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  1. Clear Objective on NSA's New Utah Data Center Suffering Meltdowns · · Score: 1

    There must be some clear objective to fast-track such a massive installation to skip certain of the build quality checks. This must exist under the guise of some approach not previously discussed since this is a new datacentre.

  2. Mantle on AMD Brings 3D GPU Documentation Up To Date · · Score: 1

    Late last-night a flash of insight grew out of the understanding of Mantle. Ultimately, long term, x86 and GPU instruction sets will merge. The problem is that once the instruction set has merged, the architecture is locked preventing subsequent drastic innovation. With mantle, there is a software "driver" that decouples the specific instruction/chip architecture from the software that utilizes it allowing massive subsequent innovation without disrupting the applications that depend upon specific instructions.

    Brilliant.

  3. Rare Earth? on New Headphones Generate Sound With Carbon Nanotubes · · Score: 1

    No need for rare earths now? Maybe we dont have to mine for that shyte anymore considering the refining process.

  4. Samsung & Huawei Consoles on What Valve's Announcements Mean for Gaming · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Nice, due to this we'll have Samsung and Huawei games consoles. Give it all away.

  5. Wakeup call.... on Valve Announces Hardware Beta Test For 'Steam Machine' · · Score: 1

    And round about now, someone in microsoft and sony just woke up thinking... f.k.u.c.

  6. News Broadcasts on When Criminals and Terrorists Communicate In Real Time · · Score: 1

    I believe that most of the 3rd world do not listen to CNN or do they listen to president speeches. Rhetoric and rebuttle is a problem as I am certain that societies that fully understood the arguments would be disgusted by their leaders ignorance. Unfortunately it is the masses, the lowest common denominator, the idiocracy, the mob, that feed the irrational organized terrorism and they have little desire to get educated when confronted with the breadline and minimum wage.

    So what does this mean...?

    Terrorists will use twitter and other forms of social media. Obtain universal damnation and subsequent richeous retaliation will just feed the flames. Not much will change.

  7. Re:Siri: Bad use case? on A Little-Heralded New iOS 7 Feature: Multipath TCP · · Score: 5, Insightful

    But it is a great mass-market testcase.

  8. Yes on Ask Slashdot: Are 'Rock Star' Developers a Necessity? · · Score: 1

    There are two problems. (a) arrogance on behalf of management thinking that they dont need to pay their staff, (b) arrogance on behalf of rockstars who think that they can disrupt the company as a result of their ego.

    Now...while this sounds obvious, what about those rockstars who do not disrupt the company? Personally.... I'd rather have 10 rockstars who can work together than 10 average people. Yes... its unlikely... whoever is posting this is short-sighted.

    FACT: Rockstars will find creative solutions to the impossible - if you will let them.

    FACT: A good team of average people, working together, will accomplish more than a single person over the course of two months.

    FACT: Not have both working together is a result of POOR MANAGEMENT.

  9. Biggest load of crock. on NSA Shares Intel On Americans With Israel · · Score: 1

    Read the agreement. Perfectly construed agreement - if someone read IV.B.2 you'd understand that whoever wrote the agreement fully understood the intention of the shared agreement. They are probably sharing radar traffic and cable traffic within the region. To extrapolate that to the entire globe is somewhat ludicrous and is someone trying really hard to be stupid.

  10. Looking for rockfs? on German Federal Police Helicopter Circles US Consulate · · Score: 1

    Hmm... I dont believe they are thinking correctly. I suspect they are looking for rocks. With nanotech they will have to search for sand. Hell - I'd create brick antennas.

  11. Re:No need for that anymore... on New Snowden Revelation: Terrorists Attempting To Infiltrate CIA · · Score: 1

    Well... its all relative. Before the CIA brutality wasn't reserved only for the US. At this point, you just hope that the dog is on the leash on the right side of morality. In that shade of the world, its a very dark corner. Unfortunately they don't have a great track record.

    You know who else doesn't have a good track record?

    Everybody Else!

    Look... Its a good thing that they are becoming more accountable to their people. I don't see that happening of Mugabe or many other governments. I actually thing corruption - in general - is getting far far worse around the world.

  12. No need for that anymore... on New Snowden Revelation: Terrorists Attempting To Infiltrate CIA · · Score: 1, Troll

    No need for that anymore... guess he saved them alot of effort trying to get in.

  13. Killer App - Visual Basic on Write Windows Phone Apps, No Code Required · · Score: 2

    Visual Basic was the nail in many coffins as it made building applications "dead simple". I am shocked that they lost their way with Zune and, by extension, Windows Phone. Now, I am happy with the idea of .NET however to create applications there needs to be a layer of simplicity added to allow someone from a non-technical background to create a really simple application. VB6.

  14. Get more spies! on FISC Chief Judge: We Can't Effectively Oversee the NSA · · Score: 2

    Get more spies of course. Call it the NSA Safety Agency.

  15. Re:He's been broken on the wheel. on Bradley Manning Says He's Sorry · · Score: 1

    So thats how that happens.....

  16. Re:No amount of unwanted products will sell on 3 Reasons Why Microsoft Needs 3 Surface Tablets · · Score: 1

    Zune... Such a stupid strategy. They should have stuck it out with a more consistent lifestyle approach. They should never have killed Zune and should have built it into their XBox and windows phone software.

    What a waste

  17. Re:We don't need transparency on Schneier: The NSA Is Commandeering the Internet · · Score: 2

    Well *thats* going to work. Say that to the rest of the world. While I agree with the sentiment, this is done by every good government and every bad government. People are getting upset at one or two countries that are effectively now the focal point for the mob.

    I'd rather lobby for better oversight.

    Its like arguing that Iran/NK should give up their nukes. Hehe.... *thats* successful.

    Fact, that tech isnt going anywhere and its already in use by the side stealing IP from your endorsed pyramid scheme... er pension fund.

    The only point that can be influenced is oversight to ensure that the middle class doesnt get undermined by corporate interests. Hell, that has the republicans scared (and they seem to be the advocate of small government). Even if it were to be shut down, it'd start up sometime in the future but under some other guise of a different technology (someone somewhere will lose the plot - damn fanatics).

    Unfortunately this type of tech has been put to use by far more calculated governments (china, etc).

  18. Banking Regulation for bitcoin "Banks"/Wallets on Federal Judge Declares Bitcoin a Currency · · Score: 1

    So banking regulation will apply to bitcoin wallets.... hehe.

  19. Re:There's money in Africa, still. on Is China Wiring Africa For Surveillance? · · Score: 1

    Until you are the only shop left in town... then you hike prices.

  20. This is exactly what I was referring to on Is China Wiring Africa For Surveillance? · · Score: 1
  21. Re:Security Engineered Out on Training Materials for NSA Spying Tool "XKeyScore" Revealed · · Score: 1

    Yeah,.... so they are overstated. Some Russian or Chinese government doesnt believe this and goes and builds the same. Now we have a situation where the original party must go far ahead to have some advantage, etc, etc. Its the cold war all over again.

    You know why this shyte works? ...Because I would do the same thing if it were my job. Probably slightly better too. Break it down into people that dont even know how the system is built. Setup some "fibre" companies and some managed service shell companies. Setup/host datacentres, etc. All easy to do. Setup contracts for these switching points over layered managed services companies that, over time, have their contracts validly swapped for erroneous ones, cut costs and switch when any one team gets too comfortable.

    All very easy to engineer over a 10 year period. Split regional teams and have one or/two military teams that run certain interception points within the company without any knowledge. Run datacentres and switching points from india where they are oblivious to the scheduling/tracking requirements.

    Who would run key interception points from a foreign company outsourced to manage 100 of these locally. They never meet the actual "subcontractors".

    Again,.... thats what I would do. Note: Any foreign company can do the same too. Across the US. There is no monopoly on this for the US. I am certain this is happening elsewhere. Hell - put your equipment in for a few days ("fibre cut" crew goes out fixes and splices accordingly) and take it out later leaving no trace.

  22. Re:Limited cargo use on "Slingatron" To Hurl Payloads Into Orbit · · Score: 1

    Yup... If it is "cheap" to get a factory to the moon then we are well on our way to creating a more appropriate manufacturing facility to create deep space craft that can survive.

    With this 'slingatron' are still bound by the problem of getting more people off this rock... unless cryogenic freezing of people is an option to ensure they are put into a form more resistant to damage by the GForces... even then.. you might lose a finger or crack a lung. Neither would be good for you.

  23. This is stupid ... at this rate only the pirates will have guns (big data analytics).

    People should be advocating better oversight and more direct accountability instead of tearing down the walls of Rome.

  24. Re:Welcome! on Self-Assembling Multi-Copter Demonstrates Networked Flight Control · · Score: 1

    Not so fast... No application to sharks

  25. Re:This is the dumbest idea ever on Describe Any Location On Earth In 3 Words · · Score: 1

    Its easy to reproduce. Every mapping company is probably generating their own database right now. They will fight to the death because its stupidly easy to replicate. In the end, Google will dominate because people will take those 3 words and put them in the google search box instead of the custom mapping application.

    Google will have to be careful not to be seen to be using their perceived "monopoly" power based on android devices when they replicate this otherwise they're fked.