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  1. Re:Not done yet on IBM Building 120PB Cluster Out of 200,000 Hard Disks · · Score: 2

    Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these!

  2. Re:The winds of change.... on The Press Reacts To Steve Jobs' Departure — in 1985 · · Score: 1

    Exxon is also one of the worlds highest value corporations. I'd be shocked if any of my coworkers knew who the CEO of Exxon was. I sure don't.

  3. Re:What's it for? on IBM Building 120PB Cluster Out of 200,000 Hard Disks · · Score: 1

    I'm just suggesting that billionaires would have a better option than porn. Why collect porn when you could collect porn stars?

  4. Re:Jobs' less publicized skill ... on The Press Reacts To Steve Jobs' Departure — in 1985 · · Score: 2

    at some point you have to wonder: what is more likely that those >100 million people who bought iPods are idiots or that you might be wrong ?

    If the idea that 100 million people could be wrong strikes you as unlikely in the least bit, you simply haven't been paying attention.

  5. Re:What's it for? on IBM Building 120PB Cluster Out of 200,000 Hard Disks · · Score: 1

    Why would a billionaire need porn?

  6. Re:NOT very good cops on Social Media a Threat To Undercover Cops · · Score: 1

    No, the police have always been universally abhorrent.

  7. Re:Here's a better idea. on Social Media a Threat To Undercover Cops · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Anyone sensible would realize that we can't trust the police to act sensibly. Police regularly shoot civilians in cold blood, and get paid vacation for it. Look how well police oversight works in practice and rethink your post.

  8. Re:All it takes on Was This the Phishing E-mail That Took Down RSA? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    So why did the non-security support staff have access to the same network the private keys were on? It doesn't just take one careless user, RSA should know about defense in depth.

  9. Re:Close, like real close on 'Instant Cosmic Classic' Supernova Discovered · · Score: 2

    This supernova was very close to us.

    It's in another galaxy. Are these things really so rare that the closest one we've ever seen is in another galaxy?

  10. Re:Speed? on Twitter Turns On SSL Encryption For Some Users · · Score: 2

    Anyone know how much every twitter user using ssl would slow down the service?

    If Google's experience is any indicator, not much:

    In January this year (2010), Gmail switched to using HTTPS for everything by default. Previously it had been introduced as an option, but now all of our users use HTTPS to secure their email between their browsers and Google, all the time. In order to do this we had to deploy no additional machines and no special hardware. On our production frontend machines, SSL/TLS accounts for less than 1% of the CPU load, less than 10KB of memory per connection and less than 2% of network overhead. Many people believe that SSL takes a lot of CPU time and we hope the above numbers (public for the first time) will help to dispel that.

    If you stop reading now you only need to remember one thing: SSL/TLS is not computationally expensive any more.

  11. Justice on SEC Hit With Data Destruction Complaint · · Score: 1

    The DOJ has shown itself to be completely unwilling to prosecute bankers or their regulators. It's clear that the only chance we have for justice is vigilante justice. I would really like to see some poor guy who has had his life ruined by these criminals snap and start assassinating bankers and financial regulators. These people need to learn that there are consequences.

  12. Re:Thanks for all the Fish Wrapper on Rob "CmdrTaco" Malda Resigns From Slashdot · · Score: 1

    " For me, the Slashdot of today is fused to the Slashdot of the past."

    Taco says a lot right there. It'll really be a shame if /. loses what it has left of its connection to the past. I feel like the suits have killed yet another good thing.

  13. Re:Improvements on Java 7: What's In It For Developers · · Score: 1

    Arguments for slow Java are so 1990's. Every Java application, desktop or otherwise, I have written has been very snappy, very responsive.

    Where do I find some of this snappy java?

  14. Re:You know you're screwed when... on Controversial Cybercrime Bill Introduced In Australia · · Score: 1

    Come to America. The Greens don't have a voice in government, so there's no one sensible at all.

  15. Chairman of the Board on Steve Jobs Resigns As Apple CEO · · Score: 1

    What does that entail?

  16. Re:Sad to say on Sports Bars Changing Channels For Video Gamers · · Score: 1

    I never understood why it was a problem that wrestling is fake. It's fiction, so what?

  17. Re:BIOS password on Researchers Report Spike In Boot Time Malware · · Score: 3, Informative

    You don't need to: just verify the MBR at least every boot (with a utility running late, in Windows),

    No good. You have to verify the MBR before the virus has loaded, or it can just fake it.

  18. Re:Can it even still be considered new? on GameStop Opening Deus Ex Boxes, Removing Free Game Coupon · · Score: 1

    when I DO need to buy a "new" game from them... I'm going to start insisting that they only give me sealed boxes.

    They have resealing machines. You can't count on a sealed game to be "new" at GameStop.

  19. Re:Not that far-fetched on When Algorithms Control the World · · Score: 1

    Easy. We are made of matter and energy. Matter and energy obeys the laws of physics. The laws of physics are mathematical in nature. QED.

  20. Re:Why does an ad company on Google Reaches $500 Million Settlement With Feds · · Score: 1

    So the government can levy fines on more lucrative marks.

  21. Re:Not that far-fetched on When Algorithms Control the World · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Every aspect of our lives IS algorithmical, whether you trust it or not.

  22. Re:Maybe the Russians should play Kerbal on Russian Supply Vehicle To ISS Burns · · Score: 2

    Have you tried Orbiter? Great space sim, not really a game. Yes, you do have to break out your orbital mechanics textbook and do some math.

  23. Re:ipad is great kid pacification device on Using Tablets Becoming Popular Bathroom Activity · · Score: 1

    Sure I've known toddlers. Never known one I'd trust with an iPad though.

  24. Re:Nerds can socialize...IRL??? on Sports Bars Changing Channels For Video Gamers · · Score: 1

    This isn't a new thing either. When Voyager aired UPN wasn't carried by a lot of cable companies, including the one in my home town at the time. So one of the local sports bar & grills turned Voyager night into an event.

  25. Re:Still not a sport, try as you may.. on Sports Bars Changing Channels For Video Gamers · · Score: 1

    It may or may not be a sport. What's clear is that it has no more value than a sport. It's just utterly contrived competition to keep us distracted. Whether that's a good or bad thing depends on your perspective, but ultimately it's the same thing whether it's sports or video games.

    I don't know why you'd go to a sports bar to watch Starcraft when you could play it at home. And I don't know why you'd go to a sports bar to watch baseball when you could organize a pick up game yourself.