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  1. i googled "where is santa"... on Google Santa Tracker Is Back · · Score: 1
  2. A small price to pay... on Disease Threatens 99% of the Banana Market (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    ... to destroy every last Bananaphone!

  3. NOOOOOO! on FTC Appoints EFF Board Member Lorrie Cranor As Chief Technologist (ftc.gov) · · Score: 2, Funny

    Won't someone think of the companies?! How are our young and vulnerable multi-billion multi-nationals going to cope with the tyranny of an ethical appointee?! It's class warfare, I tell you! *sigh*

  4. Re:this will backfire on Microsoft To Open Source Chakra, the JavaScript Engine In Its Edge Browser (windows.com) · · Score: 1

    Being able to actually help bring up all 3 browsers so that they can begin using feature X is exactly why the bulk of OSS patches get made.

    if that's the case, you still wont be able to help the Edge browser.

  5. microsoft is doing this because they think they can get in on the open source action where you have unpaid people fixing bugs. the problem with this plan is that this is people don't work on something because it's open source, they work on it because they like it and want it to succeed. you can't modify anything but the javascript engine of Edge, so why would you bother helping them? i hope they have a lucrative bug bounty program to go with this because this will make exploits a bit easier to find.

  6. i swear, it's like they were trying to invite the wrath of Anonymous to fall upon their servers.

  7. There is still time! on Take a Visual Tour of CyberKnife Radiosurgery (jeffreifman.com) · · Score: 0

    The machines are helping to save lives, for now. I suspect they are just biding their time until we give them legs before they turn on us. #TheEndIsNigh ;)

  8. Re:Perl? I thought most everyone moved on to Pytho on Perl 6 Gets Beta Compiler, Modules and an Advent Calendar (thenewstack.io) · · Score: 1

    If you were to learn a new scripting language today, would you start with Perl or Python?

    no, i wouldn't start either. instead i would start with learning POSIX shell scripting because it will run on anything remotely POSIX-y.

  9. Re:A day that ends in "y" for LAPD on Los Angeles Flirts With Pre-Crime (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 2

    Prostitution should be legalized and regulated

    are you trying to kill the sexbot industry?! ;)

  10. Don't worry, everyone! on Greek Banks Under Cyberattack, Face Ransom Demands (ft.com) · · Score: 1

    When the country collapses, I'm sure the bankers will be the first to be lined up against the wall. There's always a silver lining!

  11. Re:Ontological Confusions on Why Some People Think Total Nonsense Is Really Deep (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    INFIDEL!... you make some good points.

  12. cause of death... on Father of Robotics, Joseph F. Engelberger, Dies At Age 90 (robohub.org) · · Score: 1

    robotic hang gliding accident.

  13. Re:nothing that needs interrupts on What USB Has Replaced (And What it Hasn't) (arstechnica.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    in other words, it's still based on polling, they have just offloaded the polling to the controller. it's still a protocol based interrupt system, not a hardware based interrupt system, even if you have a controller that translates it to one. perfect compliance with the spec is ideal but real life happens.

  14. well, it was really unexpected but they actually managed to invent a race where i'm not secretly hoping the cars fly off the track... ok, well maybe just a little.

  15. Re:nothing that needs interrupts on What USB Has Replaced (And What it Hasn't) (arstechnica.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    it doesn't have a hardware interrupt line, dummy. USB is based on polling.

  16. nothing that needs interrupts on What USB Has Replaced (And What it Hasn't) (arstechnica.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    USB does not have hardware interrupt lines, so USB is not used for anything critical... like your nervous system.

  17. if you give your information to a website, you should assume it will become public.

  18. It's actually pretty obvious if they are using Zen Cart. Instead of a "checkout" button it has a "continue the cycle" button. ;)

  19. decentralize power on Sabotage Blacks Out Millions In Crimea · · Score: 1

    the problem we have now is that the current power system is centralized and interconnected. it's interconnected nature is it's vulnerability so the obvious answer is to segment "the grid". the best answer would be to have everyone use solar+battery and only have people can't generate enough power actually stay connected to the grid.

  20. wow 30 years! on Happy 30th Birthday, Windows! · · Score: 3, Funny

    30 years of software releases and still no stable builds! how do they do it? ;)

  21. define "tailstrike" on 737 'Tailstrike' Caused By Typo On a Tablet (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    In aviation, a tailstrike is an event in which the rear end of an aircraft strikes the runway. This can happen during takeoff of a fixed-wing aircraft if the pilot pulls up too rapidly, leading to the rear end of the fuselage touching the runway. It can also occur during landing if the pilot raises the nose too aggressively. This is often the result of an attempt to land nearer to the runway threshold.

  22. yep, this is a problem on Why Free Services From Telecoms Can Be a Problem On the Internet · · Score: 1

    it's very simple to check if something is a problem if you simply take it to it's extreme.

    in this case, you can pay $50 for access to a data plan but your data cap is 1MB. however, if you visit sites X, Y and Z, you can stream several gigs of data without it counting against your data cap. exceeding your data cap incurs a $10 per MB fee. so if you aren't site X, Y or Z then people wont want to use your site... but if you pay the ISP money, they will make it free for people to go to your site too.

    the result is nobody will go to your site unless you pay ISPs money. this is a problem.

  23. finally! on Quantum Entanglement Survives, Even Across an Event Horizon · · Score: 1, Funny

    Bob finally has an excuse to throw that cheating bitch, Alice into a black hole: science!

  24. Re:"forbidden tactics" ? on Brazilian Army Gets Hacked After Allegations of Cheating In Security Cyber-Games · · Score: 1

    You want realistic games? Nothing is off limits.

    Then everyone would bring a shotgun to a chess tournament.

    now that's my kind of chess tournament!

  25. Cause of death: on Gene Amdahl, Pioneer of Mainframe Computing, Dies At 92 (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Hang gliding accident.