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Comment: Re: Summary is wrong (Score 3, Informative) 103

by Pikoro (#46481067) Attached to: How Steve Jobs Got the iPhone Into Japan


Comment: Re:Plenty of scientists (Score 1) 374

by Pikoro (#46355299) Attached to: Report: Space Elevators Are Feasible

Ahh, but say the ballast asteroid cut loose, or the cable was severed above the center of mass, the remainder of the cable would still be attached to the earth. The rotation of the earth would impart some lateral velocity to what was left. The end of the cable would immediately begin to accelerate and would either burn up in the atmosphere (which shouldn't happen at the strengths of materials needed to build such a cable) or hit the ground at hyper velocity speeds devastating anything within kilometers around the line of impact. On the positive side, we would get a nice line on the equator, kinda like what we have on maps now :)

Comment: Bittorrent Sync (Score 1) 168

by Pikoro (#46199375) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Distributed Online Storage For Families?

There's this program called bitsync: http://getsync.com/ which you each have a client on your computers. Share hashes with each other, and you get a distributed, synced in real time copy on each client running the software. It's free, secure, and no servers required. You each have a copy locally, and any modifications are replicated to each client.

Comment: Re:Don't see a problem if some conditions are met. (Score 1) 192

by Pikoro (#46199349) Attached to: Cops With Google Glass: Horrible Idea, Or Good One?

Along the same lines, how about the "metadata" is put up on a public website immediately. For example, as soon as one of the police cameras start recording, there would be a log entry on a public website which would show activation time, officer who activated the camera, and termination time, plus a checksum for the newly completed video. That way, when evidence is needed, we can tell if the video has been edited/altered, and there is also a public record of who and when the camera was used. Then the officer can't simply say "we weren't recording during the altercation" or whatnot. You would also be able to see if the camera was activated while approaching someone, then switched off for 5 minutes, and then reactivated and now there is a guy bleeding on the ground. Any arrest made without a complete record, could be tossed out.

Comment: Re:And you're dreaming. (Score 0) 112

by Pikoro (#46184997) Attached to: Australia's Bureau of Meteorology Dumps Water Data Project

But. What could the costs really be other than what they paid for the site? Subtract that, and you got what? 5 "editors" at say $80,000/yr (which is insane for how little they do, should be $30,000) So $80k x 5 is 400k/year total. Hosting should be in house. Bandwidth costs are practically non-existent, and server maintenance should be done by the editors cause they're "geeky". If they couldn't handle something as simple as that, they shouldn't even be here. I don't see the issue. I ran a site that got millions of unique users per month for damn near nothing but my personal time and the cost of an internet connection (~$80/mo). If they're losing millions, they're doing it wrong. Way wrong.

Comment: Re:Total uninsightful and blatant trash (Score 1) 628

by Pikoro (#46024151) Attached to: 200 Dolphins Await Slaughter In Japan's Taiji Cove



Rejected by the scientific community. Seems pretty definitive to me.

Comment: Re:Third world countries have it right. (Score 1) 189

by Pikoro (#45044525) Attached to: Engineers Design Tornado Proof Home

True. I am sitting in Japan right now, and we are having a typhoon. We expect another one tomorrow. (seriously, check the weather reports). No issues with buildings blowing down here. Steel reinforced concrete will stop any problems with wind you might have. Granted, it won't float during a flood, but at least after the waters recede your house will still be there :)

The house I am in is constructed of wood. We used 2x6s instead of 2x4s and 2x10s instead of 2x6s. Hurricane ties on the roof, asphalt shingles, fiberboard siding. House has lasted through at least 20 typhoons in 10 years with zero damage. Just build your house right and it will survive.
