Comment: Security is (Score 0) 134
a journey, not a destination.
Thus saith Steve Jobs.
Or maybe it's that perfection is a journey, not a destination.
Meh. Probably both...
Encyclopedia Britannica to stop printing books->
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Crash McBang writes "After 244 years, Encyclopedia Britannica will cease production of its iconic multi-volume book sets. They represent less than 1% of the company's total sales. The online version of the encyclopedia, which was first published in 1994, represents only 15% of Britannica's revenue. The other 85% is sales of education products: online learning tools, curriculum products and more. "Google's algorithm doesn't know what's fact or what's fiction," Britannica president Jorge Cauz concedes. "So Wikipedia is often the No. 1 or No. 2 result on search. But I'd bet a lot of money that most people would rather use Britannica than Wikipedia."
When was the last time you cracked open a fresh volume of Britannica, Slashdotters?"
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When was the last time you cracked open a fresh volume of Britannica, Slashdotters?"
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Comment: Hacking and Engineering (Score 5, Interesting) 446
Engineering a house:
1. Gather requirements
2. Write a spec
3. Design house to spec
4. Build house to design
Hacking a house:
1. Nail boards together
2. Step back
3. Is it a house yet?
4. No, go to 1
Both methods work, but I'd prefer the former to the latter...
Comment: First Post (Score -1, Offtopic) 138
Got started early on my sharing!
Comment: This probably dates me but (Score 2) 108
after I got an HP-35 and quit using my slide rule, I found that I had less of a feel for numbers.
Hard to put into words, it kind of felt like I couldn't do math as well, but I could process numbers faster, as long as I had my calculator.
Take the calculator away, and it seemed to take forever to do things.
Inventor of the first industrial robot dies at 99->
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Crash McBang writes "George Devol, inventor of the Unimate robot, passes away at 99yrs of age last Thursday. There is no truth to the rumor that he died biting a shiny metal ass."
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Comment: True Story (Score 1) 236
My wife said she wanted to know why there was a little fox on her dashboard.
Puzzled, I asked her to come get me the next time she saw this mysterious fox on her dashboard.
She was pulling out of the garage, stopped, and got me.
"There! There's the fox!" she said, pointing to her dashboard.
I looked and said "That's not a FOX, it's a WRENCH! - take your car in to get it SERVICED!"
After that, I told her to review the owners manual for any other 'animals' on the dashboard...
Comment: So, the (Score 1) 160
Tinfoil Hat thing didn't play out?
Nerd's perspective of Japan's earthquake->
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Crash McBang writes "What's the real story behind Japan's earthquake? This article gives some perspective that journalistic drama queens just can't deliver."
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