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  1. Re:G-nome ? on Groupon Backs Down On Gnome · · Score: 1

    Wrong, Groupon wanted you to read it as "Know Me."

  2. Re:Does Groupon know what it is taking on? on GNOME Project Seeks Donations For Trademark Battle With Groupon · · Score: 1

    At least one Gnome committer works for Groupon Engineering.

  3. Don't forget on Why CurrentC Will Beat Out Apple Pay · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They will also forgo those profit-robbing security measures.

  4. The language in the old west on Torvalds: I Made Community-Building Mistakes With Linux · · Score: 4, Interesting

    was not so nice, either. As the newly occupied lands matured, so did language and behavior. This frontier is no different.

  5. They already have paid prioritization on FCC To Rule On "Paid Prioritization" Deals By Internet Service Providers · · Score: 4, Insightful

    to the Chairman's desk. Your opinions have been routed to /dev/null.

  6. Re:Wrong Title on Researcher Fired At NSF After Government Questions Her Role As 1980s Activist · · Score: 0, Troll

    So, in other words, The Tea Party.

  7. Rural Illinois???? on Fermilab Begins Testing Holographic Universe Theory · · Score: 2

    The area around Fermilab hasn't been rural for at least 20 years, suburbia crept up and surrounded it. It was a rural area, when first built.

  8. On the evolution of C++ on Interviews: Ask Bjarne Stroustrup About Programming and C++ · · Score: 5, Interesting

    How do you feel about the evolution of C++ since it was first implemented with Cfront? What began as a pretty straightforward language has been expanded to significant complexity. Has this evolution been positive, or has it been an attempt to make the language apply to too many possible applications?

  9. Re:Netflix Time Now? on Babylon 5 May Finally Get a Big-Screen Debut · · Score: 1

    The Prisoner, 1967, had a story arc.

  10. The right tool for the right job on HP Gives OpenVMS New Life and Path To X86 Port · · Score: 4, Informative

    There are applications that VMS does very well in. Clustering under VMS is unsurpassed by anything else.

  11. Good luck with that. A CDC-6600 sucked down 150Kw. The power bills would be murder, let alone the HVAC needs to keep it from cooking.

  12. Re:translating for the athiests. on Physicists Spot Potential Source of 'Oh-My-God' Particles · · Score: 1

    My favorite particle is still the OopsLeon.

  13. A much better picture of the fuselages on Train Derailment Dumps Two 737 Fuselages Into Clark Fork River · · Score: 5, Informative
  14. Re:SID vs SIM/TEN on 2600 Distributor Withholds Money, Magazine's Future In Limbo · · Score: 1

    If TEN split knowing that one of the entities being split could not fulfill its obligations, that would be a fraudulent conveyance. The courts invalidate the split and will force TEN to pay off the obligations in the long run. Of course, that will take years to wind through the court system. In the mean time, the lawyers will make a fortune.

  15. Interchangable crypto modules on Google Demos Modular Phone That (Almost) Actually Works · · Score: 3, Interesting

    One for the business, or for each business, one for the kids, one for the wife, and one for the mistress.

  16. Re:Except, of course, they have to prove you can on Mass. Supreme Court Says Defendant Can Be Compelled To Decrypt Data · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://forensic.belkasoft.com/...

    "Solid State drives (SSD) introduced dramatic changes to the principles of computer forensics. Forensic acquisition of computers equipped with SSD storage is very different of how we used to acquire PCs using traditional magnetic media. Instead of predictable and highly possible recovery of information the suspect attempted to destroy, we are entering the muddy waters of stochastic forensics where nothing can be assumed as a given."

  17. Re:"an industry luminary" on The Security Industry Is Failing Miserably At Fixing Underlying Dangers · · Score: 1

    Gene is one of the few people who became a "security expert" not because he called himself one, but everyone else did.

  18. Groupon got it right on FAA Bans Delivering Packages With Drones · · Score: 3, Funny
  19. For those interested in HOPEX on EFF To Unveil Open Wireless Router For Open Wireless Movement · · Score: 0

    Come to NYC on July 18-20, http://x.hope.net/ at the Hotel Pennsylvania, just across the street from Penn Station and Madison Square Garden.

    Tickets are only $120 for all three days.

    This year's keynote is Daniel Ellsberg of Pentagon Papers fame.

  20. Re:It's Chicago on Chicago Adding Sensors For Public Monitoring · · Score: 1, Funny

    That is why sensors will be installed in all cemeteries. One of the reasons I love Chicago, I can stay active in politics after I die.

  21. Re:Anyone who trusted SuperMicro... on Supermicro Fails At IPMI, Leaks Admin Passwords · · Score: 5, Informative

    I manage 10,000 of them. To date lower infant mortality and lower long term failures than I had seen previously with Dell and HP. They also ship a lot faster than Dell or HP. Anyone who exposes their IPMI interfaces to the public internet deserves the results.

  22. Re:Anyone remember Xerox Park? on X Window System Turns 30 Years Old · · Score: 1

    No, X was the follow on to W from Stanford. I doubt you ran X on a BLIT, but on a 630MTG, aka Son of a BLIT. I was one of the engineers that ported X to the 630. That was an awesome project, and we had an incredible team to do it. Our server out performed the USL X server, and all we had was a 10MHz 68000, while they had a 25MHz 386 with a 387.

  23. Re:Why "bunnie"? on Interviews: Ask Andrew "bunnie" Huang About Hardware and Hacking · · Score: 1

    Because the only thing that can stop him is the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch.

  24. Smart! That was one of the key... on Tesla Makes Improvements To Model S · · Score: 3, Interesting

    mistakes in the Delorean. Really bad in northern climes where the seals would freeze, locking you in the car. Notice I said "one of", the Delorean had a lot of other issues, too.

  25. Re:Wrong target of blame. on AMD, NVIDIA, and Developers Weigh In On GameWorks Controversy · · Score: 2

    Just by coincidence, a lot of Nvidia engineers were "inherited" from SGI.