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  1. i have no sympathy or pity on Hospital Turns Away Ambulances When Computers Go Down · · Score: 2, Insightful

    for this hospital. any competent facility with an electronic system such as this obviously has a competent IT staff dedicated to a recovery procedure of some sort. redundant systems, generator backed servers, and perhaps even colocation while new for healthcare IT should be considered.

    if its like every other IT shop, the "budget" was cut and IT got the short end of the stick again.

  2. calm down fanboy. on Asus Slaps Linux In the Face · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ill probably see a trollmod for this, but what the hey. this article isnt really news at all, as corporations have been keen to align themselves with the market leader for centuries. this is no different.

    its still a computer
    it still has an option to install an operating system
    you can still order an ASUS with linux preinstalled
    windows can be returned for a refund
    there are market alternatives.

    and just because a corporation appears to align itself with your ideals and interests doesnt mean it likes you or said ideals...its just business.

  3. using a single on Testing So-Called 'Unified Threat Managers' · · Score: 1

    server with dual processors and 8gb of memory to handle "unified threat management." for a company of 300 people. openvpn, shorewall, squid, all running on it (is it really unified at this point?) but to be honest the segmentation in practice is a fundamental. email still gets scanned somewhere else, and snort isnt a part of the box i built.

  4. so we're saying my future on The Future Might Be BIOS and Browsers · · Score: 4, Funny

    is in chip-design or network communications...great...thanks alot for this dead-end career GNU/LINUX!!

  5. tremendous waste. on Robot Soldiers Are Already Being Deployed · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ive said it before and ill say it again. we dont need any more fighting robots or war robots. we need robots and machines that PREVENT war through simulation and complex analysis. robots and machines that can predict war, formulate resolutions to our current wars, and advance mankind as a civilization.

    it does not matter if you take people out of the equation or "advance the science of the battlefield" to use a whitewash term from the pentagon. war is still a destructive force in which the net result is loss on all sides.

  6. OBVIOUSLY on Ancient Fossil Offers Clues To Primate Evolution · · Score: -1, Troll

    this is a hoax...jesus put these fossils here to test our faith!

  7. gentlemen... on RIAA Victim Jammie Thomas Gets a New Lawyer · · Score: 5, Funny

    may i introduce my new lawyer...crafted from pure win. you will refer to him as "Mr. Busdriver man," because today he's taking you to school.

  8. because we soon found that on Where Are the High-Res Head-Mounted Displays? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    a 2" screen a half inch from your eye was not the way the human eye was intended to work. no offense to how cool it would be though, but our eyes just have not evolved for that type of input.. things like depth perception, spatial awareness and stereoscopy break down. the best we can do is overlay projections which have been used in broadway musicals for years, and HUD which has been used to help old people drive cars and young people blow up third world countries.

  9. ball and chain to force study on Ball And Chain To Force Children To Study · · Score: 1

    battle-axe and frigid-bitch unavailable for comment as both were found locked in heated honeydew debate.

  10. the only issue with on Front End Drupal · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    front-end drupal ive found is that in a no-fault state your insurance still goes up if you have one. i guess thankfully headrests and airbags prevent your drupal from causing any long-term damage to the head neck and back.

  11. could be worse... on FTC Targets Massive Car Warranty Robocall Scheme · · Score: 2, Funny

    i misread this as a "robocop" scheme, anticipating warranties to come with the ultimatum "you have 20 seconds to comply."

  12. Re:it's been done on Turn Your iPhone Into a Web Server · · Score: 1

    its an iphone too? ive had it working as a combination blender/toaster/violin/chapstick holder for years now with no complaints.

    hm, says it edits text files too...when did it start doing that?

  13. memcpy?? on Microsoft To Banish Memcpy() · · Score: 1

    all i can think is this is whats best for...

    developers developers developers developers......

  14. my iphone into a webserver? on Turn Your iPhone Into a Web Server · · Score: 4, Funny

    who cares. show me a web server that doubles as a IPhone however and you've got my attention!

  15. its called on Draft Stem Cell Guidelines Threaten Research · · Score: 4, Insightful

    a draft...meaning its up for review and revision...

    there can also be, get this, several of them created until they get it right.

  16. reminds me something on Does Dell Know What Women Want In a Laptop? · · Score: 1

    i saw on BBC's look around you...the "petticoat 5" computer for women...complete with emery board and lipstick i think...

  17. this bothers me. on Texas Makes Zombie Fire Ants · · Score: 1

    greatly. was a study conducted before this was done?
    you cant just mix baking soda into vinegar to solve your vinegar problem.
    the flies are an uncontrolled natural variable.
    once out of ants the flies will adapt to other insects as a food source.
    in 10 years, be prepared to fight the flies instead.
    eventually it may come to pass these flies may not have a natural predator, or may have destroyed all available natural predators by this time.

  18. what? no? on Gates Foundation Funds "Altruistic Vaccine" · · Score: 1

    iamlegend tags??? no T-Virus tags?!?! am i on slashdot or has the zombie uprising already begun?

  19. it seems like this on Microsoft Working On Motion-Sensing Camera For the Xbox 360 · · Score: 1

    isnt really something geared too well for xbox games...killers like halo and crew are not going to find much use i dont think

    where was nintendo when it came to this? id love to see something like this for wii.

  20. typo on Let Big Brother Hawk Anti-Virus Software · · Score: 0, Troll

    Its "hock," not "hawk."

    jackass.

  21. the problem is not on Let Big Brother Hawk Anti-Virus Software · · Score: 2, Insightful

    the fact that people dont use antivirus software. the problem is windows is an OS that tends to get brutalized every week or two by a new virus, and the manufacturer does not appear to care.

    a better idea would be to make an incentive for OS vendors to build a better product.

  22. listen... on Backlash Builds Against US Copyright Blacklist · · Score: 1

    we americans aren't sabre rattling or coming to conclusions about ANYTHING too soon, so pipe down...

    if we have problems with other countries adopting the DMCA, we'll bomb that bridge when we get to it.

  23. plasma reactor of course on Natural Gas "Cleaning" Extracts Valuable Waste Carbon · · Score: 1

    is powered by pixie dust and unicorn magic extruded from a magic time-plum which fell to earth from space a million years ago and emits soothing barry manilow renditions when not in use.

  24. so this on The Coder Behind the Mortgage Meltdown · · Score: -1, Troll

    is a story from NY magazine...based in the heart of americas financial sector, detailing scandalous confession from ONE MAN and his hellbent rampage to destroy our patriotastic economy?? who else but some 50 year old banker with a prostate the size of a basketball and 6 minutes of powerpoint knowledge would seriously believe this?

    its like saying the engineer who held CA's network hostage is responsible for its billion dollar bankruptcy.
    not exactly objective is all im 'sayin.

  25. finally we can put on Bill Would Declare Your Blog a Weapon · · Score: 1

    an end to that menacing corey doctorow and his inflammatory boinging.