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  1. I can tell you what it's gonna find on Comet-Chasing Probe Wakes Up On Monday · · Score: 4, Funny

    You know that ice that's in the corner of the parking lot covered in black dirt and is the last piece of ice to melt? That's what's that probe is going to find.

  2. It's a symptom on The SEC Is About To Make Crowdfunding More Expensive · · Score: 1

    The problem is that the SEC is truly powerless against the big bank wall street criminals, who they don't want to prosecute anyway to protect their jobs. So in order to justify their existence and feel special they have to clamp down on the small fry.

  3. Not really by a mile on The Biggest Tech Mishap of 2013? · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    The political consequences will last for years. Coming soon: the doctor shortages.

    Spoken like a true TeaParty ideologue. While the initial rollout of healthcare.gov was an unmitigated mess, the recovery will in time be recognized as one of the greatest tech successes. The initial design goal was for the website to be able to accommodate 50,000 simultaneous visitors. On Monday December 23rd the website was supporting 83,000 concurrent users. About 2 million people have enrolled into healthcare plans, 1.1 million through healthcare.gov. Quite a substantial number from those six people that enrolled the first day!

    Regardless of what you think of the individual mandate or health care reform, that is a remarkable tech turn around - taking millions of lines of pre-alpha code in October to production status by the end of the year. Here is a short video interview with New Relic, one of the companies behind the turnaround.

    For all the bad politics our government might have, do not underestimate its propensity to solve a technical problem.

  4. Re:Non-commercial purposes only? on Apple II DOS Source Code Released · · Score: 1
  5. Non-commercial purposes only? on Apple II DOS Source Code Released · · Score: 4, Funny

    Because it could be a competent competitor to current Apple products?

    I know I want an Apple II smartphone that I could play Oregon Trail on and make phone calls back to the '70s with!

  6. Obligatory on Don't Call It Stack Rank: Yahoo's QPR System For Culling Non-Performers · · Score: 1

    who (as usual) broke the latest story about life inside Mayer's Yahoo, Mayer's curve may more similar to the elaborate evaluation system used by her old employer, Google."

    Stack rank for grammar = 0.

  7. When can I buy an OS for a future "hackintosh" that I might build?

  8. Re: EXO my ASSO! on First 'Habitable Zone' Galactic Bulge Exoplanet Found · · Score: 2

    All the world's not worth your rage.

    Don't you mean EXORAGE?

  9. Silly rabbit! on Imagination Tech Announces MIPS-based 'Warrior P-Class' CPU Core · · Score: 1

    MIPS are for kids!

  10. Re:Alternatives?? on Administration Admits Obamacare Website Stinks · · Score: 1

    I haven't been following the marketplace (and why I asked the question in the first place), so I would not know who would be the best to go with. But clearly there are services that can handle the load.

  11. Alternatives?? on Administration Admits Obamacare Website Stinks · · Score: 2

    Why can't they just drop a contract in Oracle's lap to handle the website from start to finish? There has to be more than one CRM platform out there.

  12. Re:Speaking as a non-American... on Slashdot Asks: How Does the US Gov't Budget Crunch Affect You? · · Score: 1

    wants to make you feel bad because.. because... oh he's just black :'(.

    FTFY!

  13. Do Comments On Web Pages Ruin Science? on Do Comments On Web Pages Ruin Science? · · Score: 1

    Yes, they do. The reason is that there is a large number of elderly people calling themselves the tea party, who spend all day on the comment boards telling everyone that gravity is Obama's fault and that he is the Devil's child.

    I know I'm tired of it. Good call Popular Science.

  14. Still dangerous on Boeing Turning Old F-16s Into Unmanned Drones · · Score: 0

    If after self destructing, an F-16 engine falling on you could still wreck your day.

  15. Or alternatively on Microsoft Takes Another Stab At Tablets, Unveils Surface 2, Surface 2 Pro · · Score: 5, Funny

    "This isn't an iPad 2" and "This isn't an iPad 2 pro".

  16. Re:If you notice... on Valve Announces Linux-Based SteamOS · · Score: 2

    "O + O" - A gaming network?

    My bet on the third icon (from the page);

    Workshop
    The creative energy of Steam users takes shape in the Workshop - your one-stop shop for the best add-ons available. Here you can create, discover, and download a nearly endless supply of top-quality user-created content.

  17. Re:Oh, Joy! on Valve Announces Linux-Based SteamOS · · Score: 1

    Now Linux users can experience all the heartache and frustration that goes with Steam! Mysteriously vanishing content, random lock-outs, and a customer service strategy apparently developed by EA. I can't wait! [/snark]

    Soon, we'll be adding you to our design process, so that you can help us shape the future of Steam.

    So maybe they will listen to customer's input.

  18. I'll have one someday. on Oracle Promises 100x Faster DB Queries With New In-Memory Option · · Score: 1

    Ellison followed up with the introduction of Oracle's new M6-32 'Big Memory Machine,' touted to be the fastest in-memory machine in the world, hosting 32 terabytes of DRAM memory and up to 384 processor cores with 8-threads per core."

    This should be on my desk in about 4 years.

  19. Re:Pocket Computers on The World Fair of 2014 According To Asimov (From 1964) · · Score: 1

    (just the opposite when you think of drones)

    It's hard to call remote controlled aircraft aka drones "robots", which are autonomous machines capable of making decisions without human intervention.

    But that's also the reason why the self-driving robot cars seem to be coming true, with vehicles similar to Google's driverless car.

  20. Re:Too easy... on Google Breaks ChromeCast's Ability To Play Local Content · · Score: 1

    hearing that this is proof that Ballmer was sacrificing virgin children to Satan.

    You mean he's not doing this?

  21. Re:Well that's that on Google Breaks ChromeCast's Ability To Play Local Content · · Score: 1

    Google will have to update their quarterly earnings:

    "Slashdot user Stumbles decided not to buy Chromecast today, which caused us to take a $35 hit to profits. We had to go and dig some change out of Sergey's couch cushions in his office."

  22. Yeah cry me a river on IAB Urges People To Stop "Mozilla From Hijacking the Internet" · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Frankly I'm tired of abusive advertising, and entities that disrespect rules and privacy is one of them.

  23. Re:Seems to be a systemic problem. on Bad Connections Dog Google's Mountain View Wi-Fi Network · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I wouldn't necessarily agree with you, look at google maps which have improved in quality, But this happened through a dedicated commitment to the project.

    But in the other hand I have noticed that there are google "quality control" issues which I have experienced. A few of the patents in Google Patents have bad and unreadable pages (especially with the drawings) or are scanned crooked as an example.

    I suspect that the wireless network is oversubscribed where you have people jamming each other (and the router) to get into a local router. This can be a problem with any radio technology when you have too many users on a channel. And google probably does not make money on this project and hence allocate resources for other things.

    But this is a larger issue with WiFi networks in general. People think it's an infinite resource and can replace traditional wires everywhere. I assure you, it is not and can not.

  24. Re:Dude, even *I'm* selling on Amazon. on Geeks.com Online Shop Has Closed · · Score: 1

    I think that is the "1000lb" Gorilla that they speak about on their webpage! It's probably hard to do business with a former competitor.

  25. Cause on Ken Brill, the Man Who Defined the Data Center, Dies · · Score: 1

    From another article

    Ken Brill, founder of the Uptime Institute and a forward thinker in data center design and operations, died this week at the age of 68, the Institute said on Thursday. The cause was cancer, a spokesman said.