Comment Re:Are There Any Alternatives (Score 5, Funny) 154
But then they'll all be clean and we can't call them dirty hippies anymore. :)
Comment Re:Crony capitalism and security theatre (Score 3, Insightful) 88
Specifially, 1,200 deaths per year can be attributed to the TSA
Sorry, but that's just sensationalism and spin, and it misstates what the paper concludes.
The paper you cite says that the 1,200 lives that were lost between 9/11/01 and 2003 "can be attributed solely to the reaction to 9/11," of which the TSA is only a part of, such as fear of flying, fear of terrorism, unemployment, airline ticket prices, and such.
I loathe the TSA as much as the next
Comment Re:What's a 'shinny' ? (Score 2) 385
Can't tell if that was an allusion to the Simpsons but it's oh-so-fitting.
Groundskeeper Willy: [gasps] Boy... you read my thoughts! You've got the Shinning.
Bart Simpson: You mean "Shining".
Groundskeeper Willy: [sotto voce] Shh! You want to get sued?
Comment Re:CAFE Kills (Score 3, Informative) 1184
I did some trawling of the Wayback Machine and this seems to be the study that the GP is referring to: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/83383916/4873_PickupSurveyReport.pdf
Found at http://web.archive.org/web/20070713221433/http://www.edf.org/documents/4873_PickupSurveyReport.pdf
The stats are what he claims, and I don't have a spin on them. Decide for yourself.
Comment Re:What Innovfation? (Score 1) 544
I think what the AC is referring to is your phrasing of the deal as Apply "paying" Xerox $1 million when that's technically not what happened.
Submission + - Judge Refuses Appeal in Kim DotCom case for extradition (theregister.co.uk)
Virtucon writes: The USA has suffered another rebuff in its attempts to extradite Kim Dotcom, with Judge Winkelmann of the High Court of New Zealand upholding a previous disclosure order made by Judge David Harvey.
The previous order had required the FBI to disclose an extensive amount of documentation to support its application for Dotcom’s extradition. As noted by NZ’s LawGeekNZ blog, the disclosure would cover communications between US authorities and the MPAA and RIAA on behalf of copyright owners.
This had been resisted by the US, which requested a judicial review. This has now been completed, and in a 51-page judgment (available at LawGeekNZ), Judge Winkelmann has dismissed the application.
The previous order had required the FBI to disclose an extensive amount of documentation to support its application for Dotcom’s extradition. As noted by NZ’s LawGeekNZ blog, the disclosure would cover communications between US authorities and the MPAA and RIAA on behalf of copyright owners.
This had been resisted by the US, which requested a judicial review. This has now been completed, and in a 51-page judgment (available at LawGeekNZ), Judge Winkelmann has dismissed the application.
Submission + - Happy 30th Birthday to the Compact Disc!
An anonymous reader writes: 30 years ago today, workers in Germany handed Polygram executives an 11.5 centimetre round disc. It was an ABBA album, and it was the first CD ever pressed.
That meeting and that pressing sparked a three-decade long revolution that would all but kill the world's analogue audio and video formats for good. This is the history of the humble Compact Disc.
That meeting and that pressing sparked a three-decade long revolution that would all but kill the world's analogue audio and video formats for good. This is the history of the humble Compact Disc.
Submission + - Yellowstone Boosts Performance 30X by Reducing Clock Speed? (sourceforge.net)
An anonymous reader writes: The NCAR’s Wyoming Supercomputing Center runs is current Bluefire cores at 4.7 GHz resulting in 6 MFLOPS per watt, whereas its new Yellowstone supercomputer to be unveiled next month runs its cores at just 2.6-GHz to get 43 MFLOPS per watt. To compensate for the slower speed per core, Yellowstone uses 72,288 Intel Xeon cores as opposed to Bluefire's 3,744 Power6 cores. The bottom line is that U.S. weather forecasting will get nearly a 30X boost in Sept by moving to Yellowstone. But will that enable them to make more accurate weather predictions? I'll believe it when I see it ;)
Submission + - Tesla CTO talks Model S, batteries and in-car Linux (techworld.com.au)
angry tapir writes: "The IDG News Service recently had a chance to speak to JB Straubel, chief technology officer for Tesla, about the Model S all-electric car, its design and technology, and his outlook on electric vehicle technology. He also shed a little light on the car's Linux-based software system."
Comment Re:Dear Slashdot.. (Score 0) 157
Up next, Archie tells Meathead to get off his chair and get a real job.
Comment Re:Fakebook (Score 1) 171
Apparently, they have fake security too! From TFA:
In her first days, she was given a master password that she said allowed her to see any information users typed into their Facebook pages.
Comment Re:The judge;'s job isn't to get livid. (Score 1) 404
An open trial only means that the public can assist it
I'm curious. You've used this line in a number of replies. Can you further elaborate on what you actually mean? Do you mean that Joe Public can actually assist in the trial? Because I've never, EVER heard of that.
Comment Re:NBCs coverage has been appallingly bad (Score 1) 373
To be blunt, the Olympic organisation needs to step up in its bid process to make sure that not only is it about getting money in to work within the machinery of an Olympics, but that any partner, and in particular its broadcast partners behave with minimum standards
Why would they need to step up? (With apologize to Lily Tomlin) "They don't care; they don't have to. They're the IOC". As long as they have their money, why should they care about the quality of the coverage? It's not like there's a competing Olympics that views can otherwise watch.
Comment Re:Use unfuddle.com (Score 3, Insightful) 221
Seconded. I use Unfuddle and am really satisfied. The basic/free service is great for personal or small team use and if your needs grow, you can upgrade to various paid levels.
Comment Re:Citation needed (Score 1) 144
From one of TFA:
Fusaro tested the shoe on several competitive sprinters in London and hopes to refine it for the 2016 Olympic Games
It's not much of a citation but apparently he did SOME kind of testing, though it's not clear what kind of testing was performed
