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  1. Then they will have to track all phones on Bill Introduced To Require ID When Purchasing "Burner Phones" (house.gov) · · Score: 2

    It is easier to track a small number of unregistered phones than a large number of registered ones and they could not even track the smaller number.

  2. Re:conflicted on Area Around Chernobyl Plant To Become a Nuclear Dump (japantimes.co.jp) · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure what the radiation will do to electronics at the industrial site. You can store contaminated stuff there, but don't trust your computers to behave.

  3. Maybe Deepak can explain the global warming problem better: The nexus is beaming with transmissions. Nothing is impossible. We can no longer afford to live with bondage. Where there is turbulence, growth cannot thrive. You must take a stand against discontinuity. Yes, it is possible to confront the things that can shatter us, but not without rebirth on our side. The complexity of the present time seems to demand an awakening of our hopes if we are going to survive. Power is a constant.

  4. Re:Measurements in imperial/US rather than metric. on Scientists Are Developing the World's Biggest Wind Turbine With 656-Ft. Long Blades (latimes.com) · · Score: 2

    What is 0.2 of a foot? A toe of course.

  5. Well, 200m is one furlong. I'll leave it to you to make some other comparison to a fortnight.

  6. Not necessarily - they could put it on an island.

  7. Re:If you put this on the Eiffel Tower on Scientists Are Developing the World's Biggest Wind Turbine With 656-Ft. Long Blades (latimes.com) · · Score: 1

    The new blades will be one furlong in length. So now I'm wondering how much electricity they plan to produce in a fortnight.

  8. Oh no! These big turbines will attract giant crazy spaniards on donkeys, armed with lances...

  9. Re:in an attempt to explain this to others.... on More Devs Now Use OS X Than Linux, Says Survey (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    Windows is equivalent to a whale fat candle. TFIFY

  10. Re:Multi-frigging-monitors on More Devs Now Use OS X Than Linux, Says Survey (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 2

    Yup, gotta agree on the KDE comment. Other Desktops do support multiple monitors but the only one that does so easily and reliably is KDE. I can walk into a meeting, plug in the projector, open the laptop and it works. Slam the lid, go back to my desk, open it, and it still works. Plug in another screen and it just keeps working.

  11. More likely on More Devs Now Use OS X Than Linux, Says Survey (9to5mac.com) · · Score: 1

    A more likely result is that of Linux developers, 100% of them use Linux machines and 25% use Mac and BSD, while 50% use Windows. With these kind of surveys, if things add up to 100, then there is something wrong, since developers use many machines.

  12. Re:NOT EVEN POSSIBLE!!! on NASA's Journey To Mars May Use Nuclear Rockets (blastingnews.com) · · Score: 2

    Wow, finally there is someone who is even more clueless than MDSolar.

  13. Re:stopping devs stops the product too!? heresy! on Sony Outage Disables DASH Devices, No ETA On a Fix · · Score: 1

    And what is more amazing, is that none of these uber geeks with their Sony toys know how to do a port forward in their home router to a regular time server.

  14. True actually on What Apple Can Learn From BlackBerry Not To Do (informationweek.com) · · Score: 1

    I live in the UAE. The moment it became known that BB gave their keys to the government, everyone dropped their BBs and bought new phones.

  15. This is very well known in military circles. They should conformally coat the drive controllers to protect them against moisture.

  16. Re: OSX is a hammer without a handle on How Sony, Intel, and Unix Made Apple's Mac a PC Competitor · · Score: 1

    Between Homebrew and Virtualbox I got it covered. When I need Linux tools, I run Linux. When I need Windows tools, I run Windows. Most of the time the native Mac apps are good.

  17. Re:$3500 fine? on Tech Firm Fined For Paying Imported Workers $1.21 Per Hour · · Score: 1

    Jeez, that fine is gonna hurt!

  18. Re:"stashes its cash" on Microsoft On US Immigration: It's Our Way Or the Canadian Highway · · Score: 2

    Nope, they'll say "Sorry, eh!". TFIFY

  19. Emigrate or die on Where Whistleblowers End Up Working · · Score: 1

    Elementary. If you piss off the government of a country, then you better move to another country.

  20. Re:So now it's the year of the Linux desktop on Remote Exploit Vulnerability Found In Bash · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh my, that's torn it. Now I'll have to switch to Minix.

  21. Re:Dangerous on Remote Exploit Vulnerability Found In Bash · · Score: 4, Funny

    Awww, come on, don't bash Bash when it is down...

  22. Re:Missing in windows? on Remote Exploit Vulnerability Found In Bash · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's because there is no start menu in Windows anymore, you dum dum...

  23. Physics breakdown on Physicist Claims Black Holes Mathematically Don't Exist · · Score: 1

    I always thought that the laws of physics as we understand them probably breaks down in the extreme case of black holes and that they therefore are more likely very heavy and dense stars, akin to neutron stars, but not necessarily singularities.

  24. Re:min install on Outlining Thin Linux · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Hmm, I got the impression that this guy only used Ubuntu desktop versions and never installed a real Linux server distro. He's been swatting flies with a sledge hammer, because he doesn't know any better.

  25. Re: min install on Outlining Thin Linux · · Score: 1

    Systemd has multiple replacements already. You can go the Debian way, which installs stubs to neuter it, or you can install uselessd, which replaces the whole can of worms.