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Comment Re:Kindle v. iPad (Score 1) 297

Unless the iPad fails. I am unsure it will be as big a market player. Perhaps if Apple came out with a Windows, OS X, and iPhone software readers, then the iBookstore could have a bigger client base, but just selling books to iPad users seems like a very limited market.

PS - The Sony ereader is by far the best so far.

Comment Re:Superfund site karma (Score 2, Insightful) 211

Nice omission of detail there, buddy. http://intelsuperfundcleanup.com/

In early 1982, concern about widespread contamination in the area's shallow ground water led the California Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Water Board) to send chemical use questionnaires to over 2,000 facilities regarding the use of hazardous materials. Intel Corporation (Intel) was among the few questionnaire recipients that responded proactively by installing ground water monitoring wells adjacent to their underground chemical storage tanks. Intel also responded with a full inventory of all chemicals used in its operations.

Although it was evident by the late 1980s that the VOC contamination at Santa Clara 3 and Magnetics was minor, these sites became federal Superfund sites on the National Priority List (NPL) because they were among the handful of sites that had sufficient data to be evaluated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for inclusion on the NPL.

In other words, the Intel sites became Superfund sites because Intel, unlike so many other manufacturers, actually responded to environmental investigations with COPIOUS information -- such comprehensive information is rarely acquired, and so Superfund took this project under its wing mostly to praise Intel for their proactiveness. By omitting the relevant details you make it sound like Intel was injecting dioxins into aquifers or something like that.

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Submission + - IT Spending To Grow In 2010 (net-security.org)

An anonymous reader writes: A slow but steady improvement in the macroeconomic environment in 2010 should support a return to modest growth in overall IT spending, according to Gartner. Worldwide IT spending will reach $3.4 trillion in 2010, a 4.6 percent increase from 2009. Although modest, this projected growth represents a significant improvement from 2009, when worldwide IT spending declined 4.6 percent. All major segments (computing hardware, software, IT services, telecom, and telecom services) are expected to grow in 2010.

Comment Gran Duke Nukem Turismo... (Score 5, Insightful) 122

I remember I bought the PS3 for this game when it first came out.... Now I played their demo which I didnt like very much. Too much anticipation for something builds up my hopes only to crush them. When something that has been in dev for 5 years like too many hands were in the pot. Anyone else feel that way like some games that get announced and delayed feel hollow. Like they've been built from the ground up only to be stripped down for scrap then rebuilt. You end up with something like a rushed sequel when there was no original to reminisce about the glory days. Maybe I'm wrong but thats just my feelings.

Comment Re:Intercepting emails (Score 1) 275

This was an EXTREMELY great fear in the early to mid 90s, when the government was trying to get everyone to standardize encryption on all devices using the Clipper chip (and key escrow in general). The chip had good throughput... but it allowed for people to pull out any keys if they had access to the LEAF (law enforcement access field).

Which makes it "broken by design"

The algorithm was classified secret, and the chips were made in one factory, then moved to another factory where the algorithm was slapped on, before being shipped out
Funny thing, the cypherpunks were right. As soon as the algorithm was declassified, it was ripped apart in several days, and laid to rest months later.


The idea that encryption with secret "algorithms" is likely to be flawed goes back to at least the 19th century. That's before you consider if the implimentation actually follows the design.

Comment Re:mail (Score 1) 268

I've always wondered if a black background uses less energy on an LCD monitor than white.

If anything it would use a tiny bit more because the LCD default state is clear, with energy being required to turn it black. (This is why a digital watch shows no numbers if the battery is dead.) But the difference in power would be extremely minuscule.

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