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Comment Re:kWh/day is stupid. (Score 2) 424

The average PC draws around 50-200W idle.

And as you said, this is more or less what the author found, except that he apparently has no idea how to convert kW/h per hour into watts. And for some reason, he's using lightbulbs as a yardstick, and not a PC... which is, after all, basically what is running on the tesla 24/7

Yes, he's a fucking moron.

Displays

Linux Is a Lemon On the Retina MacBook Pro 780

An anonymous reader writes "It turns out that Linux doesn't work too well on the Apple Retina MacBook Pro. Among the problems are needing special boot parameters to simply boot the Linux kernel, graphics drivers not working, no hybrid graphics support, WiFi requiring special firmware, Thunderbolt troubles, GNOME/Unity/KDE not being optimized for retina displays, and other snafus, including 20% greater power consumption with Linux over OS X. According to Michael Larabel, it will likely not be until early next year when most of the problems are ironed out for a clean 'out of the box' Linux experience on the Retina MacBook Pro."
Math

Ask Slashdot: How Many of You Actually Use Math? 1086

An anonymous reader writes with a question that makes a good follow-on to the claim that mathematics requirements in U.S. schools unnecessarily limit students' educational choices: "I'm a high school student who is interested in a career in a computer science or game development related position. I've been told by teachers and parents that math classes are a must for any technology related career. I've been dabbling around Unity3D and OGRE for about two years now and have been programming for longer than that, but I've never had to use any math beyond trigonometry (which I took as a Freshman). This makes me wonder: will I actually use calculus and above, or is it just a popular idea that you need to be a mathematician in order to program? What are your experiences?"

Comment Re:But ... (Score 1) 846

He was wearing full body armor

No, he wasn't. Check your facts.

He also indiscriminately sprayed fire from high powered automatic weapons

The .223 round isn't high powered, nor was the AR patterned rifle fully automatic.

Comment Re:Not Dead Yet? (Score 5, Informative) 152

Answer: BS&F are still hoping for brazillions back, even though SCOG is broke.

A better question is, where did all the money go anyway? Novell never got paid the money that SCOG owed them.

Answer: Delaware bankruptcy court (specifically Judge Gross in this case) is utterly corrupt and broken. They siphon money away from creditors and towards lawyers, making sure that ALL creditors get stiffed, until there is no money left.

Why do you think incorporating in Delaware is so popular?

Science

Thousands of Blackbirds Fall From Sky Dead 577

Dan East writes "In a fashion worthy of a King or Hitchcock novel, blackbirds began to fall from the sky dead in Arkansas yesterday. Somewhere between 4,000 and 5,000 birds rained down on the small town of Beeb, Arkansas, with no visible trauma. Officials are making wild guesses as to what happened — lightning strike, high-altitude hail, or perhaps trauma from the sound of New Year's fireworks killed them."

Comment Re:Someone help me out here (Score 2, Insightful) 282

> Well, NAT saved us from a certain doom, and also provides extra security

NAT is a horrible hack. It might be a good solution for some things, but to fix the addressable space option, it is a disaster.

Talk about an almost entirely useless "broadcast" only Internet. Is that what you want?

> (might act as a firewall).

Even worse. I don't even want to begin to explain to you why you are wrong about this. The broad adoption of UPNP makes the idea that NAT provides you with a useful firewall complete idiocy....

If you want a firewall, make a firewall. Do not rely on NAT. Ever.

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