That was brilliant.

For most companies and individuals, Windows 7 is probably the end of the line. Even WinXP is plenty good for most people, and the need to upgrade because of hardware obsolescence vanished some 5 years ago already. Lucky for Microsoft they can extort money from Android vendors, because Windows is not going to be a huge cash cow going forward.

These numbers should be weighted to the amounts of code in the various programming languages on GitHub. There may be lots of C "codefiles" with the "ugly hack" string in them, but there probably is a lot of C code overall on GitHub, too.

(manned missions)

Still, I have to point out that this amount of research could have been done by a motorized human in half a day. For a rough estimate, look at the path the rover traveled in these 4000 days:
http://planetary.s3.amazonaws....

That was an interesting post.

The shift to various neurosciences (e.g. neuro-economics) is inevitable, as was the shift from philosophy to philosophy of nature and then the various natural sciences. While philosophy still exists, it deals with issues nobody truly gives much of a fuck anymore.

I've got this Samsung S3 about 2.5 years ago. I did not unlock it, unlike my tablet. I decided to use it as-is. And I have not once had it crash, or lose any of its functions, since. Not one single time. This in spite me being a very intense user of this device, including its excellent GPS sensor.

I agree very strongly. Flywheels have some enormous advantages over chemical storage. One additional advantage to add to the splendid list you provided: they can accommodate any load and load profile.

A sealed flywheel with magnetic bearings can theoretically last forever.

Well, not only this: their attempts at making motherboards Window-only bootable is also a despicable maneuver.

MS is extracting royalties from all the Android phone manufacturers based on bogus patents. They make far more money from that than their own Windows Phone business. MS has also formed the patent troll company Rockstar Consortium, a "patent holding non-practicing entity" also known as patent troll.
And let's not forget that MS is in the process of locking down every new motherboard and laptop so that it can boot only Windows.

I'm not even mad.

Actually, the french revolution, with it's massive use of the guillotine, did have a positive effect on European democracy and decentralisation of power. Here in Europe socialized healthcare, free (or very affordable) higher education and strong worker unions have been a normal part of life since a long time.

Generally, employers have less rights over the employees, and they are more restricted in what their contracts can stipulate, compared to the US and the UK.

This was easily the best, by far, technical article ever linked in a Slashdot submission.

I just had to express my amazement. Holy shit, such deliciously nerdy article...

This, I think, is one of the best ways to form a bond between me and my son: I teach him how to take care of bicycles, how to use tools and how some minor issues are fixed. This also increases his hand dexterity and other skills. We're both having fun doing this, and then riding our bikes.

Knowing Microsoft, it will be 0% and 100%.