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  1. Re:Could we at least make them a different color? on USB 3.0 Getting a Speed Boost To 10 Gbps · · Score: 2

    The new USB 3.0 cables are supposed to have a different logo embossed on them containing an "SS" connected to the old USB "tree" logo. - See section 5.5.6 of the USB 3.0 spec.

    USB 3.0 ports and the plastic bit inside the cable connectors are supposed to be color coded blue (Pantone 300C is recommended) - See section 5.3.1.3 of the USB 3.0 spec.

  2. The passive-agressive method on Ask Slashdot: How Can I Explain To a Coworker That He Writes Bad Code? · · Score: 1

    Patch or hack the compiler to detect his coding style and generate plausible sounding error messages.

  3. Re:Look at the bright side on New York Data Centers Battle Floods, Utility Outages · · Score: 3, Informative

    Most of the traders try to get as close to the old Western Union Building at 60 Hudson St. as possible. If not inside it, in a building adjacent to it. That's the central network hub for the financial district.

  4. Re:The "other" hacking? on FBI Says Smart Meter Hacks Are Likely To Spread · · Score: 3, Informative

    Saw this gizmo earlier today: http://www.gridinsight.com/

    Since anyone can buy a receiver to read their own meters, I'm going to say "probably not."

  5. Re:If they plan on going mobile then i'm afraid on Qt 5 Alpha Released · · Score: 1

    Waited too late? My Sharp Zaurus SL-5600 shipped from the factory running Qt a decade ago. That's five years before the iPhone was released. Qt is not a newcomer. It is one of the most ancient toolkits in this market.

  6. Re:So all 5 of you running Safari on Windows on New Remote Flaw In 64-Bit Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    Don't forget all of the other software out there that uses the same Webkit rendering engine as Safari. There could be many more vulnerable programs. And many more users at risk.

    Since win32k.sys is the kernel mode driver portion of the win32 subsystem, any exploit that runs in it runs in kernel mode. Very nasty.

  7. Re:Little Intel has growed up on Intel Announces Xeon E5 and Knights Corner HPC Chip · · Score: 1

    Tilera's 100-core processor is built like this. It's a 10x10 grid of cores.

  8. Re:Only 16? on First 16-Core Opteron Chips Arrive From AMD · · Score: 1

    It's 8 cores per chip *and 2 chips per package* for a total of 16 cores.

  9. Re:Isn't this more like a FAX? on The iPad's Progenitor — 123 Years Ago · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Well, Telautograph (the company that made these) was bought out by OMNIFax (which later became part of Danka). I used to fix these machines. And they were in use at least to the mid 1990's. Hospitals used them to send prescriptions from the ER to the pharmacy. This allowed a doctor to write out a prescription and have it simultaneously written out in the pharmacy in their own handwriting. The machines were pure analog and were a pain to adjust and maintain. A pair of rheostats encoded the pen position and a switch sensed when it was pressed to the paper. The signal was encoded and sent to the receiver where a pair of servo solenoids replicated the movement of the pen.

  10. Definitely not broadband on North Pole Gets Wi-Fi Hotspot · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Iridium satellite data services:
    Dial-up-data: 2.4 kbps
    Direct Internet Data: 10 kbps (when the compression is working)