Comment Not a Beowulf cluster... (Score 1) 163
but an airwulf cluster... *sigh* Didn't I use this joke already a few years back?
Comment Re:Democrats loved the Pentagon Papers (Score 2, Funny) 833
What else is going on in Bizzarro world?
Iran solves world hunger and supports the Chinese in peacefully convincing most of the middle east that Democracy is the way to go while denouncing the constant threat of nuclear war in Europe the Swiss keep threatening with their Swedish rockets.
Comment Re:Democrats loved the Pentagon Papers (Score 4, Insightful) 833
Because you're mistaking Diplomats for Politicians. They aren't the same. Diplomats are supposed to provide a "public face" to that country's government while being brutally honest with their own. Diplomats have more in common with company spokesmen than politicians. Basically what Wikileaks did is damage all of our "brand spokesmen" at once. There will probably be a huge diplomat shuffle as a result of this to restore the "brand image".
Blender 3D 2.49 44
terrywallwork writes "A while back I received an email from the people at Packt publishing telling me of a new book they had just put out, and since any email the mentions the possibility of being able to read new Blender books instantly gets my attention, I clicked the link and was presented with a web page detailing a book called Blender 3D 2.49 - Architecture, Buildings and Scenery. This was confusing as I remember having reviewed a book with almost the same title and identical cover picture. So I went to my reviews and checked and sure enough I found a review with the same book cover and almost the same title. So I deleted the email and just put it down to an automated email snafu. Unfortunately I should not have been so quick with the delete button as it turned out to be an updated version of the previous book they put out." Read on to see what Terry thinks of this book.
Comment Re:4chan gets it wrong again... (Score 1) 363
You fucking douchebag.
Hey, c'mon, be nice. Before saying something that might be hurtful, first ask yourself - WWFD*?
*What Would 4chan Do?
99.99% of the time What the guy before you posted IS what 4chan would do.
Comment Re:Nice move (Score 1) 438
If Sweden, like several other EU members still are part of the NATO treaty, there's classified information provisions in that treaty that will actually make this backfire on TPP. The government will just classify the server and it'll be moved offline, and there will be nothing LEGALLY they can do about it, as they cannot influence the classifications if they are not the originator.
Comment Re:Don't make them smaller (Score 5, Informative) 362
This is also why Intel has been investing so much into in-silicon optical interconnects. They can go 3D if they can separate the wafers far enough to put a heat pipe in between and still pass data.
Comment Re:odd question (Score 1) 113
This was tried already: business models are not patentable. No, I'm not going to google that for you. You're a big boy, you can use that input bar in the upper right as well as I can.
Comment Re:Don't put any details in the post or anything.. (Score 2, Informative) 112
Posting a story on Slashdot is almost as bad as having a botnet DoS a site anyway. No exploit needed, just exploits of the common geek.
Comment Re:You don't say (Score 1) 1224
buying oil from states deliberately doomed to tyranny by our wise foreign policy.
Texas? O_o
Comment Re:I wonder how long until it "accidentally" leaks (Score 1) 1224
Because the WBC is clearly a pack of nutjobs, and they aren't the 2nd largest group of Christians. If severoon is correct, that'd be a better comparison if it was against, say, Catholics. WBC is our religious nuts, just like the Moro Islamic Liberation Front is yours. (Nothing against them, I just love the acronym!)
Comment Re:Buzzkill (Score 1) 61
Your comment would make sense if it was procured or launched since August 2008. HiRISE has been on station over Mars since 10MAR2006. The asset is there, not using it would be a bigger waste of money.
Submission + - More internet issues in China (skunkpost.com)
crimeandpunishment writes: Internet issues in China escalated Tuesday. E-mail accounts of four foreign journalists appeared to have been hacked, and Google's Chinese search engine was blocked intermittently.
Comment Advertisement.... (Score 1) 1
An advertisement does not a news story make.
Submission + - JC Penney Tried to Block Publication of Breach (itworld.com)
itwbennett writes: Claiming that the disclosure would cause 'confusion and alarm,' JC Penney fought to keep its name secret during court proceedings related to the Heartland data breach, in which more than 130 million credit card numbers were stolen. JC Penney attorney Michael D. Ricciuti wrote that disclosing the company's identity 'may discourage other victims of cybercrimes to report the criminal activity or cooperate with enforcement officials for fear of the retribution and reputational damage that may arise from a policy of disclosure as espoused by the government in this case.'
