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Comment Re:Sad. (Score 2) 157

by bobthesungeek76036 on Saturday December 21, 2013 @02:50AM (#45752207) Attached to: Rough Roving: Curiosity's Wheel Damage 'Accelerated'

How far has this thing managed to go now? Couple miles?

Tires are stupid anyway. Hey, news flash, PhD eggheads... try these things called "tracks". I'm pretty sure they'll work on Mars...

There would probably be a weight issue with tracks...

Comment When it comes to Nuclear Weapons (Score 2) 306

by bobthesungeek76036 on Sunday December 01, 2013 @07:58AM (#45567073) Attached to: Dial 00000000 To Blow Up the World

I guess ease-of-use trumps security...

Submission + - For Nearly Two Decades the Nuclear Launch Code was 00000000 (todayifoundout.com)

Submitted by bobthesungeek76036 on Saturday November 30, 2013 @11:18PM

bobthesungeek76036 writes: I guess when it comes to Nuclear Weapons, ease-of-use wins over security...

Comment Re:Relationship (Score 1) 318

by bobthesungeek76036 on Friday November 22, 2013 @02:25AM (#45488417) Attached to: On the subject of robots ...

Amen. Cherry2000 was the first thing I thought of when I saw this poll. Pamela Gidley is frickin' hot!

Submission + - Don't cook the clam-killing scientists just yet... (nationalgeographic.com)

Submitted by bobthesungeek76036 on Sunday November 17, 2013 @03:07AM

bobthesungeek76036 writes: News from the National Geographic may exonerate the chowder-mad scientists that had the oldest known clam for lunch.

Comment FSB (Russia) of course (Score 1) 324

by bobthesungeek76036 on Wednesday November 13, 2013 @11:57PM (#45419785) Attached to: I'd rather be spied on by ...

Anna Chapman can spy on me anytime! %)

Comment Re:This can't possibly be related to track record? (Score 2) 125

by bobthesungeek76036 on Saturday November 09, 2013 @03:55AM (#45375853) Attached to: Oracle Kills Commercial Support For GlassFish: Was It Inevitable?

....It's CDDL licensed, as Solaris was, and the model is "managed community", the way Solaris was ....

I can tell you that Oracle absolutely hates CDDL licensing. It was Mission #1 to abolish all CDDL licensing after absorbing Sun.

Comment Re:With all due respect to glassfish (Score 1) 125

by bobthesungeek76036 on Saturday November 09, 2013 @03:51AM (#45375841) Attached to: Oracle Kills Commercial Support For GlassFish: Was It Inevitable?

More importantly, Oracle is a serial killer. Anyone called Agent Jarreau?

If so, can I have her number? You know, in case I need to find the team?

It might help if you could spell her name correctly. Agent Jareau maybe???

Comment Re:Superdome running Windows? (Score 1) 40

by bobthesungeek76036 on Sunday November 03, 2013 @07:56AM (#45316775) Attached to: Microspotting: Inside the Microsoft Archives

Me thinks your definition of "successful" is a stretch...

Comment Two Presidents (Score 4, Interesting) 213

by bobthesungeek76036 on Friday November 01, 2013 @06:09AM (#45298405) Attached to: Oracle Shareholders Vote Against Ellison's Compensation Package (Again)

I've always wondered why Oracle has two presidents as well. Having worked for the Big-O I can atest that it is two companies in one. Sales is just an enabler for the real money maker: support and services. So even though Oracle has two presidents (Mark Hurd - sales, Safra Catz - services), there's only one big dog on the porch and believe me it's Safra...

Comment Interesting reference to HealthCare.gov (Score 1) 213

by bobthesungeek76036 on Friday November 01, 2013 @06:05AM (#45298397) Attached to: Oracle Shareholders Vote Against Ellison's Compensation Package (Again)

I wonder if Oracle is in damage control regarding healthcare.gov debacle? One article suggest Oracle software might be an issue:

http://www.propublica.org/article/heres-why-healthcaregov-broke-down

Comment Re:Do we know what the current architecture is? (Score 1) 404

by bobthesungeek76036 on Friday November 01, 2013 @06:03AM (#45298385) Attached to: Tech Titans Oracle, Red Hat and Google To Help Fix Healthcare.gov

This is interesting reading:

http://www.propublica.org/article/heres-why-healthcaregov-broke-down

Looks like Oracle might be part of the blame for the websites troubles...

Comment Re:Oracle! YES!! (Score 1) 404

by bobthesungeek76036 on Thursday October 31, 2013 @10:58PM (#45297037) Attached to: Tech Titans Oracle, Red Hat and Google To Help Fix Healthcare.gov

I've had the misfortune of needing to use an Oracle system with a web interface to deal with a large client for construction management & billing. If that experience is any indication of how Oracle will fix the problem, the Feds would be better off keeping the very crappy existing system. (seriously)

You were lucky you only had to work with their product. I had the misfortune of being at Sun Microsystems when the mindless Oracle borg took over. I bailed out within two years.

Ditto.

Comment Re:Hoax? (Score 5, Informative) 24

by bobthesungeek76036 on Thursday October 31, 2013 @09:11PM (#45296537) Attached to: Webcam-Equipped Remote-Controllable Halloween Haunt

Wasn't this the guy who said he had internet controllable lights but in fact it was just randomly flashing lights?

[John]

Yes. http://www.neatorama.com/2006/12/03/controllable-christmas-lights/

Comment Re:Called in the calvary? (Score 0, Troll) 404

by bobthesungeek76036 on Thursday October 31, 2013 @09:07PM (#45296521) Attached to: Tech Titans Oracle, Red Hat and Google To Help Fix Healthcare.gov

Nobody. Obama and his cronies are un-touchable.

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