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Comment Too bad it's not a T series (Score 1) 281

by drummerboybac (#42870367) Attached to: Of the Love of Oldtimers - Dusting Off a Sun Fire V1280 Server
Too bad it isn't a T-series. T series represents a whole different paradigm of processor and tuning for it. Having 128 simultaneous threads is pretty fun ( and maddening) to tune for. Especially when you learn how far the (effective) clock speed of each individual thread drops when you use all 128.

Comment This wasnt a normal Taser (Score 1) 936

by drummerboybac (#42274735) Attached to: New Hampshire Cops Use Taser On Woman Buying Too Many iPhones
"Officers used a “dry force” taser, said Hansen, which is less painful than the type of taser that shoots electrodes at the target to deliver the shock. A dry force taser has no probes, and is instead pressed directly to the skin."

From the boston.com article

Not saying I agree that this was a shining moment in the history of the Nashua Police, but lets get the facts straight.

Comment Re:That is not reasonable security (Score 3, Interesting) 184

by drummerboybac (#41402591) Attached to: The Man Who Hacked the Bank of France
What that Gary McKinnon wiki proves to me is that NASA reads /.

In 2006, a Freedom of Information Act request was filed with NASA for all documents pertaining to Gary McKinnon. NASA's documents consisted of printed news articles from the Slashdot website, but no other related documents. This is consistent with NASA employees browsing internet articles about Gary McKinnon; the records of such browsing activity are in the public domain. The FOIA documents have been uploaded to the internet for review, and can be downloaded.[45]

Comment Re:t-mobile (Score 4, Informative) 288

by drummerboybac (#41010803) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: A Cheap US Cellphone Plan With an Unlocked Phone?

540k people city *is* the boondocks. Sorry. If your city doesn't crack a million it's not even in the top 50 cities

Is Boston then a boondocks city? It has 625,087 people as of 2011. How about San Francisco or San Jose? You are way off base that if a city doesnt crack a million its not in the top 50, only 9 cities actually crack a million, a city with 540k would be #33

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