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  1. Re:A Linux Mainframe? on Linux's Open Mainframe Project Announces Areas of Focus (sdtimes.com) · · Score: 2

    OS 360 was superseded by MVS in the late 60s / early 70s, which was superseded by OS/390 in the 90s which was then superseded by z/OS (which combines OS/390/MVS with AIX/unix). Linux can be run as it's own OS under the VM hyperviser, right along with z/OS (also running under VM). Often you will find several (up to a couple thousand) instances of Linux running in VM, perhaps along with an instance or 2 of z/OS.

  2. Re:A Linux Mainframe? on Linux's Open Mainframe Project Announces Areas of Focus (sdtimes.com) · · Score: 1

    IBM z series Mainframes which replaced the 390 which replaced the 370 which replaced the 360 that was phased out in the late 60s. You can run a couple thousand virtual Linux images on a single mainframe and have a complete web farm with database, etc in a single machine.

  3. Re:Not sure I trust it. on It's Time To Kill the $100 Bill, Says Larry Summers · · Score: 1

    What exactly is a negative interest rate?

    It's a euphemism for theft of your money by a bank.

    That is called "fees", and happens all the time, which is why I have an account at a credit union. However, If negative interest rates ever hit individual accounts that would take it to a whole new level!

  4. I already have a car with a camless engine on Camless Internal Combustion and the Digital Age (hackaday.com) · · Score: 1

    I have a 1991 Mazda RX-7 with a rotary engine in my garage, no cams there!

  5. Re:Need a true cross section of society on VC Firm Y Combinator Launches an Experiment In Universal Basic Income (fastcoexist.com) · · Score: 1

    That, or it could consist of solely "the grifters, criminals, mentally incompetent and others which make up the tapestry of society" and guarantee failure...

  6. In my experience, most ultra-conservatives "who are very heavily opposed to communism and socialism" feel that "homeless people", the poor and other unfortunates are all considered "lazy people" who don't work because they choose not to and should be left out to die and reduce the surplus population.

  7. Not a good experiment due to small sample size on VC Firm Y Combinator Launches an Experiment In Universal Basic Income (fastcoexist.com) · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, I do not see usable results coming from this as 300 is too small a sample size for this type of experiment. You can pretty much guarantee success or failure depending on who you pick to participate. Also, where the participants are from will greatly affect the outcome. If the participants are geographically spread out will most likely result in vastly different results than if they are all in the same, very small, town. The best "experiment" would involve an entire town, city, province/state or even country. Unfortunately, to perform such a larger experiment would require a vast sum of money that would be difficult to arrange at best.

  8. Skynet on Debating a Ban On Autonomous Weapons (thebulletin.org) · · Score: 1

    does not approve of this message!

  9. That explains on Pwn2Own 2016 Won't Attack Firefox (Because It's Too Easy) (eweek.com) · · Score: 0

    Why our corporate security department has banned chrome and only allows Intenet Exploder and firefox -- because of "Security"!

    // They also insist on McAfee, Altiris and other crappy software, so Firefox fits right in!

  10. Re:what? on Pwn2Own 2016 Won't Attack Firefox (Because It's Too Easy) (eweek.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Something being open source has never, ever meant that it is more secure. That is a myth propagated by open source zealots. Open source only means that, the source can be viewed, and most likely changed, by anyone. Open source zealots assume that means it is rigorously vetted by security experts to find any flaws and fix them, which is a huge assumption that mostly likely is not true for most projects.

  11. Re:There are Same Sex Emoticons? on Indonesia Moves To Ban Same-Sex Emojis On Messaging Apps (thestack.com) · · Score: 2

    Whatever happened to live and let live?

    That is not a thing in fundamentalist religious nations.

  12. Emoticons have a gender? on Indonesia Moves To Ban Same-Sex Emojis On Messaging Apps (thestack.com) · · Score: 1

    When did that happen?

    Oh, they mean rainbows? Right!

  13. Shady thevies do shady things to computers on Pirate Bay Browser Streaming Technology Is a Security and Privacy Nightmare (softpedia.com) · · Score: 3

    News at 11!

  14. Re: Ok. on Wired To Block Ad-Blocking Users, Offer Subscription (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, since in your world everything is free, please let me know where I can get free food, free gas and a free mortgage! Then everyone can quit their jobs and live on all this free stuff that apparently exists in the world!

  15. bicycles on Are Roads Safer With No Central White Lines? · · Score: 1

    If they take everyone's cars away and replace them with bicycles, it guarantees that the traffic will be slower. However, that doesn't mean it's a good idea!

  16. pedestrians and cyclists can interact with drivers on Are Roads Safer With No Central White Lines? · · Score: 1

    TFA: "In medieval Dutch villages, with little through traffic, it can work well and pedestrians and cyclists can interact with drivers," Mr King said.

    Nowadays those kind of interactions usually wind up in the hospital and/or the morgue!,

  17. Re:And: Ceteris paribus on Are Roads Safer With No Central White Lines? · · Score: 1

    I also notice that they left the lines on the bicycle paths, If removing the white lines is such a good idea, why did they leave those!

  18. Re:Correlation != Causation on Are Roads Safer With No Central White Lines? · · Score: 1

    Another Midwestern American here, we have a lot of dirt roads, which by necessity have no lines painted on them, and people tend to drive down the middle of the road and/or all over both sides of the road to "avoid the bumps". This leads to a lot of nerve wracking moment when you crest a hill and have to watch for some moron in a pickup in the middle, or your side, of the road! I do not see this ending well!

  19. Hey! That guy stole my idea! on A Legal Name Change Puts 'None of the Above' On Canadian Ballot (foxnews.com) · · Score: 1

    I was going to do that! I knew I should of patented or copyrighted it!

  20. Re:GOOD on Oracle To Drop Java Browser Plugin In JDK 9 (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    I hate what it has done to the industry in terms of advertising/abuse.

    Yeeeaahhh Riiight. JAVA is the reason for all the advertising/abuse -- Flash and/or Javascript had no part in that.

  21. Was that 2,653 morons or 1 moron 2,653 times? on TSA: Gun Discoveries In Baggage Up 20% In 2015 Over 2014 (networkworld.com) · · Score: 1

    Or something in the middle?

  22. Re:I can see the muslims putting it to the test on Volvo Promises 'Death-Proof' Cars By 2020 (extremetech.com) · · Score: 1
  23. What about broadside collisions? on Volvo Promises 'Death-Proof' Cars By 2020 (extremetech.com) · · Score: 1

    How are they going to stop someone from getting hit in an intersection?

  24. Re:Damn I'm Old on Volvo Promises 'Death-Proof' Cars By 2020 (extremetech.com) · · Score: 1

    In the 21st Century!

    //oh wait...

  25. Re:Good on Brendan on Former Mozilla CEO Launches Security-Centric Browser Brave · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Really! you think replacing (NOT blocking) ads with other ads where the revenue goes to the browser maker instead of the site is a step in the right direction! How is this NOT about money?