Posts by Jade

Google spins up 'FREE, unlimited' cloud photo storage 4 years before ad giant nixes it

Is it just me...

or does it seem wrong to be showing a comparison of the "original" image vs "compressed" version by using a compressed image (ie, jpg) of the two?

ATTENTION SETI scientists! It's TOO LATE: ALIENS will ATTACK in 2049

Stellar Movement

I'm hoping they pointed that Radioscope towards the location they expected Gliese 581 to be sitting at in 20 light years rather than wherever it happened to be when they sent the transmission...

Tesla firms hot bottoms: TITANIUM armor now bolted to Model S e-cars

"pushed out a software update to make its vehicles ride higher"

Is that normal now-a-days (for software to control the space between the road and the underside of the vehicle)? And if so, could it (or is it) adaptive so that it might, for instance, increase the distance automatically based on how smooth the road is?

To the MONEY RING: Musk's SpaceX to attempt boldest mission yet

Launch Window?

Why is there a launch window for a synchronous orbit? It's not like they are going to get any closer or further away from the launch destination/path...