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Comment Re:Doom? (Score 1) 585

hm, while we're waving peckers, I've still got an Apple IIe & IIgs, a C128, a semi functional Imsai 8080
and a Kaypro of some indeterminate type (can't remember which model {huge, heavy blue thing}) (the kaypro is in storage. )

On that note, I use VPC for anything that requires an older version of windows and DOSbox for any other app that requires an older intel based proc.

Comment Re:Why is Autism even included here? (Score 1) 613

In some cases, autism manifests as a savant-level ability to do one thing. Think "Rain-Man" but on subjects other than numbers (and in this case without much of the other diminished mental ability). In this case, it appears that the kid is really good at figuring out games and how to beat them.

Apparently MS either researched his conduct and decided that it was far enough beyond the norm to not be cheating or is just ignoring the media hoping that this will go away. Not entirely sure which.

Comment Re:and it never holds a stock for longer (Score 1) 446

Tax gains depending on the time stock was held. Held less than 1 day: 99% tax rate. Held more than 1 year: income tax rate. Interpolate. Extremely short term "predictions" on the stock market have no value to society and should not be rewarded.

As it is now in the U.S., anything held less than 1 year is considered income, whereas over 1 year is capital gains. Pretty big difference in percentage.

Comment Re:Damn them! (Score 1) 332

If you RTFA, you'll see that they did indeed sign a consent form that was "purposely simple" (doctor's words) due to that fact that english is not the Havasupai's primary language. To "study the causes of behavioral/medical disorders." sounds like a boilerplate consent that took advantage of that fact.

What it looks like is that ASU realized they were about to have their a**es handed to them and they backed off and said "ok, we f-ed up, what can we do to make it right?"
Had a judge found in the Havasupai's favor it would have had far reaching effects throughout the US, not just in the educational system but also in the health and human services system.

Comment Re:seems a little inflated (Score 1) 202

His employer got notices from the company.

Doesn't necessarily mean he's going to lose his job. Especially with a government job, where the protections tend to be a little stronger than in the private sector.

Unless he's required to maintain a security clearance for his job, in which case things could have gotten squirrely.

Communications

IPv4 Address Use In 2008 258

An anonymous reader writes "The world used 197 million new IPv4 addresses in 2008, leaving 926 million addresses still available. The US remains the biggest user of new addresses, but China is catching up quickly. Quoting Ars Technica: 'A possible explanation could be that the big player(s) in some countries are executing a "run on the bank" and trying to get IPv4 addresses while the getting is good, while those in other countries are working on more NAT (Network Address Translation) and other address conservation techniques in anticipation of the depletion of the IPv4 address reserves a few years from now. In both cases, adding some IPv6 to the mix would be helpful. Even though last year the number of IPv6 addresses given out increased by almost a factor eight over 2007, the total amount of IPv6 address space in use is just 0.027 percent.'"
Data Storage

Researcher Warns of "Digital Dark Age" 367

alphadogg writes "A assistant professor from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is sounding a warning that companies, the government and researchers need to come up with a plan for preserving our increasingly digitized data in light of shifting document management and other software platforms (think WordPerfect and floppy disks). Jerome P. McDonough, who teaches at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, says there exists about 369 exabytes worth of data, and that includes some pretty hard to replace stuff, including tax files, email and photos. Open standards could play a key role in any preservation effort, he says. 'If we can't keep today's information alive for future generations, we will lose a lot of our culture,' McDonough said. Even over the course of 10 years, you can have a rapid enough evolution in the ways people store digital information and the programs they use to access it that file formats can fall out of date.'"

MSN Music Purchases Not Compatible with Zune 453

lewiz writes "The BBC is reporting that music purchased at MSN Music will not play on the new Zune music player." From the article: "The problem has arisen because tracks from the MSN Music site are compatible with the specifications of the Plays For Sure initiative. This was intended to re-assure consumers as it guaranteed that music bought from services backing it would work with players that supported it. MSN Music, Napster, AOL Music Now and Urge all backed Plays For Sure as did many players from hardware makers such as Archos, Creative, Dell and Iriver. In a statement a Microsoft spokesperson said: 'Since Zune is a separate offering that is not part of the Plays For Sure ecosystem, Zune content is not supported on Plays For Sure devices.'"

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