Comment Easier to block? (Score 4, Insightful) 131
Maybe I'm not being smart today, but doesn't that actually make it easier to block the bad guys, once their address space is identified?
Comment Re:Horseshit (Score 1) 319
They can plan all they want. They aren't likely to get one. I read the article. Nate Silver spent as much text on disclaimers about his analysis as he did discussing the analysis.
Garlic Farmer Wards Off High-Speed Internet
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DocVM writes "A Nova Scotia farmer is opposing the construction of a microwave tower for fear it will eventually mutate his organic garlic crop.
Lenny Levine, who has been planting and harvesting garlic by hand on his Annapolis Valley land since the 1970s, is afraid his organic crop could be irradiated if EastLink builds a microwave tower for wireless high-speed internet access a few hundred meters from his farm."
Comment Re:Pretty easy (Score 1) 633
Most flash drive manufacturers state that their drives are not good for archival storage. They expect to lose data before 10 years have passed.
Comment Re:Capturing the experience is not the issue.... (Score 1) 265
So, what happens when I take a picture and post it on Flickr?
Comment Re:Waste of Time, Money and Good Equipment (Score 1) 497
(1) Software can take hours.
(2) If these drives are intended for scrap, there's no need to worry about re-release. (When was the last time you re-used a 10 gig drive?)
Comment Re:Wow this is a day... (Score 2, Informative) 224
I wonder if Compuserve was running on DEC hardware with TOPS-10
Originally, yes. I believe they moved to VAX in later years, but kept the user IDs.
Comment Re:Wow this is a day... (Score 1) 224
76012,3621 here...
Comment Re:Privacy? Huh? (Score 2, Interesting) 574
Sorry, but it's at the fringes where issues like this are decided. There's not a lot of effort directed at shutting down non-controversial speech, so it doesn't need a lot of direct effort to defend.
A Curmudgeonly Look At Google Wave 197
rsmiller510 writes "For those of you who think Google Wave is all that and a bag of chips, I put on the brakes and give you a few questions to ponder."
Comment Re:How they smell, plus one more (Score 1) 169
"Tiberius" - Like Axe, but only attracts green-skinned babes.
"Red Shirt" - You end up dead before the evening is done.
"Ponn Farr" - Smell like a rutting Vulcan.
"Red Shirt" - You end up dead before the evening is done.
"Ponn Farr" - Smell like a rutting Vulcan.
Ted "A Series of Tubes" Stevens Found Guilty 565
techmuse writes "According to a series of tubes sites, Senator Ted Stevens has been found guilty of lying about free home renovations that he received from an oil contractor. He faces up to 5 years in jail, and the outcome of his current reelection bid is now in doubt. 'The conviction came after a tumultuous week in the jury room. First there were complaints about an unruly juror, then another had to be replaced when she left Washington following the death of her father. Finally, jurors on Monday discovered a discrepancy in the indictment that had been overlooked by prosecutors. Jury deliberations in this historic trial have at times been as contentious as some of the proceedings The Justice Department indicted Stevens on July 29, and the Alaska Republican took a huge legal gamble and asked for a speedy trial in order to resolve the charges before Election Day. Judge Emmet Sullivan complied with Stevens' request, and in less than three months from the time of his indictment, Stevens was found guilty.'"
Comment Re:Thumb Drive no jutsu (Score 1) 1044
No. Sandisk says their flash memory archival lifetime is no better than 10 years.
