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  1. Re:open source == costs more? on How To Create Your Own Cryptocurrency · · Score: 2

    Bitcoin and its imitators are open source. The web app that the article is about allows one to generate their own altcoin for 0.01 BTC, with the release of the source code for your custom altcoin costing extra. I'm not sure if the licensing of Bitcoin allows you to distribute a derivative without source, but even if it did no one would take it seriously. Even Dogecoin provides source.

  2. Re:Sponsored by what 3D printer company? on Mars One Selects Second Round Candidate Astronauts · · Score: 1

    A laser-sintering 3D printer can actually print metal rocket nozzles, so I guess that would be Siemens. http://youtu.be/xNqs_S-zEBY

  3. Re:Cryptolocker Spike? on Bitcoin Tops $1,000 For the First Time · · Score: 1

    My understanding is that Cryptolocker asked for a flat rate of 2 BTC or a $300 money transfer. Once Bitcoin went beyond $150 Cryptolocker would have had no effect on the price.

  4. Re:Good geeks? on The NSA Is Looking For a Few Good Geeks · · Score: 4, Informative

    Pretty sure you're thinking of Von Braun.

  5. Questionable Obsolescence on DoD News Aggregation Service "The Early Bird" Dead After 65 Years · · Score: 1

    I'm wondering if there's an equivalent replacement around, or if, more likely, deployed submariners and other DoD personnel with limited data access are just expected to suck it up and deal with the complete lack of off-hull news for months on end.

  6. Re:fried fish on TEPCO Workers Remove Wrong Pipe Get Splashed With Radioactive Water · · Score: 1

    My favorite was Katrina. the pumps failed. They used submersible pumps. With the driving electronics co-located and non-submersible. The pumps were not damaged, but inoperable because of the location of the control circuits. What idiot designed a submersible pump install that wouldn't work submerged?

    I believe that honor goes to A. Baldwin Wood.