As often, spectacularly disappointed by Curiosity.

5000 times more capacity / bandwidth would be more correct. Unless they intend an FTL technology.

So it seems that the Commission lawyers were not competent enough to elaborate a "proper reasoning". If the case happens in another country (or if there is a possible further appeal in Ireland), lawyers have now a good idea at what they have to slog away.

*British* imperialism... Would have it been French, at least the US would have had decent bread and cheese.

> What concerns me the most is just how aggressively the entire world seems to be against him

Nope. The world is not against him. The world is against the possible [economic] retaliation from the US. That's kind of funny: during the cold war, a time people were worrying about possible armed conflicts, Snowden would have been granted asylum from many countries, including USSR. Nowadays, it seems the economic threat has more impact than nukes.

> Let's talk about the expectation of being an expert at optimising different servers like Apache, Tomcat and JBoss

No expert without nginx.

Marissa Mayer as a counter example..

The real question is: how much her prettiness helped her to win the Google science fair? The contest works both ways: a person who wins has his/her image associated to Google. Would Google choose a ugly person?

And how do you search (accurately)?

Funny drawing. But it seems the problem here is the interpretation of the Voyager's data. Not the probes that still do a magnificent job. I've always been fascinated how the Voyagers did/do a great job since 1977. Starting by providing really amazing pictures of our "external planets", following a smart path (that could have been even more awesome if budget wouldn't have been reduced) now they're still able to work and communicate successfully with Earth, from a 120+ AU distance, thanks to a 1977 technology.

Warning systems work well for areas far away from the epicenter. The system works based on the principle that seismic waves are far slower than light - ie the information gathered at the epicenter is broadcasted via a network (Internet) to surrounding areas. Destructive seismic waves speed is around 0.5~3 miles per second. The power of the waves decreases with distance. So if the epicenter is right under your feet - the most destructive place it can be - you have zero second notice...

12 comments, 0 sexist joke?! What happened to /. :-)

Nevertheless, the movie is rated 8.2 on IMDB - pretty good. Besides the so-powerful=boring argument, there must be something enjoyable in this movie... (didn't see it yet)

The trend is, more and more, towards secure communications (eg last big change was google search, all https).
After banning some apps, then mobile phones, then tablets, then... from what point people of SA will start to complain?

Terminator never terminates. Btw, what role is he going to play? Robots are not supposed to age...