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  1. Nice Weather Radar Site on Hurricane Sandy Nears East Coast · · Score: 1

    With the Weather Underground off-line / degraded.... If you need basic weather radar. I found a nice site. It updates ever 5 minutes and is very fast. It has all the major U.S. cities. http://web2.wright-weather.com/cgi-bin2/loopradar.cgi?type=mosaic/us_mosaic-&type2=12&type3=cities

  2. Re:Weather Underground is Slashdotted on Hurricane Sandy Nears East Coast · · Score: 1

    If you need basic weather radar try this site. National Radar, plus just about every major. City. Updates every 5 minutes. Its in javascript so it loads super fast. http://web2.wright-weather.com/cgi-bin2/loopradar.cgi?type=mosaic/us_mosaic-&type2=12&type3=cities

  3. Java is a bug on Java 7 Ships With Severe Bug · · Score: 1

    Java itself is a bug. A slow, cpu wasting bug that should be done away with. I can't stand java. Every application I have ever used that was written in Java runs 10x slower than a similar app that was designed to work on the native OS.

  4. This is total BS on Verizon To Pay $25M For Years of 'Mystery Fees' · · Score: 1

    "Verizon Wireless said in a news release that its overcharges were inadvertent" Bullshit! They should be prosecuted for fraud. If they used automatically withdrew money from peoples accounts, it should be wire fraud. If you I pulled this shit, we would be in prison.

  5. Re:Linux does not mix well with USB Drives on The State of Linux IO Scheduling For the Desktop? · · Score: 1

    No, that is a linux problem. One cp command whether over USB or NFS that is a slow connection, brings the system to a crawl. That is *MAJOR* problem.

  6. Linux does not mix well with USB Drives on The State of Linux IO Scheduling For the Desktop? · · Score: 1

    I tried using a USB hard drive to back up about 30 gigs of data from my CentOS 4.8 server. The IO wait on the system shot up to 80% and I had to kill the process since it brought the machine to a crawl and the other processes were taking forever to complete. Something as simple as copying a file to a USB drive should not cause the system to slow to a crawl and become no long functional.

  7. I can't belive it... on Gulf Gusher Worst Case Scenario · · Score: 1

    As a Earth Science major and having worked in the Geo-sciences arena for 20 years, I can say this article is so far off base, I can't believe it was elevated to being posted on Slashdot. There is no way possible for a Yellowstone type eruption. That is just straight up bullshit. Sure there is a significant amount of pressure, but not of volcanic proportions. This article should be redacted from the Slashdot site!

  8. Re:As always, make yourself known on Why Coder Pay Isn't Proportional To Productivity · · Score: 1

    Another thing is that coders aren't usually that good at expressing themselfs,

    Generalization are generally wrong...

  9. Re:Do the math, a real example on US Nuclear Power Industry Poised For a Comeback · · Score: 0, Troll

    carbon pollution is a myth. It is deemed "pollution" by those mis-informed or have an agenda, such as tax revenue.

  10. Not impressed... on Formerly Classified Global Warming Spy Photos Released · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I thought I was going to see a significant movement in the ice sheets, on the order of 10's or 100's of miles. From what I saw, the rate of decline was statistically meaningless, measured in mere feet. My guess is the previous administration was more concerned with releasing something that would show or capabilities of our spy satellites and not trying to conceal this.

  11. Misleading headline on Building a 10 TB Array For Around $1,000 · · Score: 5, Informative

    This headline is very misleading. Sure you can buy 12x1TB drives for just under a grand, but you won't have anything to connect them to, as the controller itself is another $1100. Another eye-catching headline to get click through's, that' just wrong. Sad.

  12. I wonder how Symantec, Norton, et will react on AV-Test Deems Windows Security Essentials "Very Good" · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Norton, Symantec and others have created an entire multi-billion dollar subscription based industry around virus protection for Windows. I wonder how they are going to react to this potential bomb for there business model?

  13. Atmospheric Denisity Problem on Jet Stream Kites Could Power New York City · · Score: 1

    The atmospheric pressure at 30-40K feet is around 200 millibars, basically the air is only 20% as dense as it is at the surface (~1000 millibars). So the kinetic energy available in a 120 mph wind at 30K feet is only a small fraction of what that kind of wind is at the surface. Point being, a 100+ mph wind sounds impressive, but at that altitude the kinetic energy is much less than it is at the surface.

  14. Is there and SSH app? on Palm Pre Is Out, Time For Discussion · · Score: 1

    I am looking to buy a "smart" phone soon. One of the critical things I need is an ssh app so I can log into my linux servers. Does the Pre have an ssh app yet?

  15. Not Likely to stay white on Painting The World's Roofs White Could Slow Climate Change · · Score: 1

    It some cases this may make sense, but on large scale I see problems with it. I roof painted white, or with white shingles would, fairly quickly lose its high reflection [Albedo] as dirt/grim turns it from white to brown/black in just a couple of years. In addition, the solar insolation in areas north 40 degrees north, would have a much less of an affect.

  16. Re:JavaFX on HTML 5 As a Viable Alternative To Flash? · · Score: 1

    Great, it being Java and all I guess my when I upgrade to my 32 core 4GHZ desktop, it may be just fast enough to be usable....Probably not. I have never used a program written in Java that wasn't 10x slower than a comparable program written in C. JVM is a piece of crap, that is so resource intensive, that a lot of computers (1GB or ram or less) still in use today have problems running it. I hope Java will soon be a forgotten blemish in the history of programming languages.

  17. Re: verizon has a law enforcement compliance dept on Verizon Tells Cops "Your Money Or Your Life" · · Score: 1

    Maybe they did? Doesn't say what number they called. But even if they called the "Regular" 800 number that customer service rep should have routed them to the Law Enforcement Emergency Number.

  18. Re:Rooted G1 with WiFi Tether on Mobile Wi-Fi Hot Spot · · Score: 1

    So multiple users/machines can access the network with one devices wirelessly.

  19. Re:This isn't a new worry on Tsunami Hit New York City Region In 300 BC · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I disagree, there could be evacuation routes that would only have to move folks 2 miles inland to get out of harms way. A tsunami generated in the eastern Atlantic would take several hours to reach the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S. giving time for some to evacuate low lying areas near the immediate coast.

  20. Re:Be Skeptical of Drug Company "Scientific" Claim on Drug Company Merck Drew Up Doctor "Hit List" · · Score: 1

    I know and have known quite a few drug reps. Yep, all smoking hot and all got the job because of that. Doctors tolerate their stupidity because they are hot. They go to their drug rep dinners b/c and prescribe their drugs, b/c they are hot. In the end, drug companies bring it all back to basic human nature. I liken the drug reps that prance into the doctors offices to the Miller Beer Girls, that graduated and instead of giving out beer samples, now give out pills to doctors. It's essentially the same thing. No wonder our medical system is so screwed.