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  1. Can't stop entropy on Computers Causing 2nd Hump In Peak Power Demand · · Score: 1

    We're headed for a 24/7 peak power period. It all about efficiency, ironically.

  2. Re:infuriating on New Cellphone Sized "Computer" Takes Aim at Sub-Notebooks · · Score: 1
    Wow, it's a Freerunner with a physical keyboard and 3G.

    Now if I can get my freerunner to register my AT&T laptopconnect USB 3G properly then I can one up this--with a crappy touchscreen!

  3. Re:Credit crunch my butt on Tesla Motors Shaken Up, Laying Off · · Score: 1
    2/3's the products out there are not created by idealists. But through scams developed by a bunch of rich people or a person who knows someone rich.

    Money == access... in the current business environment.

  4. Re:Credit crunch my butt on Tesla Motors Shaken Up, Laying Off · · Score: 1
    "If you're a slick dot-com shop"

    You've just described 99% of all companies in the SF Bay area. So I think you maybe incorrect. (sarcasm... of course...).

    Anyhoo, I thought we've been in a recession, WTF is a credit crunch? Are credit cards being smooshed everywhere?

  5. Nope, not google... on Web Singletons? · · Score: 2, Interesting
  6. Re:I'm curious... on NASA To Repair Hubble By Remote Control · · Score: 1
    MIL-STD-498

    Of course, that was the gold standard when the Hubble was built. That's how I remember it. It was a unexciting, but guranateed process development practice.

    Nowadays (since 1995 when DoD went to better/faster/cheaper mentalityand threw out the MIL-STD standards!), it a watered down version using RAD, XP, Agile, and SOP since software development has gone internet style.

    Hence why [space vehicle] failures are up almost 30% (in gov't, more in commercial) since they dropped the standards. Here's a great article on how the industry plans to correct the increasing failure rate. Now I know why I got out of the biz.

  7. Re:Pundit on Internet Co-inventor Vint Cerf Endorses Obama · · Score: 1
    Of course it's logical. Politically logical that is.

    Obama runs a grassroots campaign.

    Obama's attack plan: the affluent, the educated, the young, the hip (media & entertainment), and [let's face it] caucasian. Analysis says that's why he easily wins in the cities. His means of communication? Technology.

    Obama's pundits/campaigners strategy: tap the technology elite--it's hip (really). Come on, we even have the G4 channel! Hence, Vint Cerf.

    Cerf's now at Google, in complete 'philosophy' mode vs. at MCI in 'job' mode which cultivates the ego x100, like with any other Silicon Valley wonk. He thinks that I'm famous ~ people do things he says. That + lobbying from valley campaigners to endorse == people will listen. Logical to 'Main Street'--No. Logical to pundits--Yes...

    Hence the endorsement.

    I doubt we'll see an endorsement from Brin and Page.

    Also, I would not be surprise that being at MCI (in DC) doing RFCs years back adds to his desire for that DC environment once again [of politics]. And that an endorsement says: I'm bored at Google, hire me as technology czar for the new administration!. You can escape politics, but not agendas.

  8. Re:Answer: Money on How US Schools' Culture Stifles Math Achievement · · Score: 1
    Spot on.

    Sports achievement == Lots of money for lots of people (sure, Barry Bonds makes a lot, but the people betting on him and the franchise that hired him is making just as much!)

    Academic achievement == Lots of money for [pretty much] one person (or no money for one person if he gets his patent stolen).

    The funny thing is your ego will get inflated in both cases...Zing!

  9. Re:GOOD on Can Static Electricity Generate Votes? · · Score: 1

    Well, you can blame the electrical college for that.

  10. true value vs. stated value on Sysadmin Steals Almost 20,000 Pieces of Computer Equipment · · Score: 1

    Sure, if this guy took old equipment, e.g. a Sun 1 workstation, the gov't will always classify something of some monetary value (i.e. $6).

    But if the gov't went to collect that value, would anyone buy it? Answer: No. It would cost the gov't money to get rid of it--negative value I say. Really, I'd bet most of the equipment he has is old and obsolete--sure someone can apply some value to it, but being obsolete technology--it's true value is $0.

    So, if the guy took old equipment, he's saving them money.

    If the guy took new equipment, then that's theft.

  11. Re:Not the same on Skype Messages Monitored In China · · Score: 1

    The chinese program is an open-ended restriction. The rules are maintained exclusively by the chinese ruling political party. There is no "law" in a real sense.

    The US/NSA programs still are restricted to USC18-118. I'm sure it's taken seriously in all agencies ;) . Yes, there's been report on abuses or violations of this law, and/or a political agenda to rewrite it and releasing any protections, but that's completely different discussion and usually involves a small number of powerful [corrupt] people.

  12. Wise Sage Vint is... on Vint Cerf Says It's Every Machine For Itself · · Score: 1

    it's the internet's openess: in allowing people with new ideas to do their thing without getting anyone's permission: that is the main source of its power"

    I see what he's saying: In an open society, you can't stop the power of the mob...

    Genius.

  13. Re:passionless technician on Wall Street's Collapse Is Computer Science's Gain · · Score: 1

    It's because only the top 2% or the country (matter that the world) get to pursue their passion. You can have so many PhD particle physicists at the LHC.

    Just that, I had a passion like particle physics in my younger days, but wasn't the top PhD grad from Yale. So, now I'm sitting here programming C# with XML. It pays the bills at least, so I'm happy.

  14. Princeton PhDs says so, we must do on Princeton Researchers Say Feds Need Data Standard · · Score: 1

    Come on, a bunch of Princeton researchers, after spending $X millions of grants from the US gov't over 5 years now says we need a data standard?

    Dublin Core?

    FEA? (Federal Enterprise Architecture, the other DRM)

    OAIS?

    And talk to anyone in gov't IT today on fed data problems, and they'll give you better info on how to solve the data issues vs. these researchers. Note to the Princeton researchers: stick to solving the semantic web problems--cause that's something we can ignore for the next 10 yrs.

    And Google for Gov't may not be a good thing--google tracks everything. Now you know why gov't wants the same system.

  15. blame the system on ITunes 8 a Real Killer App; Taking Down Vista · · Score: 1

    This has the smells of my old iPod Shuffle crashing the XP upon boot when connected--

    To some, there was a time (and still on mine at least) where you can't boot up in Windows XP with a iPod shuffle hooked up.

    For the life of me, I cannot have my shuffle plugged in at boot time--something hangs the system (USB boot somehow triggering it I think).

  16. Re:Limitations on In IE8 and Chrome, Processes Are the New Threads · · Score: 1

    "- Frames are run within the same process as the parent window, regardless of domain. Hyperlinking from one frame to another does not change processes."

    I wonder if this will cause heahaches to plugins like flash, WMP, VLC and other DirectX / SDL plugins.

  17. Re:Oh! I can't wait until they do a study like thi on Why Email Has Become Dangerous · · Score: 1

    I'd say the loss of "train of thought" is common from email, IM, social networking sites, and newpapers--basically any online tool that poses as a information aggregate is distracting from the task at hand (unless the task is to socialize). Cause you need to focus on filtering (i.e. understand by thinking about the details) the aggregated information to the point the information is actionable. That's why you lose train of thought as you go back to the task you were doing beforehand.

    Done with writing this post, now back to work in 5 minutes...

  18. one process per tab...OH MY! on Why Mozilla Is Committed To Using Gecko · · Score: 1

    Please, please, please, stop with this one process per tab madness... It's almost been a week since Chrome has been out.

    we made the comparisons, lets just move on...

  19. Re:So, lemme get this straight... on USDOJ Sniffing Google Antitrust Suit, Hires Ex-Disney Lawyer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    5) Google makes money off deal.
    6) US Gov't makes money from [winning the] antitrust case.
    7) Lawyers on both side win. (cause lawyers ALWAYS win).

    I see a win-win for both sides. Well, except for the consumer/taxpayer....

  20. Re:justify a paycheck? on Physicists Discover "Doubly Strange" Particle · · Score: 1

    Well, what I see is that they have this multi-million dollar machine, that take millions to run, and is run by a bunch of over-educated folks focused in one basic thing.

    Ok, you smash some particles and guess what, some of the basic fundamental theories say that you have limited accuracy in measuring the outcome. So in the end, according to logic, you really don't know what your looking at.

    Therefore, they are making things up. QED.

  21. Re:ehh.. on Blu-ray Gone In Five Years, Samsung Claims · · Score: 1

    "So expect that in a few years you will insert a CF card or USB stick into your media station and watch the latest movie."

    Already happening...

    It's very likely a disruptive technology will affect the storage industry in the next 5-8 yrs. And we'll be hitting another tech boom as well (since the current web2.0 is finally dying down...)

  22. Has technology gone mainstream? on Chrome Vs. IE 8 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I can't believe we are talking about process per TAB vs. something revolutionary. REALLY! 2 full days of this stuff!

    I mean what is the difference between having a process per tab vs. a bunch of separate windows (considering basic window frames are low-overhead in most OSes today)? So I can open several windows and get pretty much the same process per page capability, maybe a little more desktop cluster on my 24" LCD and likely faster performance... Chrome advancements aren't even exploiting tabs, but making them more robust for google-apps.

    We are splitting hairs if we're calling Chrome revolutionary. Get a hold of reality, we're talking about 1 implementation (not feature nor usability) and over analyzing it against FF, opera and IE8. I think Google using webkit is more important to note and that it's not revolutionary--just expected since Google wants 100% compatibility with their webapps and the ability to go mobile. I'm glad google went with webkit and that the source is available, but that's pretty much it.

  23. https anyone? on Mozilla's Thoughts On Google's Chrome · · Score: 1

    "This webpage is not available.


    The webpage at https://www.myprivatesite.com/share might be temporarily down or it may have moved permanently to a new web address.


        More information on this error
    Below is the original error message


    Error 110 (net::ERR_SSL_CLIENT_AUTH_CERT_NEEDED): Unknown error.
    "

    ok, so I found the cert had expired.... But FF and IE will let me still use the cert, but Google does not...

    Sorry google--looks like an ALPHA.

  24. Re:The real target: MS Office on Mozilla's Thoughts On Google's Chrome · · Score: 1

    I agree, this is not about browsers, but about operating systems:

    A taskbar, a task manager, process usage, frameless LnF, multiprocessing... Looks more like a replacement desktop. And guaranteed to run gears, google Apps and such--cause they still control it, even if it's FOSS (sort of)...

    Also, Mozilla should be worried. This is like AT&T (Google) vs. Verizon (MS), where Mozilla is Cingular... ah... now AT&T, if you get my point.

  25. Mega-efficient isn't the only thing on MIT Secretly Built Mega-Efficient Nano Batteries · · Score: 1

    I just don't see the efficiency. But I do see a totally new way of thinking when it comes to battery packaging. Even if they don't better current state-of-the-art batteries in amps, this offers a bigger innovation:

    Imagine your laptop's case being the battery (better packing). Or you car's undercarriage (better weight distribution). Or your cellphone case being the battery (more packaging). This engineering innovation will change industrial design more than power-efficiency.