Comment perhaps we are to blame (Score 1) 293
Since there have been several previous spacecraft sent to Mars, I would think the first place to look would be the bill of materials used in these other craft. Just a thought.
Comment Itinerary (Score 1) 573
I saw you several years ago at the University of Chicago, but missed your two days in Williamstown, MA a few years back. I keep checking to see if you'll be speaking nearby but you always seem to be out of the country. Will you be speaking within a few hundred miles of Chicago in the upcoming year?
Comment Re:day 1 (Score 1) 229
Yup, "Google was using GNU/Linux". Need to infuse more caffeine.
Comment Re:day 1 (Score 1) 229
Using Slashdot and having a login ID to post here are not the same thing.
And I only posted two search sites (perhaps "engine" is not the correct terminology). Alta Vista and Dogpile were both search sites, but that may be before your time.
Comment day 1 (Score 2) 229
Been with you since day one. The attraction for me at the time was that Slashdot was using GNU/Linux. Continued since then because it is simply the best search engine out there. I've been trying to remember the other search engines at the time (without googling them) and can remember only Alta Vista and Dogpile.
Comment WWF (Score 1) 269
When I glanced at the headline, I thought it said "Mr. Fuji may be close to erupting", and thought we better call Vince McMahon.
Comment Re:Best way to watch TV (Score 3, Funny) 479
At our house we call Fox News "The Comedy Channel".
Comment Yet profits nearly doubled (Score 1) 325
Yes, they lost 800,000 subscribers, but the company revenue increased from $38 million to nearly $63 million. From a shareholder perspective, that's pretty good. However, they can't continue to lose subscribers at this rate.
Comment already done (Score 1) 377
This was the basis of the thought crimes in "1984". Of course, since Blago was convicted of pretty much the same thing...
Comment A great remainder... (Score 2) 110
and a great reminder as well.
Comment Pease Porridge (Score 2) 187
I always enjoyed his columns. He was down to earth and not afraid to call bullshit when needed. It's true, always read his column first.
He'll be missed.
Comment They just found this out? (Score 1) 300
I heard that on the radio many months ago.
Comment Re:Seems just as safe as ever... (Score 1) 1148
Probably in excess of 10,000 dead. Entire towns wiped off the map. Three of four reactors with cracks in the containment vessels. Residents within 19 miles are advised to stay inside. Even the US carrier in the area left and went to the other side of the island.
You're right though, the situation is not capable of DEVELOPING into a major disaster. It already IS a major disaster, and it will probably get a lot worse.
Comment And while we're at it (Score 2) 123
"Mr. President, we must not allow a mineshaft gap!"
Judge Berates Prosecutors In Xbox Modding Trial 285
mrbongo writes with this excerpt from Wired:
"Opening statements in the first-of-its-kind Xbox 360 criminal hacking trial were delayed here Wednesday after a federal judge unleashed a 30-minute tirade at prosecutors in open court, saying he had 'serious concerns about the government's case.' ... Gutierrez slammed the prosecution over everything from alleged unlawful behavior by government witnesses, to proposed jury instructions harmful to the defense. When the verbal assault finally subsided, federal prosecutors asked for a recess to determine whether they would offer the defendant a deal, dismiss or move forward with the case that was slated to become the first jury trial of its type. A jury was seated Tuesday."
