Comment: Re:Ooh look! (Score 1) 111
That's the point though... this really isn't a push for open formats. We could scour the web looking for mentions in a lot of places. Until it's actually close to a policy it means absolutely nothing.
Comment: Ooh look! (Score 0) 111
Ooh look, a MEP said something!
I think we should have a front page post on /. anytime Boehner says something too.
I mean, seriously? Someone said something and it used a TLA so therefore it's /. news, apparently.
Comment: What's it worth to you? (Score 1) 983
I have a Mac Mini server set up hosting about 8 TB of primary data on mirrored USB3 drives. I then have it running Time Machine on all of that to a 16 TB RAID5 array on a NAS. Total cost (not including the server itself)? About $1,000... and that's for two sets of backups, one for drive errors (primarily) and one that has an always-available actual backup.
Comment: Re:Recent - but not too recent (Score 3, Interesting) 236
I agree. I've been re-reading the entire Jack Ryan/John Clark chronology and it gets more boring post-cold-war and then much more boring post-9/11.
Now the military fiction I read is the futuristic kind such as Honor Harrington.
Comment: Re:Dont watch it (Score 1) 578
Unless you're like a thousand years old there has never been a time it hasn't been political. The Olympics are entirely a political statement... it's all about interaction of nations.
Google News Sci Tech: NASA picks SpaceX to lease idled shuttle launch pad - Reuters->
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NASA picks SpaceX to lease idled shuttle launch pad
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Dec 13 (Reuters) - NASA will turn over one of its mothballed space-shuttle launch pads to privately owned Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, which intends to set up a second site in Florida for its Falcon rockets, officials said on Friday.
NASA selects SpaceX to takeover spare launch padChristian Science Monitor
SpaceX to begin negotiations for shuttle launch padSpaceflight Now
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Dec 13 (Reuters) - NASA will turn over one of its mothballed space-shuttle launch pads to privately owned Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, which intends to set up a second site in Florida for its Falcon rockets, officials said on Friday.
NASA selects SpaceX to takeover spare launch padChristian Science Monitor
SpaceX to begin negotiations for shuttle launch padSpaceflight Now
SpaceX to lease historic NASA launch padcollectSPACE.com
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+ - The Blues Brothers' Chase Scene Recreated with 5,000 LEGO Pieces
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cartechboy (2660665) writes "There are no car chases better than the Blue Brothers tearing through a shopping mall wreaking humorous mayhem. It's the kind of iconic movie scene that really can't be done again right? That was until the master Lego builders at Bricktease devoted hours to recreating — shot for shot as a video shows — the iconic car chase scene in LEGO. Builder Duncan McConchie used over 5,000 separate LEGO pieces to build the mall set, designing it and the three cars in LEGO's digital design program, which allowed to him to calculate exactly which pieces he needed. The entire mall fits on a large table and McConchie says he watched the scene a few hundred times and spent four hours just on the JC Penny storefront the Bluesmobile drives through in the chase's finale. Best part: You can download instructions and watch a detailed "making of" video to work on a replica yourself."
Comment: I hate to say it (Score 3, Interesting) 105
Was Steve Jobs right? Is a single, restrictive & tested, marketplace the way to go?
Comment: Re:Steve Jobs (Score 1) 164
Steve Jobs has never claimed credit for any of this. But what he did do is reinvent those things in ways that made regular people like them and want to use them.
Comment: Re: If you ignore Star Wars/etc (Score 1) 384
They're only state of the art if you ignore the fact that Star Wars came out FIVE YEARS before it.
Obama Will Nominate Elena Kagan To the Supreme Court 413
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from the let-the-battle-begin dept.
Mr Pink Eyes writes "President Obama has made his choice to fill the vacancy in the Supreme Court that was left by the retirement of Justice Stevens. According to this article that choice will be Elena Kagan."
Comment: Re:MPEG-LA prevents non-commercial use (Score 1) 310
I don't think that term means what you think it means.
Comment: Re:Competitor? (Score 1) 208
While your point is valid, I'm not sure T-Mobile really counts as a competitor? They're a Google partner, last I checked?
Comment: Re:Apple's activity is criminal here, Palm's is le (Score 1) 656
It is legal to reverse engineer things for compatibility promises - unless you explicitly sign a contract saying you won't do that. If Palm didn't sign on to use USB, they'd be allowed to reverse engineer until their hearts were content. But they've signed a contract waiving the ability to, among other things, use a forged vendor ID.
This is not reverse engineering.
This is not reverse engineering.
Comment: Re:Sure (Score 1) 343
Well like I said, I wasn't passing judgment as to whether that argument is right or wrong. Just commenting upon it.
That being said, I challenge you to find a major ISP that currently says their service is unlimited.
That being said, I challenge you to find a major ISP that currently says their service is unlimited.