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  1. The question is on Bell Labs Break Record With 31Tbps Via a Single 7200km Optical Fibre · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ...whether a special type of cable was used, or whether just fitting different transmitters and receivers at each end of the cable will do the job without the need for putting down an entirely new fibre optic cable?

  2. I'm not disputing that this is useful research on The CIA Wants To Know How To Control the Climate · · Score: 2

    I just wonder why the funding is coming from the CIA. Surely having another US Government organisation providing the money would be less controversial.

  3. I wonder which place gets on Describe Any Location On Earth In 3 Words · · Score: 1

    complete.s**t.hole

  4. You're forgetting on Hardly Anyone Is Buying 'Smart Guns' · · Score: 2

    ...what happens when the Zombie Apocalypse occurs, and a zombie is chewing on the brainzzz of your buddy, so you pick his gun up, train it on the red eyed fiend and pull the trigger. As nothing happens, the zombie breaks from his meal and stares at you hungrily....

  5. Go by results on Kernel Dev Tells Linus Torvalds To Stop Using Abusive Language · · Score: 1

    There's only two or three operating systems still seriously in the running
    a) Microsoft, run by someone who is famous for throwing chairs around
    b) Linux, run by someone famous for throwing expletives around
    c) Apple, which used to be run by someone famous for ranting at his employees and firing them at the merest hint they didn't deliver.

    All the ones run by cute fluffy bunnies are nowhere to be seen.

  6. Smart guns are a silly idea. on Hardly Anyone Is Buying 'Smart Guns' · · Score: 1, Troll

    You're in a firefight, and your gun gets damaged, so you pick up the gun of your dead/wounded buddy to stay in the action, pull the trigger and go f**k as it doesn't fire at the advancing enemy hordes....

  7. Everyone knows on Apple Sued For Man's Porn Addiction · · Score: 3, Funny
  8. Re:Why the obsession with thinness? on Samsung Ups Ante In Smartphone Size Wars: 6.3 Inches · · Score: 2

    Me too!

  9. HELLO!! on Samsung Ups Ante In Smartphone Size Wars: 6.3 Inches · · Score: 1

    I'M IN A LIBRARY!!! :-)

  10. I have a Samsung Galaxy Note on Samsung Ups Ante In Smartphone Size Wars: 6.3 Inches · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ...and I have no problem using it as a phone. I tend to use my little finger to support it underneath when talking on it, but apart from that don't really notice any difference.

    I'm still not sure why people want their phones paper thin.
    Personally I'd be happy with something twice as thick as a Note if it trebled the battery life, and possibly improved wireless/GPS reception.

  11. Re:Go buy a boat and retire. on Steve Ballmer Reorganizing Microsoft · · Score: 2

    I left out how most enterprises are STILL USING XP because Vista, 7 and 8 are all considered consumer grade operating systems by IT people.

    In fairness, 7 is quite a good product. Maybe its like Star Trek in reverse; only odd numbered releases are any good.

  12. Re:Another "magic" storage tech. BS, as usual. on Data Storage That Could Outlast the Human Race · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm happy with DD (2D?), but prefer C myself.

  13. Re:For a field that is compartmentalized... on Snowden Claims That NSA Collaborated With Israel To Write Stuxnet Virus · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Snowden is not really revealing anything that is not widely known. He's just sensationalizing it. Low level access like Snowdens is a general knowledge of whats going on. High level access would be specific knowledge of results and what those results are achieving, which it seems Snowden doesn't have.

    I'd personally be a little disappointed if a Western Intelligence agency wasn't making every effort to data farm all communications in and out of the country. However the counterpoint to this is that individuals and companies should be making every effort to ensure their data and communications cannot be trivially breached.

  14. Re:Earth on Researchers Complete New Gondwana Map · · Score: -1, Troll

    Blessed be His Noodly Appendages

  15. The French need to eavesdrop on Revelations On the French Big Brother · · Score: -1, Troll

    ...so they can work out who they need to surrender to this time.

  16. Re:Origin of story on Zynga Puts Random Stranger In Customer Support Role · · Score: 1

    Yes, but I'm old enough to recall the story doing the rounds about 20 years ago.

    I'm sure that it has happened more than once in real life - the opportunity for fun is just too good to pass up.

  17. Origin of story on Zynga Puts Random Stranger In Customer Support Role · · Score: 4, Informative
  18. Nice try but on Zynga Puts Random Stranger In Customer Support Role · · Score: 1

    ...this story has been doing the rounds in many similar forms since the birth of the Internet

  19. Philips 298P4QJEB on AOC's 21:9 Format, 29" IPS Display Put To the Test At 2560x1080 · · Score: 1

    Looks to be competively priced (about £350/$500) 2560x1600, 29" IPS with very narrow bezel and USB Hub.

    I could see a case for gamers/developers having one of these and two smaller screens to either side...

  20. Javascript on Things That Scare the Bejeezus Out of Programmers · · Score: 1

    You are in a maze of twisty little functions, all alike

  21. Re:Well, on Steve Ballmer Replaces Don Mattrick As Xbox One Chief · · Score: 1

    There goes the xbox.

    As long as the Xbox isn't on a chair, it'll be fine.....

  22. Woosh on Unix Guru Evi Nemeth Missing, Feared Lost At Sea · · Score: 1

    Someone not aware of Gilligans Island?

  23. Especially when on Unix Guru Evi Nemeth Missing, Feared Lost At Sea · · Score: 1

    she finds out I used to write marine GPS software...

  24. Now she's bringing the internet... on Unix Guru Evi Nemeth Missing, Feared Lost At Sea · · Score: 1

    ..... to the fithes!

  25. I just hope on Unix Guru Evi Nemeth Missing, Feared Lost At Sea · · Score: 1

    I'll have a yacht.

    Anyway personally speaking I'd rather go out with a smile and a laugh than sobbing hordes.