Comment Re:GoDaddy (Score 0) 212
No
Comment Re:Every stupid idea is common (Score 3, Funny) 348
The only question you need to ask them is weather they're willing to accept the quantified risks from having exposed systems.
I'm not sure asking them about weather is going to help.
Comment Re:Email use on the decline in general (Score 2) 149
Definatly not true.
Really? The trend has been downward for a number of years for everyone below the age of 55, a much as 59% for teens. For those older than 55 there is an upward trend, but overall the trend is down. http://www.bostonglobe.com/bus... http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12... http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/...
Comment Email use on the decline in general (Score 1, Interesting) 149
I think it's more because email use in general is on the decline. Facebook and other social media sites are the reason as people keep in touch with that instead of emailing. Couple that with the already entrenched services like Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail etc and it's little wonder there was little interest.
Comment Re:I'm just scared shitless (Score 1) 314
Isn't that because MS were selected as the sole supplier of ECUs by the FIA? Something makes me suspect the decision was made on how much the FIA were paid, rather than on the merit of Windows an an RTOS.
That's quite possibly true. I was simply pointing out that the MSFT system was being used in F1 cars and making no judgments about the merits or otherwise of the selection process or its in-practice efficacy.
Comment Re:I'm just scared shitless (Score 5, Informative) 314
Windows Embedded has powered the ECUs in all Formula 1 cars (arguably the most technologically advanced race cars in the world) since 2008.
Comment Not for me (Score 1) 198
Lack of offline play kept me away. I'll likely purchase a copy now.
Submission + - Comparing Heat Shields: Mars Science Lab vs. SpaceX Dragon (pinehead.tv)
An anonymous reader writes: On August 5, 2012, the world’s attention was captured by the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) landing. One of the key components in the multifaceted landing of the Curiosity rover safely on Mars was the Thermal Protection System (TPS), or heat shield, on the spacecraft carrying the rover.
Sensors being added to the Mars Science Lab heat shield. Photo by NASA.
The thing people remember most about the heat shield is when it popped off the spacecraft and flung like a frisbee across the Martian landscape, landing with a plume of dust. Measuring nearly 15 ft (4.5 m) in diameter, the MSL heat shield was the largest to ever travel to another planet.
Sensors being added to the Mars Science Lab heat shield. Photo by NASA.
The thing people remember most about the heat shield is when it popped off the spacecraft and flung like a frisbee across the Martian landscape, landing with a plume of dust. Measuring nearly 15 ft (4.5 m) in diameter, the MSL heat shield was the largest to ever travel to another planet.
Comment CrashPlan (Score 1) 326
I'm a photographer too (albeit semi-pro) and don't have that much data, about 2TB at last count. I use CrashPlan, they offer both cloud ($6/m unlimited data), local and shared (backing up to a family/friends computer). You can seed you initial backup to the cloud with physical disks sent to CrashPlan.
Comment End of endless sequels and movie tie-ins?? (Score 2) 194
Not bloody likely! Angry Birds is testament to that.
Comment "on there", "on here" (Score 1) 118
Carmack is without doubt an intelligent guy, but I can't help being constantly distracted from what he is saying by his constant, out-of-context use of "on there" and "on here". A nervous tic perhaps? Not one I've noticed in other interviews I seen of him.
Comment No... (Score 0) 135
...they always travel with their Wookie!
Comment Re:Cross functional standard that is driven by mgm (Score 1) 429
We use a very similar naming convention, slightly less granular, but effect; State, City, Use, Number ie NYNYFS01 = NY, New York, File Server, 01 (a second file server would be numbered 02)
At home or in small business movie/book/game characters can be fun, but once you start to get more than a few systems and employees and that starts to become unwieldy.
Comment Re:wordpress, again? (Score 1) 104
Agreed!
At least you only have 15, I've just been given the task of managing our Wordpress implementation, we're at 144. *Ugh*
Comment Re:Seems a little inflated... (Score 3, Informative) 248
Not if they're planning to buy Apple products ;)
