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  1. Re:Uh huh on The Steady Decline of Unix · · Score: 1

    Posting to undo a misclicked moderation.

  2. Alternative CAPTCHA on Campaign To Kill CAPTCHA Kicks Off · · Score: 1

    All you have to do is ask a simple question: "Are you a robot?" with radio buttons for "yes," or "no." Bots can't lie if you ask them if they're a machine. I know because an undercover cop told me.

  3. Re:Server closets? on US Government Data Center Count Rises To 7,000 · · Score: 2
    According to the testimony by the General Services Administration's director, a data center is

    now defined as “a closet, room, floor or building for the storage, management, and dissemination of data and information. Such a repository houses computer systems and associated components, such as database, application, and storage systems and data stores. A data center generally includes redundant or backup power supplies, redundant data communications connections, environmental controls (air conditioning, fire suppression) and special security devices housed in leased (including by cloud providers), owned, collocated, or stand-alone facilities.

  4. I don't see how this changes a whole lot. on US Government Data Center Count Rises To 7,000 · · Score: 1

    "The number started at 432 in 1999, but soon began to rise as agencies found more facilities, and exploded once the Obama administration decided to include server closets as well as dedicated data centers. The latest estimate is more than double the 3,300 facilities the government thought it had last year." So basically by redefining what they consider a data center, there was an "explosion" in the statistics. Except they were already paying for all 7000 data centers. If anything, this should make closing and consolidating easier since the departments now have a better idea of the equipment that's out there.

  5. Re:Snowden is fucked on Snowden's Big Truth: We Are All Less Free · · Score: 1

    They can't "change the law" when that law happens to be in the Constitution. The Fourth Amendment protects us against unreasonable searches, so unless the NSA somehow got secret approval from 67% of the states, the government has acted wrongly. Think about what you just wrote for a second.

  6. Re:It's obvious really on Google Glass Teardown · · Score: 1

    Where's the +1 Scary mod option?

  7. DRM aside... on Sony's PS4 To Have Less Stringent DRM Than Microsoft's Xbox One · · Score: 5, Funny

    I had to look at it this way: With the PS4, you get one more. With the Xbox One, you get 359 less. It's a no-brainer!

  8. Ask Slashdot: Code question on Visual Studio Gets Achievements, Badges, Leaderboards · · Score: 1

    Are "fuck" and "motherfucker" separate curses? Come on guys I need to know, my supervisor said I need to have 50 points by next Monday!

  9. Re:I can attest to this. on Report on Web-Surfing Speeds Finds Pervasive Throttling · · Score: 1

    I understand, but why do I pay an extra premium for "up to" 20Mbits, when I'm getting a (very small) fraction of the 10Mbit service? And you're right, choices are very little in Lexington as well. In Louisville I've heard UVerse is a decent service but that's pure word-of-mouth, I have no experience with it myself.

  10. I can attest to this. on Report on Web-Surfing Speeds Finds Pervasive Throttling · · Score: 3, Informative

    I'm an Insight Communications subscriber in central Kentucky. I noticed a month or so ago that during a period of higher-than-average internet usage, my connection speed was being slowed. I pay for 20Mbits. At the worst, with a wired connection I was only getting around 1.5Mbits. This was after moving ~10GB in ten days or so. Hardly excessive usage by most standards.

  11. Re:Wow, just write an 'F' on their forehead on High School Kills Color-Coded ID Program · · Score: 2

    Some states offer an incentive very similar to this. I went to high school in Kentucky, which has a program called KEES that rewards kids that get good grades with scholarship money. A student that gets straight A's and a 28 or higher on their ACT would have $2500/year for college. The caveat is that it can only be used in Kentucky schools, but for those who were going to go in-state anyway it provides a little extra incentive for doing well in high school.

  12. Link on Amazon on Amazon Kindle Fire Surfaces · · Score: 2

    Here's the link to the product page on Amazon if anyone is interested.

  13. I can just see it now... on Pharma Marketing Faces a Character-Count Conundrum · · Score: 1

    cialis may b rite 4 u 2day! side fx r: ur ass may leak, <3 atk, u cant sleep. call ur dr if u hav erection 4 more than 4 hrs

  14. Re:Verizon Smartphones required to get data plan on Verizon Doubles Early Termination Fee and More · · Score: 1

    AT&T has also been requiring a data plan for their smartphones since September, presumably to prevent usage charges.

  15. Re:Not so cheap.. on Why Is Connectivity So Cheap In Stockholm? · · Score: 1

    In some places in the USA, it's even more expensive. In rural parts of Kentucky (where I used to live), the local cable company charged $37.95 for 3/1. Imagine my surprise when I moved to a larger city and have Insight cable 20/1.5 for $45.