Forgot your password?  Comment: Re:Oblig. SMBC (Score 1) 157  by
Josh-Levin (#45654317) Attached to: Google Doodle Remembers
Computing Pioneer Grace Hopper I understand that she handed out
"light-nanoseconds", copper wires 11.8" long. Actually, 11.8" is
how fast light travels in a vacuum. Electrical signals travel
slower than that in copper, a little bit slower in unshielded
wire, and 2/3c in coaxial cable (see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_electricity)  Comment: How
about a tax to support Scientific Research? (Score 1) 434  by
Josh-Levin (#43247705) Attached to: Internet Sales Tax Vote This
Week In US Senate Since the internet was an outgrowth of US-
government-supported research, how about a flat sales tax (say
5%) on internet sales, not otherwise subject to state sales tax,
that would go to fund scientific research of all sorts,
including both basic and applied research. The government can
take the difference from what it now spends on research, and
give it to the states to compensate for lost reven