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why did this even get put on the /. main page
the summary itself provides damning evidence that this bill is a pointless act.

this might get more press than the Montana hating state rep who wants to ban yoga pants, but not likely

Only too true.
and Apple's desktop OS is based on BSD.
funny that

That consuming cholesterol actually causes an increase in someone's cholesterol level was never well founded.
It has always fallen in the sympathetic category from any evidence I've ever seen. Tropical oils, which have no cholesterol seem to cause far more problems than butter and eggs.
Diet is the least well understood health issue. Worse, it varies widely between individuals. Perhaps the in'duh'viduals in the FDA have finally caught on.
Given the number of times they've revised dietary recommendations, one can only assume doctors must have been (maybe still are) really ignorant; at least about diet.

NOTE: I said ignorant. For a profession that likes to present itself as all knowing that is an issue. To deny it is stupid.

When you buy one of those DRM games there is an implicit contract. The seller has agreed to provide authorization.
Contracts work both ways.
I believe Sony has already run into this problem.
All it takes is one class action suit (for the value of the purchase price of the game per plaintiff) against the current copyright holder to make it too expensive for any company to shut down the servers. Yes, it will take free legal services to do it, but they seem to be available.
In the cases where no one shows up to defend the copyright it's the best possible answer. The copyright is unclaimed and the work is either in public domain or worthless. No more DMCA.

The Wiki has been fighting being overwhelmed by crap.
open does not mean open to every stupid asshole who want's to abuse the system
this is another attempt to hijack a legitimate source by assholes

I saw an "underwhelming post" must have been a -1. I was hoping to respond to it.
some people want this to compete with an apple or samsung.
Get a life!
This is a cheap phone that works.
Is it spectacular? Full featured?
NO, but it works! too many idiots have no clue. this a a good phone, for the 3rd world.

GPS doesn't directly need leap seconds, but it relies on astronomical calculations that do.
I write software that deals with leap seconds. I don't write the stuff that actually calculates them, but I have to make sure not to break it. One of the mottos of the company I work for is "it is rocket science".
A second is a small enough margin of error to be allowable. Most time systems are based on seconds, so that's the smallest reasonable choice.
For the jokers. An error of 1 minute would be 1 nautical mile (almost 2 km). Which is 1 minute of latitude (60 minutes in a degree). Funny how minute and nautical mile are the same.
I'm an astro geek, and a sailor, don't piss in my yard.

It's 2/3 of all types of cancer, are random. Not 2/3 of all cases of cancer (excluding the most common ones).
bogus math. pointless conclusion.

There are lies
Damn lies
Then there are statistics

I drive long trips all the time.
put the nozzle in, get it running, us the rest room.
That actually takes about 5 minutes, though my trip timer may be including driving into the gas station.
When I was married, any stop took far longer. (That's not why I'm not married now)
why do people seem to want Tesla to fail?

The FCC comment system was written over 50 yrs ago. Back when a senator might actually understand.
Neither party in congress understands the problem now.
Bunch of Friggin Idiots. Blind leading the Blind.
I was tempted to give a history lesson, but this isn't the audience.

SO:

garbage in
garbage out.

Sadly this was posted by an Anonymous Coward. Few will ever see it. The default is to view at +1. cowards post at 0. Took modding for me to learn that.
It points out yet again people are mistaking open source with security.
You'd think after heartbleed a few would have caught on.

For IBM, yes. They do, but only for the parts they support. They buy support for the rest.
I work for a software manufacturer. We internally support the libs that we ship with our products. Usually this just means getting the latest source drops and building them. When there's been a problem we could solve it in our code, but being able to debug into the lib code was the only way to find it.
For major system components, and packages that aren't part of our product, we buy support.
For the average company, there's no way it's cost effective.

I'm 52, and still programming. Not planning on stopping any time soon.
Keeping up with current trends is a must. My strengths are knowledge of C++, system programming, and the ability to work in large complex systems.
There are a lot of things I've learned, that are valuable, and not taught anymore.

A be reason for the age issue is younger workers in general tend to be cheaper. But then again, sometimes you get what you pay for ...

I use the same system. Every "computer" in the house has a battery. Laptops, table, smart phones.
Much simpler than trying to manage a UPS.