Comment Re: um...yay? (Score 2) 480
Most technical work doesn't create a visual means to tell that someone works in the field.
COBOL programming being a notable exception.
EU May Become a Single Digital Market of 500 Million People 132
RockDoctor writes: The Guardian is reporting that the EU is becoming increasingly vociferous in its opposition to "geo-blocking" — the practice of making media services available in some areas but not in others: "European consumers want to watch the pay-TV channel of their choice regardless of where they live or travel in the EU." That adds up to a block of nearly 500 million first-world media consumers. They don't necessarily all speak the same language, but English is probably the most commonly understood single language. And the important thing for American media companies to remember is that they're not American in thought, taste or outlook.
Comment Re:It may not be an OpenSSH bug ... (Score 4, Funny) 55
No, my parser is fine. Your's matches your usename
Luckily I just ordered a new pack of needles for my irony meter.
Comment ROFLMAO (Score 1) 55
Get your facts straight before reporting
To whom may I address this invoice for a new keyboard?
Comment Re:Legislate 50% less consumption? Good fucking lu (Score 1) 484
If you're using a kettle at any point in the coffee making process you ought to be taken out and shot.
Uber Faces $410 Million Canadian Class Action Suit 247
farrellj writes: A class action suit has been filed by the Taxi and Limo drivers and owners in the Province of Ontario in Canada against Uber, demanding CAN$400 million in compensatory damages, $10 million in punitive damages. They claim Uber is violating the Ontario Highway Traffic Act that covers taxis and limos, and has caused them to lose money. They also seek an injunction against Uber operating in Ontario. "This protectionist suit is without merit," Uber said in a statement. "As we saw from a recent court ruling in Ontario, Uber is operating legally and is a business model distinct from traditional taxi services."
Comment Re:Problem? (Score 1) 162
You mean "self - righteous".
Just sayin'.
Comment Re:Problem? (Score 1) 162
Standards are required when there is no competition. When competition is introduced, those that do better with less advance, and those that don't diminish.
Utter libertardian nonsense.
Standards are required for compatibility/interoperability. You can go down to WorstBuy & pick up TV and know it'll plug into the power outlet in your mom's basement. You can say something and know that the recipient will interpret it to mean the same as you. You can buy plumbing fittings and know that they'll fit your pipes. You can write C code and know that any compiler will treat it the same way. OK, only nearly on the last one, but same principle.
Comment Ob (Score 1) 1
Once a planet, always a planet.
Comment Re:Lunar Space Elevator (Score 1) 48
It indirectly answers the question I would have asked, namely "are you a fucking nutter?"
Comment An Ode To Things That Are Too Far Away (Score 1) 134
Luckily wifi and 3g don't travel that far, or they'd pick up facedot and twitbox and come to an entirely different conclusion.
They'd decide that there's not only no intelligent life on Earth, but there's a negative chance of it ever happening, and demolish it to build a hyperspace bypass.
Interviews: Shaun Moss Answers Your Questions About Mars and Space Exploration 48
Recently the founder of the Mars Settlement Research Organization and author of The International Mars Research Station Shaun Moss agreed to sit down and answer any questions you had about space exploration and colonizing Mars. Below you will find his answers to your questions.
NASA Spies Earth-Sized Exoplanet Orbiting Sun-Like Star 134
An anonymous reader writes: NASA has announced that a new Earth-like planet has been discovered that may be the closest thing yet to a first true "Earth twin." Kepler 452b is located 1,000 light years away, is 60% larger than Earth, and orbits Kepler 452 at a distance similar to that between Earth and the Sun. "It is the first terrestrial planet in the habitable zone around a star very similar to the Sun," says Douglas Caldwell, an astronomer at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California.
Comment Re:Why should this be funded? (Score 1) 103
you're imagination
No he isn't.
Comment Re:continuous costal migration (Score 1) 103
costal migration
They rode on ribs?
