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Comment: Poor guy... (Score 1) 268

by fewnorms (#32741436) Attached to: 36-Hour <em>Lemmings</em> Port Gets Sony Cease and Desist
Linking to his poor server twice in as many days. The slashdot hordes make their presence felt yet again!

More on topic though, very honestly, what did he expect submitting it to the Apple and Android app stores? That Sony would just let that happen? Then again, with all the copies already downloaded (did anyone actually get to download it?) it'll be very hard for Sony to prevent this from spreading...

Comment: Re:Just a step... (Score 1) 94

by fewnorms (#32492586) Attached to: Masten and Armadillo Perform First VTVL Restarts
Sounds to me like this would be perfect for the deployment method the Mars Science Lab has planned. Only drawback I can think of is that Armadillo's rockets may not have been tested and built to full NASA specs?

By the way, everyone's talking about Armadillo here. Now I'm not saying they didn't do an awesome job and yes, I think Carmack is at least a demi-god, but let's not forget it was two teams that made it. Congrats to both Masten Aerospace and Armadillo on achieving this pretty impressive milestone!

Comment: Really... (Score 1) 365

by fewnorms (#32316728) Attached to: BP Prepares Complex "Top Kill" Bid To Plug Well
What could go wrong? All that can happen is that it doesn't work, and then they'll not be much worse off than they are now, besides having exhausted yet another option.
Or in the case of success with the pipes actually plugged, all that might happen is that the part of the riser (or part of the pipe lower down even) NOT plugged could rupture from built up pressure lower down ...
Oh wait ...

Comment: Re:Sad that this is even being considered (Score 1) 1238

by fewnorms (#32234118) Attached to: Texas Schools Board Rewriting US History
Well, technically there is no basis for this myth of Texas having the right to secede from the rest of the Nation at will. It's not mentioned anywhere in the Texas constitution nor is there a provision for it in the US constitution. Now some folks would claim that because there is no mention of it, that doesn't mean it's not possible. Check to the FAQ at this site, which seems to promote the idea.
Snopes briefly mentions this myth as well in the last sentence of this page, and also mentions that there is no such clause in any official documentation.
More proof
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Rutland Village Installs Own Broadband Service->

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An anonymous reader writes "A village in England's smallest historic country, Rutland, has installed its own fibre to get 23Mbps broadband to its 200 home and offices. Community-financed installations, allowed under "subloop unbundling" may be the only way for many rural areas to get their own fast broadband links, as a Government report has shown plans by commercial operators will leave 30 percent of the company without fast broadband. Government plans to fund rural broadband with a tax on all phone lines were abandoned in the run-up to the UK's General Election."
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