the first set of 2009-10 Admirals trading cards, courtesy of John's Tax Service and The Virginian-Pilot. Look for randomly inserted limited edition gold parallel cards. There is one gold card in every 10 packs.

The Admirals' annual Toy Toss will also take place tomorrow night. Admirals fans are asked to bring new stuffed toys to that game to throw onto the ice after the Admirals score their first goal. The Toy Toss is an official Marine Corps Toys For Tots event and a Norfolk Holidays In The City Event.

Also tomorrow, the Norfolk Admirals' wives and girlfriends will hold a holiday ornament auction to benefit The Joy Fund during the game. Custom-designed ornaments will be up for silent auction that night near Gate 14 on the Scope concourse. The ornaments were designed by the Admirals wives and girlfriends and are personalized to reflect the interests and personalities of Admirals and Lightning players. The Admirals will hold the silent auction through the second intermission. All proceeds will go to the Joy Fund.

Fans can cap off the weekend with the Admirals with the second post-game skate of the season. Fans can skate at Scope with their favorite Admirals following the game. A limited number of skates will be available or fans may bring their own skates.

For a complete schedule and details of the promotions, please visit norfolkadmirals.com or call norfolkadmirals.com.

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Binghamton Senators 1 At Norfolk Admirals 3 - Status: FinalDec 18, 2009 - Norfolk Scope

Binghamton 0 0 1 - 1Norfolk 1 1 1 - 3

1st Period-1, Norfolk, Simek 5 (Bochenski, Parrish), 10:14. Penalties-Baier Bng (interference), 5:24.

2nd Period-2, Norfolk, Hall 5 (Karsums, Lundin), 7:31. Penalties-Keller Nor (holding), 8:34.

3rd Period-3, Binghamton, Bannister 2 (Smith, Kudelka), 14:56 (pp). 4, Norfolk, Hall 6 (Karsums, Craig), 19:12 (en). Penalties-Hall Nor (tripping), 5:59; Wishart Nor (delay of game), 13:04.

Shots on Goal-Binghamton 7-7-12-26. Norfolk 12-15-7-34.Power Play Opportunities-Binghamton 1 of 3; Norfolk 0 of 1.Goalies-Binghamton, Chiodo 5-10-0 (33 shots-31 saves). Norfolk, Tokarski 10-10-0 (26 shots-25 saves).A-3,811Referees-Shaun Davis (31).Linesmen-Tom George (61), Scott Pomento (25).

NOTES  Brandon Bochenski (3G, 6A) and Mark Parrish (4G, 4A) both have points in five straight games since December 5 at Hershey. Since that time, Bochenski leads the AHL in points and Parrish is tied for fourth  With an assist tonight, Bochenski now has 30 points in 31 games this season and is tied for fifth in point. He is also tied for the league lead with 15 goals  Dustin Tokarski now is tied for third among AHL rookies and is tied for ninth overall in the AHL with ten victories  Tokarski has allowed only three goals in his last three starts since December 11 vs. Manitoba (2-1-0, 1.00 GAA, .963 SV%, 1 shutout) ... After alternating starts between Tokarski and Riku Helenius for the last 21 games, Tokarski got back-to-back starts for the first time since October 23-24  Earlier today, the Tampa Bay Lightning assigned veteran defenseman Lukas Krajicek (KRIGH-chehk) to the Admirals. Krajicek is a veteran of more than 300 NHL games  Scratches: D Kevin Quick, D Ethan Graham, C Mitch Fadden ... Attendance: 3,811.

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Cowboys -- and refs -- stun Lions in playoff thriller

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Sheriff requests $280K for dispatch center upgrades

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The funds would cover a recording system for emergency calls, new furniture, and software updates.

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The funds would cover a recording system for emergency calls, new furniture, and software updates. The Fremont County Commission has asked for clarification on $280,000 in dispatch center equipment upgrades and replacements that Sheriff Skip Hornecker requested at a county board meeting Nov. 12. At a Dec. 10 meeting, the sheriff said he was working with the Fremont County Clerk's and Treasurer's offices to develop a five-year plan for such expenditures. The largest item in the Nov. 12 request was $105,000 for a system to record emergency radio frequencies and 911 calls and text messages. The next biggest were $80,000 to replace office furniture in the dispatch center and $50,000 to upgrade software in the 911 telephone system. Other items were $20,000 to upgrade computer work stations, $11,000 to recall recorded voice communications instantly, $12,000 for a paging device and $3,000 for a test message paging system. "We're trying to stay ahead of the technology," Hornecker said. New furniture is needed because the original desks and chairs are worn out after 13 years of round-the-clock use, the sheriff said. He proposed using the dispatch center and E911 budgets to purchase all of the new equipment. Commissioners wanted more clarification. "Which of these items are going to E911 budget, and which are going to the dispatch budget?" commissioner Travis Becker asked. Becker said knowing exactly how much it is spending on communications equipment would help the county when it asks other entities using the dispatch center --such as the City of Lander --for funds. Communications center director Carl Freeman said the dispatch and E911 budgets would share the cost of each item. Fremont County Treasurer Scott Harnsberger suggested the sheriff's office budgets would do better to project the department's revenues and expenditures farther into the future. "This is just piecemeal, this is just one piece of the puzzle," Harnsberger said. "I think if you just saw one picture, that would help." The treasurer said the Emergency Medical Services Department took on the forward-looking approach and was able to build three new ambulance barns in 10 years. Commissioners asked Hornecker to return with a breakdown of how much each item on each of his budgets would cost.

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The greatest generation? I pick millennials

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Here I go thinking outside of the Xbox again. I believe that pizza is better than caviar, that Chicago is better than New York, that Venus is superior to Mars.

And I believe, sincerely and with all cheekiness aside, that the young people we sometimes dismiss as a bunch of coffee-swilling slackers will wind up being the Greatest Generation Yet, topping the one Tom Brokaw celebrated in his bestselling 1998 book.

That’s right: The current crop of young people, the millennials (hatched roughly 1982 to 2004), show all the signs of becoming the greatest generation in human history, surpassing the legendary minds of the Renaissance, or the American Revolution or Brokaw’s esteemed and very worthy WWII America.

I’m not merely being provocative or Pollyannaish – because every generation of parents believes in the promise of its own progeny, even as we mock their awful music. Nor have I been puffing on the wrong end of the peace pipe.

I’m simply stating what I’ve found, in teaching them, coaching them and working alongside the sassy little punks: They stand to become the greatest generation we’ve ever seen.

They are inherently more adaptive, they are idealistic, they are tolerant of differences.

They are aspirational in all the right ways. At our prodding, they worked harder in high school than we ever did in college.

As a result, the older ones (26 to 33) are the best-educated segment of young adults in American history, according to a Pew Research Center study of millennials that was released in March. (One-third of that group has a four-year college degree or better.) The think tank’s sweeping study of millennials’ attitudes toward religion, race and politics also surveyed the group’s view of the future.

“Millennials are the nation’s most stubborn economic optimists,” the Pew study found. More than 8 in 10 say they have enough money to lead the lives they want, or expect to in the future. No other segment is nearly as confident.

Of course, there is that whole neediness thing that dogs young adults – that we’ve raised millions of demanding little Mozarts.

Just recently, I overheard a colleague on the phone checking a prospective intern’s reference: “Is she one of these millennials who need a lot of encouragement and validation, because some of these kids . . .”

Author Paul Nourigat, who has written extensively on young adults and their financial futures, believes such neediness will pass.

“These issues are about growing up,” says Nourigat. “Every generation goes through a period of formative fumbling, and elders look at a new generation with wonder and perplexity, forgetting how they must have appeared to their parents’ generation.”

Opportunities for young Americans will soon abound, insists Nourigat, citing a Georgetown University study that projects 55 million job vacancies over the next six years, 31 million of which will come from boomer retirements.

He points to three key qualities that elevate them in such a market: technological savvy, ability to adjust and a hunger to succeed.

“Look, we need our younger generation to be different,” he says. “To have them going forward with the old tools and approaches would not enable them to lead our country into a very different future.”

Parents, take a little bow for all this. Yeah, you.

Know how kids today receive sports awards just for showing up? What critics call “trophy inflation”? Or how, when they were potty trained, kids received standing ovations, as if they’d suddenly produced the Magna Carta?

Well, none of that self-esteem movement was the children’s idea; their parents were behind it all.

And don’t apologize, because it produced a generation of eager and motivated children, not the worst qualities in an achievement-based world. Barber even sees in her USC med students a higher sense of volunteerism and global thinking.

So, as this generation reaps the rewards of their own hard work, they will fully blossom only with our continued mentoring and cheering. Because they have almost everything except our wisdom and unconditional faith.

Hear their ideas, back their start-ups, cradle their dreams. Share with them your passion for a better future. Help them pursue yet another Renaissance.

With all the problems we’re passing along to them, we can at least gift them that last gleaming trophy.

From there, you little punks, it’s all up to you.

Contact the writer: [email protected]; twitter.com/erskinetimes.

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Fisherman catches huge sea monster and casually drives it into town

A FISHERMAN in China has created a bit of a scene by transporting a dead 2-tonne whale shark on the back of his small truck.

The whale on the back of his truck GIANT: The whale was a bit of a trophy catch for this fisherman [REUTERS]

The crazy incident emerged in a photo earlier today as the fishing pro drives nonchalantly through town with the five-metre long beast on the back of his vehicle.

People in the street stand and stare in disbelief with the giant tail drooping down in front of the driver's window.

And it would sure come as a shock to most drivers to see a huge whale coming towards them up the high street.

The whale was apparently caught in Yangzhi county, Fujian and then loaded the monster on to his van.

But what is most concerning is how he did it.

Either a few of his mates chipped in to help show off the trophy catch or the fishermen knows someone in the crane business.

It's even surprising to see the tiny truck still operating with the 4,400+lb whale on top of it.

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School district receives donation of new safety sacks for children with emergency medications

This past Tuesday Sunnyside School Districts nurses received 10 safety sacks each for students needing emergency medications. The sacks were provided by Jeff Barrom (back right) of Argus Insurance in Sunnyside.

This past Tuesday, Jeff Barrom of Argus Insurance presented Sunnyside School District nurses with safety sacks to help students with life threatening illnesses keep track of emergency medications better.

Pioneer Elementary School Nurse Debbie Kawakami said there are a number of students within the district who need to carry epi pens, rescue inhalers and other life saving medications with them.

She said each school nurse has rescue medications stored within the confines of the nurse's office, but many students with illnesses, such as asthma or severe allergies, carry medications inside backpacks because the bags go with them wherever the student travels.

"Many of our students are self-caring, but this is one more step of safety for them," Kawakami said, stating the safety sacks are a nylon bag that can be attached inside a student's backpack. The sacks are difficult for other students to access and keep the medication conveniently located for the student who uses the sack.

"It prevents the student from dumping the medications out when emptying a backpack," she stated.

Argus was able to purchase 10 safety sacks per school at $5 each. Kawakami said the district's safety committee was unable to secure a grant for the sacks, but Barrom is on the committee and saw the benefit the sacks would provide students of Sunnyside. He stepped up and purchased them to help the students.

She said students must have authorization from parents, physicians and the school nurse to check out a safety sack. The student will then be allowed its use for the duration of the school year.

For now, it has been decided students with the most life threatening conditions will be afforded the opportunity to check out a safety sack.

Kawakami said the students in Sunnyside School District who have health concerns already have written plans in place for the proper care and treatment if the need for medication arises. She feels the safety bags are just one more tool for student safety.

"We are just glad Jeff was able to provide us with the sacks," she said.

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Peak growths for DRAM memory have occured with major Windows launches - Courtesy SEC Marketing
How Vista will affect your next memory purchase...

With Windows Vista’s anticipated launch later this year, a concern on everyone’s mind is how Vista will tax existing PC platforms.  Although the new graphical user interface will require DirectX 9 support, and Intel G965 (or better) graphic accelerators, the real question mark in everyone’s minds is where DRAM requirements will head for Windows Vista.  Baseline Vista offerings will require 512MB of DRAM just to install, with a 1GB recommendation -- but is there more to this story?
Integrated graphics from ATI, Intel, and NVIDIA all use shared memory architectures. This means that even though the graphics core is on the motherboard Northbridge, the graphics controller accesses memory from the system main memory.  Low end, PCIe 3D accelerations from ATI, and NVIDIA also use shared memory support, using in excess of 256MB of system DRAM in exchange for a dirt cheap graphics accelerator.  On these systems the Vista recommendation for 512MB is not acceptable as a significant amount of main memory is consumed by the graphics accelerators.
Furthermore, Windows Vista will come with a new feature called Superfetch.  With Windows XP, Microsoft included a feature called Prefetch: a dynamic service that preemptively loads files into the pagefile in order to speed up application load time.  Superfetch advances further in two steps.  Step one is to build profiles of frequently used applications and store those profiles into the pagefile, and system memory.  Step two is to pool NAND and all other available memory to move as much of the pagefile as possible off the hard drive and onto the solid state memory.  As a result, anyone with a heavy usage profile will have a significant portion of their system memory dedicated to application data.
At IDF we recently had the opportunity to talk to Tom Trill, Samsung Semiconductor's Director of DRAM Marketing.  An interesting point Trill mentioned to us is that system integrators generally spend 6-8% of the system cost on memory. Retail DDR2-667 crossed over into the $80 USD per gigabyte range a few months ago with the price for system integrators hovering around $60.  AMD and Intel both have new processors expected to utilize DDR2-800 before the Q4 launch of Windows Vista. By conservative estimates, we can expect to see the average system integrator bundle new computers with 1GB of DDR2-667 by the end of this year.
Samsung’s internal research recently published a figure claiming that the average PC system (including SI, OEM and home built computers) averages 871MB of DRAM in 2005, up from 620MB the year before.  The DRAM industry has traditionally seen large growth around the launches of Windows operating system such as Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows XP.  With large growth come large economies of scale, and ultimately lower prices for DRAM are on the horizon.  Furthermore, with cheaper DRAM prices, system integrators are free to integrate more memory into the magic 6-8% budget. With such favorable trends, seeing 2GB of memory as a standard in every PC by the end of this year would be of no surprise to us at all.

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RE: Cause and Effect
By joust on 3/19/2006 10:43:00 PM , Rating: 2
TomZ, you imply there is no causation between the releases of windows and an increase in memory sold. To prove yourself correct, you would need to show some other factors. You did not do that; I find that argument unconvincing. Consumers want the new version windows to run well, so they buy computers with more memory to compensate for the new OS's demands.

I agree there are certainly other factors that affect memory increases, but I find it very hard to believe windows has little to no impact on the memory market. Did you mean to say that memory prices fell, coincidentally, at the same time as windows was released? Even if that were correct, it may have been in response to windows being released, hence windows would still be in the chain of causality.

I agree with your second point -- people buy more ram because it's cheaper, however, I don't believe it to be the exclusive reason; windows releases have a roll to play.

I think people and corporations don't proactively buy for the next OS because they know they will buy another computer in three or four years; Why pay the added expense now when you'll buy a new vista-ready computer later down the line?

RE: Cause and Effect
By TomZ on 3/19/2006 11:04:46 PM , Rating: 2
To prove yourself correct, you would need to show some other factors.

I already mentioned that I think the main reason is that memory prices continually drop. I also suggested, and you also stated, that most computer purchases don't anticipate the requirements of the next OS they'll load in 2-4 years. Therefore, I don't buy the argument that OS releases are driving memory increases.

RE: Cause and Effect
By joust on 3/20/2006 12:22:47 AM , Rating: 2
I never said that OS releases are "driving" memory increases. I said they have "a roll" or "have an impact" in them. Your post seemed to support the notion that windows has absolutely no roll in memory amounts.

The article stating, the "industry has traditionally seen large growth around the launches of Windows..." is not the same as saying, "growth in anticipation of the launches of Windows..."

I think in this context (where we're discussing a ~10 year timeperiod) , "around" doesn't mean 2-4 years before a launch.

There is no doubt that memory prices continually dropping causes more people to buy memory. But what causes the memory prices to drop? Mass quantities. What industry to produce mass quantities? lots of customers. What gets lots of customers? A new release of windows. This is the "chain of causality" I mentioned.

To be clear, ram prices drop FASTER (and, more memory is sold) when an OS is out. (without windows I don't know what it would do). Ultimately, we're BOTH correct; I'm just explaining the spikes in the graph, you're explaining the intermediate logic (which I mostly accepted).

RE: Cause and Effect
By mircea on 3/20/2006 12:08:53 PM , Rating: 2
I still think that the release of an OS does influence and in a big way the price and sales of RAM. It's like the theory of relativity. The price of RAM will always go down at a steady rate but the release of an OS creates a disturbance, a valley in the smooth slope of the RAM pricing and production so things precipitate around the OS release. Yeah it would have gotten there at some point even without a OS release but the release rushes this a bit. Not much but it hapens non-the-less (???)

RE: Cause and Effect
By Egglick on 3/19/2006 11:14:11 PM , Rating: 2
I agree with Tom actually. The article is implying that buyers and manufacturers are preemptively increaseing memory amounts to prepare for Vista, and Tom is saying that he believes otherwise. Because of that, he doesn't have to prove himself right, but rather (if you're supporting the stance of the article), you have to prove him wrong.

The majority of Joe Schmoe users out there don't know that another version of Windows is coming out, nor do they have any idea what it's memory requirements will be.

I think that the drop in DRAM pricing is the main catalyst. Manufacturers are willing to spend a certain amount on RAM, and other manufacturers follow suit because they don't want their systems to look underpowered by comparison.

RE: Cause and Effect
By joust on 3/20/2006 12:36:32 AM , Rating: 2
Because of that, he doesn't have to prove himself right, but rather (if you're supporting the stance of the article), you have to prove him wrong.

There is no way for me to prove he's wrong, (and I'm not trying to, I actually agree with him) because he hadn't presented any other factors. I can't prove that Windows is the ONLY factor (and I wasn't making that assertion). I was just asking for more facts.

The one factor he did seem to support was that Ram amounts increase because of lower prices; the article even accepts that, saying, "With large growth come large economies of scale, and ultimately lower prices for DRAM are on the horizon."

Here's the argument:
windows vista --> more memory demanded --> mass production --> more memory, same price --> more memory sold

RE: Cause and Effect
By joust on 3/20/2006 12:38:53 AM , Rating: 2
more memory, same price

by that I really meant, "more memory, lower price" (where's the edit button? heheh)

RE: Cause and Effect
By drebo on 3/20/2006 7:20:11 PM , Rating: 2
I think you're exactly right.

You don't just buy RAM because you can(well, some people do). You buy it because you need it. You have 2gb now. It does not exceed your needs. Would you buy two more tomorrow just because the price fell? I would guess, no.

On the same side of the coin, software developers see cheap DRAM prices and assume that just because resources are cheap that they do not need to optimize their software. Thus, they build inefficient software requiring more and more ammounts of resources. Thus, consumers are forced to buy more and more RAM to keep up with it.

Demand goes up. Supply goes up even more. Prices go down.

RE: Cause and Effect
By mxzrider2 on 3/20/2006 11:22:42 PM , Rating: 2
whats with writing books in the comments section. one of the comments i read yester day was like 3000 words and there where like 8 of the same sixe. man takes me 30 mins to get through one set of comments

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Vision is AMD's attempt to simplify PC marketing for consumers

A few years back when a consumer went shopping for a new computer the thing that was advertised most was how fast the CPU was. The so-called gigahertz wars gave way ultimately to other naming conventions when PC makers reached the limit of being able to claim the fastest processors.

Today consumers aren’t as concerned about how fast the processor in their PC is or how much RAM it has as they are about what the computer is capable of doing. To help better communicate what the computer is capable of to shoppers; AMD has announced a new marketing scheme for its systems called AMD Vision.

AMD reports that Vision will communicate the value of the system as a whole and demonstrate the combined processing power of the CPU and GPU for the benefit of mainstream PC users. Vision will emphasize how AMD machines are optimized for video, digital media, and content creation activities and describe what types of things can be enjoyed on the system and help the shopper make better decision on what computer will best meet their needs.

“Today’s consumer cares about what they can do with their PC, not what’s inside,” said Nigel Dessau, CMO of AMD. “They want a rich HD and entertainment experience on their PC, delivered by the combined technology of AMD CPUs and GPUs, without having to understand what gigahertz and gigabytes mean. VISION technology from AMD reflects the maturation of marketing in the PC processing industry and communicates the technology in a more meaningful way.”

AMD reports that notebooks with Vision Technology will be on store shelves in time for the holiday shopping season and timed to launch along with the Windows 7 launch. That should put the machines hitting market in mid-October.

“We are excited for the upcoming launch of Windows 7, when our OEM partners will introduce some exciting new PCs that match our mutual customer’s needs and feedback,” said Mike Ybarra, general manager of Windows Product Management at Microsoft Corp. “Coupled with VISION Technology from AMD, customers can feel confident that the PC they purchase will deliver a rich, tailored PC experience.”

AMD has already unveiled its new notebook platforms that will feature Vision Technology with next generation graphics, Blu-ray, and 3D gaming capability. There are three levels of Vision Technology that represent different levels of performance. These three levels include Vision Basic, Vision Premium, and Vision Ultimate. AMD also plans to offer a fourth level of Vision called Vision Black in Q1 2010 to represent the highest level of performance for enthusiasts.

“We focus our attention on R&D and marketing communications to users that identify themselves with state-of-the-art and innovative products that can simplify life through technology,” said Gianpiero Morbello, Marketing and Branding Corporate Vice President of Acer, Inc. “VISION Technology from AMD represents an innovative PC usage and we are always ready to offer a superior visual experience to our customers for advanced HD video entertainment.”

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RE: Marketing from R&D money
By crimson117 on 9/10/2009 1:43:00 PM , Rating: 3
That's kind of what they're doing here, I think.

Their immediate shortcoming is that AMD's CPUs can't compete with anything Intel has above $200. Below $200 where they do compete reasonably well, profit margins get pretty tight.

So they need to distinguish themselves, and they're taking a page from Centrino (which was a hugely successful consumer platform campaign). Intel's marketing then boiled down to: Centrino means it's a wireless laptop that works out of the box. They timed it perfectly and executed it perfectly.

So AMD wants that too - they want people who bought a laptop with crappy Intel graphics a few years ago to tell the salesperson their old laptop stutters when they watch HD movies on it, or try to edit their own HD camcorder movies. And the salesperson says, oh, you want guaranteed multimedia capabilities? Then you want this PC powered by AMD Vision.

Intel has gotten away with keeping prices down by using cheap graphics. AMD wants to turn decent graphics into the norm (leveraging their ATI brand), so Intel will have to catch up and raise prices by buying third party GPUs.

What I'm wondering is whether AMD can make any money off of this before Intel comes out with Larrabee. . If they can make Larrabee look like it's Intel playing catch-up, AMD wins and their ATI investment really pays off. Otherwise, AMD will need a new plan.

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Toyota is betting big on the hydrogen for the long term. Its first fuel cell vehicles (like the Toyota FCHV pictured here at the 2008 New York Auto Show) may debut in 2015. Meanwhile it is scorning electric plug-in offerings.

Toyota plans on continuing to use less efficient nickel-metal batteries in its future Prius vehicles. It believes lithium-based batteries are too expensive for the efficiency gains they offer.
From battery chemistry, to electric vehicle adoption, Toyota isn't going with the flow

If you used industry-wide levels of interest in lithium-ion battery technology and electric vehicles as a barometer, both of these fields are at record highs.  In the U.S., the former "Big Three" -- GM, Chrysler, and Ford -- all have electric vehicles planned for release, with the GM's 2011 Chevy Volt being perhaps the biggest attraction.  In Germany, Daimler and child company Mercedes-Benz have both concepts and planned market EVs.  And in Japan, Nissan is gearing up to debut the electric-only 2011 Leaf EV.  All of these companies' electric efforts are driven by lithium-ion batteries, and these batteries are going in their hybrids as well.

The world's most successful vendor of electric vehicle technology, albeit in the form of mild hybrids, Toyota is going against the current on both of these trends, though.  In a new Bloomberg report aired concurrent with the Frankfurt Auto Show, it is revealed that Toyota extensively tested lithium-ion batteries as a potential replacement for the nickel-metal hydride batteries in its Prius and other mild hybrids.

What it found was that while the batteries were extremely efficient and didn't raise serious reliability or safety concerns, they were overly expensive for the gains they provided.  For that reason, Toyota reportedly concluded that the market wasn't ready for lithium and has decided to primarily continue with its nickel-based batteries for most of its hybrid cars.

Toyota also concluded that electric vehicles were too expensive to succeed in the current market.  Toyota Executive Vice President Takeshi Uchiyamada stated at a Frankfurt Auto Show press conference, "Electric vehicles of today are less costly than in 1990s, but if you compare them with the other vehicles out there they are still too expensive.  Unless there is a very big breakthrough in battery costs I don't think electric vehicles can take a large market share."

Toyota indicated that it will likely stay out of the electric vehicle market for close to a decade, the time it believes it will take for EVs to become profitable and affordable enough for the masses.

So is Toyota right?  It's hard to say.  Toyota's demonstration of business acumen over the last several years is hard to argue, given its ability to produce the first profitable mass-production hybrid, the Prius, which leads worldwide hybrid sales to date.  Furthermore, there are a handful of competitors, such as Germany's Audi, whose management are split on the viability of electric vehicles (Audi's North American president recently called buyers of the Chevy Volt EV "idiots").

On the other hand, the vast majority of the industry is shifting towards all electrics, and if Toyota counts on its competitors to lower production costs, it may find itself in a foreign hole when it finally decides to enter the market.  While some of the German automakers are pushing for clean diesel as a supplement or alternative to hybrids, Toyota is pushing hydrogen as a long term solution, a technology that faces significant production, transport, and storage obstacles -- all of which raise the price.  Toyota may release a fuel cell (hydrogen) car by 2015, according to recent reports.

So for now Toyota is opting for one of the least expensive and most proven solutions (mild hybrids), while its mid-to-long term efforts focus on what is currently the most expensive and least proven solution of them all -- hydrogen.

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just pr
By zephyrprime on 9/16/2009 3:29:17 PM , Rating: 2
There simply isn't any good way to store hydrogen and onboard reforming is a joke. Maybe carbon nanotubes will do the job but they're not working so good yet. Electric is costly and heavy but it is not so bad that a few improvements won't do the job. As designers gain experience with EV, chassis's will drop some weight. That'll save a few hundred pounds right there. And better battery chemistries will also help.

RE: just pr
By drmo on 9/16/2009 3:48:24 PM , Rating: 2
I think the main problem with EVs is charge time. Okay for short trips, but bad for long ones. If you could charge them in 5 minutes, then that would change everything.

RE: just pr
By andrinoaa on 9/16/2009 5:41:50 PM , Rating: 1
I think you are missing the point by a country mile. No one says they are perfect for every situation, just like a honda FIT, it has its place. Sure, 5min charge time is desirable but isn't quite possible now but that doesn't mean it isn't useable. 5min charge time isn't the main problem with people who want this type of vehicle. Other factors are more of an issue. Cost, availability and infrustructure are way way more of a problem.

RE: just pr
By drmo on 9/16/2009 10:28:32 PM , Rating: 2
No, I get the point. I don't think I even hinted that EVs don't have a place; it is just limited. Just like hydrogen fuel cells will be limited. But the fuel cell problem can be solved by increasing the infrastructure. The EV problem can also be solved by increasing the infrastructure for charging, if the charge time can be reduced.

But I think the point Toyota was making is that fuel cells are cheaper, and you can use them for all of your needs; the Honda FCX Clarity already gets a 240 mile range, so the technology for the cars is pretty much there. I think that unless the oil companies decide they are going to support the technology by installing hydrogen fueling stations, the hydrogen fuel cells will never really take off.

Also, Honda wants to sell a NG reformer for people's homes, that converts NG to hydrogen, which can be used to power the home and fill the car, at approximately 50% of the annual energy costs of being on the grid and using gas. The reformer would cost around $4,000, hopefully. That could pay for itself in 3 years, based on energy savings (if NG remains cheap).

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The GE, Comcast deal could be done as early as Thursday

General Electric and Comcast have worked out a deal in which Comcast will receive a majority stake of the NBC Universal broadcasting company once Vivendi signs away its 20% stake.

NBC could be a joint operation between GE and Comcast for a few years, and then GE is expected to leave the company behind in 2012 or 2013.  NBC Universal currently includes Universal Pictures movie studios, cable channels USA, Syfy, Bravo, and the Universal Studios theme parks.

GE now controls 80% of the company, with an estimated value of $30 billion -- Comcast will receive the company and its $9 billion debt, while Comcast is expected to include its own cash contribution.  When the deal is completed, Comcast will become one of the largest entertainment companies in the world, and may be better suited to battle The Walt Disney Co.

GE has manufactured a wide range of industrial products ranging from dishwashers and light bulbs to jet engines, but its interest in NBC has always been rather intriguing.  The company didn't want to spin off NBC, but has struggled greatly due to the global economy, while spinning off other businesses.

In the future, GE plans to attempt to rejuvenate its manufacturing branches, while leaving other industries alone, analysts believe.

The Federal Communications Commission must now take a look at the deal -- which could take up to one year to complete -- though the companies involved do not expect any major problems from the federal government.

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RE: So..
By Xed on 12/2/2009 8:22:53 AM , Rating: 5
With my quality editing I should put in for Mick's Job. ;)

RE: So..
By Spivonious on 12/2/2009 8:59:17 AM , Rating: 2

RE: So..
By Omega215D on 12/2/2009 11:50:28 PM , Rating: 2
is that the poor man's version of eXtenze?

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Anthony Stancl   (Source: AP)
Stancl's sentence was part of a plea deal

One of the most common things for internet users to access are social networking sites. Facebook is the largest social networking site online right now followed by MySpace. Both social networks have had their share of serious trouble caused by users of the networks. In January 2009, a man in England was sentenced to 18 years in prison for killing his wife after she changed her Facebook status to single after a bitter divorce.

MySpace has had problems with sexual offenders frequenting the site as well and kicked 90,000 sex offenders off its site in February of 2009. One of the most disturbing cases involving sexual abuse that stemmed from a social networking site happened on Facebook and involved 18-year-old Anthony Stancl. Stancl was charged in February of 2009 with five counts of child enticement, two counts of third-degree sexual assault, possession of child pornography, repeated sexual assault of the same child, and making a bomb threat.

The charges stem from a devious scheme that Stancl -- a high school student at New Berlin Eisenhower High School in New Berlin, WI -- operated where he posed on Facebook as a female named Kayla (or in some case, Emily). Stancl lured male classmates from his school into sending him nude photos. Stancl then used the photos to blackmail some of the male students into performing sexual acts with him by threatening to release the photos to other students at the school and post them online.

When police raided Stancl's home, they recovered 300 nude images of juvenile males from his computer. According to police, the youngest victim of sex acts with Stancl was 15 and the youngest male in one of the photos was 13. The incidents started in 2007 and the last was in November of 2008. Stancl was caught when he was  linked to a bomb threat during the investigation of the incident.

Stancl was sentenced this week and faced as much as 30 years in prison and 20 years of extended supervision. Judge J. Mac Davis sentenced Stancl to 15 years in prison and another 13 years of extended supervision. Stancl will also have to register as a sex offender.

Stancl agreed to the prison time as part of a plea agreement that stipulated he plead no contest to the charges and he was convicted on December 22, 2009 on two felony counts of repeated sexual assault of the same child, possession of child pornography, and third-degree sexual assault. Judge Davis imposed the sentence after citing a 2004 case when Stancl was a juvenile where he was found delinquent in the sexual assault of a 3-year old he was babysitting. Davis said, "I am afraid of what he can and might do."

Stancl apologized to the students and families that he victimized in court as well as his own family, including a brother and sister still attending the same high school. Stancl said, "I put you through a terrible situation."

Stancl's defense attorney was seeking five years in prison and ten years of supervision. The defense claimed that the attacks stemmed from Stancl's struggles with homosexuality and being "outed" as gay by an older boy at school. Stancl was taken to prison immediately after the sentence was imposed.

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RE: To only real fix
By Lerianis on 3/3/2010 4:14:22 PM , Rating: 1
Need I remind you that they called heterosexuals outside of marriage and homosexuals 'mentally sick and perverted'.

The real issue here is that pedosexuals are doing something you personally don't like...... which frankly..... BUTT THE FUCK OUT!

Even the children are saying that today, and REFUSING to report sexual interations with adults to the police.... hell, I know two who told their parents that if they tried to force them to report..... they would 'report' all right.. that their parents were the ones who did the things in question!

As I've said before: children are sexual creatures! To deny that is to deny reality and the fact that we are BORN WITH GENITALS... therefore, it's pretty obvious that nature wants us to be having sex from birth or quite soon after.

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  (Source: Seattle Times)
Aircraft was on approach when fire was noticed

Boeing is one of the largest aircraft firms in the world and one of its most important recent projects for commercial aviation is the new 787 Dreamliner passenger jet. The 787 has had a rough time in testing and has seen significant delays due to advanced materials being used in the aircraft's construction and problems with suppliers.

Seattle Times reports that yesterday one of the Boeing 787 test aircraft experienced a serious issue while flying. The aircraft reportedly had 30 to 40 people on board, who were apparently part of the flight test crew monitoring the aircraft's performance. The electrical fire in the aircraft resulted in the loss of primary flight displays and the aircraft's auto-throttle controls according to a source familiar with the incident that spoke to the Seattle Times.

Reports say that smoke was noted in the back of the cabin on the 787, which is Dreamliner number 2. The smoke was detected by a team of technicians that work at computer stations monitoring flight data while the aircraft was on approach to land in Laredo, Texas.

787 number 2 had been aloft for six hours and was on a mission to test the nitrogen-generation system of the aircraft that is designed to reduce the flammability of the fuel in the wings of the aircraft. The test flight was seeking hot weather to test the system, had taken off from Yuma, Arizona early Tuesday morning, and was originally headed to Harlingen, Texas.

The pilots of the aircraft had decided to land in Laredo, Texas after weather conditions favorable to their tests were noted. According to reports, the backup electric power generating system called the Ram Air Turbine or RAT had deployed automatically. The RAT is designed to provide enough power in case of an electrical system failure allowing the flight controls to operate.

In addition to the flight controls and the flight displays, virtual all major systems of the 787 are electrically controlled including the hydraulic pumps that manipulate the flight-control surfaces, the brakes, cabin pressurization, engine-starting system and wing ice-protection system.

The pilots of the 787 were already on approach to land when they were forced to declare an emergency. Once the aircraft landed, the emergency slides were deployed and the aircraft was evacuated on the runway.

An FAA spokesperson said, "The aircraft landed at Laredo at about 2:54 Central Time. The aircraft was evacuated on the runway. They pulled the slides." A person familiar with the incident said, "If this had happened at 25,000 feet, we might be talking about something much more serious."

Whether or not this will delay the flight testing of the 787 depends on the cause of the incident. If it requires a redesign, delays are expected. If a faulty part caused the issue that can be replaced, testing should resume shortly. Boeing and the FAA are investigating the accident now.

Despite the long running delays, the Boeing still has 847 firm orders for the 787 (that number takes into account some of the units that were cancelled after the significant delays the program has faced). One of the key improvements that Boeing has worked into the 787 is that most of the systems of the aircraft are electrically controlled rather than using pneumatic systems.

The move to electrical control from the pneumatic system was made by Boeing to reduce the complexity of the aircraft.

The first test flight for the 787 was in December 2009 and the fifth prototype 787 took its maiden flight in July 2010.

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RE: Good Luck
By jjmcubed on 11/10/2010 2:24:10 PM , Rating: 2
Do you like movies about gladiators, Timmy?

RE: Good Luck
By tng on 11/10/2010 2:31:01 PM , Rating: 2
Timmy! Knew I got that wrong.

RE: Good Luck
By whiteyd on 11/10/2010 3:05:47 PM , Rating: 2
Actually it's Joey

Joey, have you ever been in a Turkish prison?

RE: Good Luck
By snakeInTheGrass on 11/10/2010 9:45:54 PM , Rating: 4
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.

RE: Good Luck
By Ristogod on 11/11/2010 9:33:14 AM , Rating: 4
We have clearance Clarence. Roger Roger. What's the vector Victor?

RE: Good Luck
By kattanna on 11/11/2010 10:59:41 AM , Rating: 2
Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.

IMO, thats the single best line from the movie

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Curiosity's wheel tracks on Mars  (Source:
Curiosity is making its way toward Glenelg, a 1,300 foot drive from Curiosity's landing site

NASA rover Curiosity passed a series of testing since landing on the Red Planet, and has finally left its landing site to explore its Martian surroundings.

Curiosity made two simple maneuvers recently to test its driving capabilities. After successful completion, Curiosity was sent on its way to its first official destination on Mars for exploration. It traveled 52 feet, which marked its longest drive from its landing site (Bradbury Landing) yet.

Curiosity is making its way toward Glenelg, a 1,300 foot drive from Curiosity's landing site. Glenelg is an ideal spot for investigation of whether Mars has the ingredients to produce life because the area has three different types of terrain in one spot.

It'll take Curiosity a few weeks to get to Glenelg because it's making a few stops along the way. It will test its various instruments, such as its robotic arm, during these stops to make sure everything is in working order.

Once reaching Glenelg, Curiosity will spend a longer amount of time there for exploration.

"This drive really begins our journey toward the first major driving destination, Glenelg, and it's nice to see some Martian soil on our wheels," said Arthur Amador, mission manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "The drive went beautifully, just as our rover planners designed it."

Curiosity, a $2.5 billion project, launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on November 26, 2011 and landed on Mars August 6, 2012 at 1:32 a.m. It was a tricky landing procedure, but it was a success and Curiosity's testing has also turned out well so far. In fact, the rover recently zapped its first rock on Mars using its laser.

Source: MSNBC

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RE: Another giant leap for mankind.
By kattanna on 9/4/2012 12:03:03 PM , Rating: 2
Before we send men to Mars (or the moon again), we will have to watch others get there first to spur us into action like the soviets did before.

At least, that's my prediction, sadly

By delphinus100 on 9/4/2012 9:31:52 PM , Rating: 2
The Chinese are too new at all this, and their economy is slowing. The Russians have had plenty of time, but are almost as broke as we are...

Besides, it assumes we are doing nothing else in the meantime, and that's a dangerous assumption. Also, 'crash' programs to beat the other guy end up costing far more than a steady approach. I don't care if China gets to the Monn or Mars next, if they're just barely able to put a few people there for a short time, if we arrive six months later, fully prepared to set up a permanent base on arrival.

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Judge Posner, regarded as a top expert on intellectual property, claims the nation's legal system is being abused

It's hard to visit DailyTech or other science or technology publication over the last couple years without having your eyes assailed by a steady stream of stories on patent litigation.  Indeed, as mobile device use has exploded so too has a stream of patent lawsuits, much of which cover areas like user interface design which were considered too ubiquitous to sue in past technology applications (e.g. traditional operating systems, games, the internet, etc.)

I. Judge Posner: Wake Up, the System is a Mess

The landslide of patent lawsuits isn't just a headache for companies and readers. It's increasingly drawing the ire of some of the U.S. legal system's most prestigious experts, who are arguing that companies are exposing flaws in current U.S. Patent Law, gaming the flawed system to achieve anticompetitive ends.

Among them is Judge Richard A. Posner.  A sitting judge on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Posner occasionally moonlights in Chicago's U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois for crucial cases, a privilege earned by his glowing reputation and vast expertise regarding intellectual property law.  And as a foremost expert Judge Posner has been increasingly sounding the alarm regarding the broken intellectual property system in the U.S., which is essentially be used and abused as a tool for large competitors to try to damage each other, and unilaterally to block out smaller competitors.

Judge Richard Posner
Judge Richard Posner says the U.S. patent system is broken.
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In his joint blog with University of Chicago Economics and Sociology Professor Gary Becker -- another top expert -- he recently posted a scathing review of the current law, writing:

When patent protection provides an inventor with more insulation from competition than he needed to have an adequate incentive to make the invention, the result is to increase market prices above efficient levels, causing distortions in the allocation of resources; to engender wasteful patent races—wasteful because of duplication of effort and because unnecessary to induce invention (though the races do increase the pace of invention); to increase the cost of searching the records of the Patent and Trademark Office in order to make sure one isn’t going to be infinging someone’s patent with your invention; to encourage the filing of defensive patents (because of anticipation that someone else will patent a similar product and accuse you of infringement); and to encourage patent “trolls,” who buy up large numbers of patents for the sole purpose of extracting licensee fees by threat of suit, and if necessary sue, for infringement.

The problem of excessive patent protection is at present best illustrated by the software industry. This is a progressive, dynamic industry rife with invention. But the conditions that make patent protection essential in the pharmaceutical industry are absent. Nowadays most software innovation is incremental, created by teams of software engineers at modest cost, and also ephemeral—most software inventions are quickly superseded. Software innovation tends to be piecemeal—not entire devices, but components, so that a software device (a cellphone, a tablet, a laptop, etc.) may have tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of separate components (bits of software code or bits of hardware), each one arguably patentable. The result is huge patent thickets, creating rich opportunities for trying to hamstring competitors by suing for infringement—and also for infringing, and then challenging the validity of the patent when the patentee sues you.

In so many words, what the Judge is saying here is that the U.S. Patent Law is being handicapped by the fact that it does not consider commercial importance or obviousness as a criteria for accepting or rejecting a patent.

II. Patenting the Obvious, Trivial

Why does this matter?

A company with enough time and money can patent every single tiny feature of their complete product, no matter how trivial or unimportant, and then use that vast portfolio to drag its competitors through the mud.

What's the line between a feature and an invention?  In the eyes of current Patent Law there is no real distinction.  And that's what's leading to the growing deluge of "junk" litigation.

For his part Judge Posner is trying to both sound the alarm and personally knock out bad cases that happen to come through his jurisdiction.  For example, seeing that Apple, Inc. (AAPL) and Google Inc. (GOOG) were simply trying to leverage their ubiquitous patent portfolios to harm the other, he twice threw their respective cases out of court [1][2].
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The "trolls" are multiplying thanks to the growing swell of junk patents.
[Image Source: New Line Cinema; Fair Use clause TITLE 17 > CHAPTER 1 > § 107]

However, Judge Posner is just one man, one who some would argue is one of the few fighting "the good fight" in a broken system.  Until that system is fixed, the abuses will likely expand as companies in other fields recognize how to use patents to transform a what society hopes is a free (capitalist) market into a closed (command) market, in which a select few power players seek to ban all would-be product producers.

Judge Posner suggests, "My general sense, however, bolstered by an extensive academic literature, is that patent protection is on the whole excessive and that major reforms are necessary."

He adds that copyright law is suffering from similar issues, although the mess hasn't (yet) reached some epic proportion as it has with patent law.  He concludes, "The need for reform is less acute in copyright than in patent law, but it is sufficiently acute to warrant serious attention from Congress and the courts."

Source: Beckner-Posner Blog

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By Siki on 10/3/2012 2:23:30 AM , Rating: 2
In so many words, what the Judge is saying here is that the U.S. Patent Law is being handicapped by the fact that it does not consider commercial importance or obviousness as a criteria for accepting or rejecting a patent.Text

Obviousness is supposed to be considered. The application must be deemed non-obvious to those familiar with the art.

Unfortunately, the weakest link in the IP system is the Patent Examiners - the people who initially judge an application for allowance. This is probably due to the huge backlog of work the USPTO has - more than a years worth. So, they seem to hire just about anyone they can get, and end up with quite a few that are inept. They need to focus on filling these positions with skilled individuals.

RE: Obviousness
By boobo on 10/3/2012 3:14:20 AM , Rating: 4
It's not just that the patent examiners are underskilled, it's that they are encouraged to accept as many patents as possible because the USPTO makes profit by volume.

More lenient evaluations => more applications

RE: Obviousness
By bupkus on 10/3/2012 3:16:47 PM , Rating: 2
It's not just that the patent examiners are underskilled, it's that they are encouraged to accept as many patents as possible because the USPTO makes profit by volume.
Is this to say that, heaven forbid, government should get involved where private enterprise has learned how to make money? Is this a path to more government regulation and bigger government? Don't you know that government messes up everything? Darn it my panties are in a twist.

RE: Obviousness
By thirdshop on 10/3/2012 8:04:37 AM , Rating: 2
Why would anyone with skill want to be an underpaid Govt. employee? The only thing worthwhile with being a civil service employee, the pension, is being attacked and reduced. Plus you get the added bonus of being the whipping boy of every individual with an axe to grind against the government and get the added privilege of being called inept, lazy, stupid and many other pejoratives. You yourself have stated that the backlog is over a year long. This has more to do with budget cuts than anything else. So tell me again, why would anyone work for the govt. unless they had to?

RE: Obviousness
By HrilL on 10/3/2012 3:50:14 PM , Rating: 2
Budget cuts??? really? You've got to be kidding. The Patent office has seen its budget increase through the past two administrations. Patents and Copyright are only supposed to be around to promote the progress in the useful arts. Patenting a rectangle is hardly what I would call useful, it is clearly obvious and it can also be found in nature... That was just one example.

RE: Obviousness
By deathwombat on 10/3/2012 6:01:36 PM , Rating: 2
If they want to increase the skill level of their applicants, they'll have to increase salaries. Hiring more or better examiners can't be the whole solution to the problem, because that just forces the taxpayers to pay more to support a broken system.

It simply shouldn't be possible to patent that is merely "not obvious". No one ever became a millionaire by coming up with a "not obvious" idea. Products don't succeed or fail on the strength of "not obvious" ideas. To be patentable, an idea needs to be brilliant. I'm not harmed when someone steals one of my not-obvious ideas; it takes a brilliant idea to succeed in a world with a thousand competitors. Only patent ideas that would actually harm the owner if it were infringed!

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UK judges to Apple: "Not good enough!"

Last week, Apple posted a notice on its UK website which indicated that Samsung didn't copy the iPad when it designed the Galaxy Tab family of tablets. Of course, Apple didn't do this out of the kindness of its heart -- it was ordered to do so by a UK court.
In keeping with Apple’s typical demeanor towards its competitors, the notice posted on its website was rather flippant and pointed to how the Samsung tablets weren’t deemed to be as “cool” as the iPad. Apple also pointed out in its notice that it had won judgments against Samsung in both German and U.S. courts.
It appears, however, that UK judges weren't amused by Apple's play on words, and called the Cupertino, California-based company's statements "incorrect" and "untrue".
According to Bloomberg News, the U.K. Court of Appeal in London has ordered Apple to remove the notice from its website within 24 hours to correct the inaccuracies. It also has to post a new, revised version within 48 hours.
“I’m at a loss that a company such as Apple would do this,” said a puzzled Judge Robin Jacob. “That is a plain breach of the order.”
One of Samsung's lawyers, Henry Carr, piled on by starting that Apple's original notice left the “impression that the U.K. court is out of step with other courts” by mentioning the judgments in Apple's favor by German and U.S. courts.

Source: Bloomberg

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Shame they have to change it
By Tony Swash on 11/1/2012 12:41:31 PM , Rating: -1
I thought the original wording was brilliant :)

By Cheesew1z69 on 11/1/2012 12:51:26 PM , Rating: 5
Of course you do, you are a douchebag.

RE: Shame they have to change it
By rocky12345 on 11/1/2012 1:06:05 PM , Rating: 5

Well you may think so but I guess the judges don't think that now do they. The first statement by Apple was so far off base that it did not even come close to what they were supposed to post on their site. Speaking of their site they were also supposed to put it on the front page not some little link at the bottom of the page that no one can find. I do not hate Apple products nor fear them in any way. What I do hate is their way of doing business which is dirty & under handed.

They say other companies steal their ideas when in fact they have been caught doing the same thing to other companies but people like you will still defend them by saying stuff like owe they took another companies idea & put some sparkles on it & now it is a cooler product & that is ok for them to do that. But when another company tries the same thing you will say how wrong it is for the other company to try to emulate as you put it an Apple product in some way. So if you say it is ok for Apple to do this why is it not ok for other companies to do it? It sounds like you believe in double standards.

BY the way I owned an iphone 2 years before Apple even released their first iphone. Apple knew the name was already taken but they wanted it & took it anyway. What about the clock in ios 6 they would have known what they were doing but hoped that it would just go away & no one would notice. But then they sue a company for what they say sue samsung for things like coping a shape of a phone & some icons & other prior art stuff but you say that is ok. Like I said people like you seem to like the double standard way of thinking.

Apple seems to think they can do what ever they want to other companies but if these same companies fight back & do the same thing then Apple get upset & cries bloody murder. What is up with that? If Apple can take other companies ideas put some spin on it then why can't other companies do the same thing.

By the way if you choose to comment on this do not try to take parts of what was wrote here & put it out of context to try to make people think your smarter than you actually are. Like I said I do not hate or fear Apple I just wish they would actually be the company they try to hype themselves up to be & be a competitive company in the industry & leave the lawyers at home.

RE: Shame they have to change it
By Tony Swash on 11/1/12, Rating: -1
RE: Shame they have to change it
By bupkus on 11/1/2012 4:26:04 PM , Rating: 1
You guys really care about this don't you? it really matters that a judge in the UK smacked Apple's hand and made them a change something on their web site, something that only people like you will read or care about. Nobody else cares, nobody. I don't care, the millions who buy Apple kit don't care, the millions who don't buy Apple kit also don't care. The only people who care are people like [you] who are desperate to have their cult like Apple phobia validated.

Lets see....

press Ctrl^f to do text search
Enter "Tony Swash" into field
count entries = 3

Enter "rocky12345" = 1
Enter "p05esto" = 1

Hmmm... what does that tell me?
Tony Swash doesn't really care... Nope, wrong again.

By themaster08 on 11/1/2012 4:33:35 PM , Rating: 2
Ignore Tony. He's pissed off because he just found out Microsoft sold 4 million upgrade versions of Windows 8 in the first 3 days, and have already sold tens of millions of copies to corporate customers (according to Ballmer at least). An estimated 400 million PCs are to be sold in 2013.

If Windows 8 is on even half of those PCs, I'm sure we have a flop on our hands ;)

RE: Shame they have to change it
By eloyard on 11/1/2012 4:34:41 PM , Rating: 1
Apple cares for sure. Otherwise they would comply with order and be done with it.

RE: Shame they have to change it
By retrospooty on 11/1/2012 5:01:54 PM , Rating: 2
Tony 101

People only "care" when a ruling goes positive for Apple. Then it's highly relevant. When it goes against Apple, it's nothing, not an issue.

Features are only important when Apple implements them. When others copy from Apple its bad. When Apple copies from others (which is most of their product lines) its the "right feature at the right time"

Apple, Apple, where for art thou Apple? What light through yonder window breaks... It is Apple. Apple Apple Apple. And then Apple Apple.

RE: Shame they have to change it
By t_sandman on 11/1/2012 5:42:25 PM , Rating: 1
At any rate, 'Care' or 'Don't Care', it will not have any impact on the sales of Apple products. So in that case, if there is no impact, who the f_uck cares!

RE: Shame they have to change it
By glenco on 11/2/2012 1:57:31 AM , Rating: 2
dont feed the trolls

RE: Shame they have to change it
By bigboxes on 11/1/2012 6:26:08 PM , Rating: 1
Whatever you say, reader1.

RE: Shame they have to change it
By simsony on 11/1/2012 7:37:34 PM , Rating: 2
Though no one reading this forum is surprised with that comment, it is an excellent example of your irrational thinking. You are ready to even accept Apple as being above the law of your own country. To anyone with at least some objectivity, that posting was a clear contempt of court.

Honestly is there anything they could do that you would consider wrong?

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There's also nary a mention about Microsoft's pro-security switch to a walled garden model

Online newspaper Inc. has published a pretty interesting account ripping into Windows RT, which it calls "Doomed".  The author, Geoffrey James, has a big warning to business -- "inherently unstable and insecure."

The author lauds Apple, Inc.'s (AAPL) iPad as the new paradigm of glorious computing and security, while lashing Microsoft, writing:

I used to work in an operating system development group. One thing I learned back then is that any OS that allows applications to modify the OS will be inherently unstable and insecure.

Since Windows is designed to allow that to happen, both computer viruses and the gradual "rot" of the software installed on a Windows system are both inevitable. There is no way to fix the problem because it's inherent in Windows's design.
I'm a case in point. While I'm still using a Windows machine for most of my writing, I'm serious thinking of "taking the leap" to only using my iPad simply to avoid the support headaches that are inevitable with Windows.

In short, the Surface is doomed because the entire concept behind it is flawed. Even plain Windows is getting so old and creaky that it's getting to be more a bother than its worth.

But the columnist misses (or at least never mentions) that the device he targets in the byline (Surface) is currently only being sold with Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) Windows RT (Surface Pro -- the x86 version -- isn't expected until next month).  And not a single piece of traditional Windows malware can run on Windows RT without recompilation, as it runs on a fundamentally different architecture/instruction set (ARM) versus past versions of Windows (x86).

Surface RT can't run traditional x86 malware.
In other words, the columnist's negative experience of getting his laptop penetrated by a "root kit" is drastically less likely to occur in Windows RT, particularly while it enjoys such a peachy (from a security perspective) low market share, compared to traditional Windows.

Another thing the columnist seems to miss is that both Windows 8 and Windows RT Microsoft offer perhaps the biggest pro-security (but anti-openness) shift that has helped protect the iPad -- the switch to primarily using a "walled garden" model of software distribution.  In Windows 8 you primarily buy apps through Windows Store.  Microsoft verifies each of these apps and can yank any app at any time if it is later discovered to pose some sort of security risk.

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Microsoft now uses a similar pro-security "walled garden" model as Apple, pushing certified-safe apps from the Windows Store. [Image Source: ZDNet]

Granted, Microsoft does practice a laissez-faire policy regarding Windows 7 legacy software (which won't run on Windows RT, but will generally run on Windows 8) and plug-in based distribution models, such as the Java-based Valve client.  In this regard it differs from Apple who strictly prohibits such freedoms. But increasingly from here on out users will be getting their apps from a single secure source -- Microsoft.

Additionally, the apps in Windows 8 are nicely sandboxed.  They simply are not allowed to "modify the OS" as the author suggest.  Windows 8 and Windows RT have robust protection against traditional attack vectors like memory injection, protections that rival those in the OS X tree.

Some criticisms of Windows 8 have been more level-handed pointing out perfectly valid opinions that many share about places the ambitious user interface redesign may have gone too far.  But some criticisms -- such as the argument to buy an iPad instead of a Surface RT because Windows is "unstable and insecure" -- are simply bizarre to the point where they almost appear to be a comedic caricature of misconceptions surrounding the Windows platform.

Source: Inc.

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RE: You have to ask
By polishvendetta on 12/4/2012 12:29:41 PM , Rating: 0
"I think Photoshop will run on my iPhone because the macbook pro runs OSX and the iPhone runs iOS. They both have OS in the name so they are the same thing."

youre argument is invalid.

RE: You have to ask
By dark matter on 12/4/2012 3:06:50 PM , Rating: 4
Yours doesn't even make sense.

RE: You have to ask
By RufusM on 12/5/2012 10:07:53 AM , Rating: 2
The difference is that Apple didn't start marketing the iPad as OSX RT, in which case, they certainly would have users buying them and wondering why they couldn't install traditional apps on it.

As an aside, I like the direction Microsoft is going with Windows 8; they are just working through the transition pains. I've recently used a Samsung ultrabook laptop with a touch screen and it was a great experience. Touch the screen for those things that make sense and keyboard/mouse for everything else. This is purely speculation, but I think the next rev of Windows will be a big improvement on Windows 8/RT and will be closer to their vision of a single OS for type and touch.

RE: You have to ask
By Piiman on 12/29/2012 12:43:27 PM , Rating: 2
touch screens for Office or home desktops sucks, period. How close do you sit to your desktop? Mine is over an arms length away. How fun do you think it will be to slide an app down a 24' screen to close you app? Other than good exercise its going to be a pain. And dont' start with all the keyboard shortcut blah blah blah. I've spent years using only the mouse and now I'm supposed to use a keyboard like I did in the DOS days?

On a laptop or tablet it may be fine, heck on a laptop I'd prefer it to those tiny touch pads, but not on my Desktop please.

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Microsoft wraps up development of Windows Vista

Microsoft announced today that Windows Vista has been released to manufacturing. Vista will mark the first big shift in Microsoft consumer operating systems in over 5 years.

With Vista, Microsoft promises increased security with an improved firewall and Windows Defender and User Account Control. Other fresh additions include integrated desktop search, Internet Explorer 7.0, Windows Sidebar, Windows Sideshow, built-in system diagnostics, improved gaming support, fully integrated Speech Recognition as well as support for Windows SuperFetch, Windows ReadyBoost and Windows ReadyDrive.

Windows Vista will be available in four distinct retail versions:

  • Windows Vista Home Basic, $199/$99.95 (full/upgrade)
    Provides a basic platform for home users who want to keep tabs on email and Internet activity. Comes standard with Vista's new Search Explorer, Sidebar and Parental Controls.

  • Windows Vista Home Premium, $239/$159
    Builds on Home Basic by adding the Windows Aero interface, Windows Media Center functionality, Windows Tablet PC technology and integrated DVD burning.

  • Windows Vista Business, $299/$199
    Supports the Aero user interface, offers improved document managing and Windows Tablet PC functionality.

  • Windows Vista Ultimate, $399/$259
    Vista Ultimate combines the functionality of Vista Home Premium and Vista Business.

According to Neowin, the RTM version of Vista will be available for MSDN subscribers sometime after November 10, while businesses should begin receiving their copies on or shortly after November 30. Vista will be launched into the retail sector on January 30, 2007.

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RE: Why so long?
By rushfan2006 on 11/9/2006 10:54:26 AM , Rating: 2
Personally, and let me disclaimer this as being fully my own theory and thinking and its not based on any data from any magazine, news site or whatever....BUT...I think it has little to do with anything but PR to the corporate customers of MS.

You know, a "benefit" a way of saying "thank you we value your *large* amount of business..." the corporations who have long standing customer relationships with MS and buy their software in allotments of 1000's at a time.

I think that is all this being any "club" where "membership has its benefits" kind of thing...

I think they right well could handle the distribution to EVERYONE this month, but they choose not to...for the above reason.

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