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Comment on Auto dealerships, politics and the media’s missed story by Alexander

Alexander — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:23:22 +0000

It was relaly a shame when they mothballed it for lack of a place to park at night. Instead of north, why not take it south to the other ferry terminals? It should be cheap and easy to build a maintenance garage down there, and construction would be a piece of cake on that old open road.

Comment on If not now, when? by Sayaka

Sayaka — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:25:27 +0000

Something I found was that the the Sharp data sheet rocmemendation for a by-pass capacitor of 10uF or more between Vcc and GND was a good idea. Noticable improvement in the stability of the output signal when I put a 20uF in there.

Comment on Domestic Partnership Bill Passes by Jatinder

Jatinder — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:59:54 +0000

Hi , i’am nbewie about microcontroller after i read your project make me more understand about this thing btw i wan’t to ask , is there a problem if i directly link the cable from IR sensor to arduino ( eliminate bread )thx

Comment on UW Provost joins Nike’s corporate board: The public’s turn by Kyla

Kyla — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:37:53 +0000

I used your code with the GP2D120XJ00F sesnor and it works reasonably well, but since this sesnor has a much shorter range, 3 to 40cm, it’s not worth using it and losing so much precision.However, I got the best results with the values below. ADC reference voltage is 3.3V.float volts = analogRead(IRpin)*0.00322265624;float distance = 12.21*pow(volts, -1.15);

Comment on 3 part series on public radio about the state data center by AlvInzz

AlvInzz — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:01:10 +0000

Eric, no one’s foleod. Your crowd despises cars and drivers, and is pulling out all the stops to harass us. Expect a reaction.

Comment on Bills to end the reign of expensive, proprietary, out-of-date textbooks by Greenwood_Don

Greenwood_Don — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:38:41 +0000

Here is an interesting article I ran into as I was educating myself on the pros/cons of this open source push you are advocating. It's a couple years old and based on the slow transformation of California schools, but interesting nonetheless: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=open-source-textbooks-mixed-bag-california This article alone illustrates to me how often times trying to fix a problem, Government opens many more doors to new ones. It also motivated me to pick up my copy of Fahrenheit 451 for another read.

Comment on Dusty Shelf Award: Select Interim Legislative Task Force on Comprehensive School Health Reform by obqlxpn

obqlxpn — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:09:20 +0000

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Comment on Dusty Shelf Award: Select Interim Legislative Task Force on Comprehensive School Health Reform by Dipanshu

Dipanshu — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:54:19 +0000

This is a blriilant bill. Eric, please keep us informed about its progress through the fire swamp.

Comment on Bills to end the reign of expensive, proprietary, out-of-date textbooks by URGENT: Presidents Mtg tonight at Town Hall / The Ave

URGENT: Presidents Mtg tonight at Town Hall / The Ave — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:47:15 +0000

[...] Free Lunch Reuven Carlyle (State Representative for Seattle North of the Ship Canal) has filed legislation to t… There is real concern that the legislation would challenge faculty ownership of the intellectual [...]

Comment on Bills to end the reign of expensive, proprietary, out-of-date textbooks by An Big Day for Open Policy | Tom's Two Cents

An Big Day for Open Policy | Tom's Two Cents — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:57:58 +0000

[...] House and Senate on measures requiring open licensing of courseware developed with state funds. State Representative Reuven Carlyle sponsored the House bill (along with a number of other representatives), and testified at both [...]