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  1. Re:Postgresql on Microsoft Brings SQL Server To Linux (betanews.com) · · Score: 1

    The only thing SqlServer had going for it was integration with .Net framework.

    That's how.
    (Note: other databases have integrations with .Net framework too, but performance might suffer).

  2. Re:In other news... on McAfee Says He Lied About iPhone Hacking Method To Get Public Attention · · Score: 1

    "Dog lies to get steak," now that would be news.

  3. Re:So, he's a lying asshole... on McAfee Says He Lied About iPhone Hacking Method To Get Public Attention · · Score: 3, Insightful

    He's a politician now. Not a good one, he shouldn't have admitted it.

  4. Re:mdsolar scraping the bottom of the barrel on Scuba Diver Survives Being Sucked Into Nuclear Plant (nydailynews.com) · · Score: 1

    Even so, it's a pretty entertaining story. For compensation, here's another entertaining story about a death-ray solar power plant.

  5. Re:Coal free? on Oregon Set To Become First Coal-Free State (huffingtonpost.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Oregon already has half their electricity production from renewable. It's the advantage of living in a place with lots of rain, hydro gets a lot easier. So it's likely Oregon can actually achieve this.

  6. Re:Warming is all over [Re:odd remark] on In Progress: Fastest Sea Rise In At Least 2800 Years (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    left side is delta temperature in Farenheit,

    The left side is change in Forcing, not Farenheit.

  7. Re:Un... goto politifact. Cruz really lies a lot. on Why You May Not Like Ted Cruz's Face, According To Science (qz.com) · · Score: 2

    You should probably dig deeper into politifact's system before relying on it in a heavy way......

    At the very least, politifact doesn't even attempt to get 100% coverage of every statement of the candidates, so using it to determine who lies a higher percentage of the time is questionable

  8. Re:Never mind his face, I don't like him. on Why You May Not Like Ted Cruz's Face, According To Science (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    We had a vote. The majority, the fricken majority chose the winner, and the winner delivered on a campaign promise to deliver affordable health care to everyone.

    I don't like Ted Cruz either, but there's no such thing as "final" in a democracy.

  9. Re:It's not the face itself that turns me off on Why You May Not Like Ted Cruz's Face, According To Science (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Indeed.
    The fact that he's won elections, and quite a number of votes in the current election shows that people are willing to overcome their smile prejudices and vote for him anyway.

    Incidentally, this post can be seen as a propaganda attempt to get people to feel sorry for Ted Cruz and vote for him.

  10. Re:This took longer to happen than I thought on WordPress Plugin Comes With a Backdoor, Steals Admin Credentials In Cleartext · · Score: 2

    Indeed, it might be said that wordpress itself is malware.

  11. Re:Computer programming is not computer science on $500K NSF Grant Boosted Girls' CS Participation At Obama Daughters' $37K/Yr HS · · Score: 1

    Again, a Turing Machine is a virtual machine. It does NOT escape dependence on the compiler and chip/brain/hardware design/implementation levels. Did you forget that point, or did you not understand it?

    If you don't understand how a physical machine can map to a turing machine, and that can be used to prove things, then you are not a computer scientist.

  12. Re:Computer programming is not computer science on $500K NSF Grant Boosted Girls' CS Participation At Obama Daughters' $37K/Yr HS · · Score: 1

    You keep claiming that without solid evidence.

    I've shown it several times. Every known or imagined computer (ie: with sufficient detail to not be magic) will fit into the model of the Turing machine.

    My point about biology was: people with undergrad degrees are not typically scientists. That's true in physics, and it's true in computer science.

  13. Re:Computer programming is not computer science on $500K NSF Grant Boosted Girls' CS Participation At Obama Daughters' $37K/Yr HS · · Score: 1

    Yeah. Everything that applies to spaghetti sort also applies to radix sort, and has been analyzed in depth, including why it's not a general-purpose sorting algorithm (but very very good in a subset of cases).

    In brief: at some point it's going to get harder and harder (take longer and longer) to hang spaghetti on the pole, and you need to include the time required in your calculation.

  14. Re:DOUBLOONS on Bitcoin's Nightmare Scenario Has Come To Pass · · Score: 1

    Frankly I'd rather be a pirate that sails the seas, than one that pirates movies and music.

    The scurvy is really what kills you there.

  15. Re:Computer programming is not computer science on $500K NSF Grant Boosted Girls' CS Participation At Obama Daughters' $37K/Yr HS · · Score: 1

    Are you saying any imagined hardware would fit the mentioned speed profile, or is merely "testable"?

    It would fit the mentioned speed profile.
    Also, whether 'most' students would be doing the testing or not is kind of irrelevant......most biology students don't grow up to be biologists. Research is something for PhDs, both in CS and biology.

  16. Re:Riding the corpse of Zombie Reagan on Ted Cruz Proposes Reviving SDI To Counter N. Korean Nuclear Threat (blastingnews.com) · · Score: 1

    It could be worse. If Trump becomes popular as a president (notice I didn't say good), then we'll have to keep hearing about him and how great he was for the next 30 years.

  17. Re:And by that he means on Ted Cruz Proposes Reviving SDI To Counter N. Korean Nuclear Threat (blastingnews.com) · · Score: 1

    For what we paid for the Iraq war (not including nation building expenses) we could fund US public assistance programs at the current levels for 219 years.

    That really depends on whether you include medicare in that figure (and social security)

  18. Re:Computer programming is not computer science on $500K NSF Grant Boosted Girls' CS Participation At Obama Daughters' $37K/Yr HS · · Score: 1

    "known...hardware", yes.

    No, not just known hardware. Any imagined hardware. If you can dream of a hardware that is not magic, then we can prove it's not faster.

  19. Re:Computer programming is not computer science on $500K NSF Grant Boosted Girls' CS Participation At Obama Daughters' $37K/Yr HS · · Score: 1

    Your proof would have to cover "all possible" compilers/chips/computing-hardware to be thorough or relevant here.

    It can cover all known possible computing hardware, or even theoretically possible hardware, and over time investigate to see if there are other possibilities.
    We don't have to know everything for computer science to be a science. In fact, if we did know everything, there would be nothing left to investigate.
    So therefore computer science is a science.

  20. More Americans need to learn to think, that's for sure. Our current candidate crop proves that.
    And maybe programming will help with that.

  21. Re:Is there a trend, here? on Kim To N. Korean Military: Be Ready To Use Nuclear Weapons At Any Time (reuters.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I'd rather have articles about programming and computers, really.

  22. Re:It's just all bluster. on Kim To N. Korean Military: Be Ready To Use Nuclear Weapons At Any Time (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    North Korea is prepared for that. They have heavily fortified bunkers, hidden locations, and mobile artillery, so we don't actually know where they all are. In the first few minutes of bombardment, millions would die.

  23. Re:The silver lining around every (mushroom) cloud on Kim To N. Korean Military: Be Ready To Use Nuclear Weapons At Any Time (reuters.com) · · Score: 3

    That's not a bright side.
    We don't want North Korea to disappear, we want them to be integrated back into the international community. To stop being crazy. To enjoy the good things we all enjoy.

  24. Re:Computer programming is not computer science on $500K NSF Grant Boosted Girls' CS Participation At Obama Daughters' $37K/Yr HS · · Score: 1

    That's basically a radix sort translated to real life, and it only works for items shorter than the pole.

  25. Re:How do you put a corporation in jail? on French Bill Carries 5-Year Jail Sentence For Company Refusals To Decrypt Data For Police (dailydot.com) · · Score: 1

    Good one.