Comment: The most important question: (Score 4, Funny) 90
How do you pronounce "ptychography"??
Comment: Re:Is the internet in Canada 100% satellite? (Score 1) 282
Too expensive to run/maintain cables to every city/town/village in the north. If you look at this map you can see the coverage you get for the cost of one satellite.
Comment: Re:Call them whatever you want (Score 1) 92
Sounds like DHS has hired Dilbert's Pointy Haired Boss.
Comment: Re:i don't see a problem (Score 1) 350
This happens all the time. A fast food company like Subway, McDonalds, KFC, etc. will loan farmers money to expand their operations to produce more food for them exclusively.
GoDaddy for Sale-> 1
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An anonymous reader writes "After the owner said he would never sell it looks like 2 Billion Dollars or 2.5 Billion dollars makes anyone want to get out of the business."
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Near-earth asteroid, Monday June 27->
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TigerNut writes "Asteroid 2011 MD was discovered on June 22 by LINEAR, and its flight path will take it within 8000 miles (12000 km) of Earth. Orbital predictions indicate that its flight path will be significantly altered by this close approach."
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FTC To Open Antitrust Investigation Against Google->
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itwbennett writes "According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is preparing to serve subpoenas to Google as a first step in a broad antitrust investigation focusing on whether Google search is unfairly driving traffic to its other sites. Representatives of Google and the FTC declined to comment on the report, although an FTC spokesperson did deny that the report came from them."
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Almost 50% of US smartphones Android-> 1
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Gumbercules!! writes "Android's phenomenal rise continues, with 49% of the US market and 35% of the World phone market (200% year on year growth — meaning they're now well ahead of iPhone and growing much faster, as well). How long before developers start to put more emphases on Android than iOS?"
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New Find Boosts Prospects for Life on Enceladus->
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sciencehabit writes "Spouting plumes of ice and water vapor certainly make Enceladus one of the solar system's liveliest places. But continuing studies of the composition of those plumes are now making Saturn's icy moon the most promising place to look for extraterrestrial life. New data from the Cassini spacecraft reveals strong evidence for liquid water beneath the deeply frigid surface—an ocean, a sea, or at least water-filled cracks."
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Fired IT worker replaces CEO's PPT with porn-> 1
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An anonymous reader writes "52-year-old Walter Powell wanted revenge when he was fired from his position as an IT manager at Baltimore Substance Abuse System Inc.
So, he hacked into their systems — installing keyloggers to steal passwords.
And then, when his CEO was giving a presentation on a 64 inch TV to the board of directors... he replaced the slides with pornographic images of naked women.
Powell has now been given a 2 year suspended sentence, and 100 hours community service.
The moral? Don't piss off your IT staff"
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So, he hacked into their systems — installing keyloggers to steal passwords.
And then, when his CEO was giving a presentation on a 64 inch TV to the board of directors... he replaced the slides with pornographic images of naked women.
Powell has now been given a 2 year suspended sentence, and 100 hours community service.
The moral? Don't piss off your IT staff"
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