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  1. Re:most of you will pretend you understand on OpenBSD's Kernel Gets W^X Treatment On Amd64 · · Score: 3, Informative

    I doubt that the mailing list will show any definition of "trampoline". That word has a specific meaning in kernel programming, such that one would already have a good understanding of the subject before poking around in kernel code.

    FWIW, "trampoline" refers to generated bits of code containing jumps to arbitrarily different pieces of code, something that ESR called "an incredibly hairy technique" in the Jargon File.

  2. Re:patching a live kernel? on A Brilliant Mind: SUSE's Kernel Guru Speaks · · Score: 1

    What do you think ILO/ILOM, DRAC, RSA, etc. do on x86 servers? Those have their own CPU/storage/OS/network to manage the server remotely even if the main CPU gives out the magic smoke. A sysadmin can use it to wipe out and reinstall the server's OS and perform firmware upgrades without even walking into the server room.

  3. Re: Magnetic strip? on Researchers Print Electronic Memory On Paper · · Score: 1

    What I gather from this is that they managed to print the memory and the circuitry to read/write it. So, instead of requiring a mechanical transport and a magnetic head, you simply connect wires to contacts along the edge of the circuit, and use electrical signals to access the data, eliminating the need for moving components.

  4. Re: nissan or mazda? on BMW, Mazda Keen To Meet With Tesla About Charging Technology · · Score: 4, Informative

    The i-MIEV is made by Mitsubishi.

  5. Re:Reminder on Glamor, X11's OpenGL-Based 2D Acceleration Driver, Is Becoming Useful · · Score: 4, Funny

    So do I. Before I start the X server I put my Quaker hat on and then say "HA! HA! I AM USING X11!" and everyone around looks at me saying "WTF is this weirdo talking about?" so I have to put the hat away and shut up. Nobody appreciates good software and hats these days.

  6. Re:Nokia? on Time For a Hobbyist Smartphone? · · Score: 2

    I came here hoping to see the N900 listed. Thanks for not letting me down. I still miss my N900, two years after inadvertently walking into the Atlantic Ocean with it in my trunks. If the Neo900 manages to produce something within a reasonable time frame, I'll be able to resuscitate it.

  7. What happened to MNG? on New Animated PNG Creation Tools Intend To Bring APNG Into Mainstream Use · · Score: 1

    Can someone explain why APNG would be preferable over MNG, besides wider application support? I haven't followed these projects closely, and it seems counterproductive to me to develop a new standard when an apparently serviceable one already existed.

  8. Re:HAM Radio? on Ask Slashdot: How To Bypass Gov't Spying On Cellphones? · · Score: 2

    Encrypted communication on amateur radio bands is prohibited by law in the US, so transmitting an encrypted signal just invites spooks to triangulate your transmitter's position.

  9. Re:Frying eggs with your CPU is now a feature on AMD Making a 5 GHz 8-Core Processor At 220 Watts · · Score: 1
  10. Jeff Cogswell is a three-year-old on MariaDB vs. MySQL: A Performance Comparison · · Score: 4, Insightful

    My son used to play a silly little match game that he picked up from pre-school when he was three years old. In it, he would take two toys -- cars, action figures, Lego blocks, staple removers, whatever -- hold them in his hands, and ask "Which one are you, X or Y?" After the other person (usually me) answered, he'd act out some sort of epic battle between the two toys in his hands, and then declare one or the other the victor. I always pointed out to him the pointlessness of the game. He didn't care.

    Jeff Cogswell's reviews remind me of that game. They're pointless. He doesn't care. And my son grew out of it.

  11. Re: Wow on Huge Meteor Blazes Across Sky Over Russia; Hundreds Injured · · Score: 1

    Another explanation that I've heard is that insurance fraud is rampant over there, so people have taken to the dashcams in order to protect themselves.

  12. Re:For those who can't afford that type of equipme on Stanford Uses Million-Core Supercomputer To Model Supersonic Jet Noise · · Score: 2

    Slashdotters don't have sex, and so they cannot have slashdaughters. Ergo, slashdaughters do not exist. QED.

  13. Re:Language is hardly relevant on Java Vs. C#: Which Performs Better In the 'Real World'? · · Score: 1

    If you're going for speed, you'd be better off serving the HTTP direct from Tomcat and cutting Apache or IIS out of the loop entirely.

    Tc-native supports HTTP, HTTPS, and AJP, so you still get native code to handle your sockets whether you want to put a separate HTTP in front of Tomcat or not. The Java-based connectors might be fast, but the native connectors are even faster.

  14. Re:Language is hardly relevant on Java Vs. C#: Which Performs Better In the 'Real World'? · · Score: 3, Informative

    ... he then completely does an about-face and deploys the Tomcat on Windows-- a configuration I've actually never seen and which has to give C# a bit of an advantage...

    The official Tomcat installer for Windows (as in, the one that you'd download from tomcat.apache.org installs the Tomcat Native Connector, which improves performance considerably. And there's a lot of vertical market applications for Windows that bundle Tomcat.

  15. Re:I thought he died on Apple Reportedly Luring Ex-Google Mappers With Jobs · · Score: 1

    Just in time for Halloween. Thanks!

  16. Re:SCSI over USB?! on Asus Delivers Speed Boost With USB Attached SCSI Protocol · · Score: 2

    The seven-layer cake is a lie.

  17. Re:no does the speed limit today on most roads on Will Speed Limits Inhibit Autonomous Car Adoption? · · Score: 2

    I-80 in Pennsylvania is posted at 65 mph, yet trucks routinely travel at 80+ mph on it. It makes one think that the drivers are confusing the route markers for speed limit signs. Even during heavy snow storms they're still going plaid.

  18. Re:Good luck with that. on Hulu To Require Viewers To Have Cable Subscriptions · · Score: 1

    What independence? Hulu is owned by NBCUniversal, which is majority owned by Comcast. So they're not buckling per se, nor is there any independence to be tainted, just one more example of Comcast's unending greed.

  19. Re:How long until... on NOAA Releases New Views of Earth's Ocean Floor · · Score: 1

    Step 23: Swim across the Marianas Trench.

    Step 33: Swim across the Atlantic Ocean -- 3,462 miles.

  20. Re:Nah! It's Facial hair... on Why New Programming Languages Succeed Or Fail · · Score: 3, Funny

    I dread to think what Grace Hopper looked like.

    Clams may have beards too, y'know.

  21. Re:EMACS? on Engelbart's Keyboard Available For Touchscreens · · Score: 4, Funny

    Seven modifier keys. Seven.

    I've always wondered what kind of moderation would result if one pressed Hyper-Super-Meta-ThumbsUp while clicking the Moderate button here on Slashdot.

  22. Beware the source on New NASA Data Casts Doubt On Global Warming Models · · Score: 1, Informative

    FTA:

    James M. Taylor is senior fellow for environment policy at The Heartland Institute and managing editor of Environment & Climate News.

    Re. Heartland:

    About us:
    Heartland's mission is to discover, develop, and promote free-market solutions to social and economic problems. Such solutions include parental choice in education, choice and personal responsibility in health care, market-based approaches to environmental protection, privatization of public services, and deregulation in areas where property rights and markets do a better job than government bureaucracies.

    In other words, Heartland is a mouthpiece for the Tea Party.

  23. Re:Snake oil on Nokia and Microsoft Make Smartphone Alliance · · Score: 1

    I'd rather they bundled GORILLA.BAS, perfectly appropriate for a company that's chucking itself into oblivion.

  24. Re:But, but... on JAXA To Use Fishing Nets To Scoop Up Space Junk · · Score: 1

    But think of the tasty space maguro sashimi!

  25. Re:Odd, unsatisfying conclusion on Neal Stephenson On Rockets and Innovation · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It's a neat article, as usual with Neal, and the ending is odd, also usual with Neal.

    Fixed that for you.