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  1. Also, General Relativity, thousands of times more important (and difficult) that E=mc2, didn't happen. It was all a dream.

    Just to be sure, isn't E=mc2 is a special relativity postulate?

  2. Hoax on Independent Researchers Test Rossi's Alleged Cold Fusion Device For 32 Days · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Of course, everything is a hoax and scientifically impossible until the day it is proven to actually work.

  3. Re:SSH Advice on BitHammer, the BitTorrent Banhammer · · Score: 1

    Your sysadmin should do that for you at the server level:

    in sshd_config:

    ClientAliveInterval 30
    ClientAliveCountMax 60

  4. Parrots and chimpanzees on Killer Whales Caught On Tape Speaking Dolphin · · Score: 1

    In other news, parrots who live with humans learn to speak human languages and some chimpanzees living with smokers have even learned to smoke cigarettes.

    I guess those things are bound to happen when two species hang together when their anatomies allow to.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...

  5. Re:not complicated...monopology on Why America Won't Match Sweden's Cheap, Fast, Competitive Internet Services · · Score: 4, Insightful

    is ***profit*** for Verizon & other teleco's really that complicated?

    Considering that US has private prisons while Sweden is closing its prisons, you have a point I guess...

    http://www.theguardian.com/soc...

  6. Re:Nobel prize for Microsoft advancement on Nobel Prize In Chemistry Awarded To Trio For Microscope Advancement · · Score: 2

    Also, maybe they wanted to give a Nobel prize to both trios:

    Physics: Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura.

    Chemistry: Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell and William E. Moerner

    And the second trio fitted better in chemistry than in physics.

    http://www.nobelprize.org/nobe...

  7. Nobel prize for Microsoft advancement on Nobel Prize In Chemistry Awarded To Trio For Microscope Advancement · · Score: 1

    Nobel prize for Microsoft advancement.

    Oh, sorry, I misread.

  8. Already done. Re: Watch out americans.... on Robot Arm Will Install New Earth-Facing Cameras On Space Station · · Score: 1

    It has already been done about ten years ago. The site and business are still alive:

    https://www.sat-gps-locate.com...

  9. Pfff... on Robot Arm Will Install New Earth-Facing Cameras On Space Station · · Score: 2

    "Canada's robotic Canadarm2 will install the next two Urthecast cameras on the International Space Station, "

    Everybody knows space is full of ether so they are obviously "Ethercast cameras".

    Come on editor!

  10. Re:Gobernator on California Governor Vetoes Bill Requiring Warrants For Drone Surveillance · · Score: 1

    Are you sure that you aren't confusing him with Chuck Norris?

  11. On the picture in the link... on 35,000 Walrus Come Ashore In Alaska · · Score: 1

    On the picture in the link, it seems like there is a rubber like material holding them together ;-)

    Zooming in, that picture doesn't seem to make sense. Photoshop? Please feel free to enlighten me.

     

  12. Re:Hope they use SSD on Bangladesh Considers Building World's 5th-largest Data Center In Earthquake Zone · · Score: 1

    Still more expensive than military grade HDDs. Building should be earthquake proof anyway. It should be cheaper to protect the whole building and go with standard hardware.

    http://www.amazon.com/Transcen...

    http://gearpatrol.com/2013/03/...

  13. Re:As long as they don't... on Bangladesh Considers Building World's 5th-largest Data Center In Earthquake Zone · · Score: 2, Informative

    No problems, they plan to construct it 500 yards downstream from the dam in order to avoid power loss during transmission.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  14. Re:Gobernator on California Governor Vetoes Bill Requiring Warrants For Drone Surveillance · · Score: 1

    "Sperminator"

    Any reference on that? I hear steroids reduce your libido.

  15. Re:something to remember next time you vote on California Governor Vetoes Bill Requiring Warrants For Drone Surveillance · · Score: 1

    Nah, he probably just got black mailed or threatened in some other ways...

  16. Re:words? on Debian Switching Back To GNOME As the Default Desktop · · Score: 1

    Nope, I wasn't. Then again, If you think of it, the whole concept is close to the hacking concept.

  17. Re:Probably good to give another 48 hours anyway on Apple Yet To Push Patch For "Shellshock" Bug · · Score: 2

    In the mean time, for those who care enough to already be running mod_security. All hits to our multiple web servers go through a mod_security reverse-proxy first:

    ## Bash attack

    SecRule REQUEST_HEADERS "^\(\) {" \
    "phase:1,deny,id:1000,t:urlDecode,status:403,log,msg:'CVE-2014-6271 - Bash Attack'"

    SecRule REQUEST_LINE "\(\) {" \
    "phase:1,deny,id:1001,status:403,log,msg:'CVE-2014-6271 - Bash Attack'"

    SecRule ARGS_NAMES "^\(\) {" \
    "phase:2,deny,id:1002,t:urlDecode,t:urlDecodeUni,status:403,log,msg:'CVE-2014-6271 - Bash Attack'"

    SecRule ARGS "^\(\) {" \
    "phase:2,deny,id:1003,t:urlDecode,t:urlDecodeUni,status:403,log,msg:'CVE-2014-6271 - Bash Attack'"

    SecRule FILES_NAMES "^\(\) {" \
    "phase:2,deny,id:1004,t:urlDecode,t:urlDecodeUni,status:403,log,msg:'CVE-2014-6271 - Bash Attack'"

    ## End bash attack

  18. Re:You forgot SQLite on PostgreSQL Outperforms MongoDB In New Round of Tests · · Score: 1

    It reminds me of msql (miniSQL) that was single threaded so a long request would make the others wait. In another topic, MS-SQL server login was single threaded back in 2000 although the server could handle parallel requests I think. I assume it must have been fixed by now. You could deny all other users from login just by telnetting to the MS SQL port and sit there, put into a loop when the connection timed out and almost nobody could login to the server.;-)

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  19. Re:Denmark hit 33% wind on South Australia Hits 33% Renewal Energy Target 6 Years Early · · Score: 1

    Denmark and in Sweden that is using hydro and nuclear only, and therefore can't supply peak energy on it own.

    Quebec is practically 100% hydro and supplies peak energy at will.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  20. Re:words? on Debian Switching Back To GNOME As the Default Desktop · · Score: 2

    It is a french expression, systemd means "système débrouillardise".

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S...

  21. Re:Learning Lab on Slashdot Asks: What's In Your Home Datacenter? · · Score: 1

    "How are you UPS'ing for 6 hours?"

    Sorry I missed the "How" part at first:
    Deep cycle motor boat wet batteries coupled to an inverter. Not recommended anywhere for home use but sure cheaper than dry batteries which cost at least twice as much for the same efficiency. I now have two 12 volts batteries and I used to have 4. They are around 100$ a piece and I change them every 6-7 years or so since the power rarely go down around here so they last a long time. Most of the time, they cycle when I simulate a power outage to test the batteries. 1 hour power out test every 2 month and one test until the batteries are drained like once every six months or so.

    Use at your own risk, I don't recommend or endorse anything here ;-)

  22. Re:Learning Lab on Slashdot Asks: What's In Your Home Datacenter? · · Score: 1

    "How are you UPS'ing for 6 hours?"

    Yes, I used to use it as an Internet server with live websites and such on it but I have since moved those to a real data center because bandwidth was cheaper. I used to be able to stay up 48 hours on batteries if I shut down the desktop but I have reduced the number of batteries to half what it used to be after moving to a real data center for live sites that need to be up all the time. I also have a small generator that I can use to recharge the batteries but I usually do not bother now. I have to plug and start the generator manually. The desktop is in another room with electrical wiring running to that room. The desktop uses more power than the server because of the 4 screens and video cards. Nice video cards suck a lot of power. One of the desktop screen is a 50 inches TV not plugged into the UPS circuit. I use a USB extension cord for the wireless dongle that allows me to control the playing on the TV with a wireless keyboard and mouse.

    Same kind of setup in the real data center, one big server running a bunch of qemu VMs with virtual networks separated by firewall rules.

    You must still have enough room to hang clothes and what not in your 42u rack then...

  23. Re:Learning Lab on Slashdot Asks: What's In Your Home Datacenter? · · Score: 1

    Maybe, I don't see the use for u-racks anymore for a home data centers. I just use a desktop with four screens attached to it and one server with 64GB RAM acting as file server/firewall/router and running a bunch of virtual machines with qemu. XVNC or RDP for VMs running a graphical interface, ssh for others. I also have a UPS to keep everything alive for 6 hours if power goes out, about 20 hours if I shut the desktop down and use a laptop instead.

  24. Re:Huh? on Mystery Signal Could Be Dark Matter Hint In ISS Detector · · Score: 1

    1) I don't have anything to prove.

    2) Learn to read between the lines ;-)

    Cheers,

  25. Re:Huh? on Mystery Signal Could Be Dark Matter Hint In ISS Detector · · Score: 1

    Interesting, the "shadow of the hype" is still hype. You seem to be underestimating me.

    Apart from that, you are basically saying the same thing as I do and rest assured I have been following your recommendations for quite a while, especially the part about: "you could be making decisions for yourself based on the actual arguments and data involved."