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  1. Something else to remember... on Honoring Alan Turing, "Father of Computer Science" · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Please also remember, that he was driven into suicide by the nation he protected because he just was who he was. He had done nobody harm but was convicted because others decided what was morally acceptable between consenting adults.

    Remember the talent we lost to bigotry :-(.

  2. About time.... on Neal Stephenson Reinventing Computer Swordfighting, Via Kickstarter · · Score: 1

    Need some execrise on how to handle my Longlaw properly without laying waste to my appartment or people around me.... Great idea, count me in.

  3. Better the other way round.... on Ask Slashdot: How Best To Teach Programming To Salespeople? · · Score: 1

    I would try it the other way round: first techie, than sales rep.

    I've known a lot of techies that have become real good sales reps. I don't know a single case, where it worked the other way round.

  4. Now drains your purse faster.... on Australian Company Promises Switching Hardware With Sub-130ns Latency · · Score: 1

    Where you could previously only bailout one ot two banks per year, thanks to this technology about a dozen bailouts are now possible.... Isn't it nice.

  5. I like her books, but .... on Sci-fi Writer Elizabeth Moon Believes Everyone Should Be Chipped · · Score: 1

    I like her books, but i think she is way off here.

    It would not reduce civilian casualties, but it would increase surveillance and opression. Just think how this would have worked out here in Germany during the Hitler-years....

  6. Good news everyone on SEC Calls For Review of Facebook IPO · · Score: 5, Funny

    "This week investors will be able to buy shares of Facebook stock for the first time ever. It's great â" now you can lose all your money in the same place you lost all your time." -Jimmy Fallon

  7. Skype is not the key.... on Syrian Government Uses Skype To Push Malware To Activists · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It is not Skype they use, but the gullibility of the users. Skype is only remotely involved...

  8. Re:Question on Facebook To Go Public On Friday, May 18 · · Score: 1

    Thank you for the answer....

    Since the absolute number of shares sold is public, with the average i could deduce the number of buyers. My bet was, that most stocks will go to institutional buyers and therefor there won't be too many (my bet: 1 million shareholders).

    My opponent in the wager postulates, that FB will distribite the shares as far as possible to make their users shareholders as well. He betted on more than 10 million shareholders.

    Between 1 and 10 million we consider a draw ;-).

  9. Question on Facebook To Go Public On Friday, May 18 · · Score: 1

    I have a wager running with a friend. The wager is about how many initial shareholders will buy the shares.

    Can anyone tell me how i could find out, how many shares were handed out per buyer (on average) during the IPO?

    My wager is that less than a million buyers will receive shares during the IPO.

  10. Last bastion on Last Bastion For Climate Dissenters Crumbling · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What is the basis for the assumption that this is the "last" bastion? I am pretty sure, they will find another reason to hold out within days.... This is an issue of belief (at least for them), so arguments ain't gonna change a thing.

  11. Re:It would be nice.. on Electronics Prototyping Plate Kit Board For Raspberry Pi Coming Soon · · Score: 2

    Thanks for the encouragement pal ;-).

    Availibility means for me "With Amazon Prime in my home the next day" and not "Line up with 500 people through the night to have a shot at one of 10 pieces" or "Pressing 2.500 times F5".

    I don't buy thinks for their rarity but to use them ;-).

    On the count of being lazy: guilty as charged your honor.

  12. Re:Fly by wire.... on Fly-By-Wire Contributed To Air France 447 Disaster · · Score: 0

    Question already was put forward elsewhere. To not have parallel discussions, see http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=2817983&cid=39837629

  13. Re:Fly by wire.... on Fly-By-Wire Contributed To Air France 447 Disaster · · Score: 1

    AFAIK they are always trained on both seats... And i was told that for certifications, the examiners take a pleasure in placing you on the seat they expect you to do worse ;-).

  14. Re:Fly by wire.... on Fly-By-Wire Contributed To Air France 447 Disaster · · Score: 1

    Not a very helpfull statement....

    You don't and you shouldn't train situations like "DIRECT LAW" in a real plane (test pilots yes, but no regular pilot). That's what simulators have been invented for.

    Concerning the differences between the Airbus planes: i heard differently from pilots flying both. But those statements were not completely without bias. So i consider this point as "being discussed".

  15. Re:Fly by wire.... on Fly-By-Wire Contributed To Air France 447 Disaster · · Score: 1

    I hope my comment did not imply that it would be a small ding ;-).

  16. It would be nice.. on Electronics Prototyping Plate Kit Board For Raspberry Pi Coming Soon · · Score: 2

    It would be nice being able to purchase a Raspberry Pi instead of only "registering your interest".

    I hate seeing a product hyped in the media, when it is not available. The Raspberry Pi has the potential of being a game changer. Until now, it's only press announcements from my POV.

  17. Re:Fly by wire.... on Fly-By-Wire Contributed To Air France 447 Disaster · · Score: 2

    Honestly, i believe it was the SciFi designers who copied ;-).

  18. Re:Fly by wire.... on Fly-By-Wire Contributed To Air France 447 Disaster · · Score: 2

    That's why i think airplane security so interesting.

    Their practices are much better than e.g. in IT.

    And then there is the comparison to the aiport security, which is much worse than IT security ;-).

  19. Re:Fly by wire.... on Fly-By-Wire Contributed To Air France 447 Disaster · · Score: 3, Informative

    Unaware of the real arguments, i would say: complexity. It would make a critical component more prone to problems.

    Please be aware: The control stick in an Airbus is a small joystick today which is not in the "line of sight" of both pilots. You would have to look at it directly or put your hand there to notice it's position:

    http://pnaconsult.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/2.293181416.jpg

    In Boeing 787 the stick is much bigger:

    https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/787-flight-deck.jpg/800px-787-flight-deck.jpg

    Linking them makes more sense than in an Airbus.

    I have talked to some pilots and they prefer the Airbus way, but i consider them biased in favour of Airbus.

  20. Re:Fly by wire.... on Fly-By-Wire Contributed To Air France 447 Disaster · · Score: 1

    This is a "may be" issue. It may have helped, but to my best guess the answer is "probably not".

    Both systems have advantages and disadvantages. This accident is far from being a killer argument in favor or against one system.

    I wish the systems were not so much aligned with the manufacturers. That would make all analysis much easier ;-).

  21. Re:Fly by wire.... on Fly-By-Wire Contributed To Air France 447 Disaster · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I work in IT security. Looking good/bad (even yourself) is a purely secondary issue, if you take your work seriously.

    That work is the reason, i read everything i can about airline incidents. Because their security practices are decades ahead of the one in IT (even with the occasional screwups). Their analyses are usually quite good too. But there is nothing a journalist cannot disfigure, once he sets his mind to it :-(.

  22. Re:Fly by wire.... on Fly-By-Wire Contributed To Air France 447 Disaster · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The advantage would be immediate feedback... You would feel the other guys is acting against you. In this case nobody issued a different command, so no "conflict" was signaled.

    The crew didn't recognise the pilot in control was not acting rational. With mechanical controls, somebody might have noticed that he was pulling all the time and acted upon it.

  23. Fly by wire.... on Fly-By-Wire Contributed To Air France 447 Disaster · · Score: 5, Insightful

    When i read the annotated black box transcript a few weeks ago, i asked airplane experts about this. They told me:

    If one pilot pulls and the other pushes the stick, there is an optical and audio signal.

    Also the person was questioned if he pulls the stick and he confirmed it. Unluckily it was already too late by then.

    I am no expert, but the root cause was IMHO the crew ressource management and training problem.

  24. Re:The English version is good for this on 'Mein Kampf' To Be Republished In Germany · · Score: 1

    I think "intelligent" is the wrong term here. He was unconventional in his ways of thinking and capable of smartness. But he was completely incapable of adapting to changes during the war and a stranger to anything resembling "thinking it through" or "systematic".

  25. Re:Demystification on 'Mein Kampf' To Be Republished In Germany · · Score: 1

    Well, if it were so easy:

    - Main approach to control the book is by the copyright. Violationg copyright (espescially when lot of money is involved) is a crime by itself. The kino.to-guys got 4 years of prison for their part.

    - Ownership of the book (historical issues, even if hand signed by Hitler) is not punishable.

    - Distribution of new prints may be punishable if the court determines that the intent was to promote the ideas of the national socialists.

    Should you redistribute the book without any scientific interpretation to engulf it, chances for trouble would be high.

    If you ask two lawyers on the legal issues, you'll get three opinions (minimum). The content is not wort that hassle, the author surely had severa case of brainrot.