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  1. This calls for.. on Google Serves a Cease-and-Desist On Android Modder · · Score: 0

    The President to get Sergey and Cyanogen up to Washington for a beer..

    its a licensing oops by CG and Google had to protect themselves and heir IP from future violators who are far less community minded than CG.
    its really been blown out of proportion., its been acknowledged and remedied now..

    Sometimes Slashdot can be a storm looking for a teacup.

    These arent the Androids you're looking for..

    Move along, move along...

  2. Re:Competitive advantage on Net Radio Exec Says "Don't Mention Linux" · · Score: 0

    Marketing executives float so they must be made of wood

    wood burns, so they are witches!

    QED

  3. Re:Even if unlocked still breaking and entering on Australian Police Database Lacked Root Password · · Score: 0

    you left out the other state:

    WINNING THE ASHES!

  4. proliferation of unmanaged data islands.. on Australian Police Database Lacked Root Password · · Score: 0

    My experience from working in Police IT in a Police Force in Australia in revealed.. interesting practices,

    (I wont relate the story of one squad having a roof bbq in front of mWave antennas.)

    The various departments in the Crime dept. maintained their own databases of varying kinds, mostly access and excel.
    Members tended to do two things:
    dump stuff for analysis and manipulation
    or keep personal/CI/ close hold or squad specific data and share it with other squad members.
    I'm sure some bright spark has installed mysql to do precisely this

    squads and members guard their own data jealously and regard it as assets and leverage.it accordingly

    mainframe DB's (DB2/CICS/|IMS) had assigned DBA's and access to this data was audited
      and acess to PI on the mainframe systems (and connections to RTA/power and gas Utility dbs police used to cross-check addresses)
      was beginning to be policed and improper access sanctioned.

    I know that a seven year audit trail of access to one mainframe db was kept and that traffic analysis on access patterns/logins.
    would likely have been an obvious tool in tracing leaks.

    As there have been recent convictions for acess to mainframe hosted PI by police members/civilan staff and also by
    Federal public servants in tax and social services.. this probably accelerated the drawing in and
    establishment of myriad data islands in an unmanaged or oversighted environment.

  5. Heard of Zaphod Beeblebrox? on Where Have All the Pagers Gone? · · Score: 0

    The Biro Zillionaire?

    He cleaned up on the Pager Market.
    and the Apple III and Newton market.

    Zaphod also created the UMPC market by giving Negoponte a Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster.
    Now the Big Z is cleaning up on XO's.

    Thats right you heard it first on Slashdot.

    All your Pagers belong to him.

  6. Obviously cheap componentry on CERN Releases Analysis of LHC Incident · · Score: 0

    the should have used these denon thingys throughout the site.

    Hell, maybe they did.. It did cost billions after all.

  7. We dont have tech for a manned mars mission yet on Indian Moon Mission To Launch Next Month · · Score: 0

    the national Academies Press released a report: "Managing Space Radiation Risk in the New Era of Space Exploration" (2008)

      my brief reading if this was that they are actually closing down research facilities needed to do the reserach which is still largely undone that would reduce the mission risk as far as radiation is concerned to make a mission feasible.
    The technolo9gy required for economically feasible craft design incorporating an acceptable level of radiation protection to the two prevalent radiation risks.

    Don't take my word for it read it yourself at:
      http://books.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=12045

  8. The BCS and the national trust should be involved. on PGP Leads Corporate Efforts To Save Bletchley Park · · Score: 0

    The British Computer Society, GCHQ (if they aren't to PR adverse!) and ultimately the National Trust should be involved.
    --
    It is a site of National Significance and should be preserved.

  9. Re:Prequel? some sequels are dogs best left asleep on New Battlestar Galactica Spin-off Series Announced · · Score: 0

    Genesis?

    Genesis allowed is not! is sequel forbidden!

    Genesis II was one sequel (of Roddenberry's .. a sequel to the book of Revelations?) best left alone.

    as good a the recent BG was, I thought a fair cast led by acting heavyweights who carried and lent emotional depth to what were otherwise translucent scripts.

    The "other walking masked among us" is yet another rehash of playing to the the paranoia of this age of eternal war we live in now.. HUAC, Zombies, "the invaders", anyone?

    Joe Haldeman, where are you?

    I'd be happy if BG can sustain it, but with some more challenging scripts than I suspect network execs will allow.

  10. the mainstream press subeditors will love it on Gentoo Founder on his way to Redmond · · Score: 0

    "Daniel and the Lion's Den" type headlines, anyone?

  11. Re:If it was me on Copy-and-Paste Reveals Classified U.S. Documents · · Score: 0

    Yes.

    Dick Cheney has reported seeing imagery of bioweapons lab trailers being driven by terrorists well in excess of 60MPH ;)

  12. it makes sense on Copy-and-Paste Reveals Classified U.S. Documents · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is now a known known.

  13. Fly me to the muon...! on Muon Detector Could Thwart Nuclear Smugglers · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Forgive my momenatry lapse of whimsy.

  14. Evidence enough.. on Tracking a Specific Machine Anywhere On The Net · · Score: 0

    given who is suggested to be recruiting him for a UAV launched Maverick Missile, I suspect.

  15. Re:The Big Red Switch -- nice simple technology... on LiveJournal Servers Go Down · · Score: 0

    oh the nostalgia...
    the ohonosecond as the 50hz and 400hz supply goes the lights, then a short pause as the brakes on the 3380 HDA's belt drives kicked in literally clank clank clank right through the disk farm..

    the aircon isolation switch was next to the EPO's and our site sparky was due to do Liebert maintenance...

    We had some nice simple technology (which of course was only useful if you lost external power....) a room full of hundreds of car batteries in series.. as a last ditch backup in case gennys and thycon both failed.

  16. Re:Torture the computer? on Overclockix 3.7 Released · · Score: 0, Troll

    it's only overclocking if you know that spinning up the processor will result from your actions, if causing overclocking is not your objective, you lack the requisite specific intent even though the overclocker did not act in good faith.
    so...
    if you have a good-faith belief your actions will not result in overclocking, you lack the mental state necessary for your actions to constitute overclocking.

    no jury could possibly convict you if you're over clocking from Guantanamo;)

  17. 2001 IDE/SCSI Comparison or Eternal IT Questions! on SCSI vs. IDE In The Real World · · Score: 1

    Mac or Apple?
    sequel or ess-que-ell?
    SCSI or IDE?
    How you you pronounce FAQ?
    Tomato or Tomato?
    George, Ira come back! all is forgiven!

    Seeking Enlightenment to the great answers..

    I forsook the Milliard Gargantubrain and checked out google a few weeks ago..

    It's not that recent but it may ilght the way to further work...

    http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/white01performance.ht ml

    cheers,

    Bob
    ----
    -- Give it back, Georgie, it's not yours!

  18. I read Anderson and I never went back to Asimov.. on SF Great Poul Anderson, 1926-2001 · · Score: 1

    After reading The High Crusade, The Star Fox, Flandry stories and the time patrolman novels..

    I just couldnt go back to Asimov, save for the Baley detective stories.. Foundation and To the end of eternity were always everafter just so much rice crackers.

    Be seeing you..

  19. Hint?? you must be joking??? on When A Cable Dies · · Score: 1

    FREE MARKET???

    the free market is code for transnational megacorps who change tax domiciles like we change socks..

    The free market's done wonders for Californian Electrical consumers and Health and Pharmaceutical consumers.

    Fine if you want to sell off your nations nervous system.. not here mate. not here.