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Comment Re:Congrats to americans on a number of things : (Score 1) 3709

by pease1 on Wednesday November 05, 2008 @04:41PM (#25648821) Attached to: Barack Obama Wins US Presidency

congrats on seeing through all the mudslinging and dirty politics that was employed by a party

As if the Obama/Dem's didn't sling any mud? Oh, that's right, the drive by/world media never covered that mud, only Republican mud.

Comment Hello Fairness Doctrine (Score 1) 3709

by pease1 on Wednesday November 05, 2008 @04:00PM (#25648117) Attached to: Barack Obama Wins US Presidency

I ponder if /. will cover the return of the fairness doctrine 1-3 years from now, or will it wait until term 2 when it is amended through net neutrality "needs" to impact this very discussion?

Submission + - Feds: We're ready for Monday's IPv6 deadline

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netbuzz

on Friday June 27, 2008 @11:00AM

netbuzz writes: "And from all indications and against all odds, it appears as though most if not all federal agencies will have met the mandate issued back in 2005 that their network backbones be able to pass IPv6 packets by June 30, 2008. "I have not heard of anybody who is not going to make the IPv6 deadline," says Pete Tseronis, chair of the IPv6 working group of the Federal CIO Council. Those involved are calling this a significant milestone in what has now been a decade-long effort to bring IPv6 into widespread deployment.

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/062608-ipv6-federal-government.html?hpg1=bn"

Submission + - Dems in Denver to display their vision of future

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pease1

on Friday June 27, 2008 @10:41AM

pease1 writes: "Trash police to ensure delegates sort their refuse correctly; bans on unhealthy or non-local foods; mandated food colors; union, organic, and nature dyed ball caps, the Democrats at the Denver convention will show case their vision of our future if they have their way.

From the Wall Street Journal: "Decked out in green shirts, 900 volunteers will hover at waste-disposal stations to make sure delegates put each scrap of trash in the proper bin. Lest a fork slip into the wrong container unnoticed, volunteers will paw through every bag before it is hauled away ... No fried food. And, on the theory that nutritious food is more vibrant, each meal should include "at least three of the following colors: red, green, yellow, blue/purple, and white." (Garnishes don't count.) At least 70% of ingredients should be organic or grown locally, to minimize emissions from fuel burned during transportation."

Submission + - 29 June 3123 BC Astroid Impact Observation Found

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pease1

on Monday March 31, 2008 @10:01PM

pease1 writes: "A cuneiform clay tablet that has puzzled scholars for over 150 years has been translated for the first time to be a contemporary Sumerian observation of an asteroid impact at Köfels, Austria in 3123 BC. A press release about a book on the topic says "Half the tablet records planet positions and cloud cover, the same as any other night, but the other half of the tablet records an object large enough for its shape to be noted even though it is still in space. The astronomers made an accurate note of its trajectory relative to the stars, which to an error better than one degree is consistent with an impact at Köfels.""

Submission + - Geek named warship in confrontation

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pease1

on Wednesday January 09, 2008 @09:24AM

pease1 writes: "Perhaps many slashdotters heard that three US warships had a confrontation in the Strait of Hormuz with Iranian speedboats. But how many realized one of the warships is named after one of the original geeks? The USS Hopper, named for the pioneering computer scientist, Rear Admiral "Amazing Grace" Hopper? The US Navy names destroyer class warships after individuals, usually heroes of war and winners of battlefield awards. It is befitting that the technically advanced Arleigh Burke class destroyer is named after the inventor of the compiler."

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