Comment Re:More than a fender bender, it seems (Score 1) 236
Apparently, reading comprehension isn't your strength. Did you miss the bit about "along with another vessel"?
Comment Depends on the mode of transportation! (Score 1) 353
Over an hour, but it's a 16 mile bike ride... if I drive a car, it's only 25 minutes.
Comment Re:Already been done (Score 1) 248
Didn't they do this a few years ago, when they created the Africanized bee or "killer bees"? Well, by all means keep it up, what could possibly go wrong?
According to the article, they're working with Canadian bees. So---so long as the bees are kept away from the hockey games and alcohol---nothing will go wrong!
Comment Re:So, who's the "customer"? (Score 5, Insightful) 556
Your users or world governments?
Advertisers.
Comment Re:latest BIND not affected (Score 1) 144
Just upgrade to tinydns/dnscache and forget about security bugs...
Or to MaraDNS or powerDNS, with the same result, but no legacy DJB BS...
Comment Re:Wall Street rules (Score 1) 299
Wait, so one person can't possibly effect a boycott, but one person not voting is legit? There seems to be a disconnect here...
Submission + - U.S. charges five in alleged insider-trading ring
perbert writes: In their most significant move yet in a sweeping insider-trading investigation, federal prosecutors charged four corporate managers with peddling financial details about prominent technology companies and with leaking secrets about popular consumer products such as Apple Inc.'s iPhone in exchange for cash.
Comment Re:Kill the fungus, fix the problem (Score 1) 347
Probably the same way that commercial beekeepers administer antibiotics: mix it in with some feed syrup.
Comment Re:Try your Credit Union (Score 2, Interesting) 359
I second this idea. Not only are you supporting a locally owned business, but they're also supporting other locally owned businesses. And as a member, you can often get good rates for loans. Also, they're not responsible for all the financial woes in the USA. Well, OK, that last part is speculation, but it does sound good...
Comment Invisible jet? (Score 1) 488
Would they also require the pilots to dress like Wonder Woman?
Comment I'm no fan of music execs (Score 1, Troll) 550
But I hope he is exonerated, sues the fuck out of the county and wins. Not that he needs the money, but there needs to be a clear message sent that you can't twist the law any which way you please when you piss the authorities off.
Comment Re:Not possible (Score 3, Funny) 435
I can imagine the only ad I'd feel compulsed to click if I had to work in google docs on a chrome netbook.
Looking for a faster word processor?
Microsoft Office 2010.
50% off with a real pc.
Comment Re:Dupe (Score 1) 174
Yes. Must be a slow news day. Here's some follow-up from the first time this appeared.
Submission + - Asteroid on track for possible Mars hit
perbert writes: An asteroid similar to the one that flattened forests in Siberia in 1908 could plow into Mars next month, scientists said Thursday. The scientists, at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Cañada Flintridge, put the chances that it will hit the Red Planet on Jan. 30 at about 1 in 75. The asteroid, known as 2007 WD5, was discovered in late November and is similar in size to an object that hit remote central Siberia in 1908, unleashing energy equivalent to a 15-megaton nuclear bomb and wiping out 60 million trees.
Submission + - Keeping Score in the IP Game
perbert writes: IEEE Spectrum uses a survey of patents awarded in 2006 to demonstrate the need for patent reform in the USA. FTA: "The data on U.S. patent awards for 2006 show that the patents in any given field still go to a few top companies, that there is little change from year to year among the dominant firms, and that big gaps yawn between the leaders and the runners-up. In almost all branches of electronics, computing, and telecommunications, awards made to the leading company jumped mightily from 2005 to 2006 — by as much as 48 percent in semiconductor manufacturing, 60 percent in telecommunications equipment, and 65 percent in electronics."
