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  1. Re:It is all about the bandwidth on Ask Slashdot: Data Storage Highway Robbery? · · Score: 1

    Those are other important reasons. Very true. I don't handle hosting for anything missing critical on my own so its easy enough to rsync and point at another server . For smaller projects I've kept an Amazon AMI ready to spool up, connect to the DB and be going again in >5 minutes...but again, nothing mission critical. If so I might pay the big bucks for more redundancy / next to no downtime. As is though, my server hasn't had downtime in a year and counting.

  2. It is all about the bandwidth on Ask Slashdot: Data Storage Highway Robbery? · · Score: 1

    I pay about $100 for a server I could build myself for about $500. Why? I need the bandwidth. Roughly 10mbps to myself, as opposed to my 756kbps home speeds and no guarantee my IP won't change. Throw me a fiber uplink and i'll internalize all my web services.

  3. Re:Glad to see more work in this realm on Sequenced Pig Genome Could Help Combat Human Diseases · · Score: 2

    Hmm, I suppose that since primary objections relate to ingestion that at least non-oral treatments/medicines would already be fairly unobjectionable. Now if oral medicines are biologically derived and cannot be done so without the pig as an intermediary...then yes that would be an interesting predicament for some .. folks. Not me though, just hide the pill in a sausage and I'll be a test subject.

  4. Glad to see more work in this realm on Sequenced Pig Genome Could Help Combat Human Diseases · · Score: 2

    Glad to see more work in this realm, as we already have seen a high organ compatibility with pigs it seems that we know a number of building blocks are already shared. With this kind of information we should be able to better isolate and (ethically) create both genetic changes and medicines to treat these diseases that would potentially hold a high efficacy in humans.

  5. Re:Please don't on Amazon Donates 2,000 Kindles To Wounded Veterans · · Score: 2

    Seriously, I know Bezos isn't a fan of the war but it'd be more humane to give them a new job in Afghanistan than put them in a warehouse that people regularly heat stroke out of, are berated all day, and fired for not keeping up with untenable quotas.

  6. Re:Uh oh, wireheads are on the way? on Better Brain Implants With Ultrathin Carbon Fiber Electrodes · · Score: 2

    The only two things in life that truly make us happy: serotonin and norepinephrine.

  7. Re:This May Work on Ask Slashdot: How To Deal With a DDoS Attack? · · Score: 0

    Woosh !

  8. Re:What's the point of the article... on Navigating the Vast Ocean of Open Source · · Score: 1

    Really? I figured Dice SUGGESTED it. ;)

  9. Re:Qualcomm powers no GS2 and few GS3 variants on Is Qualcomm the New AMD? · · Score: 1

    One, LTE variant as well I believe, which accounted for the tiniest fraction of GS2 deployments. Exynos incompatibility with wifi was already mentioned and the reason was essentially why Verizon held off on the GS2 but made a deal for early Gnexus exclusivity.

  10. Qualcomm powers no GS2 and few GS3 variants on Is Qualcomm the New AMD? · · Score: 1

    Article is wildly inaccurate. Worldwide, all GS2 phones have exynos processors from Samsung. GS3 all have exynos except for LTE capable variants made for the U.S. and those have Krait series qualcomm processors, not snapdragon. The Note2 is launching with the new LTE capable exynos everywhere, further cutting qualcomm from the largest android manufacturer. If the author can't even get the details right, why would I trust their conclusion?

  11. Re:Wow on How To Add 5.5 Petabytes and Get Banned From Costco · · Score: 1

    My NAS can dump 4TB in a reasonable amount of time.

  12. Re:Latte sucking sushi snarfing on California's Unspoken Health Problem: Brain Parasites · · Score: 1

    Almost every parasite listed on that page had essentially no reported North American cases.

    Even the few that did were mostly supplemented by a note of recent immigrants being the only ones impacted.

    Sushi is a risk...but a very minor one, especially considering the fact that I can often trust my sushi chef more than the minimum wage person cooking other quick eats to prepare my food under sanitary conditions (I've received under cooked meat many times at fast food establishments).

  13. Money Causes Tunnel Vision on Open Source Beer Served Cold, With a Heated Licensing Discussion · · Score: 1

    If they didn't want you making money off it (so that they could make more money) then they certainly don't want you out there NOT making money off of it (which would make you much stiffer competition at the unbeatable price point of free).

  14. Re:Virgin Mobile is not an MVNO on Sprint Allows LTE Service Over Mobile Virtual Network · · Score: 1

    Not really sure if that changes the definition of it being an MVNO, since it is run rather separately along with Boost and others by the Sprint Prepaid Group. Kind of like YUM foods operates a bunch of restaurant franchises, but they still have a great deal of independence. Sprint doesn't even have device interoperability between their primary service and Boost / VM, so having a Virgin Mobile variant of the CDMA phone at least requires different software and on a budget plan such as Virgin Mobile where you can go as low as $30 a month for unlimited text/data and 300 minutes, I think it warrants a mention.

  15. Sprint MVNO's already sell the iphone on Sprint Allows LTE Service Over Mobile Virtual Network · · Score: 2

    I see it in stores all the time, Virgin Mobile (runs off the Sprint network) sells the iPhone currently, latest model as well.

    http://www.virginmobileusa.com/iphone

    For taking the time to highlight one specific phone, seems funny to miss such a highly marketed appearance of the device.

  16. Re:no way on Review: Google Compute Engine · · Score: 4, Informative

    You may have a point. Amazon is hard to top on that front. I had a billing question on EC2 at 2 a.m. and got an immediate response from a Seattle based employee and a service credit while I was doing adjustments to get my instances right. If their load balancers had a few more features I'd call it perfect.

  17. Re:Except that MS isn't competing with the ipad on Microsoft Surface Release Date Confirmed · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Its funny to see you categorize the nexus 7 as low end, since every performance related spec exceeds that of the ipad. Marketing machine of Apple catches another?

  18. Re:Welcome to the world of flashy gimmicks on OS X Mountain Lion Review · · Score: 1

    On the same note, an intel PC can easily do just as much as a mac for a fraction of the price.

  19. Re:Anyone surprised? on Android App Lets You Steal Contactless Credit Card Data · · Score: 1

    It is pretty easy to get an empty pre-paid credit card and clone the mag strip of the card data you just swiped. So the data is indeed pretty valuable for in person purchases.

  20. Re:The Compuserve model, Microsoft Edition. on Microsoft To PC and Tablet Makers: You're Not Our Future · · Score: 1

    Android does hold a majority of all smartphone and 7" tablet devices though...the nexus 7" should spur / seal the growth of the tablet market as well. Choice is better, but not for the company making the software.

  21. Re:What's With All The RIM Hate? on RIM May Need To Write Off $1 Billion In Inventory · · Score: 1

    Wow, an obvious shill. Must be a few of the jobs RIM is still hiring for. I've not laughed harder in a while (haven't heard anyone call the blackberry browser good in the past three years..LOL). Someone who doesn't even know what USB Host is good for shouldn't pretend to be in a position to judge REAL technology users. Can't do any work on that tiny screen and little keys even if the OS wasn't a complete piece of crap.

  22. No ! on The Link Between Genius and Insanity · · Score: 1

    Im not crazy! My mother had me tested.

  23. Re:What's With All The RIM Hate? on RIM May Need To Write Off $1 Billion In Inventory · · Score: 1

    Android apps I need for work include a full office suite, usb host control, document converter, checklist maker, photo editing apps, SSH, wireless printing, a web browser that doesnt stink, ability for 4g speeds to push and receive video.....should I go on? Blackberry isnt as productive and personally I cant type well on those tiny keys but get 60wpm on screen via my galaxy s2. Oh ... its also fun when not working.

  24. Re:Why not Zoidbe^H^H Watson? on Where's HAL 9000? · · Score: 2

    Sorry Dave, I have a headache.

  25. Re:Why would I want to sit in my car and work? on How Would Driver-less Cars Change Motoring? · · Score: 1

    Maybe on road trips. Try driving fifty miles each way,five days a week. Gets old fast and I wouldn't mind taking a nice nap on my way home.