Damn it, used up my mod points earlier today - nice one!

I'm surprised this aspect isn't getting more press - did you see the pictures of their truck? We're not talking 1 or 2 bullet holes, it looks like it was in a war zone...

Someone beat you by several years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Space_marine#Trademark_issues

Okay, I think I'm going to be scarred for life now, I just had a REALLY BAD mental image reading that line...

Um, first time I've heard of this - which do?

RTFA - this is not a general-purpose computer but specially built circuit boards that equate to 134M "processors" - that is why it is not eligible to be in the top supercomputer listing...

Lucky you didn't get fined by your rental car company - there are reasons those provisions are in the agreement and I believe most of the modern cars have GPS units on them. We took a tour up there about 6 years ago, going on a specially modified bus that had no problem hitting the summit (I'm also surprised they let a rental car up the final road as they limit the traffic up there to keep the dust level down which can impact the observations - I thought you had to have a sticker/permit to go up to the top)

"share content" - heh - more like share the latest virus these days. Plugging USB keys/devices into random computers is a REALLY BAD IDEA. Sort of like unprotected sex... :)

Thanks! I now have beer all over my desk.... Oh to still have mod points...

Yes the hacker will be laughing so hard when he finds this poor SOB's VPS he will be crying... doing stuff like this when you do not know what you are doing is just asking for trouble if you plan on using it in a production environment. Get a clue and get someone competent to run the system, don't try to do it on the cheap (or don't be surprised when you get owned).

OMG - that's the first time I've seen "Shrub" used in that context and I just lost my morning tea all over the desk because of you...well played, oh to have mod points today...

I want AirPlay from my iPhone to the screen in my car - let me run my maps app on the phone and have the display and interface control only in the car...now that would be killer and would let you follow the smartphone upgrade curve.

There are systems that can already do this for mortars - calculate mid-flight and attack back before the next round can be lobbed into the air...

Don't take down comms, take down power in a way that doesn't allow it to come back up quickly/cleanly and then you will see the real carnage. Just look at NYC for an idea of what can happen...

Right.....Barely. The iPhone 5 was announced 9/12, preorders started 9/14 and the first units were delivered on 9/21. The quarter closed on 9/30, so selling (shipping?) 6 million units (according to the article) in the last 9 days of the quarter clearly shows it was a "DUD" at 666,666 units per day on average. Samsung sold 18M units of the S3 in the 92 days of the quarter so clearly it was superior at, wait, 195,652 units per day on average. Oh wait, it wasn't, nice try...