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  1. Re:Red Cross is non-political on Put A Red Cross PSA In Front Of the ISIS Beheading Video · · Score: 1

    Terror groups have been thinking that way since long before GWB uttered the words. He didn't create that mindset; he merely pointed it out.

  2. Re:Oh please on Put A Red Cross PSA In Front Of the ISIS Beheading Video · · Score: 1

    It's one thing to read a clinical description of a concussion, or read a description of the experience written by someone who has experienced it. It is something quite different to experience a concussion yourself. No verbal content can convey the depth and breadth of the misery.

  3. Re:Shaped like speaker cable on Reversible Type-C USB Connector Ready For Production · · Score: 5, Informative

    It has to do with exactly *how* the connections are made as the plug is inserted. Ground/common so static can dissipate, then data/signal, then power last. Each line connects only to its corresponding line in the other piece. A 3.5mm plug doesn't provide that kind of "signal safety"; at some point, it's possible the power on one side would touch the ground on the other, and put a charge into the device before it was fully plugged-in.

  4. 14 nanometers? on Intel's 14-nm Broadwell CPU Primed For Slim Tablets · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Given that the covalent radius of silicon is 111 picometers, that comes to a channel that's 63 silicon atoms across.

    And I thought 65nm (~300 silicon atoms across) was impressive five years ago.

  5. how dark can it be on the ISS? on Study Finds That Astronauts Are Severely Sleep Deprived · · Score: 0

    If it isn't really dark, with all the indicator lights extinguished, how well can one expect to sleep? Even a single blue power light on a PC is enough to interfere with REM. And, if the windows aren't totally blacked, having a sunrise-sunset every 45 minutes can't help, either.

  6. Re:How did we get along for so many years without on PHP Finally Getting a Formal Specification · · Score: 1

    Sure, the security holes will be part of the spec instead of mere reckless fsck-ups.

  7. current fortune in the /. footer: on Fotopedia Is Shutting Down; Data Avallable Until August 10 · · Score: 1

    "You will lose an important disk file."

    Like the backups of your Fotopedia submissions.

  8. oh, please, it's never "leaked" on Leaked Build of Windows 9 Shows Start Menu Return · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's always, without exception, a strategic move by the PR department, to encourage public chatter about some product. And when it isn't, it's denounced by the company in question as "stolen."

    IOW, yet another "Slashvertisement."

  9. Re: Dear Trey Parker and Matt Stone on Three-Year Deal Nets Hulu Exclusive Rights To South Park · · Score: 1

    But it's still Canada's fault.

  10. when onboard is weak, yes on Ode To Sound Blaster: Are Discrete Audio Cards Still Worth the Investment? · · Score: 1

    My on-board Intel sound system doesn't provide the voltage to drive my headphones, so I inserted a Creative SB to do the job.

    So, yeah, me too.

  11. Re:If UVA and Mann have nothing to hide on Climate Change Skeptic Group Must Pay Damages To UVA, Michael Mann · · Score: 1

    If Mann and UVA got any public monies for the research in question, then isn't it the law that his emails relating to the research be publicly accessible?

  12. "fighting" crime? on Tired of Playing Cyber Cop, Microsoft Looks For Partners In Crime Fighting · · Score: 0

    As a "fighter" of crime, Microsoft would be in the featherweight category.

    Using Microsoft's tools to fight cybercrime is bringing a knife to a gunfight.

  13. "must" trust? on Whom Must You Trust? · · Score: 1

    Anyone demanding my trust, automatically loses it. Same goes for respect.

  14. Re:Magnetic Pulses on Geophysicists Discover How Rocks Produce Magnetic Pulses · · Score: 1

    No, the earthquakes are caused by fracking, and the pre-quake pressure causes the pulses. So, the pulses are of indirect human origin, while maintaining plausible deniability.

    Come on, don't you know anything about conspiracy theories?

  15. so what Todd Beamer et al. did should be a crime? on House Committee Approves Bill Banning In-Flight Phone Calls · · Score: 1

    Because, after all, if you're in a plane (even if it's hijacked), you shouldn't be allowed to call 911 or your loved ones on your cell phone.

    Every time I think Congress couldn't get any stupider, they prove me wrong.

  16. Re:Double bind on Man Shot To Death For Texting During Movie · · Score: 1, Insightful

    An armed society is a polite society. When you know someone is probably able to kill you (justified or not), you tend to be much more polite to them. Take away people's ability to restrain rude fucks, and the rude fucks run riot through the life you're trying to live.

  17. not good for cars with multiple drivers on Ford Engineers Test 'Predictive Logic' To Improve Cruise Control · · Score: 2

    "Honestly, officer, the car thinks I'm my wife going to a salon appointment, and the cruise control was trying to get me there on time!"

    "The car sped up just as some blonde bimbo passed me in a Corvette convertible. I have no idea why..."

  18. We don't work for the White House on White House Calls On Kids To Film High-Tech Education · · Score: 0

    Mr. Nye, we are not your (government's) employees, nor do we donate our labors to the government. If you want multimedia records of our children's excitement about their technical education, go out there and record it yourself, on your own dime. Our children are not your property, and they do not take orders from you.

    The #1 lesson in "good citizenship" you seem to treasure for our children, is how to say "piss off" to self-important government bureaucrats.

    Piss off.

    Sincerely,
    ChipMonk

  19. Re:Food for thought on Texas Drivers Stopped At Roadblock, Asked For Saliva, Blood · · Score: 1

    You are conflating freedom of movement with the privilege of driving a car. They are not the same, and have never been the same. People in Manhattan can explain the difference very well.

  20. Re:Good; hold the hacks accountable on Toyota's Killer Firmware · · Score: 1

    So does this mean we can finally hold Microsoft accountable for all the crap they've foisted on the taxpayers through government purchases?

  21. Re:Stacks on Toyota's Killer Firmware · · Score: 1

    And the Intel 80286 and later models, when in protected mode, is a perfect example. When an interrupt gate switches from an outer ring to an inner ring (usually 4 to 0), the task segment gets the suspended task's stack pointer, and the stack pointer for the new ring is also loaded from the task segment.

    (This isn't the case so much now, with AMD64/EM64T, and the earlier advent of SYSENTER/SYSCALL and SYSEXIT/SYSRET.)

  22. Re:Oh thank ${DIETY} on Firefox OS Smartphones Launching, But Will Anyone Buy One? · · Score: 1

    That system has been terminated, due to too many exceptions.

  23. Re:not even C? on Join COBOL's Next Generation · · Score: 1

    It doesn't matter if it's running "machine code," in a JVM, in an LLVM, or in interpreted Bash. That's the Church-Turing thesis. The only difference is how the source code is examined.

  24. not even C? on Join COBOL's Next Generation · · Score: 2
    From the homepage of OpenCOBOL:

    OpenCOBOL translates COBOL into C and compiles the translated code using the native C compiler. You can build your COBOL programs on various platforms, including Unix/Linux, Mac OS X, and Microsoft Windows.

    So would that be COBOL running on C?

  25. Re:Don't bother to read the article. on Viruses In Mucus Protect From Infection · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Remember, you're talking to nerds and geeks. Boogers are more easily available to them.