Comment Re:I wonder.... (Score 2, Informative) 635
I believe what our misguided friend means are Neutrons. Direct exposure to them is certainly something to avoid, but they can be captured effectively with water and lithium-6.
Comment Re:And this is news? (Score 1) 270
Except that NIO is not asynchronous, it's non-blocking, a subtle different. Java 7 is getting proper asynchronous I/O.
Comment Re:Euro (Score 2, Informative) 252
My British keyboard has it at AltGr+4.
Comment Re:Shame about the MTU (Score 1) 141
Wow, 9000 bytes, that makes all the difference. And beside, Jumbo frames aren't officially recognised by the 802 spec. Just think how much work is a processor going to have to do to fill a 100Gb/s link with 1500 or 9000 byte packets?
Comment Shame about the MTU (Score 4, Funny) 141
The MTU is still 1500 bytes though :(
Comment Re:MS Buyout (Score 3, Informative) 572
Doubt that'll happen. Gabe Newell left Microsoft to start Valve.
Comment Re:jumbo frames (Score 1) 45
Judging from this, it should be more like 96kB, not ~9kB.
Comment Wonderful... (Score 2, Insightful) 45
...prehaps they could get around to increasing MTU from 1500.
UK's Channel 4 To Broadcast In 3D 126
fatnickc writes "The UK's Channel 4, from the 16th of September, will be broadcasting a few programmes in 3D, the full list of which can be found here. While the likes of a 3D Miley Cyrus concert aren't exactly groundbreaking, this will give 3D viewing at home much more publicity, paving the way for even more interesting projects in the future. In partnership with retailer Sainsbury's, Channel 4 are producing free 3D glasses so that as many people as possible can watch them, although it's unclear which of the various types they'll be. "
Comment Re:But... (Score 1) 553
I'd change it to KIFT from Knight Rider 2000.
Submission + - UK ISP Virgin Media Now Intercepting DNS 1
Rekolitus writes: "After mistyping a domain name, I just now encountered a branded not found page complete with Yahoo search listings, courtesy of Virgin Media, my ISP and now the only major cable internet provider for Great Britain. The ISP has been previously criticized for it's throttling scheme."
Comment Offtopic, what the hell is up with Slashdot's CSS? (Score 3, Informative) 505
What the hell is up with Slashdot's CSS? I keep seeing images all over the comments (the bars used on the new comments section, the relationship icons). Is anyone else seeing them. I'm using Firefox 3.5.
Regards
elFarto
Comment Re:Chicken and egg (Score 1) 340
My shiney new Linksys WRT610N automatically sets up a 6to4 tunnel and does auto configuration of my network. This is with the original firmware.
Comment Re:Eight crew, eight racks. Hmm ... (Score 1) 197
There were 9 people aboard. I guess you could argue that Inara isn't really a crew member.
Comment Re:Floating base! (Score 1) 165
...flag they fly.
That'll be the Jolly Roger then?
