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  1. Re:What is it? on File System Improvements To the Windows Subsystem for Linux (microsoft.com) · · Score: 1

    Since the Halloween documents there have been two CEO changes at Microsoft. It is not quite the same company now.

  2. Re:International Space Station on China's First Cargo Spacecraft Launch a 'Crucial Step' To Space Station (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    ISS will not be abandoned. The russians plan to disconnect their part and use it as a base for their own space station.

  3. Re: I would have guessed transliterated from Germa on The Slashdot Interview With Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor John B. Goodenough · · Score: 0

    A knight is not a servant, it is a mounted warrior, hence Ritter, ridder, chevalier, caballero and so on. In every germanic and romance language the word for a knight has something to do with horses, only English is different.

  4. Re:It does not you should now use on AMD Launches Higher Performance Radeon RX 580 and RX 570 Polaris Graphics Cards (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    Nope, not MII, that one was released in 1998 and ran against K6-2.
    MX was the as the first 6x86, but with the added MMX instruction set.

  5. Re: I would have guessed transliterated from Germa on The Slashdot Interview With Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor John B. Goodenough · · Score: 0

    No it does not. Knecht in its oldest meaning was a young man, somewhat later a squire. Around 1300 the word was demoted to indentured servant, nowadays it means a farm worker. Gut as a noun means estate or manor which sort of reaffirms the farm worker meaning. The only reason why there is some doubt is that an s is missing that would normally connect the two words, but who knows how old the surname is. Rules were more flexible back in the day and there is also a matter of many many German dialects

  6. Re:It does not you should now use on AMD Launches Higher Performance Radeon RX 580 and RX 570 Polaris Graphics Cards (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    It is a fair comparison because Cyrix 6x86MX was released two months after K6.
    My last Socket 7 CPU was a K6-3 450 and it was so good that I had it for almost two years instead of bying a new CPU every three months like I did previously.

  7. Re:It does not you should now use on AMD Launches Higher Performance Radeon RX 580 and RX 570 Polaris Graphics Cards (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    I remember those. Owned several. And then one day I've bought a K6 just to test it - after all it was a socket 7 CPU as well, so no new motherboard or memory was needed. After that test I swore that I won't ever buy Cyrix crap again.

  8. Re:Fewer "Sick Days" on How the Six-Hour Workday Actually Saves Money (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Paperwork. It can easily slip when the workload rises due to a coworker having a sick day.

  9. Re:Kinda defeats the purpose on Air Force Converts F-16 Jets Into Wingman Drones (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 2

    F-35 is not super stealthy, or it wouldn't be exported, like it happened with F-22.

  10. Re:Russian Jets Cheaper Because Russian Labor Chea on Boeing Expects To Save Millions In Dreamliner Costs Using 3D-Printed Titanium Parts (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    well, to be fair, a Tu-204 is cheaper than anything Boeing or Airbus offers, but I don't think they are manufactured anymore.

  11. More like 25-30 years. The fifth D check is almost never worth it because by then the rest value of an aircraft might be less than the cost of the D check (due to corrosion and accumulated weigth of doublers that close skin cracks) and a new plane would be vastly more efficient anyway. Often aircraft is even retired shortly before the fourth D check time comes (after about 25 years of service).

  12. Re:What about standby? on Why Do Airlines Overbook? (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I have flown standby several times, got a seat every time, even though not always the seat I've originally chosen. But I am not sure whether standby tickets are available for everyone - mine were airline employee tickets (I do consulting for an airline sometimes).

  13. Re:The Russians produce planes cheaper, investigat on Boeing Expects To Save Millions In Dreamliner Costs Using 3D-Printed Titanium Parts (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    The cooperation goes both ways. Boeing has a huge engineering center in Moscow, but Boeing also helped United Aircraft Corporation with the Sukhoi Superjet 100 design and actually partakes in its sales and marketing.

  14. Re: Are you even Swedish? on Spotify Executive Chris Bevington Dies In Stockholm Attack (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    Ask Jordan and Lebanon how well containing of refugees works.

  15. Re:Cost cutting on Spotify Executive Chris Bevington Dies In Stockholm Attack (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    A monoculture can be completely wiped out by a single disease, so yes, diversity is a strength.

  16. Re: let go. on Spotify Executive Chris Bevington Dies In Stockholm Attack (variety.com) · · Score: 1

    So basically you are saying âoeI hate arabs, blacks and russians, but I am not a racist, those who call me racist areâoe. Denial is not just a river in Egypt, you know.

  17. Re: over suspected "hacking" that helped Donald Tr on Russian Arrested in Spain 'Over US Election Hacking' (bbc.com) · · Score: 1
  18. Looks like this is the case. The SSJ cockpit is in English, so I guess it uses feet for altitude and knots for airspeed and besides it uses a lot of the same avionics that Airbus uses. This is so far the only passenger airplane Russia has developed after 1991 since the upcoming MC-21 still hasn't had its first flight.

  19. Sure about this?
    http://tfmlearning.faa.gov/Pub...

    According to this document, knots are used for aircraft (optionally Mach numbers above certain flight level).
    USSR used km/h, though. I think Russia still partially uses km/h because on Soviet built aircraft this is what flight instruments show.

  20. Re:So what's the range of the full size prototype? on Electric Vertical Take-Off Aircraft Successfully Tested By DARPA (newatlas.com) · · Score: 1

    the transmission is the advantage. look up how large and heavy (and unreliable) helicopter gearboxes are.

  21. Re: I loved OS/2. Things Changed on After 25 Years, 'Lost' OS/2 2.0 Build 6.605 Finally Re-Discovered (os2museum.com) · · Score: 1

    Yes, exactly, the Windows version was called HyperTerminal, the OS/2 version was called HyperAccess, but it is basically the same software written by the same company. The Windows version was somewhat castrated in comparison, though.

  22. Re:OS/2 Warp 4: Better than modern Linux. on After 25 Years, 'Lost' OS/2 2.0 Build 6.605 Finally Re-Discovered (os2museum.com) · · Score: 2

    What is the matter with your strange obsession with networking "out of the box"? The only reason it needs setup in OS/2 is because a 20 years old operating system doesn't have drivers for network interface cards released much later. Install the drivers, configure the network and it will work. And here is the thing: even a driver written for OS/2 2.0 will do. There is no need to edit shell scripts or several text files hiding all over the file system.
    Take Linux and you will need a different driver for every fucking kernel version. Don't have the source code? Tough fucking luck. Want to modify the network configuration? Now where was that file? Was it /etc/network/if-up.d? Maybe /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf? Or /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0?
    This is exactly why I use Windows at home even though I develop for Linux at work.

  23. Re:OS/2 Warp 4: Better than modern Linux. on After 25 Years, 'Lost' OS/2 2.0 Build 6.605 Finally Re-Discovered (os2museum.com) · · Score: 2

    yes, and it really tells a lot about modern linux. wps on warp 4 really is way better than any linux desktop environment. also had voice recognition built in 20 bloody years ago.

  24. Re: I loved OS/2. Things Changed on After 25 Years, 'Lost' OS/2 2.0 Build 6.605 Finally Re-Discovered (os2museum.com) · · Score: 1

    hyper access. same software was bundled with windows 9x

  25. Re: Canadians not travelling to USA.... on 'Extreme Vetting' Would Require Visitors To US To Share Contacts, Passwords (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Still better than running a marathon in Boston, eh?