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  1. Re:Don't imagine it stops there. on U.S. Waived Laws To Keep F-35 On Track With China-made Parts · · Score: 1

    You get them from the US. There a number of domestic fabs pumping out military parts. You also don't need, or even want, cutting edge electronics because of the need for high reliability over wide temperature extremes and radiation exposure. This allows domestic production without the need for billion dollar manufacturing facilities.

  2. Re:Inventory and Maintenance. on Coca-Cola Reserves a Massive Range of MAC Addresses · · Score: 1

    The Coke freestyle machines are already internet connected and allow centralized management of syrup use based on demand.

  3. Re:NSA Has Full Access to the iPhone on No Question: Snowden Was 2013's Most Influential Tech Figure · · Score: 1

    That's been obvious for years since there must be a very good reason why Obama isn't allowed to have an iPhone.

  4. Re:It's true -- but only root can read them though on Linux Distributions Storing Wi-Fi Passwords In Plain Text · · Score: 1

    You don't need to have root access if you have physical access to the drive. Mount it, get the password, and then monitor the network activity of your target.

  5. Re:Sy-Fy Channel on What Sci-Fi Movies Teach Us About Project Management Skills · · Score: 1

    I think wrestling is perfectly cromulent for the Syfylis channel.

  6. Re:Remember TEMPEST? on Scientists Extract RSA Key From GnuPG Using Sound of CPU · · Score: 1

    That's the thing. They used a specially crafted test case that doesn't reflect real world usage.

  7. Re:A question about space walks. on NASA Schedules Space Walks to Fix ISS Pumps; Orbital Sciences Launch Delayed · · Score: 1

    FWIW the Z-1 prototype suit is designed to operate at 8.3 psi. Because the suit obviates an airlock, the ramp down and ramp up time needed to equalize pressure with a spacecraft can be incorporated into the spacewalk mission without having the astronaut sit around doing nothing.

  8. Re:reasons for it on Lawmakers Out To Kill the Corn-Based Ethanol Mandate · · Score: 1

    It also swells the tank on motorcycles with plastic tanks making them hard to mount or fail completely.

  9. Stunning preview? on Google Nabs Bing Maps Architect · · Score: 0

    The new Photosynth looks less impressive than the original one that allowed you to move arbitrarily around a point cloud. What they have now is less sophisticated than Google street view and essentially pointless with the ubiquitous availability of video recorders.

  10. Re:Wrong use of money these days on GM's CEO Rejects Repaying Feds for Bailout Losses · · Score: 1

    A 100M investment buys a lot of hookers and blow.

  11. Re:We have all the evidence! on NSA Says It Foiled Plot To Destroy US Economy Through Malware · · Score: 1

    and this lame vague shit is the best they can do.

    No the best ever was the yellowcake and mobile labs bullshit. This is just amateur hour.

  12. Re:NSA failed to halt subprime lending, though. on NSA Says It Foiled Plot To Destroy US Economy Through Malware · · Score: 1

    Even if a vulnerability was secretly closed there is still more than enough existing legacy hardware on the internet to make a worthwhile target for an attacker. BIOS updates don't get applied automatically so any threat that could exist still exists.

  13. Real reason on Red Light Camera Use Declined In 2013 For the First Time · · Score: 2

    The real reason legislators are agitated is that you can't bribe a camera.

  14. Re:$12 is cheap IF you account for all the costs on US Light Bulb Phase-Out's Next Step Begins Next Month · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The bulb will "last" for 20 years but it will be notably dimmer at the end of that range. Most cost benefit analyses of incandescent vs LED and CFL ignore that issue.

  15. Re:Seriously? on US Light Bulb Phase-Out's Next Step Begins Next Month · · Score: 2

    If you want to avoid that pesky visible light there are ceramic heaters that fit into an Edison socket.

  16. MM on Code.org Stats: 507MM LOC, 6.8MM Kids, 2K YouTube Views · · Score: 1

    507MM LOC

    How many MibiLOCs is that?

  17. Re:Feminist Programming Language on GitHub Takes Down Satirical 'C Plus Equality' Language · · Score: 1

    You missed the best part:

    I am currently exploring feminist critiques of logic in hopes of outlining a working framework for the creation of a feminist programming language.

    Clearly the reified concept of logic is part of the patriarchal hegemony built to suppress womyn.

  18. Not a bug on Google Fixes Credit Card Security Hole, But Snubs Discoverer · · Score: 1

    This is Google's search working as intended: finding stuff on the internet. It isn't their fault that sensitive information is publicly disclosed for an undiscriminating indexer to find.

  19. Re:Now I feel old. on Decades-Old Rambus Litigation Against Micron For RDRAM Tech Reaches Settlement · · Score: 2

    RDRAM itself is an original idea. Synchronous memory and double clocking were not. Rambus acted in bad faith by participating in the JEDEC process to standardize SDRAM and then backing out to create patents on technologies they learned about from that participation that would be applicable to emerging JEDEC standards. For that they deserve to wither into bankruptcy. I'll never design their devices into a product.

  20. Re:Why is Google not a telecom? on Google Fiber In Austin Hits a Snag: Incumbent AT&T · · Score: 1

    AT&T seems to get along just fine ignoring that law.

  21. Re:NIH on Canonical Moving Away From GNOME Control Center · · Score: 1

    Red Hat developed Dpkg, APT, and a distributed deployment infrastructure? That's news to me.

    Oh yeah, how are the Red Hat PPC, FreeBSD, and Hurd ports coming along?

  22. Re:"Shakedown" looks very promising on Nokia Takeover In Jeopardy Due To Alleged $3.4B Tax Bill In India · · Score: 2

    They're just bribing the right officials to make things work smoothly for them. Nokia is apparently too honest for their own good.

  23. Re:Side Show and a Game Changer on Affordable 3D Metal Printer Developed Based on RepRap · · Score: 1

    It takes hours to make the smallest of parts with 3D printers. Machinists will not be put out by this any more than CNC did. When it matures it will be a useful technique to use for complex shapes in low production volume and creating tooling for conventional manufacturing.

  24. So the universe once had the perfect living conditions for species 8472/

  25. Re:Is a FSM Statue Next? on Satanists Propose Monument At Oklahoma State Capitol Next To Ten Commandments · · Score: 5, Funny