Did anybody else kinda wince at that?

"Can you access the main system memory banks? We need to get to those files!"

"I'm trying, but it's protected by a security code. I'm attempting to override..."
(tappity-tap-tap)

"Got it! OK, we're in the system. Patching through to the satellite..."

What? No 'Mexican Staring Frog of Southern Sri Lanka'?

(Look out! He's coming right at us!!)

+1 Inciteful

'When you've got marklar that offer buyers the choice of buying in the marklar or directly from the vendor themselves, which is what our marklar was, there isn't a real efficient marklar.'

Heh?

Why does it show it having wheels? I can't see from the demo video how/when the wheels are used.
OTOH, I'd like to see how one moves this to storage (e.g. hangar .. er, garage). Maybe you tilt it and
push it in, something like a utility dolly.

Maybe the focus is more on building a working prototype before worrying about such mundane details.

Maybe I should stop asking questions and end this post.

Maybe.

Some GUI's include that sort of capability too.

At the risk of being slightly OT, I'm thinking about several comments noting that these systems were made in China to begin with, so it got me thinking.
If a ridiculous set of circumstances arose where certain organizations banned the use of computers "made in China", is it possible to obtain/assemble a system that's "made in the USA"? Or "made in <NATO_member>"?

I'm just wondering if there's a way to source all the parts domestically and what it would cost. I'm guessing the answer is "impossible", but I'm curious if anyone knows about it.

The one standing next to the guy that keeps saying "Him".

So, RAID 5 keeps 5 bits safe? 5 bits ought to be enough for anybody, eh?

I think you mean, "ruby-2sday"...

I didn't know "Doom" was POSIX-compliant. Sweet!

I can't believe the uproar caused by an article from the technology journalism superpower that is the Rutland Herald...

I live in NH - if you could all calm down for 2 minutes I will try to explain:

Verizon.net ISP provided a convenience site whereby Yahoo!, AOL and MSN users could read their email from a pretty, Verizon-branded portal. (Let's call this portal "Third Party Web Site".) or they could read their email directly from the sites of those webmail providers.

Starting soon, Fairpoint is taking over for Verizon in VT, NH, and ME (that's Maine, not "me"). Not suprisingly, "s/verizon/fairpoint/"

So the now *Fairpoint* customers can't keep using "Third Party Site" which is provied by Verizon.net (which still exists, just not in VT, NH, and ME)

In its place, customers can now use the new "Fairpoint Third Party Web Site" or they could use the sites of their direct webmail providers.

Now go back and RTFA again. Get it now? Not as scary?

I'm no Fairpoint fanboi by any means, but this is the worst case of Slashdot hysteria I've ever seen.

I'm wondering about the "pulled to the surface and repaired on deck" part.

I imagine a cable laying on the sea floor going more or less "straight"
from A to B. Is there enough slack in the line to bring the broken
ends to the surface and hold them together?

(Clearly, the answer must be 'yes'. But I'm just wondering if anyone knows
more about it. Do they intentionally leave in some slack just for such a
reason when they lay a cable like this?)