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  1. Re:Should be your choice on Hacker Cracks Smart Gun Security To Shoot It Without Approval (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Then you disagree with the New Jersey law that would have mandates after Smart Guns could be sold, they were the only types of guns that could be sold x days later?

  2. Mainframes in the airlines on Delta Air Lines Grounded Around the World After Computer Outage (cnn.com) · · Score: 2

    Last time I worked with the airline industry, they were still heavily reliant upon mainframe systems. That means putting redundant equipment at diverse datacenters is more costly. It's not like spinning up a new rack of x86 VMWare servers.

  3. Government mandated monopolies and collusion on Charter: City Giving Google Fiber Unfair Edge (courier-journal.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Government gives a monopoly to an entity (be it themselves or to a commercial entity). Government in return negotiates (strongarms) for 'free' services it would otherwise have to pay for. Monopoly is broken - and people are surprised that the government might now have to pay for those 'free' services?

    Who did they think was actually paying for those 'free' services beforehand? Are they really that blind?

  4. This is what happens when you move the control... on SDN Switches Not Hard To Compromise, Researcher Says · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ... plane outside the confines of the device and make it communicate over a common (not hardened and not separate) channel/network.

  5. Because colleges and universities have forgotten on The Danger of Picking a Major Based On Where the Jobs Are · · Score: 1

    ... what their role is.

    Higher education is there to train people to - get this - FILL JOBS! But these days, universities believe that their job is to just 'educate students' in whatever curriculum they (the universities) see fit.

    They forgot that the curriculum itself is not the ultimate goal. Gaining the skills necessary to be able to successfully fulfill the job role is the actual goal.

  6. Re:Security is a process - not a tool on Tim Cook: "Weakening Encryption Or Taking It Away Harms Good People" · · Score: 1

    "Its just that there are MORE examples of civilians (accidentally or otherwise) killing non-intruders with guns."

    I'd love to see some evidence of this claim...

  7. Sounds exactly like a pro-gun argument... on Tim Cook: "Weakening Encryption Or Taking It Away Harms Good People" · · Score: 1

    But how many people will support this argument when the subject is encryption but rail against it when the subject is firearms and self-defense?

  8. Re:Blades on Making Best Use of Data Center Space: Density Vs. Isolation · · Score: 1

    Til you lose the site...

  9. Re:Everyone uses encryption right now anyway on UK Ham Radio Reg Plans To Drop 15 min Callsign Interval and Allow Encryption · · Score: 1

    And PACTOR 3 / PACTOR 4.

  10. What's next... Celestial whales on Scientists Find Traces of Sea Plankton On ISS Surface · · Score: 3, Funny

    licking the hull of the ISS for nutrition?

  11. Could this 'negative energy' zone be the source of on Black Holes Not Black After All, Theorize Physicists · · Score: 1

    Dark Energy?

    Would a 'negative energy' zone potentially produce Dark Energy, which is the repulsive force accelerating inflation?

    Does this explain why inflation is increasing? More 'black-hole-type' objects with more of this negative energy space in existence... creating more Dark Energy...

  12. I, for one, welcome our new hot-air overlords. on Peugeot Citroen To Introduce Compressed Air Hybrid By 2016 · · Score: 3, Funny

    So much different than our current ones....

    Wait - what?

  13. Re:Stop Rewarding Mass Killings on Smart Guns To Stop Mass Killings · · Score: 1

    "Can't be done. That would infringe on the media's ratings and profit margins..."

    Fixed that for you.

  14. Re:Stop Rewarding Mass Killings on Smart Guns To Stop Mass Killings · · Score: 1

    Shame you can't mod higher than +5.

    Everyone recognizes the name Dylan Klebold, but almost no one recognizes Lauren Townsend or Isaiah Shoels.

    Stop giving the killers 24/7 coverage for literally MONTHS and maybe you'll reduce their motivation. Couple this with bringing back real mental health facilities and we'll get somewhere.

  15. Re:LHC data sets, eat your heart out on Caltech and UVic Set 339Gbps Internet Speed Record · · Score: 1

    Earlier this year, Gizmodo reported that the LHC generates a petabyte of data every second. Actually, that's just one of the two primary experiments.

    http://us.gizmodo.com/5914548/the-large-hadron-collider-throws-away-more-data-than-it-stores
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mgXNgD3JFU

    The have to preprocess the raw data through a filter that determines if the collision is interesting or not. Then they further parse that down and only store a tiny fraction of the raw data generated every day. If they were able to store and distribute that raw data, who knows what kinds of information is being thrown away simply because we can't store it and can't transmit it offsite fast enough.

  16. Re:breaking and entering on Stratfor Hacker Could Be Sentenced to Life, Says Judge · · Score: 2

    I'm thinking the possible penalties are more related to the sensitivity of the items taken, and less related to the method of obtaining it.

  17. Now UPS can say they delayed my delivery on Verizon Claims Net Neutrality Violates Their Free Speech Rights · · Score: 1

    because of Free Speech too, rightt?

    Unbelievable.

    There is no Free Speech implication in delivering a Service.

  18. Re:Who cares? on Microsoft Phasing Out Office Starter Edition · · Score: 1

    Did you mean the programs, or the employees of Microsoft?

  19. Re:Different networks on IPMI: Hack a Server That Is Turned Off · · Score: 1

    Private VLANs would help this, but only if the function of the Isolated Ports is extended all the way to the hardware and isn't shared at any point (like in a blade chassis).

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_VLAN
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbG9YboATvA

  20. Re:No, it was engine damage on What Struck Earth in 775? · · Score: 1

    Brings a whole new meaning to the phrase "up yours"...

  21. New model of spaceship that year for the grays on What Struck Earth in 775? · · Score: 1

    They bought the budget model that didn't include the extra shielding.

  22. Re:Collaboration and self-publishing are the answe on New Music Boss, Worse Than Old Music Boss · · Score: 1

    Since we were talking about the RECORDING INDUSTRY here, I had hoped you would limit the conversation to the realm of the RECORDING INDUSTRY and RECORDING music.

    The thing that is new is that the musician(s) / band no longer absolutely needs the studio executives, the studio marketing people or the studio provided recording facility / engineers to produce a quality product and successfully market it directly to the consumers. The musician also no longer needs the studio to make the connections to those who need music produced, such as filmmakers and TV ad producers.

  23. Collaboration and self-publishing are the answer on New Music Boss, Worse Than Old Music Boss · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Not to be prophetic or philosophical, but it will be in the end like it was in the beginning.

    In the beginning, bands formed and recorded music in their garage, with the best equipment and recording technology that they could afford. The collaborated in the best space they could find (someone's garage) and they self published the recording they made. Maybe they made money, maybe they didn't.

    Today, musicians can record with (nearly) the same quality in their house as they can in a major studio. Musicians can collaborate over the internet either directly or with the help of a collaboration service that helps musicians find each other and exchange / submit tracks. Musicians can publish their tracks on services where they either get money per track or as a donation model (see http://coryjohnson.bandcamp.com/ for a perfect example of this).

    Musicians can self-promote on the internet, and perhaps reach greater audiences than they can through traditional media and distribution channels.

    The musicians simply need to embrace these new ways of doing things and be willing to take on these tasks directly instead of having someone else do it (and probably rip them off in the process).

  24. Remember AT&T and their 9 second 3G ping times on Controlling Bufferbloat With Queue Delay · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Yep, same cause. They attempted to minimize packet loss by increasing the buffers in their network. The user experience was horrible.

    http://blogs.broughturner.com/2009/10/is-att-wireless-data-congestion-selfinflicted.html

  25. Re:Was Travoyn Martin a Nerd? on Zimmerman Charged With 2nd-Degree Murder · · Score: 1

    This has no business on Slashdot. This has nothing to do with technology and everything to do with either politics or clicks/ratings.