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  1. first post + 20 on 20 Years of Stuff That Matters · · Score: 2

    20th post!

  2. You are most likely suggesting something that will increase the complexity of the project.

  3. No. The VM does not have the key. The hardware has the key and only that core can run it. Practically, someone can take the die apart, xray it, and get the key. At that point they have access to the code that was was on that cpu -- maybe -- but you can avoid total loss by distributing across a large number of cores. The intel implementation was broken, but the idea is pretty sound. Seriously, read the papers.

  4. This version was released today and it is already one major revision behind Intellij IDEA. Why can't they track jetbrains head branch?

  5. Re:Heading west two timezones per day? on Adjusting To a Martian Day More Difficult Than Expected · · Score: 1

    D'oh. Every three days....

  6. Heading west two timezones per day? on Adjusting To a Martian Day More Difficult Than Expected · · Score: 1

    How is an extra 40 minutes two timezones? It should be less than one.

  7. Re:Good artists copy, great artists steal -Steve J on Apple's Next Hit Could Be a Microsoft Surface Pro Clone · · Score: 1

    my thoughts exactly.

  8. The path ahead is pretty well laid out on Linux Foundation Announces Major Network Functions Virtualization Project · · Score: 1
  9. it's not a factoid on Does Learning To Code Outweigh a Degree In Computer Science? · · Score: 1

    factoid (n): something that seems true, but isn't

  10. Re:The Great Ethanol Scam on Is E85 Dead Now? · · Score: 1

    The most likely case is that the EFI system does not have enough control authority to trim the mixtures for fuels that have very different stoichiometric ratios. For example, E85 may require up to 30% more fuel volume than gasoline. That means you need fuel injector with 30% additional capacity _and_ EFI logic to drive them. It's not very hard to do, it just hurts the bottom line.

  11. Re:The Great Ethanol Scam on Is E85 Dead Now? · · Score: 2

    The information in that article skirts the border of misleading and bogus. Almost any modern (EFI) gasoline engine is capable of running an alcohol fuel with minimal modifications. Many engines, such as low displacement supercharged ones used in small cars, _will_ run more efficiently because of the higher octane rating. Ethanol is a very effective cleaning product. Many people seems to believe it can "gum" up engine parts while in reality it is simply stripping precipatates off the fueling system itself that may have built up over years of use.

  12. That's not really fast on Iran Builds Supercomputer From Banned AMD Parts · · Score: 1

    800 GFLOPS was "enormously powerful" like 15 years ago. Today that's like what? A PS3? donour

  13. How does this save money? on PS3's Back-Compat Loss Explained, Analyzed · · Score: 1

    Is there actually hardware in the unit to run PS/PS2 games? I would think that the cell would have enough power to simulate the old hardware.

  14. Apollo13-style rescue mission? on Upcoming Film Based On Arthur C. Clarke Story · · Score: 3, Informative

    There was no rescue for Apollo 13. They had to figure out how to get home safely just by following the directions of the crew on the ground. Thank goodness, they had Tom Hanks. :-p

  15. external drives on Xbox Spring Update To Offer Codecs, MSN Messenger · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The real question is whether I can play vidoes from an external drive, such as an iPod. Survey says...no. :(

  16. Re:Okay? on Second Life Business Now Worth $1 Million · · Score: 1

    Not quite. It was almost interesting until I found out it ran slow as hell on new macbook.

  17. James Brown Soul Center of the universe on Stephen Colbert Wikipedia Prank Backfires · · Score: 1

    Yeah, like Colorado didn't already have strangely named bridges. "NAME THE BRIDGE - In 1993, citizens of Steamboat Springs followed a democratic process and named the new Stock Bridge just West of town the "James Brown Soul Center of the Universe Bridge." On a bright sunny day, Mr. James Brown arrived in Steamboat and proceeded to set up on the bridge, belting out the classic, "I Feel Good" to the crowd's delight. Later, the ceremony moved to the Strings tent for an autograph signing session." http://yampavalley.org/history2649225.asp donour

  18. Computerized burns on Mars Recon Orbiter Nearing Mars Orbit · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Haven't orbital burns been computer controlled since the beginning human spaceflight. If I remember correctly, the manual burn during the Apollo 13 mission was not routine.

    It isn't really a burn, but aren't all space shuttle landing corrections done by machine as well. I seem to remember reading that the shuttle had only been landed by hand once.

  19. Re:not so hot resolution on Nvidia Launches High Powered Mobile Graphics Chip · · Score: 1

    I was only being vaguely sarcastic. 1024x768 is a _ton_ screenspace for a plam device, but we can all think of ways we might want to use a larger framebuffer for external displays...If only mobile devices supported them.

  20. not so hot resolution on Nvidia Launches High Powered Mobile Graphics Chip · · Score: 1, Funny

    "support for 1024x768 graphics output"

    Yes, we're living in the future!

  21. Re:mambo? on IBM Full-System Simulator Team Speaks Out · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'm a moron. I should have read the link closer.

  22. mambo? on IBM Full-System Simulator Team Speaks Out · · Score: 1

    I thought mambo was just a generic powerpc machine emulator. Not the cell...

  23. Re:safe? on New VAIOs Made of Carbon Fiber · · Score: 1

    Actually I believe it _is_ flammable and _I_ build race cars out of it. (http://me.unm.edu/~fsae/teams/2005/). However, my mind blanked and I forgot how high the temperature has to be before it will oxidize.

  24. safe? on New VAIOs Made of Carbon Fiber · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Isn't carbon fibre both flammable as well as electrically conductive?

  25. What's the big deal? on The Know-It-All · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    When I was growing up my father spent lots of his spare time reading britannica. I think he read three full sets (~1960, ~1980, ~1995). That's something like 50 volumes. I know of several other people who've done the same. It's reading them that big of a deal?