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  1. Why does he not suspend Newton's law of universal gravitation, locally. Surely that does not apply to him in Australia?
    Don't we wish him success...

  2. An AIM-65 on Ask Slashdot: What Was Your First Home Computer? · · Score: 1

    It was built by Rockwell, the same company which built the space shuttle ! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM-65 It was the advance model with a whopping 4kB of RAM vs the entry level mode with only 1kB. In terms of software: A macro assembler, a BASIC and a Forth interpreter. To switch from one to the other ROM chips had to be swapped out, none of this modern floppy disk stuff. All signals where slow and easy to probe with an oscilloscope and it was easy to make simple mods with 74xx or 4xxx series logic ICs. And it still works when I switch it on in a nostalgic moment.

  3. Re:Not a chance in hell on Foxconn Considers $7 Billion Screen Factory In US, Which Could Create Up To 50,000 Jobs (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    I agree completely, according to this: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-36376966 it will actually take at least 10k jobs away from the US after they are done.

  4. I agree completely, according to this: it will actually take at least 10k jobs away from the US after they are done.

  5. Lets _thank_ Russia.

  6. Re:Time to start porting apps on PC-BSD: Set For Serious Growth? · · Score: 1

    And don't forget systemd ! No desktop be without systemd.
    With the added bonus of enlivening the community.

  7. Ask the Linux distributors to change on Removing Libsystemd0 From a Live-running Debian System · · Score: 1

    I can't understand why people are asking developers to stop working on systemd or even abusing them. Anybody can develop software, useful or not, system-d or system-that. Why not putting some effort into convincing distributors, especially server distributors, to use more administrator friendly init-frameworks.

  8. Road side service on Mangalyaan Gets Ready To Enter Mars Orbit · · Score: 1

    This must be the Flat Tyre Service (http://cria.co.in/crweb/flat-tyre-service/) honouring the rumoured subscription of cash-strapped NASA.
    Considering the damage (http://www.space.com/26472-mars-rover-curiosity-wheel-damage.html) there was no way Cross Roads (http://cria.co.in/crweb/) could wiggle out of it's responsibility.

  9. Re:This is the problem with Linux Security on 5-Year-Old Linux Kernel Bug Fixed · · Score: 1

    Who is Linux agian?

  10. Block sites with the router on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Fight Usage Caps? · · Score: 1

    Block advertising (and tracking sites) with your router for an easy but probably not very significant gain in useful data volume. The major advantage though is to have less ads while browsing.

  11. Sue your self on Apple Announces iPhone 5 · · Score: 1

    Apple can now sue itself for copying the look and feel of their previous models.

  12. There is a lot of money in hardware on IBM Sells Point-Of-Sale Business To Toshiba · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In my opinion there is a lot of money in hardware. Something else is wanting in most of Europe and perhaps North America. The will and enthusiasm to work physically with ones hands. And hardware is at the bottom line a physical thing.
    We tend to talk about cheep labor, an expression which degrades labor in general when used so often. And so we end up with a lot of decision makers and wall-streeters who have no regard for physical things in general. Decisions will be made in favor of offices instead factories and money will flow to offices instead of factories.
    As we can see in the example of China (owning a large part of the US) there must be money in hardware.
    Germany, as an exception to the rule, seems to do quit well producing hardware but in general it is below our dignity to make our hands dirty producing something and this is the reason hardware returns little money in our culture.

  13. Remarkable how times change on Ask Slashdot: What's the Best Way To Deal With Roving TSA Teams? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    In the 1970s I used to hear stories like that from the Soviet-union and their friends.
    Eastern-Europe immigrants who lived in the communist time might have experience in these matters ask them how best to avoid random searches.

  14. My 2 cents on Ask Slashdot: Mirrorless, Interchangeable Lens Camera Advice? · · Score: 1

    I used many cameras since around 1975 specially while traveling.
    While backpacking for many moths I liked to have the camera with me at all times. Weight, bulk and robustness are important on the road, so I would not recommend a heavy DSLR for this purpose. To have a good camera built in the phone is very handy because it reduces the bulk and weight so much. A small camera also reduces the shines-factor if you take informal pictures of peoples.
    I used to have a waterproof, 2nd camera with me and appreciated not to have to worry about it on the beach, on boats or in the rain/dust.
    For macro photography a closeup lens can be handy, it is inexpensive and lightweight but requires a thread in front of your lens to mount it. Clip-on macro lenses could be available for your phone.
    A viewfinder is a must for a 'serious' camera, in my opinion. Make sure a digital viewfinder has a good resolution so that you can verify the sharpness of your picture (more than 1 M pixel).
    I am using a 'Four Thirds' http://www.dpreview.com/news/2010/3/7/panasonicg2 format camera for a year now and am very happy with it. I used 'Super-Zoom' cameras before because they are low weight an all-in-one but the image quality was rather poor. I can not recommend this type of camera.

    In the end it will payoff to do your home work: make a list of features required and read as many reviews as you have time for.

  15. Re:The solution is obvious on First Electric Cars Have Power Industry Worried · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes I like an E-car for X-mas with the appropriate accessory: http://www.hondapowerequipment.com/products/generators/

  16. Big fish all gone ? on 'Robofish' Schools the Rest · · Score: 3, Funny

    It is controlled by an electromagnet that is located beneath the tank and controlled, in turn, by TestPoint and Microsoft Excel software packages on a PC.
    Microsoft is going after small fish now.

  17. Finally the right way arround on Scientists Try To Make Robots More Human · · Score: 4, Funny

    Finally after trying for more than a century to make humans more robot like we seem to do it the right way around.