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  1. Re:They re-invented static scheduling on MIT May Have Just Solved All Your Data Center Network Lag Issues · · Score: 1

    No, I don't think so. RMS worked at MIT for over a decade.

  2. Re:education on The Billionaire Mathematician · · Score: 1

    " Very useful! "
    - Mr. McAfee and friends

  3. Re: Failsafe? on Airbus Patents Windowless Cockpit That Would Increase Pilots' Field of View · · Score: 1

    Planes and runways have lights.

  4. Re:Is it true, or is it another lie. on India Launches Five Foreign Satellites · · Score: 1

    You know Russell Peters is a comedian, right? :-) I'll wait for the meta-episode where Peters makes fun of people who got suckered into believing what he said.

  5. Overkill? What overkill? on Overkill? LG Phone Has 2560x1440 Display, Laser Focusing · · Score: 1
  6. Re:work life balance is a myth on Workaholism In America Is Hurting the Economy · · Score: 1

    True. He may not even be able to.

  7. Re:Really? Stiffness correlates with density? on 3D-Printed Material Can Carry 160,000 Times Its Own Weight · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No, read it as....
    "Normally, stiffness and strength declines with the [decline in] density of any [single] material;" ...because of that follows next:
    "that's why when bone density decreases, fractures become more likely."

  8. Re:Appeals Court Finds Scanning To Be Fair Use on Appeals Court Finds Scanning To Be Fair Use · · Score: 1

    Me too! :D Ignore the cowards.

  9. The IRS probably still has Exchange server logs with message-IDs, recipients, timestamps and message sizes.

    Some mail recipients may still have copies of the 'lost' emails filed away -- either emails themselves, or portions forwarded, replied to, or otherwise quoted in some manner. Server logs will make this known.

  10. As others have pointed out... on The Computer Security Threat From Ultrasonic Networks · · Score: 1

    ... Its a covert transmission channel, not an attack...

    A camera pointed at a computer monitor slowly shifts its average hue (a la 'f.lux') is another such example.

  11. Re:Apple Actually Cares About Privacy on iOS 8 Strikes an Unexpected Blow Against Location Tracking · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Thanks - I suspected that this was the case, but wasn't sure.

    Location tracking stays turned off in my iOS device. A nuisance when you want a quick look at the streetmap of the area you're in.

    I suspect this entire ploy is so that iBeacons can be marketed more effectively.

  12. Re:Apple Actually Cares About Privacy on iOS 8 Strikes an Unexpected Blow Against Location Tracking · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Correct. The only difference is that they don't like to share...

  13. Re:Since when is SOLVING CRIME a fiasco slashdot? on After the Belfast Project Fiasco, Time For Another Look At Time Capsule Crypto? · · Score: 1

    Murder is murder. You either bring justice to the situation, or a higher party holds you to account.

    In this case, 'You' being the British/Northern Ireland Govt., and 'higher party' being God.

  14. Re:So what's the alternative? on Why You Shouldn't Use Spreadsheets For Important Work · · Score: 1

    I laugh. And you're correct: I don't know advanced computing.

    But Fortran is still no alternative to spreadsheets.

    Saying it is, is like saying SAP ABAP is an alternative to Microsoft Basic. Sure, at some deep fundamental level, it is. But you have to migrate environments, and more importantly, migrate the user interface and user skills.

  15. Just saw the price jump on Amazon.com (the price that one seller was charging, out of 3 sellers on Amazon) -- from about $300 to $600 :D

    Guess I now know about how much Gigabyte charge the channel for these units.

  16. Nice idea, but check for one thing... these little projectors can be supremely noisy. It would be great if this unit had some sort of quiet cooling mechanism. Even liquid cooling.

    I bought a DLP pico projector recently for around $200 (at a Japanese supermarket in Osaka). It has the same resolution, HDMI-in, a tripod socket, a battery, and a built-in Wifi access point that lets PC and tablet clients project content wirelessly. But man, its noisy.

    This Gigabyte unit seems to have HDMI-in and a tripod socket too, and the pico projector can power up separately from the NUC unit (the PC). Given Intel HD 4400 graphics that the NUC uses can drive a triple head setup, I think the entire unit can drive two LCD displays, plus the projector separately. It would make a sweet unit to drive an external display or two, with an FTIR-projected touchscreen as the user input interface.

  17. Re: robotic assembly with human involvement on Luke Prosthetic Arm Approved By FDA · · Score: 1

    Correct, same thing, but customizable for small batches (custom gizmo, or artwork)

  18. robotic assembly with human involvement on Luke Prosthetic Arm Approved By FDA · · Score: 1

    Imagine one amputee (or even an able handed person) controlling hundreds or thousands of these to assemble things in a follow-my-lead manner. Computer vision based verification could compare the state of each of the things or 'gizmo' being assembled, with the 'master gizmo' the human is interactively building. In case of mismatch, gizmos with problems could be put away to sort out later.

  19. Re: Simple answer on Autonomous Car Ethics: If a Crash Is Unavoidable, What Does It Hit? · · Score: 1

    Correct. Hippocrates said it best: "first, do no harm..."

  20. Re: Really? on Why Microsoft Shouldn't Patch the XP Internet Explorer Flaw · · Score: 1

    I'm with you, but with a narrower interpretation- document the internal integration interfaces, to enable Independent repair of buggy parts. It's like automobile manufacturers being forced to cooperate with aftermarket car part manufacturers (see http://www.righttorepair.org/a... ), especially when the automobile manufacturer stops making the part in question.

    Another industry that sharply brings out the need for this is printers -- especially those with microchips that stop third-part ink and toner cartridges working in the printer. What happens when the printer manufactures stops making cartridges for some printer? (reasons could include going out of business).

  21. Re: On it! on US and UK Governments Advise Avoiding Internet Explorer Until Bug Fixed · · Score: 1

    Dammit, get a *secure* browser!
    Go HotJava all the way...
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H...

  22. Re:If the pace is too slow, you're doing it wrong. on Why the IETF Isn't Working · · Score: 1

    No shit Sherlock? You've figured her out! She's just one of them agile folks ruining everything.

    You are probably under some pressure today, or have some other back story thing going on.

    Either way, better things are expected from you. Carry on like this, and on your deathbed you'll be wondering why you wasted the time you had... so angry, so long.

  23. Re:HALLELUJAH! on XWayland Aiming For Glamor Support, Merge Next X.Org Release · · Score: 1

    It'll never come, but the year of the Linux Palmtop is upon us.

  24. Re:Recycle! on More On the Disposable Tech Worker · · Score: 1

    Institutional memory... hmm.

    I once stayed on a farm where livestock is raised for organic pork and beef. The farmer's view was that, in order to eat healthy in this day and age, a relationship is necessary between the consumer and the farmer.

    I agree, and think relationships are beneficial in other domains too -- healthcare, education, law advice, between employer and employee, even packaged goods...

  25. Re:How? on Gates Warns of Software Replacing People; Greenspan Says H-1Bs Fix Inequity · · Score: 3, Informative

    All good, except....

    > don't borrow money... not for a house
    That depends - a home is a *secured* loan. You can always 'give it back' and rent. A *humble* home is better than renting for decades.

    > You don't need to drink, to ..., to have a spouse or to have children.
    No. (Almost all) people *need* a spouse. For love, for the work of life. On the purely economic side, its efficient to have 2 (or 1.5) incomes to pay one mortgage, two people to share household goods, groceries, cooking, cleaning...

    > ... you *wlll* have money unless your health significantly fails.
    Your health will (almost certainly) fail if you strike it out without a spouse.