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  1. Keep it simple, stupid on AirBNB Opensources Chronos, a Cron Replacement · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This is not a replacement for cron. On an isolated machine, it would be foolish to trade cron for such a complicated beast. On many nodes, I understand it has benefits.

  2. Transport on Walgreens To Build First Self-Powered Retail Store · · Score: 1

    The big chunk of retail energy footprint is transport. It would be nice to see something done there too.

  3. Market needs on Silicon Valley Presses Obama, Congress On Immigration Reform · · Score: 1

    They said "We believe that numerical levels and categories for high-skilled nonimmigrant and immigrant visas should be responsive to market needs"

    IMO, laws should serve the general interest of citizens, not market needs.

  4. Re:Not trying to argue but... on US To Deploy Ballistic Missile Interceptors In Response To North Korean Threats · · Score: 0

    To write such a thing is an insult to oppressed North Koreans. You can watch CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, Al-Jazeera and YouTube. You can listen to Rush & NPR, read blogs, The New York Times and The Onion You can go to a rally or fly to London and visit on Speaker' Corner in Hyde Park. You can call your friend on the phone and say "Man, the government sucks, doesn't it?"

    And despite this, some people still believe Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. How do you explain that?

  5. State visible hand on Obama Wants To Fund Clean Energy Research With Oil & Gas Funds · · Score: 1, Insightful

    We have reached oil peak, or will be reach it soon. Oil will tend to get more and more scarce and expensive. Market invisible hand seems unable to do anything about it (except lying about reserves), therefore it is high time that state visible hand gets involved. At least if we want to avoid chaos where we will have to choose between food, transport, or oil wars.

  6. Re:Preserved To Show Who Took over $100 Billion... on The Science of Hugo Chavez's Long Term Embalming · · Score: 1

    lol he is a populist and an authoritarian.

    I was not commenting whether these two adjective are accurate for Chavez or not. It is just that they are negative adjectives, and they are used by the journalist, not by a source been quoted by the journalist. This makes the article an opinion paper rather than an information paper, since the journalist chose its side.

    I understand you are going to tell me that this is information, not opinion since you believe Chavez was pure evil, like an iranian or north korean leader. The point is that there are a lot of people that have a positive opinion on him. Did you notice that several south America nations decided on several national day of mourning for him? And that there are millions of venezulian people that regret him? A fair article would have balanced the view on Chavez, quoting pro-Chavez and anti-Chavez sources, and explaining why Lopez was convinced, and on what basis this conviction was contested by some Chavez oponents.

    I know your type.

    Sure, you know everything.

  7. Random cookies? on Cryptographers Break Commonly Used RC4 Cipher · · Score: 2

    RC4 was useful as a workaround for BEAST. Now we need to throw out RC4, we need another workaround for BEAST

    The Right Way would be to use TLS 1.1 or TLS 1.2, but they re not supported by some browsers (e.g.: Mozilla).

    What about working around the problem in the web server? BEAST relies on session cookies being at a fixed offset. If I add a random length cookie that is changed on each server reply, I understand I break BEAST assumption. Am I right? Writing an Apache module to do that would be quite straightforward. Perhaps it already exists?

  8. Re:Preserved To Show Who Took over $100 Billion... on The Science of Hugo Chavez's Long Term Embalming · · Score: 1

    With this kind of stuff going on?

    The least I can say is that this paper is not neutral. Chavez is called "populist and authoritarian" by the journalist, and nothing is said why Lopez fraud charges could be irelevant

    Being banned from election because of fraud is not extraordinary. A french court just decided that for former Paris mayor Jean Tiberi.

  9. This is getting ugly on US Cyber Command Discloses Offensive Cyberwarfare Capabilities · · Score: 1
    1. 1- Tell China that cyberattacks must stop: the enemy is named
    2. 2- Announce offensive force: the weapons are ready
    3. 3- Next step is: use weapons to attack enemy. Then enemy will fight back

    This looks ugly, but it seems the only possible scenario since defensive strategies are out of reach because of their cost (replace everything everywhere)

  10. ECtHR is nt a European Union body on European Human Rights Court Rejects Pirate Bay Founders' Appeal · · Score: 1

    And it should also be noted this court should not be confused with the European Court of Justice (ECJ). ECtHR is the court of the Council of Europe, ECJ is the court of the European Union. While the European Union main goal seems to destroy democracy and enforce neoliberalism, the Council of Europe has different goals. This is why we often see ECtHR ruling that look odd considering European Union politicis. Not this time, though.

  11. Re:Preserved To Show Who Took over $100 Billion... on The Science of Hugo Chavez's Long Term Embalming · · Score: 1

    You would be wise to realize [you do not know the background] about almost everything about Venezuela.

    Given the amount of propaganda that exists both from pro-Chavez and anti-Chavez, it would be extremely unwise to give up critical thinking and just blindly trust someone I do not know.

    You did not answer about the court decision being no executive decision. Do you claim that venezuelian courts are government puppets?

  12. Re:Reporters w/o Borders:A dubious/shady organizat on RSF Names Names In Report On Online Spying · · Score: 1

    What is the link? The Guardian paper does not talk about RSF.

  13. Re:Reporters w/o Borders:A dubious/shady organizat on RSF Names Names In Report On Online Spying · · Score: 1

    Agreed, RSF used to be just US propaganda outlet, but there is a little sign that things may be changing: in this report,they criticized Barhain, which since now has been ignored just like Saudi Arabia and Qatar, probably because they are US allies.

  14. Paywalls on Testing an Ad-Free Microtransaction Utopia · · Score: 1

    Paywalls are not a no-go idea. The problem is that nobody want to pay for content that is just refactoring of news from Reuters or AP that you find on a myriad of news sites.

  15. Re:Preserved To Show Who Took over $100 Billion... on The Science of Hugo Chavez's Long Term Embalming · · Score: 1

    In addition I can't believe how stupid you are. Do you even read? Here's an example of where the Venezuelan government explicitly forbade the media from talking about a subject. Not as subtle as China, but clear censorship.

    Sure, you don't know how stupid I am. As Stalin said, when you cannot fight ideas, fight the speaker

    I cannot comment on this particular algae issue, as I do not know the background. I just note this is a tribunal decision, not an executive one. I also note that executive free speech constraints exist in supposedly free countries. There are National Security Letters in the US, for instance.

  16. SPIP on Drupal's Creator Aims For World Domination · · Score: 1

    I worked a bit with Drupal and found it horrible. Now using SPIP with satisfaction.

  17. Re:Preserved To Show Who Took over $100 Billion... on The Science of Hugo Chavez's Long Term Embalming · · Score: 1

    Yes, but everyone knows that Venezuela has shut down and harassed the media. If you don't, it's merely your own ignorance.

    "Everyone knows" is a good definition for propaganda. Are you talking about RCTV, that was supposedly shut down by the Government? They just not renewed their air wave license, and RCTV persisted on cable and satellite, still free to critcize the government. And they did!

  18. Re:Preserved To Show Who Took over $100 Billion... on The Science of Hugo Chavez's Long Term Embalming · · Score: 1

    When the government doesn't approve, it stops the press from speaking. Check it out.

    Thank you for answering my original question : your source is Reporter Without Borders

    We have a lot of documentation now that suggests this particular NGO is not neutral, and had lied about Venezuela in the past. Use your favorite search engine and search for RSF (french acronym for Reporter Without Borders), NED (US propaganda agency giving money to RSF) and Venezuela.

    That source is tainted. Do you have another one?

  19. Re:Preserved To Show Who Took over $100 Billion... on The Science of Hugo Chavez's Long Term Embalming · · Score: 1

    FYI there was news critical of the government in Soviet Russia too. Don't be so stupid as to believe that criticism is the same as free speech.

    What are you talking about? Did Soviet Russia have numerous private owned press and TV that criticized the government? Venezuela has this.

    Just use your favorite search engine with the name of a media that Chavez is supposed to have silenced, and you will find it is still alive and kicking

  20. Re:Sad to see on SXSW: Al Gore Talks Surveillance Culture, Spider Goats · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Those goats aren't being thrown out in the wild to breed

    Indeed. It looks creepier than GM corn because goats are closer to humans than corn, but the risks of uncontrolled dissemination is much lower than with GM corn. And unlike GM corn, the silk goats are not drowned under toxic roundup

  21. Too complicated on Why All the Higgs Hate? It's a 'Vanilla' Boson · · Score: 1

    Nobody gets excited because the theory is too complicated. Even a physics major has trouble understanding what the Higgs is (and just repeating "the thing that gives stuff mass" is not an explanation).

  22. Re:Preserved To Show Who Took over $100 Billion... on The Science of Hugo Chavez's Long Term Embalming · · Score: 1

    However, Venezuela doesn't have freedom of speech.

    And what is your source for that?

    I understand there are many venezuelian medias opposing the governement, and I wonder who managed to make you believe such a blatant fallacy.

  23. Re:Information != Knowledge on Most Doctors Don't Think Patients Need Full Access To Med Records · · Score: 1

    Doctors don't know everything.

    True, but a lot of them think otherwise. Some can make a diagnostic without examining you, which move their activities closer to faith than science. I understand why that doctors do not want people to see what they write. This is the same reason why christian clergy used to use latin in the past: they have the truth, and you shut up

  24. Interests? on Tesla Motors To Pay Off Government Loan 5 Years Early · · Score: 1

    What were the interests for the loan? Today's rates are historically low, perhaps they just borrowed to someone else at lower rate to reimburse government loan with higher interest rates?

  25. Evolution on Caffeine Improves Memory In Bees · · Score: 1

    If cafeine gives an advantage, it is strange that evolution did not cause bees and other animals to synthetize it on their own. That suggests there is a drawback somewhere.