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  1. Scala is a scripting language? on If Java Is Dying, It Sure Looks Awfully Healthy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Funny, I thought Scala was a fully compiled, statically type-checked language (at least as much as Java is). A language is not a scripting language just because it doesn't suck.

  2. Re:The logic is solid as the idea is simplifying on Transportation Designs For a Future That Never Came · · Score: 1

    It's amazing how many people read so little about the Hyperloop that they think it uses magnetic levitation.

  3. Re:Google, pay attention on Apple to Buy Back $10bn of Its Shares and Pay Dividend · · Score: 1

    The acquisitions that work have been well worth the cost of all the failed acquisitions combined. Android, maps, docs, Youtube, Doubleclick, etc. Well, Youtube may not be making cash right now, but it sure brings in a lot of users to Google properties.

  4. Re:Defaults still insane? on Apache 2.4 Takes Direct Aim At Nginx · · Score: 1

    Insane for whom? We recently had to increase our MaxClients from 150 to 256 to 400 to 800, and we're only running on Large instances on Amazon (7.5GB of RAM). Production workloads vary widely, and I think 150 is a pretty reasonable default for many (if not most) applications.

  5. Re:Holy cow ... on A Planet Literally Boils Under the Heat of Its Star · · Score: 1

    We use about 4.9 km^3 per year. Oil has a density of about 0.9kg/L, so that gives us 4.41 x 10^12 kg per year.

    Or, about 140,000 kg/second.

    So you are correct, although I did doubt your figures at first.

    (Also, could the USA please stop measuring oil in volume, which changes density depending on composition, pressure and temperature. Also, please stop using archaic units like "bbl".)

    No, that makes him incorrect. 140,000 kg/sec is not more than 100,000 tonnes/sec.

  6. Re:Cheap PC or streamer on Logitech Calls Google TV a 'Big Mistake' · · Score: 0

    I have the latest Sony Google TV set-top box, and it's actually a pretty great setup. It'll even stream automatically re-encoded video streams from my Windows 7 video library over wifi, including totally automatic discovery of my Windows 7 machine. This is the perfect setup--I have my machine set up far away from my TV, but all the content I have there is available on my TV.

  7. Re:Siri, Android and State of the Art on Meet Siri's Little Brother, Trapit · · Score: 1

    That's fascinating. An Apple fanboy of the highest order came into the office raving about Siri (which, in Apple's infinite wisdom, he was excluded from since he has an iPhone 4). He said, "You can just say, 'text Brian I'm running late for work', and it'll send him a text!!!" I got out my Android phone, held down the search button for 2 seconds to bring up voice search, and said, "text Brian I'm running late for work." Of course, it worked perfectly. "Yeah, but you can use it to find places on maps, too!" "Navigate to the Energy Solutions Arena." Worked perfectly. "Yeah, but it's... you know... it's just better because it works really good. It's the first time this has been done right!" It's incredible to me how some people's critical thinking skills break down in the reality distortion field.

  8. Re:And nothing of value was lost on Sprint Details Shift To LTE · · Score: 0

    I get a pretty steady 6Mpbs down/1.5Mbps up on my Evo 3D here in Salt Lake City. In Las Vegas I get about 10/1.5. Coverage in the Bay Area is a little more spotty (especially on highways), but I had a pretty solid connection in downtown San Francisco, Milpitas, and many other locations.

  9. Re:So what if they've known about it for 10 years? on Java Floating Point Bug Can Lock Up Servers · · Score: -1

    What the fuck are you talking about, Java powers the majority of major internet sites. It has done so for a long, long time.

    Quick quiz: How many of the top 10 web sites in the world (as listed by Alexa) are powered primarily by Java?

    1) Google
    2) Facebook
    3) Youtube
    4) Yahoo
    5) Windows Live
    6) Blogger
    7) Wikipedia
    8) Baidu
    9) Twitter
    10) qq.com

    Hint: It rhymes with "Nero"

  10. Original article was retracted in *2004* on Famous British Autism Study an 'Elaborate Fraud' · · Score: 1

    Um, yeah, this article was already thoroughly debunked and disowned by its original publisher, Lancet, back in 2004. Ten of the twelve original contributing authors made an official statement in Lancet that they'd been deceived by false data created by Wakefield and wanted to get their names erased from that lie. Why is this still news?