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  1. Re:Been a long time since I cared on AMD Designing All-New CPU Cores For ARMv8, X86 · · Score: 2

    How about the AMD386? It ran at 40Mhz. 40!

  2. Re:Obama lied, patients died on AMD Designing All-New CPU Cores For ARMv8, X86 · · Score: 1

    The Obamacare website will work fine when run on these new AMD processors, of course.

  3. Re:Keller worked at Apple on the A4 and A4 on AMD Designing All-New CPU Cores For ARMv8, X86 · · Score: 1

    and, of course "Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of these!"

  4. Totaly support this on Linus Torvalds Receives IEEE Computer Pioneer Award · · Score: 5, Insightful

    He is very deserving of the award. Well done.

  5. Re:Communist revolution is needed on Reason Suggests DoJ Closing Porn Stars' Bank Accounts · · Score: 1

    The Soviets cracked down on all these too, except the ones they ran themselves. Ammo sales were a particular no no. Credit cards? Absolutely not.

  6. Re:They didn't pay the rent? on Star Cluster Ejected From Galaxy At 2,000,000 MPH · · Score: 3, Funny

    It was an old, run down section of the galaxy.

  7. Re:But have they determined the length of its week on Astronomers Determine the Length of Day of an Exoplanet · · Score: 1

    What if the week is 8 days, or 9? Are they working on this?

  8. Re:Imperifail on Astronomers Determine the Length of Day of an Exoplanet · · Score: 1

    My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it!

  9. Re:Rotation velocity on Astronomers Determine the Length of Day of an Exoplanet · · Score: 2

    It would be measuring whatever is reflecting or generating the light being analyzed. The cloud deck or whatever. The Doppler effect measures velocity, not RPM. The 28,000 is probably the maximum value, so it would be how fast the clouds at the equator are going east. The surface of the Earth rotates at the equator at 1400 mph.

  10. Re:smallprint on Astronomers Determine the Length of Day of an Exoplanet · · Score: 1

    Only 6 on the west coast.

  11. But have they determined the length of its week? on Astronomers Determine the Length of Day of an Exoplanet · · Score: 2

    I mean, we need to know when to schedule parties.

  12. Re:Are there any old drives around that read these on US Nuclear Missile Silos Use Safe, Secure 8" Floppy Disks · · Score: 1

    They are not reading data from long ago. They are storing current data on old technology.

  13. Re:So, um, only protons and neutrons? on What Happens To All the Universe's Hydrogen? · · Score: 1

    There were also lots of electrons.

  14. Re:Dial-up over CB, nice. on Anonymous' Airchat Aim: Communication Without Need For Phone Or Internet · · Score: 1

    Breaker, breaker, one nine two dot two four eight dot ...

  15. Military already does this on Anonymous' Airchat Aim: Communication Without Need For Phone Or Internet · · Score: 1

    US Army vehicles pass IP traffic over 2 way radios to provide tactical situational awareness and status reporting

  16. Re:re; You Should? on The US Public's Erratic Acceptance of Science · · Score: 2

    N=1? You believe in Plate Tectonics, even though there is 1 Earth, but not the Big Bang because there is only 1 Universe? There are many reasons that lead to the conclusion of the Big Bang. The Doppler effect and Fraunhofer lines lead to the conclusion that everything in the Universe is flying away from our Galaxy. They had to start somewhere. If everything was once in one place, it would have been very hot, and you could predict that temperature. If the universe was that temperature at one time, the black body radiation produced should still be around. We searched for it, and found it exactly as predicted. Once you can predict something based on a hypothesis, and then confirm the prediction, you are on your way to a valid theory. Many more experiments have been conducted, refining and improving the theory.

  17. People guard against old threats on Ask Slashdot: How Can We Create a Culture of Secure Behavior? · · Score: 1

    People are used to guarding against security threats, but are always defending against old ones. By the time you get everyone trained in defending the threat, the attackers have already moved on to a new one. The only way to defend yourself is have a small group of people who can anticipate or react to the ever changing threat and have them defend everyone else. Unless you are primarily interested in security, they will never focus on preventing new attack avenues.

  18. Re:what happens when the batters wears out? on Will the Nissan Leaf Take On the Tesla Model S At Half the Price? · · Score: 1

    But most cars last longer than 10 years, and become the used cars many people buy.

  19. SpaceX - Mother of Dragons on SpaceX Successfully Delivers Supplies To ISS · · Score: 3, Funny

    Can't wait until they get Dragonrider working.

  20. Computers are a passing fad on Vintage 1960s Era Film Shows IRS Defending Its Use of Computers · · Score: 4, Funny

    They will go away in a few years.

  21. I want a mainframe terminal emulator for iPad

  22. Re:Procedural Rules? on Lavabit Loses Contempt Appeal · · Score: 1

    Appeals are about procedures. You can't just base an appeal on that fact that you don't like the verdict. You must prove that something was done wrong in the original case. The "wrong" things are not always procedural, but if you don't follow the procedures yourself, you can't complain the other side did it wrong. The decision of the original court should have taken the "public concern" into account.

  23. Re:Windows AppStore on Microsoft Brings Office Online To Chrome OS; Ars Reviews Windows Phone 8.1 · · Score: 1

    It is not the new touch version that Microsoft made for iPad and other touch devices. It is a modified version of the desktop version. Considerable difference in usability on a touch device.

  24. Windows AppStore on Microsoft Brings Office Online To Chrome OS; Ars Reviews Windows Phone 8.1 · · Score: 1

    So, when is office coming to the Windows app store so I can use it on my Windows 8 tablet?

  25. Bottom of the universe on Scientists/Actress Say They Were 'Tricked' Into Geocentric Universe Movie · · Score: 1

    It is obvious that the Earth is the bottom of the universe. Look up, everything else is above us.