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  1. Oxygen nitrogen atmosphere? on Scientists Discover Three Potentially Habitable Planets (mit.edu) · · Score: 1

    Do any of these planets have an oxygen nitrogen atmosphere like Earth? That's a very important discovery (specifically oxygen); because oxygen is highly reactive and must be replenished to hang around in large enough quantities. To my knowledge, only life cracks the bond of oxygen free via photosynthesis.

  2. What good is free internet access without teachers disciplined to utilize this resource appropriately for the students? Just handing the reins over to them won't do, and in fact; cause more of a problem with encouraging shorter attention spans. The Internet isn't just some great digital library, it's also the cesspit of humanity too.

  3. Re: company serves customers on What Happened to Google Maps? (justinobeirne.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Elegant, when done correctly, is based on simplicity forged out of deep intellectual forethought. The problem is, by design, the end result of what's elegant is often abstracted from the origins of its protégé. Effectively, that many anyone can create a simplistic design and pass it off as functional when in fact it's just an empty lackluster useless pile of UI; which BTW is the majority of "elegant" UIs these days. Even iOS which I consider an elegant mobile platform is suffering feature creep that's eroding this experience IMHO.

  4. Re:The Benchmark Lifecycle on Slashdot Asks: What's Your View On Benchmark Apps? · · Score: 1

    Benchmarks have to be consistent from platform to platform for it to hold any scientific validity. However, would it be possible to inject random inert code into the binaries during the Benchmark install process; basically making it polymorphic enough to throw off any vendor's attempt to detect and optimize against it?

  5. Re:ISIS much? on All Belgians To Be Given Iodine Pills In Case Of Nuclear Accident (phys.org) · · Score: 1

    The anger here is the complete disregard for sovereignty and proper management of the life cycle of nuclear power; from it's construction, maintenance, to the final decommission process. Indeed, the pills are cheap. Might as well throw in some antidepressants compounds in with them as well.

  6. Like AVID, vertical market applications as a platform often have their own hardware support contract as well. Though to be honest, I had no idea this applied to meteorological software too. In fact, I'd (wrongly) just assume the animation sequences run on a typical Dell OptiPlex, Vostro, or what have you; the obvious back-end pre-calculated computation happening in a cluster not withstanding.

  7. http://www.peachtreeaudio.com/...

    X1 USB to SPIDF Converter - perfect fro sending 24bit audio from any computer (Mac, PC, Linux) to an external DAC with amp.

  8. Re:Are they talking about cellphones on Intel Wants To Eliminate The Headphone Jack And Replace It With USB-C (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    I'd imagine a USB-C headset would support both analog and digital host connectivity; digital being preferred, but can fall-back to analog with the flip of a switch on the headset. Well, assuming the analog end-to-end capability exists. IC's are cheap, no reason to not include both capabilities in one package.

  9. In the case of an encrypted hard drive, there may be no other way to get the evidence other than the owner decrypting it.

    A (written) confession is also physical evidence. Sometimes, there may be no other way to get this evidence than jailing the suspect indefinitely until he produces it. Think about it.

    They have the physical evidence already, the drives. The can copy and replicate the encrypted data to their hearts content. No, what they want is KNOWLEDGE, and it's knowledge that's immaterial. Being that this information is an extension of what's in his brain - requiring the final key to decode - how can the 5th not apply in this case??!!

  10. Re:Wait until they start making a bit of money on A Majority Of Millennials Now Reject Capitalism, Poll Shows (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm torn. Obviously someone in need from natural events I'm willing to support. OTOH, I don't want a system that encourages people to loaf off the government dime (ultimately you and I really, we pay for it) vs working and contributing back to society. I don't mean being a community organizer or some stupid social civil title; I mean shit that nobody wants to do, but must be done. Right now, I'd be either over-worked and under-paid, or without a job at all and fucked. There's no middle-ground of living in this world anymore.

  11. Re:Meh.... on Intel Declares Independence From PC, Prioritizes Cloud, IoT and 5G Efforts · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Basically, the "PC" is going away. The classical Desktop in typical office (tower and monitor) will be the "workstation" outfitted with the Xeon lineup. Everything else will either be embedded chipsets in monitors; think AIO units (All-In-One) running off ARM, or typical BYOD phones and tablets. This is where the industry is headed in the next few years. This is precisely why Windows 8 overshot the paradigm with a GUI geared to content consumption and not multitasking. They screwed up, and Windows 10 is the compromise between Windows 8 and Windows 7. So yeah, there you go.

  12. Re:Not sure what the heck I'd answer on A Majority Of Millennials Now Reject Capitalism, Poll Shows (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    What we have it crony-capitalism; i.e. corruption. And the best part, those that are most effected by it are the most likely to elect officials that partake in it directly. So when you task at the Government to solve the VERY PROBLEMS THEY CREATED, you will continue to get more of the same.

    -end of line.

  13. Re:Wait until they start making a bit of money on A Majority Of Millennials Now Reject Capitalism, Poll Shows (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You can thank the Baby Boomer generation for that. Meanwhile, those in the middle, Gen X-ers, are getting fucked from both sides of these communist loving generations. Baby Boomers created the problems by manufacturing guilt for being brought up in a world of plenty (Counterculture was pro-communist FYI) while the Millennials are getting the ass-end of the fallout from the Baby Boomers. Meanwhile, Gen-X-ers are trying to undo this cluster-fuck and are now having to slap the millennials from ostensibly going down the same fucking path that will inevitably screw over the Gen-Z like Gen-X.

  14. Re:What makes Microsoft Exchange so damn special? on Gmail For Android Gets Microsoft Exchange Support · · Score: 1

    Millennials. Nuff said.

  15. Careful!! That *IS* a government make-work job for the public sector; and what better way than to spend money on a whole new cluster of servers at a dedicated data center that does nothing, and I mean absolutely NOTHING but track serial numbers for plastic bags. I shit you not, that's exactly that kind of bloat and corruption that would occur. Oh, and I'm sure HP or Dell would give the public official a nice little bonus for it, if you know what I mean.

  16. Re:the desk surface is made of tempered glass on Lian-Li's Adjustable Motorized Standing Desk Is Also a High-End PC Chassis (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    I damaged a board that way. I used a shopvac, but the suction was so strong that it slammed the hose nozzle into a capacitor and broke one of the two legs free. It was large enough that I could resolder it, but for anything tiny, I would fear to be a next to impossible feat. YMMV

  17. Re:Real issue is whitelist bypass on Core Windows Utility Can Be Used To Bypass Whitelisting (threatpost.com) · · Score: 1

    So basically it can seed and execute Ransomware from an HTTPS session?? Oh, NICE! NOT!!! Being that form of malware runs purely in RAM and doesn't leave a trace of code on the disk other than encrypting local and mapped data.

  18. Re:They still make game consoles? on Slashdot Asks: Is the Golden Era of Video-Game Console Sales Over? · · Score: 1

    Right there with ya! Yes, the zenith of console gaming was definitely the 8-bit and 16-bit era; NES, Genesis (Mega Drive), SNES, NeoGeo (legendary if a neighbor had one), TurboGraphx-16, other exotic hardware from Japan that never made it to the US, etc. Then, the original Playstation planted the Arcade in your home. It was the supernova of console gaming experience....then it went downhill from there. Sad.

    It's not a hardware thing, it's purely generational and cultural. What one does with the hardware reflects that rather then the total sum of its capability. Though if only we had the hardware now at the time then...oh my, console creative bliss!

  19. Re:They still make game consoles? on Slashdot Asks: Is the Golden Era of Video-Game Console Sales Over? · · Score: 1

    Retro-gaming is it.

    Actually, I've been playing Zelda clone on AppleTV called Oceanhorn: Monster of the Uncharted Seas. It's not Zelda, and never will be Zelda, but for a clone it's pretty damn close to the look and feel as it gets. It's also weak in many aspects, but its fun. I give it a 3 to 3 half stars out of 5.

  20. Re:the desk surface is made of tempered glass on Lian-Li's Adjustable Motorized Standing Desk Is Also a High-End PC Chassis (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    In a typical home, dust in a computer is unavailable. By nature of air cooling a PC, the large volume of air that passed over the components will deposit dust over them after awhile. Dust being anything from actual dirt to dead skin cells FYI. Now, you can pre-filter the air via various methods on the chassis intake, but often it requires addition force which may or may not lead to additional noise.

    With regards to cleaning the inside components directly, that's an "iffy" proposition. Using a feather duster could generate static and damage components depending on the humidity level; best not to risk it. In addition, physical dusting could snag an electrolytic capacitors and break it off the board or some such. Compressed shop air is much better, but be careful not to spin the fans or you might damage them. Typical cans of compressed air work, but it's PITA once the cans get cold. I've actually kept a warm pan of water to dip the can into for a "recharge" if I'm doing a thorough yearly cleaning.

    In short, preventing dust and removing is a giant PITA within a home dwelling. Just the nature of air cooling.

  21. Re:Good Luck to Them on IT Employees At EmblemHealth Fight To Save Jobs (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    I say this wholeheartedly and with clarity. Given the level of globalization, consolidation, and wealth transfer from Western nations to the BRICS, that leaves vast swaths of people unemployed. If not already, it will lead to civil unrest if not outright serve as a catalyst for regional conflict and, dare I say it, WWIII. I don't claim to have the answer as to whether something should or shouldn't be done. But given the current trajectory of what *is*, it's clear where humanity is headed.

    Let that sink in for a moment.

  22. Re:who does knowledge belong to? on IT Employees At EmblemHealth Fight To Save Jobs (computerworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Correct!. The fact the organization failed to have proper management in documenting that institutional knowledge is of ZERO consequence to the employees that have gained it during the contract of selling time and labor for a paycheck. I suppose there's some iffy stuff depending on a contract you've signed prior, like handing over passwords and whatnot. But aside from that, you can walk and they can do fuck-all about it. Not your problem. It's theirs for having a fucked up and dysfunctional organization to begin with.

  23. Apple - throw us a bone please on Free Software Will Help Detect Faulty and Malicious USB-C Cables · · Score: 0

    I'm rather pissed that Apple didn't just open 'Lightning' as royalty free standard. Instead, we get the shitty inferior USB-C that Apple is forced to adopt to meet the EU universal charger mandate.

  24. Re:I wonder how the USA would rate... on Over 80 Percent of China's Well Water Is Polluted (voanews.com) · · Score: 0

    Oh, this is rich!! Hah. In China, most if not all polluting industries are GOVERNMENT OWNED and operated by the CCP. In a nation that's lacking both federalism and representation (AKA democracy), this would be the classic case in which less government would be beneficial. BTW, the Soviet Union also had a horrible track record for environmental ratings.

  25. Re:hoo boy this article. on Apple's Fight With US Over Privacy Enters a New Round (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Unauthorized encryption keys and methods will be illegal. As-side from grandfathering in existing tech, we will see a standard in which the Gov has complete access to the device - BY LAW! Eventually other nations will demand the same level of access. Thus a GOV API will be created around the OS in which each nation is given their own key.