User: turkeydance

Moon Palace

On: China Names Chang'e 3 Lunar Landing Site 'Guang Han Gong' Or 'Moon Palace' (examiner.com)

NOW we have the band's name....

US data centers

On: Verizon Launches Auction To Sell Data Centers (reuters.com)

require an NSA risk adverse buyer.

the article sez it's for securing prisons

On: Airbus Rolls Out Anti-Drone System (networkworld.com)

like ours.

Alliance never did anything but complain

On: IBM Union Calls It Quits (computerworld.com)

right or wrong, people got tired of it (especially the "union" part) and left.

oh no. not that.

On: Microsoft Teams With Automakers To Put Windows, Office In Cars (microsoft.com)

a Volvo with Vista?

Re:Why?

On: Obama Orders Feds To Study Smart Gun Technology (cnet.com)

well, it's not really guns...it's whatever Obama doesn't like.

fire the coach

On: A History of Innovation and Dysfunction At Los Alamos National Laboratory (santafenewmexican.com)

when the players are the problem. works every time.

not in the U.S.

On: Will Advanced AI Spell the End of Lawyers?

lawyers will pass laws restricting that.

great for my wife checking up on her aged parents

On: Samsung's Latest Smart Fridge Has Cameras and a Huge Display (engadget.com)

who are not consistently appropriate with kitchen duties. a remotely monitored oven/stove would be wonderful.

Marco

On: Haptic Glove Lets You Feel Distant Objects Underwater (discovery.com)

Polo

next, ceramic drones

On: 3D-Printed Ceramics Could Help Build Hypersonic Planes (livescience.com)

in the shape of an ashtray

Congress shall make no law....

On: When Hacking Vigilantism Infringes On Free Speech (betanews.com)

but everyone else can.

fred brooks to the rescue

On: The Sad Graph of Software Death (tinyletter.com)

it's saturday, and that's all i've got.

Trump is this gen's George Wallace

On: Ask Slashdot: Predictions For 2016? (slashdot.org)

somebody will take a shot at him

Re:I can see it right now

On: Comet Catalina Coming To a Night Sky Near You (www.cbc.ca)

exactly...so IF something is visible without binoculars/telescope, and the sun/moon/weather don't interfere, then make every effort to see it. personally, i'm already planning for the 2017 eclipse (vacation, etc.)

ALL the trees are dying

On: New Maps Show Spread and Impact of Drought On California Forests (latimes.com)

eventually

well, ISIS is on board with that

On: The Power of Crowds and "Human Computation" (vice.com)

real world outcomes

Oh, Nadine. Honey, is that you?

On: Nadine the Robot Receptionist (qz.com)

Seems like every time I catch you Darling you're up to somethin' new

I.S.I.S.

On: Should We Fill the Sahara With Solar Panels? (bbc.com)

Islamic Solar In Sahara

that's a nice hub you have there

On: New York Begins Public Gigabit Wi-Fi Rollout (theverge.com)

it would be a shame....

adaptability

On: Human Brain Still Beats Computers At Finding Messages and Meaning Within Noise (hackaday.com)

and horseshoes. digital has two options. brain is "closest counts".

"the FAA should do the same"

On: Drone Registration Is FAA's Way of Getting You To Read Their "EULA" (hackaday.com)

nope. not should. could. might. maybe, but not should.

is this Timberlake's idea?

On: ProxyBack Malware Turns Infected Computers into Internet Proxies (softpedia.com)

and what's this proxy he's bringing?

"everyone...deserves"

On: Zuckerberg Defends 'Free Basics' App With Comparison To Hospitals, Education (indiatimes.com)

resembles a car dealer's tag line in an advertisement. "get the car you deserve..."

ok...Apple/Jobs is a religion..i get that

On: Microsoft CMO Confirms Development of 'Spiritual Equivalent' of Surface Phone (hothardware.com)

so now, the tech world enters Shia/Sunni territory?