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  1. Re:BwaaaaHahahah on FAA: Small Drones Must Be Registered By February (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    It will be interesting to see how well they validate registrations.

  2. And especially regression in the CPU-specific areas, like compiling, audio and video compression, etc. But hey, you get 1-2 more frames on the latest games!

  3. Re:Fake overclocking on Locked Intel Skylake CPUs Can Be Overclocked After BIOS Update (techspot.com) · · Score: 2

    And in 2009, I bought a $59 AMD 2-core Phenom X2 and turned on the other 2 cores on the motherboard to turn it into a $580 4-core Phenom X4. Stock cooler, no overvoltage. It's been running that way for almost 7 years no problem.

  4. Re:Fake overclocking on Locked Intel Skylake CPUs Can Be Overclocked After BIOS Update (techspot.com) · · Score: 1

    "Guaranteed" isn't a funny word since if the 4.2 won't run at 4.2, Intel will give you another one. If the 3.8 won't run at 4.2, tough. Seems like the EXACT meaning of "guaranteed" to me.

  5. Re:Fake overclocking on Locked Intel Skylake CPUs Can Be Overclocked After BIOS Update (techspot.com) · · Score: 1

    And what happens when the yields start providing 99% perfect chips but the demand curve is still the same?

  6. Re:Overclocking? on Locked Intel Skylake CPUs Can Be Overclocked After BIOS Update (techspot.com) · · Score: 1

    Lack of competition.

  7. Re:Overclocking? on Locked Intel Skylake CPUs Can Be Overclocked After BIOS Update (techspot.com) · · Score: 1

    It doesn't matter. Write a single-core app on .NET and run it. Watch the CPU meters in Task Manager. Look at that! All 4 are within 10% of each other. Microsoft automatically puts the garbage collector on a different CPU as well as anything else that can run on separate threads already. This has been the case since at least Windows 7, even for a DOS batch file.

  8. Re:Easter Eggs on Volkswagen Says Carbon Deviations Much Smaller Than Suspected (wsj.com) · · Score: 2

    Don't you mean "if you don't turn on test mode during emissions testing, I'll fire you and find someone else who will!"

    Engineers rarely get bonuses.

  9. After reading through all the evidence, if even half of it is true, it's him. And I think you overestimate how many people own 1 million bitcoins. The answer is: Satoshi.

  10. Re:Why? on Alleged Bitcoin Creator Raided By Australian Authorities (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    I think they have value for EXACTLY the reason of your last statement. They solve a real problem, that of who can control your money.

  11. And anonymous VPNs, and donations to unpopular political entities like Wikileaks.

  12. Re:Not Satoshi on Alleged Bitcoin Creator Raided By Australian Authorities (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    They already have his PGP key, as the post above you points out.

  13. Re:I think I've missed something on Alleged Bitcoin Creator Raided By Australian Authorities (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    You have to admit the timing is unbelievably coincidental...

  14. Re: I think I've missed something on Alleged Bitcoin Creator Raided By Australian Authorities (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Oh, so the Julian Assange thing....

  15. Re: You'd be raided too on Alleged Bitcoin Creator Raided By Australian Authorities (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah! They're not America!

  16. Re:Sign Me Up on What If Someone Uses This DIY CRISPR Kit To Make Mutant Bacteria? (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    - Vandal Savage

  17. Re:Goddamnit... on What If Someone Uses This DIY CRISPR Kit To Make Mutant Bacteria? (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    And those human/scorpion/locust things in Revelation WEREN'T real! They were supposed to be figurative, right?

  18. Re:I understand the consternation on Microsoft Will Resume Pushing Windows 10 To Machines With Win7, 8.1 (computerworld.com) · · Score: 0

    Windows 10 is much faster than Windows 7. It has a lot of weaknesses, but this isn't one of them.

  19. Re:Screw the user on Microsoft Will Resume Pushing Windows 10 To Machines With Win7, 8.1 (computerworld.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Because it is wrong?

    According to you. If you don't like it, don't buy from that business. If you do buy from that business, you're just an enabler.

    Because it is unethical?

    According to you. And so what? Why does this matter?

    Because it is a poor business decision?

    Wrong. It's a good business decision. Do you see Microsoft's profits disappearing? I don't. People keep buying from them. So their strategy seems to be working, therefore it's a good thing for them to do.

    According to everyone. It's wrong and unethical if you override someone else's will to do yours on something you don't own. The customer bought the computer and the OS. Overriding their will with their computer isn't an opinion, it's just flat-out wrong.

  20. Re:cheap fanless server on Remix Mini Review: a $70 Android Desktop PC (liliputing.com) · · Score: 1

    I used my old eeePC netbook. Works fantastic after putting an SSD in it and hanging a large external drive off it.

    10w all day long after turning off Bluetooth and WiFi.

  21. Re:Well, stop requiring such high pressures on Intel Skylake CPUs Are Warping Under Mounting Pressure From Third-Party Coolers (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    Or he ran some ridiculous benchmark that will never mirror real-world use...

  22. Re:Well, stop requiring such high pressures on Intel Skylake CPUs Are Warping Under Mounting Pressure From Third-Party Coolers (hothardware.com) · · Score: 1

    I just bought a brand new i7 4970k from amazon and it most certainly did come with a full fan assembly.

  23. Re:Are all ten of them Java? on The Top Programming Languages That Spawn the Most Security Bugs (softpedia.com) · · Score: 1

    There is definitely something wrong if it is saying that buffer-overflow-happy c++ is better for security than other more-modern languages. Almost all the pwn2own stuff is c-based.

  24. Re:SQL Server, thanks on Why To Choose PostgreSQL Over MySQL, MariaDB (dice.com) · · Score: 1

    Plus, EVERYTHING else is terribly slow after using SQL Server.

  25. Re:I won't use a DBMS I cannot pronounce. on Why To Choose PostgreSQL Over MySQL, MariaDB (dice.com) · · Score: 1

    I've always heard it as "Post gress see quill"