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  1. Decline of a corporate icon on HP Is Now Two Companies. How Did It Get Here? (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    Even worst example of decline of a corporate icon: Digital. Once suppier of leading technologies such as the Alpha CPU, it was bought by a PC maker, Compaq. And Compaq merged with HP. Oh, wait...

  2. Evolution at work on Mother of All Apes May Have Been Surprisingly Small (sciencemag.org) · · Score: 1

    Nothing surprising here. First we have creatures not very efficient at gathering food, which are bound to remain small because of the lack of resource

    Then there is a breakthrough: a bigger brain, which allows more efficient food gathering, resulting in bigger bodies.

  3. Capitalism knows no homeland. The Homo Economicus does not care about national security

  4. If researchers were able to crack encryption, it means crooks can do it too.

    Not only this app spy on its user on behalf of its creator, but it can also be used by third parties.

  5. Re:Subsided? on What Might a $50 Tablet Inspire? (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    But overall, Amazon is profitable, right? Therefore there must be some products that earn money.

  6. Subsided? on What Might a $50 Tablet Inspire? (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    At $50, does Amazon make a tiny profit? Or is it a money-loosing product launched to kill weaker competitors?

  7. Eisenberg principle on 'Zeno Effect' Verified: Atoms Won't Move While You Watch (cornell.edu) · · Score: 1

    How does that comply with Eisenberg principle? The particle is stopped, hence we both know where it is and its velocity: zero

  8. Well, one can try to stamp on educated people sovereignty, but sooner or later, they revolt.

    If the leader acts wisely, it is able to just step down. Otherwise it turns into a bloody hell like french revolution of 1792.

  9. The name "TTP commission" strongly echoes the EU commission's name. The later is an unelected, unaccountable body that takes over nation state sovereignty, and it is interesting they chose a look alike name.

  10. Monopolized computer on Google, Facebook, Microsoft Deliver K-12 CS Demands To Congress (politico.com) · · Score: 1

    boys — like her own son — are monopolizing the family computer across America

    There is an easy fix: buy a second computer. I am certain the CEO of Youtube can afford that.

  11. how can we expect anything smaller than a state government to actually handle a concerted attack?

    Even government struggle. Remember Russia addressed APT by reverting back to typewriters.

  12. Yes, shame on the ones that dared to provide help for fellow human beings.

    While we speak about lost money, how much did we pour into banks?

  13. I can perform good paid work, but if you are out of cash, I will gladly provide bad work for free.

    Seriously, how such a clause can be remotely legal? Last time I heard about it, unpaid forced labor was called slavery.

  14. Power source on Europe and Russia Are Headed Back To the Moon Together (bbc.com) · · Score: 2

    The south polar region has areas which are always dark

    This means the rover will not be able to rely on solar panels. Will it use a nuclear source? Launching such beasts is quite unpopular.

  15. Method? on GA Tech Students Use Cell Phone Pings To Find Missing Person (ajc.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    How do you ping a phone? Was it through some app, or at the network layer?

  16. I understand they added 3D rendering to titles that did not have it, without modifying original code. How did they do that?

  17. Before we had quotes such as "50000 persons according to protesters, and 30000 according to the police".

    Now we will have "50000 persons according to protesters, 30000 according to the police, and -1.045e18 according to the computer."

  18. Re:Health care [Re:Rapid diagnosis can be life-sav on In 26 Hours, Sick Newborns Go From Genome Scan To Diagnosis (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    We can even elect the management

    This is how french social healthcare was designed after WWII. Unfortunately, the government quickly removed elected administrators and legislators took duty for the budget. But today it is still separated from State main budget: They cannot take healthcare money to bomb some random foreign country.

  19. Re:Must Be The Shipping Cost on Australians Set To Pay 50% More For Apps After Apple Price Spike (heraldsun.com.au) · · Score: 1

    This is another reason why it's good to be in the EU. Digital goods must be priced the same everywhere, and soon artificial regional restrictions will be removed

    On the other hand, being EU member nowadays means austerity policies that kill jobs and raise debts. If you are in the unlucky batch, in the end you have good product prices but no money in your pocket to buy it.

  20. Who set it up? on Clinton Home Servers Had Ports Open (ap.org) · · Score: 1

    I think we can safely assume Hillary Clinton did not set up the server on her own. Who did it? And what are that person or company relations with Hillary Clinton now?

  21. You can skip this one. The linked article contains nothing more about hard disk supply, it just explains what Amazon Snowball is.

  22. Re:I want to see the video... on Vostochny Launch Building Built To the Wrong Size · · Score: 1

    The first thing a new government done after kicking out Yanukovich was to organise a democratic elections for a new president

    That does not fix the constitutional problem. Poroshenko may claim some legitimacy because he won election by a high margin, but the constitution itself is now viewed as illegitimate by a lot of people. Poroshenko is the legitimate president of an entity that is not Ukraine as we knew it.

    It would have been easy to fix that, by just crafting a new constitution and having it approved by the People of Ukraine. I still do not understand why it was not done.

  23. Re:I want to see the video... on Vostochny Launch Building Built To the Wrong Size · · Score: 1

    The Rada voted Yanukovich out - even including a majority of his own party. Russia claims that "proper parliamentary procedure" was not followed, but they're not the arbiter of that, the Ukrainian constitutional court is.

    Correct me if I am wrong, but IIRC the constitutional court was revoked before it had its word on Yanukovich revocation procedure.

    But breaking constitutional rule may be okay, if this is the People will. After all, any serious revolution is about changing constitution (or creating one). My understanding of Ukraine's new power sins is that constitution was broken, but no new constitution was produced. As a result, the supreme rules seems to apply in some situations but not others, which makes it illegitimate.

  24. Surgical strike on US Bombs Hit Doctors Without Borders Hospital · · Score: 1

    I guess this is what they call a "surgical strike"

  25. Appeal on East Texas Judge Throws Out 168 Patent Cases · · Score: 1

    But this is first instance ruling from which the plaintiff can appeal, right? Not the end of the story, unfortunately.