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  1. How did it come to this? on As NASA Seeks Next Mission, Russia Holds the Trump Card · · Score: 1

    Because politicians oversold the Shuttle as cheap and reusable, and NASA didn't prepare a suitable replacement before its retirement.

  2. Arker: Red Hat OpenStack support .. on Why Should Red Hat Support Competitors' Software? · · Score: 1

    Arker: "In this case, because OpenStack is something RedHat is pushing hard .. it might be a reasonable expectation that they would at least be somewhat less than totally rigid about it."

    Since when has any Open Source outfit offered 'free' support. The license specifically state that the software is distributed free of charge, not free of support charges ..

    Apache License, Version 2.0

    "If you are looking for enterprise-level support, or information on partner certification, Red Hat also offers Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform."

  3. Yet more cloud BS .. on Don't Be a Server Hugger! (Video) · · Score: 2

    You move into the "cloud" and you end up paying a yearly rent for an IT infrastructure that you don't own or control and is virtually unstable. Virtual Operating Systems running on Virtual Machines running on top of Virtual Switches, what could possibly go wrong ..

  4. Reporting and Monitoring via the Internet on Flaws In Popular Solar Power Management Platform Could Crash the Grid · · Score: 1

    How about putting the devices behind an encrypted firewalled connection?

  5. Obscure magazine called Strike Magazine .. on Ask Slashdot: Does Your Job Need To Exist? · · Score: 1

    "I wrote this in a very obscure British lefty magazine called Strike Magazine, going out on the Internet, and within three or four weeks, I think it had been translated into 14 different languages"

    Strike Magazine is even more obscure now. See where it's been disappeared from the web and been replaced by a similarly sounding fashion and lifestyle mag.

    www.strikemag.org
    archived
    strikemagazine.co.uk created: 06-Jun-2013

  6. Follow the money .. on DOJ Requests More Power To Hack Remote Computers · · Score: 1

    "The U.S. Department of Justice says it needs greater authority to hack remote computers in the course of an investigation"

    I would have thought it would be easier to follow the money trail ..

  7. The case involves chip technology .. on Court Orders Marvell To Pay Carnegie Mellon $1.5B For Patent Infringement · · Score: 1

    'The case involves chip technology that "significantly improves" the ability of drives to more accurately detect data stored on spinning disk platters. CMU originally applied for the patents in 1997'

    Did Marvell reverse engineer Carnegies' drives, if not what exactly is Carnegie claiming ownership of. Could anyone produce the same improvements without taking a look at the Carnegie patents. Personally, I've seen may circuits appearing in electronic magazines that have subsequently appeared in patent applications. A brief perusal of the Carnegie patent looks to be like an error-correction and noise cancellation circuit.

  8. Fragmentation == Diversity .. on Programming Language Diversity On the Rise · · Score: 1

    The programming landscape today continues to fragment, and this GitHub data supports that trend over time....”

    A better metric would be how many developers use more than the one language, and what are their reasons ...

  9. Re:Linux developer arrogance on Microsoft Cheaper To Use Than Open Source Software, UK CIO Says · · Score: 1

    "I am a supporter of Linux and open source and truly want it to be a success. I admit, however, that sometimes the arrogance of Linux developers is holding Linux back from acceptance. Such as refusal to have a compatability layer for binary driver compatability between kernel versions and the refusal to allow users to use binary drivers

    Linux developers don't disallow binary drivers, they just don't include them in a distro as this would violate the Open Source license. There's nothing preventing you from downloading and installing such drivers.

  10. Goldman Sacks rules the world .. on US Government To Study Bitcoin As Possible Terrorist Threat · · Score: 1

    Yea, how dare these Bitcoin people make a buck, without paying Goldman Sacks their tribute ..

    Goldman Sachs Rules the World

  11. Re:"know-how" can be proprietary or stolen? lolwut on Oculus: ZeniMax Claims Over Rift Tech Are "False" · · Score: 1

    They should of erased his memory before allowing him to leave with their proprietary brainwaves ... ref

  12. Stolen from the plot of some Movie.. on Elderly Mice Perk Up With Transfused Blood · · Score: 1

    The Immortal, 1969

  13. Whois Hagens Berman? on Google Hit With Antitrust Lawsuit Over Default Search on Android Phones · · Score: 1

    One wonders where Hagens Berman found the time and money to engage in such public service on behalf of the consumer.

    "Steve Berman .. was lead counsel for Microsoft during part of its defense against antitrust claims .. In 2006 he sued Apple Computer, alleging that iPod music players could cause hearing loss if the volume were too high" ref