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  1. Re:Charles Carreon on Charles Carreon Finally Surrenders To the Oatmeal · · Score: 1

    I am afraid I am going to have to sue you for besmirching the reputation of fucking assholes.

  2. Re:Not that far off the mark on Angry Brazilian Whacks NASA To Put a Stop To ... Er, the NSA · · Score: 1

    The 'convergence or confluence' theory was confirmed later in the day by a former spacecraft designer, who declined to be named but is familiar with both programs, who confided unequivocally: "The space shuttle's payload bay was sized to accommodate the KH-9."

  3. KH-12 on Angry Brazilian Whacks NASA To Put a Stop To ... Er, the NSA · · Score: 1

    The Misty satellite is believed to have been derived from the KH-11, but modified to make it invisible to radar, and hard to detect visually. The first Misty satellite, USA-53, was released by the Space Shuttle Atlantis on mission STS-36. The satellites are sometimes identified as KH-12s.

  4. Not that far off the mark on Angry Brazilian Whacks NASA To Put a Stop To ... Er, the NSA · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The dimensions of the Space Shuttle were specifically designed to carry large spy satellites. Many early scientific missions were spy missions in disguise. So NASA has been in bed with the intelligence complex for quite some time.

  5. Re:Congratulations to Orbital Science on Orbital Sciences Cargo Test Mission To ISS Launches Successfully · · Score: 0

    With 40 year old engines.

  6. Re:Running jails/containers/zones on New Operating System Seeks To Replace Linux In the Cloud · · Score: 1

    "What other OS quickly installs to an integrated shared filesystem, does cluster-wide isolation/sharing/balancing of most major system resources, and can move running applications from one node to another in a cluster with almost no impact?"

    Sounds like you are describing VMS. VMware moves operating system instances, not applications.

  7. Running jails/containers/zones on New Operating System Seeks To Replace Linux In the Cloud · · Score: 2, Informative

    pretty much accomplishes the same thing with even less overhead and without adding yet another layer of software.

  8. Damned pesky constitution on Former DHS Official Blames Privacy Advocates For TSA's Aggressive Procedures · · Score: 2

    gets in the way of all of our law enforcement efforts.

  9. And that's why.... on SSD Failure Temporarily Halts Linux 3.12 Kernel Work · · Score: 2

    I have a mirrored set of SSD's on all my important machines, and RAID 6 for bulk storage.

    Unlike Linus, I can't afford to lose work.

  10. Re:How close is this to treason? on NSA Shares Intel On Americans With Israel · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It is only treason when someone who is not in power does it.

  11. No problem on Can Closed Public Schools Become Makerspaces? (Video) · · Score: 1

    after a large enough donation to the Mayor's campaign fund.

  12. Re:Yes, but what about banking? on Obama Admin Says It Won't Fight Looser Marijuana Laws, With Conditions · · Score: 2

    Also, they can't deduct expenses from their revenue for tax purposes. So, basically, they have to pay the current tax rates on revenue, and not income.

  13. Every time I have seen a hacker called brilliant on Snowden Spoofed Top Officials' Identity To Mine NSA Secrets · · Score: 1

    It has later come out that root had no password, or some similar piece of downright negligence. I suspect that much the same will be shown to be true here.

  14. Re:Obfuscated python code? on Researchers Reverse-Engineer Dropbox, Cracking Heavily Obfuscated Python App · · Score: 1

    What a terrible name for this. Ken's title for his presentation was far more elegant and descriptive, "On Trusting Trust".

    Ken's Hack was only a simple demonstration of this.

  15. Re:Pffft...got this beat... on Newest YouTube User To Fight a Takedown: Lawrence Lessig · · Score: 2

    Would that happen to be Negativland? If so, one of the greatest examples of parody and fair use, ever.

  16. Absolutely not on Is the Stable Linux Kernel Moving Too Fast? · · Score: 2

    There are plenty of older kernels being actively maintained. Stable does not equal recommended for all production needs.

  17. Re:Unisys has history as a system house on Intel, Unisys Partner On New Range of Servers · · Score: 4, Informative

    They had mainframes before IBM did: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIVAC, well before the days of Control Data, Prime, etc.

  18. Re:A distinction without a difference on The Steady Decline of Unix · · Score: 1

    There was no System 7, you are referring to R&D Unix Version 7, which System III was the commercial fork of. System V was really a fork off of R&D Unix Version 8.

  19. Re:Denon Gold Plated Ethernet Cables on Amazon Selects Their Favorite Fake Customer Reviews · · Score: 1

    At least twice. I still laugh when I read it, and it has been there for how many years now?

  20. Past is prologue on Russia Today: Vladimir Putin's Weapon In 'The War of Images' · · Score: 1

    When I was young, I used to listen to Radio Moscow, Radio Peking on shortwave radio, to get the perspective from the other side. Now I can just browse a website. Still, a lot of propaganda on all sides. The truth tends to lie somewhere in the middle.

  21. Re:"We" who? on Royal Navy Deployed Laser Weapons During the Falklands War · · Score: 2

    You really mean have been able to pop corn from space since 1985. Though, I guess if it was flavored with enough diacetyl, that might kill someone.

  22. Obviously confused on Twinkies: The Breakfast of Champion Programmers Still Hard To Get · · Score: 1

    As John Belushi showed us, the true breakfast of champions is little chocolate donuts.

    http://www.hulu.com/watch/2345

  23. So, let me get this straight on Comcast Working On 'Helpful' Copyright Violation Pop-ups · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Buying more bandwidth is out of the question is too expensive, but dropping a fortune on the hardware to do deep packet inspection is no problem.

  24. Vulcan Mind Meld on Ask Slashdot: IT Staff Handovers -- How To Take Over From an Outgoing Sys Admin? · · Score: 1

    It is the only way to be sure.

  25. Painful rectal itch on Microsoft Will Have To Rename SkyDrive · · Score: 1

    with a name like that, it must be good!