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  1. Re:Journalism on Third Blast At Japan's Fukushima Nuclear Plant · · Score: 1

    It is doubtful that the earthquake caused and direct damage to the operation of the reactors. The pumps and backup generators were running right after the quake when they initiated the SCRAM and shut down. It wasn't until the tsunami wave that came about an hour later and junked the generators that the problems started arising.

  2. Re:Temperatures plummet in Hades on Microsoft, Google Sue Troll Who Sued 397 Companies · · Score: 1

    Would the suit be filed under "Moogle" or "Gosoft"?

    Filing under Moogle would trigger a trademark violation from Square-Enix.

  3. Re:MST3K on Does Syfy Really Love Sci-Fi? · · Score: 1

    Sci-Fi bought the rights to Stargate SG-1 and Farscape after the shows had started. Stargate SG-1 started out on Showtime. Farscape started out on an Australian network.

  4. Re:If you are at work on WI Capitol Blocks Pro-Union Web Site · · Score: 1

    A completely reasonable assumption given that the domain was only registered on February 14th. That says nothing of when a website was up and running, which the only confirmation we have of that is that it was running on February 21st when it was reported blocked.

  5. Re:If you are at work on WI Capitol Blocks Pro-Union Web Site · · Score: 1

    You really don't understand content filtering and website blocking.

    When you use a whitelist system, every website that isn't whitelisted is blocked. You don't need to go look for a new website. No site is whitelisted until the "program" (personnel) receive the complaint that a website is blocked. It's then assessed and if found appropriate within the rules of the organization it is whitelisted. It's pretty much the basic concept for every content web filter. AT&T does the exact same thing. Every website is initially unclassed. When their content filter team gets a request for reclassification the assess the site and put it into one of the pre-made classifications. Organizations which use the AT&T content filter are allow to choose which classifications of sites that they allow and which ones aren't allowed.

  6. Re:friending != full access on Lawyers Using Facebook Research For Jury Selection · · Score: 1

    Chicken and egg. In order to grant wifi accesss, the potential juror must allow the public prosecutor's office to be friends. However, the juror must have access to the account in order to approve any friend requests. Thus the juror could, when accessing the account to allow the friend, change their privacy settings.

  7. Re:DBA vs. SysAdmin on IT Turf Wars: the Most Common Feuds In Tech · · Score: 2

    DBAs needing root isn't necessary as long as you have proper corroboration, communication, and trust between system admins and DBAs.

  8. Re:Define "the network". on IT Turf Wars: the Most Common Feuds In Tech · · Score: 1

    Must be something wrong with your servers.

    Remember that the network switches / hubs / routers are part of "the network".

    So when there REALLY is a problem on the network, the network admins usually hear about it because EVERYONE is having problems with ALL of their apps.

    If one workstation or one server is having a problem (but the others are working) then it probably isn't a problem with "the network".

    And the one time it is the "network" for 1 user it's usually a disconnected cable from the user's machine.

  9. Re:News from the future: on JAXA To Use Fishing Nets To Scoop Up Space Junk · · Score: 1

    Asian reporter Trisha Takinawa?

  10. Re:hack on HBGary Federal Hacked By Anonymous · · Score: 1

    Shooting someone does not always mean a murder has occurred. Many people have been shoot and the shooter never charged with murder. Murder requires the person being shot to die.

  11. Re:Remember on Piracy Boosts Anime Sales, Says Japanese Government Study · · Score: 1

    We hope that's the case. Then it's excusable.

  12. Re:and in related news on Pirated App Sold On Mac App Store · · Score: 1

    You work for the DRDs? The DRDs work for Moya!

  13. Re:Okay, hold on a minute. on NASA Finds Family of Habitable Planets · · Score: 1

    We haven't invented the planet cracker yet. Once we do, we'll test it on Titan. Then we'll set up the Sprawl to act as a hub for all extra-solar planet cracking activities.

  14. Re:wrong plaintiff on Facebook Spammer Fined $360 Million · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Facebook is getting paid $80,111.11 for each deactivated account. I estimate that $0 will be passed along to those that deactivated their account.

  15. Re:Blah blah blah on Four Outrages Techies Need To Know About the State of the Union · · Score: 1

    Creme-filled beef?

  16. Re:Riiight on Italian Scientists Demonstrate Cold Fusion? · · Score: 1

    The is true, but at least the copper can be sold on the market (I hope). So it's not about $12 per pound of fuel. It's probably closer to $8 per pound of fuel once you consider that copper is about $4 per pound. I'm assuming that you get roughly equal poundage of copper as you put in of nickel.

  17. Re:How do you even liquidate on Carbon Trading Halted After EU Exchange Is Hacked · · Score: 1

    * CO2 is, in fact, poisonous (well, toxic).

    Fact: Oxygen is, in fact, poisonous.
    Fact: Water is, in fact, poisonous.
    Fact: Every god damn substance on earth is, in fact, poisonous.

  18. Re:Scottie's here! on DoE Develops Flexible Glass Stronger Than Steel · · Score: 1

    It's been compared to steel....

    So is this more a case of Star Trek winning (transparent aluminum) or Star Wars winning (transparisteel)?

  19. Re:Good. on Hospital Wireless Networks May Be Regulated Medical Devices · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Well. Since you need to comply with FDA regulations or not get your medicare/medicaid funding, it's a pretty big deal.

    The problem exists in the transition. These improvements cost money and there's a good chance that networks in transition wouldn't meet the FDA requirements. That would cause the hospital to loose the medicare/caid funding and consequently have to turn away or eject patients that would be a huge cost to them that would otherwise get treatment.

    Since there's that potential while in transition to a more modern network, hospitals may be quite unwilling to fund the improvements in the first place and preserve their funding.

  20. Dance on Hospital Wireless Networks May Be Regulated Medical Devices · · Score: 0, Troll

    Dance for the pretty FDA mooks.

    Then you'll get your cookie.

  21. Re:In store PS3s? on FreeBSD Running On PS3 · · Score: 1

    However, with access to the signing keys for software, is it not conceivable that one could produce and distribute an entirely valid piece of software that tacks on a new Other OS feature?

  22. Re:Either Challenger or Discovery was the best... on NASA Names Best & Worst Sci-Fi Movies of All Time · · Score: 1

    Wrong. Oh so wrong. Clever but wrong.

    P.S. You want Columbia instead of Discovery.

  23. Re:What Do You Do When Demand Is Satisfied? on Oversupply Sends DRAM Prices To One-Year Low · · Score: 3

    Which is conveniently under US jurisdic....

    oh wait...

  24. Re:wargames on Can Movies Inspire Kids To Be Future Scientists? · · Score: 1

    Thermonuclear War

  25. Re:Avatar is what? on Can Movies Inspire Kids To Be Future Scientists? · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry, but didn't Einstein rely on intuition to sniff out his relativity theory?