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Comment Re:Wait a second.... (Score 1) 162

by johncalvinyoung (#35361850) Attached to: High-Bandwidth Users Are Just Early Adopters
Same here. Massive bandwidth user, because I stream music (subscription), watch Netflix streaming, buy most of my media online, and download massive amounts of open-source software, such as Linux ISOs. Oh, and incessant browsing and casual videochat with family and friends abroad. All legal. All heavy on data usage.

Submission + - Almost '11 Whats the oldest file you can restore? 2

Submitted by turtleshadow
turtleshadow writes: Now that Its almost '11 who kept backups since before the Y2K non-event: Have you personally/professionally had to recover something from 10+ years ago?

If so share the interesting "hows" especially if you had to do multiple media transfers and file formats to get it "usable file format" on a modern hardware platform of your choice?
Native solutions are rated higher than Emulation. Also whats your plans for recovering in 2021?

Street cred goes to the oldest, most technical and complex restores... that are of course successful.

I'm working the night shift Christmas/NewYears, I ask everybody still stirring and hardcore SysOPs
Games

Submission + - Nerd Rage: You got it? (goozernation.com)

Submitted by jha1223
jha1223 writes: James Anderson at Goozernation takes a look at how the online game environment has changed and ponders, "What the heck happened?"
Programming

Submission + - Does Typing Speed Matter?

Submitted by theodp
theodp writes: 'I can't take slow typists seriously as programmers,' wrote Coding Horror's Jeff Atwood last fall. 'When was the last time you saw a hunt-and-peck pianist?' Atwood's rant prompted John Cook to investigate just how important it is to be able to type quickly. 'Learning to type well is a good investment for those who are physically able to do so,' concludes Cook, 'but it's not that important. Once you reach moderate proficiency, improving your speed will not improve your productivity much. If a novelist writing 1000 words per day were able to type infinitely fast, he or she could save maybe an hour per day.' At 150 WPM, notes Cook, the world's fastest typist was still only 10x faster than Stephen Hawking.
The Military

US Army Develops Tooth Cleaning Gum 160

Posted by samzenpus from the forget-the-brush dept.
pryoplasm writes "To help deal with some of the hygiene issues on the battlefield, the US Army worked on a gum to take the place of brushing your teeth. This might be eventually released and marketed to the public. While there are many gums out there that aren't so detrimental to your teeth, this one promises actually to help them out."

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