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  1. Stuxnet 2 on Iran Forced To Replace Centrifuges To Stop Stuxnet · · Score: 1

    Stuxnet 2 is coming!

  2. Re:Collision on Bullet Train Derails In China · · Score: 0

    This is a uninformed comment by an AC so I'm not responding.

  3. Re:Yep.. plagiarism is bad on Fake Apple Stores Mushrooming In China · · Score: 1

    Here's a link to what appears to be the original article. Really, /., please stop supporting the people who just copy from others.

  4. Re:Time to compare apples to the right fruit... on The History of Ethernet · · Score: 1

    Yes, on a Power7 system, you can get them on a system that costs a lot less than $200,000.

  5. Another discovery of the way things were on The History of Ethernet · · Score: 1

    I'll bet the author of this article was born after 1980 and didn't experience these things first hand like many of us did. This is another article in a series where kids discover older technology and wonder how we got anything done.

    Let's have an article about the room at General Motors in the 50s where the 100+ clerks handled accounts payable invoices. The guy I talked to was responsible for vendors starting with JA through JG. Do we really care?

  6. Re:Me and my Mac on The Science Behind Fanboyism · · Score: 1

    I reserve the right to violate my tag line.

  7. Re:Me and my Mac on The Science Behind Fanboyism · · Score: 1

    Mod parent up. I have no points right now.

  8. Re:Time Machine is nice but it has a annoying flaw on Build Your Own Time Capsule Work-Alike For $200 · · Score: 1

    Sorry, but the default should be to back up everything. Your plan would make it too easy to skip something important.

  9. Re:come on submitters! on Build Your Own Time Capsule Work-Alike For $200 · · Score: 1

    The editors should standardize this. The article on Stuxnet from Wired was correctly linked the other day.

  10. Re:Foolproof my arse! on Build Your Own Time Capsule Work-Alike For $200 · · Score: 1

    Actually, I had to start over because I'm used to the wireless network having its own address pool. With Time Capsule, the wireless network uses the same address pool as the wired network (by passing wireless DHCP requests through to my SonicWALL firewall where the DHCP server is located). Too cool!

  11. Re:Durp durp. Pay it yourself, Dudley Doright. on Slate: Amazon's Tax Stance Unfair and Unethical · · Score: 1

    I have been paying sales/use tax on my Ohio income tax form for years. It usually runs about $10 - $15 per year, partly because most of my Internet purchases are already taxed (a LOT of companies have a presence in Ohio). It's not a big deal, and people who cheat on this are probably cheating somewhere else too.

  12. Re:Too many tax rules for different locales on Slate: Amazon's Tax Stance Unfair and Unethical · · Score: 1

    Ohio has been working with several other states to standardize sales/use tax collection. For example, the tax is assessed based on the delivery location, not the sales location (important for Internet/mail order sales). Shipping/handling charges are taxed. Ohio has a Web site that will tell you the jurisdiction and tax rate for any location in the state. There is no reason this simplification can't include every state.

  13. Sales tax is regressive on Slate: Amazon's Tax Stance Unfair and Unethical · · Score: 1

    The tax is regressive in that poor people pay a higher percentage of their income in sales tax than rich people do.

  14. Re:The problem with "fiscal responsibility" ... on New IMF Head Says US Must Raise Debt Limit, or Face 'Nasty Consequences' · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I like the Tea Party people like Michele Bachmann who decry government spending but line up for their share of welfare, in the form of farm subsidies in her case.

  15. Re:Cheap theater on New IMF Head Says US Must Raise Debt Limit, or Face 'Nasty Consequences' · · Score: 1

    Sorry, it may not happen this time. Just don't make the Aug. 3 Social Security payment and there will be plenty of money to pay the debt and interest and not default. The right is pointing out that default is not a given, you just have to change your spending priorities.

  16. Re:Commercial databases on Facebook Trapped In MySQL a 'Fate Worse Than Death' · · Score: 1

    Why would that require rewriting the whole codebase? Isn't SQL standard?

  17. Re:Sweet! on Law Enforcement Wants To Try 'Predictive Policing' · · Score: 1

    Prediction: The stock market is going to go down. There, you're all set.

  18. Re:Can we close Fox News yet? on Voicemail Hack Scandal Leads To Closure of UK Tabloid · · Score: 1

    It's not just children she feeds on, it's rich, white, female children she favors. The richer and the whiter the better.

  19. Re:Cisco has its own interoperability issues on IETF Mulls Working Group For IPv6 Home Networking · · Score: 1

    Isn't it time to look for an alternative to Cisco? I left them after a customer paid $2,500 for a 16-port switch.

  20. Re:Budget problems on Congress Dumps James Webb Space Telescope · · Score: 1

    It's a bigger loss for science the longer it takes to get it into space.

  21. Re:Those unaware of history... on How Apple Came To Control the Component Market · · Score: 1

    It may not be new, but Apple is doing it really well.

  22. Re:Duh? on How Apple Came To Control the Component Market · · Score: 1

    You enjoy dealing with rootkits? Hmm...

  23. Re:Who did the R&D work? on How Apple Came To Control the Component Market · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And Apple allows the fabricator to sell to anyone after the exclusive period (six months, a year?) is over. So Apple is benefiting but also doing the whole industry a favor. Just because Apple wins doesn't mean everyone else loses. Android isn't losing much, is it?

  24. Re:Apple's iCloud Is Just As Iffy on Are Google Music and Amazon Cloud Player Legal? · · Score: 1

    The four big labels, in reaching a deal with Apple, have set the standard. The other thousand labels (really?) just need to sign similar agreements.

  25. Re:And Then There's IBM: They Get IT on Oracle Shuts Older Servers Out of Solaris 11 · · Score: 1

    They looked at Computer Associates, saw how successful it was, and decided to copy it.