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  1. Cutting-edge OS software on Remix Mini Review: a $70 Android Desktop PC (liliputing.com) · · Score: 1

    The software features a taskbar, a desktop, support for keyboard shortcuts, and support for running many apps either in full-screen mode or in smaller windows.

    I think many of these features have been pretty common for quite a while now...

  2. Let me fix that for you on Same Birthday, Same Social Security Number, Same Mess For Two Florida Women (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    ALTER TABLE ssn_info ADD CONSTRAINT ssn_unique UNIQUE (ssn);

  3. By that logic everybody of European and African descent should immediately leave the Americas.

  4. Why a desktop application? on Atom 1.1 Is Out, With Lots of Graphic Improvements (blog.atom.io) · · Score: 1

    Atom is completely built upon web technologies -- javascript, chromium, etc. It even phones home to Google analytics. It seems bizarre to have it solely as a desktop application -- why wouldn't this be implemented as a web app, or at least as a Chrome extension?

  5. NSA? on Cisco Security Appliances Found To Have Default SSH Keys · · Score: 4, Insightful

    There might be reasons other than "support" for universal access SSH keys.

  6. Re:Depends on how you do it on Big Banks Will Vie For Your Attention With Cardless ATMs and VR · · Score: 1

    Most checks are cleared via ACH these days. Still takes 3-4 days.

  7. What we learned from Stuxnet?! on DHS Chief: What We Learned From Stuxnet · · Score: 1
  8. Re:Not the end of the world... on LHC Shut Down By Transformer Malfunction · · Score: 5, Informative

    Can one of you physicists tell me how 4.5 Kelvin is different from 2 Kelvin, operationally?

    The magnets they use to shape and steer the beam require about 12,000 amps, so they use superconductors. Between 2K and 4.5K, the superconductor undergoes a phase change and becomes non-superconducting, and the resistance goes from zero to not zero all of a sudden. The 12,000 amps suddenly produces an incredible amount of heat (P=I^2R) which drastically increases the pressure from the liquid He. That much pressure means the He needs to escape (violently), causing all sorts of trouble. It's called a 'quench.'

  9. Re:Finally! on An Early Look at OpenOffice.org 3.0 · · Score: 1

    Sorry, I meant to mod parent insightful.

  10. Re:This could backfire on Class Action Complaint Against RIAA Now Online · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think the point is whether they win or lose, RIAA will have to submit to discovery, which should have the effect of uncovering all sorts of dirt about their legally questionable methods of finding people to sue.

  11. I don't get it on US Air Force Issues DMCA Takedown Notice · · Score: 5, Informative
    From TFA:

    the Air Force website promoting the video contains this language in its privacy policy: "Information presented on the Air Force Recruiting website is considered public information and may be distributed or copied."
    Apart from that, I wonder why the Air Force is so keen on keeping people from watching their commercial.
  12. Catholic Church and Science on Pope Denounces Some Biotech as Affront to 'Human Dignity' · · Score: 1
  13. Mad Scienteists on China Vows to Stop the Rain · · Score: 5, Funny

    Zhang Qian, head of weather manipulation (best title to have on a business card ever)
    Mad scientists can't start out being James Bond villains. This seems like a great place for an aspiring mad scientist to work, fresh out of mad grad school.
  14. Email? on Charter Accidentally Wipes 14K Email Accounts · · Score: 5, Funny

    Did they send an email to notify people of the $50 rebate? My inbox is empty...

  15. Re:When did it go from public to private on 700 MHz Auction Begins Tomorrow · · Score: 1

    The spectrum is ours (public) now. The auction is the process where we sell it to a (private) company.

  16. Obligitory on Net Neutrality Summit · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hate these filthy Neutrals. With enemies you know where they stand but with Neutrals, who knows? It sickens me. What makes a man turn neutral? Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality?

  17. Compete with Apple? on Netflix To Lift Streaming Limits · · Score: 5, Informative

    Of course, you can't watch streaming movies on Netflix with a Mac...

  18. Re:Shot in the Dark on Huge Hydrogen Cloud Will Hit Milky Way · · Score: 1

    Actually, since the galaxy has about 100 billion stars, a gas cloud with enough gas to create 1 million stars only has about 0.001% the mass of the galaxy. Since it's not very dense either (nebulous cloud), the effect of it colliding with the milky way will be like a bug colliding with your windshield.

  19. The entire sky in three days? on Bill Gates and Microsoft Fund Telescope · · Score: 2, Informative

    There is no place on earth where you can see the entire night sky over three days. There will always be stars hidden.