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  1. Re:If you can't beat 'em... on IBM Locking Up Lots of Cloud Computing Patents · · Score: 2

    "Even their processors are a joke" - not sure what you're smoking but the Power processors (Power5, 6, 7, 8, etc.) have been the king of the hill for large/multi-core systems for a while and still are. Xeon's are much less expensive so you can throw lots of cores at it, but there is diminishing returns. Power processors are designed for multi-core and multi-socket systems (lots of cache per core, high speed communications, etc.).

  2. Re:"to this very day..." on The Weird History of the Microsoft Windows Start Button · · Score: 1

    No, it's wasn't "new" and "innovative". Clicking on an icon (or even text) to reveal a hierarchy of options/actions has been around forever. What exactly was "new" and "innovative"?

  3. Re:IE all over again on Mozilla CEO: Windows 10 Strips User Choice For Browsers and Other Software · · Score: 2

    Ya, once you revert 8 back to working just like 7, it's much better than 7, in fact it's one better.

  4. Re:Charles Dickens said it best on European Agreement Sets Up Third Greek Bailout · · Score: 1

    I've read this sentiment a few times ("scary international lenders") and I'm curious about why that phrase is being used. From my perspective, it seems like a person or govt should only borrow what they can afford and the blame shouldn't be on the lenders.

    Were the lenders fraudulent in some way in this case?

  5. Re:Where is our 350GHz room temp CPU? on IBM Beats The Rest of the World To 7nm Chips, But You'll Need to Wait For Them · · Score: 1

    Those high frequency transistors (like the 350ghz one) are used for communications, it wasn't for a cpu.

  6. Re:Lots more from AS400/OS400 on Ask Slashdot: If You Could Assemble a "FrankenOS" What Parts Would You Use? · · Score: 1

    An additional item I would love to see in other systems that OS/400 does very well: Very detailed logging and error handling with detailed explanations and possible causes right in the text, much more detailed info than I have seen on any other system, a made up example which doesn't really show how good it is but gives a flavor for the style of every single error message that could come up:
    Msg 123456 - Unable to open file ABC
    Reason Code - 17
    Possible reasons:
    01 - File does not exist, 02 - User does not have permission, ... 17 - File is exclusively locked and cannot be shared, ...

  7. Re:Lots more from AS400/OS400 on Ask Slashdot: If You Could Assemble a "FrankenOS" What Parts Would You Use? · · Score: 1

    Whether the attempt is intentional or accidental it's simply not allowed. Each object has X valid operations that it can perform, which eliminates all kinds of accidental and intentional (hacking type stuff) mismatches of objects and actions that can cause problems on the system. It's a very nice feature.

  8. Re:I'm all for recreational drone use but... on Wired Cautions Would-Be Drone Photogs on the 4th · · Score: 2

    I think you're understating the reality of the situation. Drones come in many sizes with different attributes regarding prop blades, I think you'll agree that as the size/power of drones increases, the danger of an injury like a cut increases (see examples of cuts in news: Enrigue Iglesias cut hand, TGI Friday's drone chopped tip of reporters nose off). Furthermore, even on the low end the ability to damage an eye is significant and should not be discounted.

    Now, let's talk about a 6lb object falling 15 feet and stopping in a quarter inch (normal flex for skin and bone): the force is 4,320lbs (force times travel distance divided by stopping distance), compare that to an Olympic boxer's punch which maxes out around 1,000lbs.

  9. Re:Obligatory reading on Philae's Lost Seven Months Were Completely Unnecessary · · Score: 1

    Deaths aren't the only thing that is important, having your thyroid removed is a serious negative consequence of the radiation exposure. Now onto your claim: "None of that will happen in Japan." - You mean there will be no radiation exposure that will cause serious illness or death? And you know this how?

  10. Re:Obligatory reading on Philae's Lost Seven Months Were Completely Unnecessary · · Score: 1

    " the Chernobyl death toll remains stubbornly at 51." Ya, let's ignore the 5,000 cases of thyroid cancer. Those crazy scientists, always making stuff up.

  11. Re:Closer than I expected on Surface Pro 3 Handily Outperforms iPad Air 2 and Nexus 9 · · Score: 1

    I know, I'm really impressed. It's not often that large corporations are able to set a direction and execute this well. It makes we wonder about how Apple is managed that keeps them on track (money alone does not create these kinds of results).

  12. A Similar Question on How Much Python Do You Need To Know To Be Useful? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    How much of a summary do you need to read to know you should skip that one?

  13. Re:I agree and disagree on Steve Albini: The Music Industry Is a Parasite -- and Copyright Is Dead · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It seems like his point on copyright is accurate in that it's kind of swimming upstream these days, it's almost impossible to control the easy flow of content.

    The article doesn't say, but I would be curious if he had ideas on what kind of arrangement would allow artists to get paid and that accepts that content can't be controlled.

  14. Parachute on FAA Program Tests Drones Flying Beyond Pilot's Line-of-Sight · · Score: 2

    If they were required to have an auto-deploy parachute that might reduce some categories of problems

  15. Re:Uh, only doubled? on US Switches Air Traffic Control To New Computer System · · Score: 1

    2M sounds high? You sound really knowledgeable about flight control systems, let's check component by component:
    How many lines of code to track airplanes using the FAA's satellite network?
    How many lines of code to generate flight courses?
    How many lines of code to generate flight progress strips as airplanes approach a control area?
    etc.

  16. Re:No mention of iPad in the summary? on Google Officially Discontinues Nexus 7 Tablet · · Score: 1

    Whoosh!

  17. Re:No mention of iPad in the summary? on Google Officially Discontinues Nexus 7 Tablet · · Score: 2

    Look, I know a guy who's brother has a pretty close friend that really knows the ins and outs of this stuff, I swear he could get you setup in just a matter of hours...all you need to do is probably mail your device to him (I would include insurance just in case), mention my name (well probably my brother's name, he doesn't really know who I am), then boom! he'll get your device setup.

    I would probably allow for a couple weeks because this guy is so good he's getting lots of requests like this (I may have mentioned something on facebook), but once you drop my brother's name, your device should pop to the top of his list. Also, you'll want to include a prepaid return label, you know, so he doesn't have to foot the bill the get you setup.

  18. Re:Personal Anecdote on Amazon's Profits Are Floating On a Cloud (Computing) · · Score: 1

    "If something shows up on your bill in AWS, it is running somewhere and you most certainly set it up." - You seem to be stating that there is zero possibility that AWS could have a billing problem, ever. Just because you haven't encountered one doesn't mean it's not possible. It's possible the other poster made an error, but it's also possible there was an error on Amazon's part - I don't think there is enough information to determine one way or another.

  19. It's not your job to determine if this is valuable on Powdered Alcohol Banned In Six States · · Score: 1

    It's the job of the market. If there is demand he will succeed, if there is no demand he won't. Your opinion that it's a "lame argument" is simply not relevant.

  20. Not new on To Avoid NSA Interception, Cisco Will Ship To Decoy Addresses · · Score: 5, Funny

    "We ship [boxes] to an address that's has nothing to do with the customer,"

    I know some other companies that seem to do this for about half my orders.

  21. Re: IANAL, but my answer would be no on Quebecker Faces Jail For Not Giving Up Phone Password To Canadian Officials · · Score: 1

    Or maybe a special password that enters the system into a state that only reveals items that are allowed to be viewed. Anything protected by the more secure password would simply not appear (e.g. files).

  22. Re:I commonly on Ask Slashdot: What Can I Really Do With a Smart Watch? · · Score: 3, Funny

    I commonly read slashdot (SD) using my computer (MC) at my desk (MD) at work (WK). I wonder (IW) if a smart watch (SW) would improve (WI) my communications (MC).

  23. If the network was trained to always return a "best match" then it's working correctly. To return "no image", it would need to be trained to be able to return that, just like humans are given feedback when there is no image.

  24. Re:Robot Video Overview on Armies of Helper Robots Keep Amazon's Warehouses Running Smoothly · · Score: 1

    The shelves are stocked the same way they are picked, by having the robot travel to a station where a human places the items on the shelves. One way to organize the warehouse would be to put the replenishment/put away stations near the incoming goods (e.g. receiving area) with the picking stations on the opposite side. not sure if this is how Amazon is configured or not.

  25. Re:URGENT: pls. update wiki on Debian Forked Over Systemd · · Score: 0

    URGENT: pls stop posting