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  1. Re:Based on yesterday's Amazon AWS outage on Rivalry Building Between Amazon and Google · · Score: 4, Informative
  2. Re:How did they drift so far apart? on Polio Eradication Program Suspended In Pakistan After Aid Workers Shot · · Score: 1

    actually India has more Muslims than Pakistan!

    [citation needed]

    CIA Factbook and Wikipedia disagree with you (160m in India(CIA&wikipedia) VS 180m in pakistan (CIA) or 171m (wikipedia)).

  3. Re:Alternate blog post on How Experienced And Novice Programmers See Code · · Score: 1

    I don't think Mike had a video of a novice with the same variant I had, so he posted a different variant instead.

    Which raises the question: if the sample size is so small that some combinations weren't even tested, then how can we draw any concrete answers from it?

    If what you said is correct (or he only had 1 or 2 such videos), then all this really tells us is how these specific programers read these specific source code samples.

  4. German Telemedia Act translation on Facebook Ordered To End Its Real Name Policy In Germany · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.cgerli.org/fileadmin/user_upload/interne_Dokumente/Legislation/Telemedia_Act__TMA_.pdf

    The important section is 13.6:

    The service provider must enable the use of telemedia and payment for them to occur
    anonymously or via a pseudonym where this is technically possible and reasonable. The
    recipient of the service is to be informed about this possibility.

    (emphasis mine)

    Since it's obviously technically possible, Facebook will have to argue that it's unreasonable.

  5. Re:Anonymous Coward's Top Five Predictions For 201 on Wozniak's Predictions For 2013: the Data Center, Mobility and Beyond · · Score: 1

    I was with you when I read #1.. then you went out on a limb and started guessing with 2-5. Here's a real prediction: at the end of 2013, things will be mostly the same as they are now. Yes, there will be some minor changes to the world -- but lets get real: it's 12 months.

  6. Re:$800,000 on South Carolina Shows How Not To Do Security · · Score: 1

    Shame the parent felt the need to post that as AC. Exactly what I would have written.

  7. patent troll? on iPhone Infringes On Sony, Nokia Patents, Says Federal Jury · · Score: 5, Insightful

    is there really a debate about if MobileMedia is a patent troll?

    They hold patents. Check.
    Specifically formed to sue other companies for patent infringement. Check
    They don't make a single product or use their patents in any way. Check.

    Definitely a patent troll. There is no debate.

    I get it.. you hate Apple. But don't pretend like these assholes are suddenly good for everyone.

  8. Re:Coming soon! on Google's Image Search Now Requires Explicit Queries For Explicit Results · · Score: 4, Informative

    go to images.google.com

    drag image to the search box

    you're welcome

  9. slashdot disappoints.. on Has the Mythical Unicorn of Materials Science Finally Been Found? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    this sounds like an interesting article.. so why does the summary read like an april fools joke. is this the way /. encourages intelligent discussion?

  10. Re:Why would they stop developing weaponry? on North Korea Launches Long-Range Rocket · · Score: 2

    or maybe you mean China will take their air craft carrier (yes, that's singular), that they salvaged from a Ukranian junk yard, and park it off California to prevent the US from importing anything?

  11. Re:Why would they stop developing weaponry? on North Korea Launches Long-Range Rocket · · Score: 4, Insightful

    That's pretty dumb. A 14 trillion $ economy is going to be disabled by a country that trades 400b per YEAR with it? Or do you imagine that the 100b a year we export to US is somehow vital to our economy? Or do you imagine that the debt they hold, that we could freely choose to devalue or refuse to pay, somehow could be called-in by China? (btw, it literally can't be called-in by China. If China wants to get rid of it, they have to find another party to buy it from them.)

  12. Re:Why would they stop developing weaponry? on North Korea Launches Long-Range Rocket · · Score: 1

    North Korea + China once fought South Korea + US to a stand still. Today, they're one of the poorest, malnourished, and isolated countries in the world.

    The US isn't going to go to war with NK until it absolutely has to. We're playing a waiting game. Each year that passes NK gets further and further behind. The long they wait, the easier and less risky it is for the US to finish the war.

    You really think China will be there to help them? China has had the ability to put a nuclear icbm on any point on the earth for 30 years. They won't give NK a missile, but you think they'll risk destabilizing their own country for them?

  13. Re:I, for one, on Playstation Controller Runs Syrian Rebel Tank · · Score: 2

    What? you have an overactive imagination. How you got to +4 with speculation, I have no idea.

    Mythbusters: RPG 101
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6KdHfP_0x8

    Watch until the end when they show the high speed.. notice the rpg penetrates the trailer (which has thinner steel that this tank), and explodes before exiting the other side.

  14. Re:Some of my most reliable servers are FreeBSD... on FreeBSD Project Falls Short of Year End Funding Target By Nearly 50% · · Score: 1

    Care to give an example of conf files being placed illogically in FBSD?

    the directory structure is explained here:
    http://www5.us.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/dirstructure.html
    and every port is required to follow that structure.

  15. Re:Wrong Approach on Ubuntu 13.04 Will Allow Instant Purchasing, Right From the Dash · · Score: 3, Informative

    Ubuntu has been selling support for years, and it's cheaper than Red Hat:
    http://www.canonical.com/enterprise-services/ubuntu-advantage/overview

  16. Re:Automation and unemployment on A US Apple Factory May Be Robot City · · Score: 1

    Automation guarantees that we will, eventually, have 50+% permanent unemployment

    No it does not guarantee anything of the sort. It *could* happen.. but so could lots of other things.

    In your scenario, you would either have a massive welfare program or a large number of destitute people. That would be extremely volatile politically... which would encourage people (in gov and business) to find a suitable solution.

    The other problem with your scenario is that you imagine today, but with lots of automated equipment. As if everything else stood still. You have no idea what technology will exist in a 100 years and/or what type of labor that will require.

    If the day comes when everything is automated and a small portion either owns or maintains that equipment... and there is nothing else for us to do, that won't necessarily mean unemployment. For example, taxes could be increased and used to fund research, construction of infrastructure, space program, etc.. that would put the rest of the people back to work.

  17. Re:Thank You Captain Obvious on How Corruption Is Strangling US Innovation · · Score: 1

    300 billion medicaid budget (200b from federal, 100b from states)
    50 million people receiving benefits from it
    = $6,000/person

    I have no idea what is going on in your head that $6,000 somehow equals $20,000

    I didn't read the rest of your post.

  18. Re:Keep 'em Coming on AMD Introduces New Opterons · · Score: 0

    So even though a core on an opteron is equivalent to a thread on a Xeon, you're comparing only cores in your comparison... not exactly a fair comparison

  19. Re:Keep 'em Coming on AMD Introduces New Opterons · · Score: 2

    Did you actually read the article? It says the performance of the 8-core AMD FX-8350 has similar performance as the 4-core Intel Core i5-3570K. In most of the tests, AMD actually performed worse.

    So where's the disconnect? If words are too hard for you, just go look at the graphs.

  20. Re:Keep 'em Coming on AMD Introduces New Opterons · · Score: 1

    - a core on an AMD system has about the same performance as a thread on a XEON. So Opteron and XEON are equivalent there.
    - The e3 - entry level XEON -- the cheapest class of XEON chips -- has hardware virtualization. I don't think it's on every chip, but it's really not hard to pull up Intels site and see if a specific chip supports it.

  21. Re:Keep 'em Coming on AMD Introduces New Opterons · · Score: 4, Informative

    Pizza boxes (1U) don't offer hot swapable HD bays

    supermicro would disagree with you

  22. Re:Keep 'em Coming on AMD Introduces New Opterons · · Score: 1

    Until recently, I've been buying 100% AMD for 15 years... but AMD is so far behind that for the first time, I bought several Intel-based servers.

    Not sure what advantages you think AMD has over Intel... I would love to see a list. because frankly, it's sad to see AMD where it is.

  23. Re:Interesting figure on Yahoo "Loses" $2.7B In Mysterious Mexican Yellow Pages Lawsuit · · Score: 5, Informative

    Have you ever seen how much yellow pages charges each of the companies to be listed in it? It's not craigslist.. those listing can be expensive.

    Earlier this year, ATT sold part of it's Yellow Pages operation for close to a billion dollars. The division is valued at $3.9billion:
    http://money.msn.com/top-stocks/post.aspx?post=ec6803ce-4128-42be-bc43-eb1534853efd

    Look at the chart on this page:
    http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-03-22/the-golden-allure-of-the-yellow-pages

    revenue:
    att: 3.3 billion
    dex: 1.5b
    supermedia: 1.6b
    yell group: 1.5b

    share of TOTAL US ad spending: ~8%

  24. Re:What? Just Ask McDonalds! on Scientists Develop Sixty Day Bread · · Score: 1

    just thought you'd find it interesting how it lasts so long.

    personally, i don't eat mcdonalds/fast food because it's disgusting.. so I was curious about what they put in it to make it last forever (and it turns out nothing).

  25. Re:What? Just Ask McDonalds! on Scientists Develop Sixty Day Bread · · Score: 1

    http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/2010/11/the-burger-lab-revisiting-the-myth-of-the-12-year-old-burger-testing-results.html

    So there we have it! Pretty strong evidence in favor of Theory 3: the burger doesn't rot because it's small size and relatively large surface area help it to lose moisture very fast. Without moisture, there's no mold or bacterial growth. Of course, that the meat is pretty much sterile to begin with due to the high cooking temperature helps things along as well. It's not really surprising. Humans have known about this phenomenon for thousands of years. After all, how do you think beef jerky is made?