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  1. Re: Not the programming language on Which Programming Language Has The Most Security Vulnerabilities? (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 1

    Sure, it might be more optimized. But the processor is not going to go and do something unexpected like garbage collection or some object initialization.

    There is a more direct mapping between C and its assembler output than in other languages.

  2. Re:Kinda silly conclusion.- CRAP on Which Programming Language Has The Most Security Vulnerabilities? (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 1

    So, I am reading that you haven't done any embedded programming since they invented C. You can do most of than in C, and use the inline assembler where necessary.

    C lets you write assembler more easily.

  3. Re: Not the programming language on Which Programming Language Has The Most Security Vulnerabilities? (techrepublic.com) · · Score: 1

    But it is though.

    Anyone proficient in assembly and C can "see" the assembly that the C code will make, as they write the C code. This is not true in C++ or FORTRAN or the others.

  4. Better summary on 'Halo Drive' Would Use Black Holes To Power Spaceships (space.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    TFS doesn't say this, but the idea is to use spinning pairs of black holes. You shoot photons back, and by gravitational slingshot they come back with more energy, and they propel the vessel by hitting the sail.

    Co-orbiting black holes, moving at relativistic speeds before their merger, are untapped batteries. There are an estimated 10 million black hole pairs in our galaxy.

  5. Re:OnePlus 6, or simply the "Seven." on OnePlus 6 Launched With 6.28-inch Display, Snapdragon 845 CPU, and Headphone Jack (phonedog.com) · · Score: 1

    Gah. I meant the "Twenty-seven."

  6. OnePlus 6, or simply the "Seven." on OnePlus 6 Launched With 6.28-inch Display, Snapdragon 845 CPU, and Headphone Jack (phonedog.com) · · Score: 2

    Personally I'll wait for the TwoTimes 4, or the "Eight." Or even the ThreeToThePowerOf 3, the "Nine."

  7. Re:Water supply feces. on Dropbox Files To Go Public · · Score: 1

    Uh huh. "Deleted" means marked as non-visible.

  8. Re:Do we get paternity leave as well? on After Iceland and Germany, Now France Declares War on the Gender Wage Gap (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, if you live in Sweden you get the same amount of paternity leave. http://metro.co.uk/2016/07/27/...

  9. Re:Television? on FCC Chief Tells Apple To Turn on iPhone's FM Radio Chip (cnet.com) · · Score: 1

    In Korea only old people stream video.

  10. Geoengineering advocates stress that any attempt at a solar tech fix is years away and should be viewed as a compliment to -- not a substitute for -- aggressive emissions reductions action.

    "Hey, that's a really nice aggressive emissions reduction action you've got there!"

    It's complement.

  11. Questions on NASA's Scott Kelly Shares What He Discovered After a Year In Space (time.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Let's ask him to do a Slashdot Ask Me A Question!

  12. Vancouver has the longest driverless metro line on Big Week For Drones: Dubai Permits Passenger-Carrying Drone; Kenya Finally Approves Commercial Use (apnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Dubai used to hold that record, but since last year Vancouver's Skytrain is the world's longest driverless transit system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  13. I mean FTC.

  14. "Can you hear me NOW?" says FCC to AT&T.

  15. XKCD as always... on Vint Cerf Warns About the Perishability Of Human Knowledge (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Thanks Randall.

    https://xkcd.com/1683/

  16. Re:China didn't announce losing control of Tiangon on China Confirms Its Space Station Is Falling Back to Earth (popularmechanics.com) · · Score: 1

    No, the article says exactly that the Chinese have lost control over it. They are calculating that it will break up on re-entry, but they have no control over when it will break up. Having control means you could fire retro-rockets at the right time to have it come down over the ocean. There is nothing in your quote that says they have ANY control.

  17. Re:Forking is normal on Core Bitcoin Devs Leave Project, Create New Currency Called Decred (softpedia.com) · · Score: 2

    Well, no. The Albanian schemes were around $1.2 billion, while Bitcoin is $6.7B. You are right though that the Albanian economy as a whole is bigger than Bitcoin now. Still $50 million is traded daily in Bitcoin.

  18. Andromeda has A TRILLION STARS on Study Details What Happens When Galaxies Collide · · Score: 2

    Our galaxy has only a hundred billion. Knowing us we will go to war long before we collide, though.

    PREPARE FOR WAR AGAINST THE ANDROMEDA GALAXY!

  19. National A something S something A something on Rocket Labs Picks New Zealand For Its Launch Site · · Score: 2

    which has been used in the past by the National Aeronautical and Space Administration,

    I'm pretty sure we can all say NASA.

  20. Re:Analysis has slowed in the US on Top-Secret US Replica of Iran Nuclear Sites Key To Weapons Deal · · Score: 2

    They need refuge from the deluge of centrifuge subterfuge.

  21. Re:Easy solution for the scientists^Polar Bears on Fish Tagged For Research Become Lunch For Gray Seals · · Score: 1

    Are you SURE polar bears are in serious decline?

    This sounds suspiciously like something a seal would say.

  22. Easy solution for the scientists on Fish Tagged For Research Become Lunch For Gray Seals · · Score: 2

    Change the scope of to study to be the migration patterns of seals who are good at finding pinging fish.

  23. Re:Every time I hear the word "cloud" my brain hur on Technology Group Promises Scientists Their Own Clouds · · Score: 1

    To be fair, there is room for distinctions inside the cloud metaphor. Regular cloud services will now be called the "cumulus" cloud, and the Internet2 service is the "cirrostratus" cloud, because it has faster winds.

  24. Re:This is just wrong. on FTDI Reportedly Bricking Devices Using Competitors' Chips. · · Score: 2

    OK, your main argument is wrong. Second-sourcing is when a company licences its IP to another manufacturer.

    There was no licencing here.

  25. Re:waste of time on New Chemical Process Could Make Ammonia a Practical Car Fuel · · Score: 1

    Ammonia is toxic and isn't renewable.

    No, it's gasoline that is toxic and not renewable. Ammonia is manufactured from air and water.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...