Exactly Zero. $535 million doesn't even pay for the body of the satellite, not to mention the payload. And while we are on the subject of satellite expenditures, the GOES-R project (the next generation of GOES satellites) is still going on (at a reported cost of around 7.6 Billion).

Plus, GOES-14 has been activated and notices have gone out for all receivers to re-train their dishes to it's location and GOES-15 is picking up the slack that 14 is missing. The GOES network of satellites was built to be slightly redundant in the case of craft failure.

So obviously, in this case, the D in D-Mass means "Dumbass".

If you can afford 1 of the 499 that they are planning on producing, I'm pretty sure you don't give a rats behind what the gas mileage is.

Screw running away, jetwash sucks. That little Reaper is going 300mph (full throttle, downhill with a tailwind). The F-35 just screams over it at cruising speed (probably around 500ish), interrupting airflow and the poor little drone loses lift and finds the ground.

Wouldn't an open field away from the structures be a better place to evac. to? The entire student body could probably been formed up by class on the football field and control would have been relatively easy to maintain.

It's not a question of systems of servers going down, it's a question of overloading the targets data transmission capability. If the attacker can push move data down the line than the target can handle, then even if none of the targets systems go down, you've still disrupted their ability to do business. Even if they only are able to send 50% to 75% of a targets capacity, they have still reduced the overall effectiveness of the target and have disrupted their ability to conduct business as usual.

I've replaced burned out PCB's a few times on critical data drives, but it requires finding another drive of the exact same model and if possible nearly the exact same production year and month and sacrificing it. Once the PCB is swapped out and the drive is accessible, get the data of of it immediately. I normally use Ghost to clone the drive and then wipe it before disposing of the previously failed drive.

If anything else goes wrong with a drive I'd either just toss it or send it to a data recovery professional. As has been stated before, opening the case requires a clean room.

Um, the article actually says "Aquasar system pumps water directly over the microprocessors" not "dumping water directly on"

Can't agree with this more. The Tom Swift books were (and are) great reads!

My standard policy is "bug fixes indefinitely", modifications or edits are at standard hourly rates. Of course most of my projects have been very small scope and thus very few bugs.

I second this (as I sit and enjoy a brew at 5am)

Actually there is /r/suicidewatch and at least one other subreddit specifically geared towards helping people through suicidal thoughts. If this story is indeed true, then unfortunately he either didn't know about them (in which case a more experienced redditor should have pointed him in the right direction) or he was already at the point of no-return and there was nothing that anyone could have done to help him.

Looks like the sister is just throwing it all at the wall and seeing what will stick. The post indicated that the family would be suing the ex-wife and a number of others, 3 of which have been identified as people on Reddit by a private investigator. I expect that this will get no further than the ex-wife before legal fees kill the lawsuit.