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Comment Re:Empty Never Means Empty (Score 1) 199

Fuel pumps don't move. They always suck from the bottom of the tank. Overheating is a possibility, but even that is doubtful for a pump that is not already on its way out.

Fuel tanks don't always pull from the bottom. My 1986 Rabbit Convertible has two fuel pumps, one transfer pump on the top of the tank under the back seat which pulls the gas out of the tank and shoots it to the main fuel pump. If you let the tank run dry (or even low and take some hard turns) you risk running the transfer pump dry and having it overheat and die which then causes the main fuel pump to work harder and eventually die a short while afterwards.

I know. It's happened to me. Twice. I've come to the conclusion that keeping your gas tank half full at all times is better than $300 in new fuel pumps.

Comment Re:dtcm (Score 1) 69

Google Calender has that "forward" feature as well.

As far as reminders go, Google Calendar syncs naively with my Blackberry through BIS and if you just "pin" a tab with google calendar in it, then as long as you have your browser open it will notify you. You can also set it up so it'll send email/text alerts to remind you as well.

Comment Alternative (Score 2) 144

And the alternative to what they did would be "We're exiting the PC, Tablet and Mobile Phone business but we have no plan to make this happen yet, check back later".

Which do you think is worse for the stock price?

Security

Submission + - Hackers May Have Nabbed Over 200 SSL Certificates (computerworld.com)

CWmike writes: "Hackers may have obtained more than 200 digital certificates from a Dutch company after breaking into its network, including ones for Mozilla, Yahoo and the Tor project — a considerably higher number than DigiNotar has acknowledged earlier this week when it said 'several dozen' certificates had been acquired by attackers. Among the certificates acquired by the attackers in a mid-July hack of DigiNotar, Van de Looy's source said, were ones valid for mozilla.com, yahoo.com and torproject.org, a system that lets people connect to the Web anonymously. Mozilla confirmed that a certificate for its add-on site had been obtained by the DigiNotar attackers. 'DigiNotar informed us that they issued fraudulent certs for addons.mozilla.org in July, and revoked them within a few days of issue,' Johnathan Nightingale, director of Firefox development, said Wednesday. Looy's number is similar to the tally of certificates that Google has blacklisted in Chrome."
Linux

Submission + - kernel.org compromized (kernel.org) 2

JoeF writes: There is a note posted on the main kernel.org page, that kernel.org has been compromised earlier this month:
"Earlier this month, a number of servers in the kernel.org infrastructure were compromised. We discovered this August 28th. While we currently believe that the source code repositories were unaffected, we are in the process of verifying this and taking steps to enhance security across the kernel.org infrastructure."

The note goes on to say that it is unlikely to have affected the source code repositories, due to the nature of git.

News

Submission + - Researchers Create Rain By Firing Lasers at Sky (inhabitat.com)

formaggio writes: Last year a team of researchers at Switzerland’s University of Geneva had come up with an interesting way of making it rain– by shooting lasers high up into the sky. At the time it seemed like science fiction, but now it is science fact after the team successfully finished tests around Lake Geneva.
Star Wars Prequels

Submission + - George Lucas messing with Star Wars again (badassdigest.com) 5

FrankNFurter writes: Once more George Lucas has been caught messing with the original Star Wars trilogy — this time for the Blu-Ray release later this year. What changed? He added Darth Vader saying 'NOOOOOO' to the scene where the Emperor is electrocuting Luke.

Leave Star Wars alone, George!

Apache

Submission + - "Apache Killer" Web Server Hole Plugged (computerworld.com)

CWmike writes: "The Apache open-source project has patched its Web server software to quash a bug that a denial-of-service (DoS) tool has been exploiting. Apache 2.2.20, released Tuesday, plugs the hole used by an "Apache Killer" attack tool. On Aug. 24, project developers had promised a fix within 48 hours, then revised the timetable two days later to 24 hours. The security advisory did not explain the delay."
Microsoft

Submission + - In Windows 8 the desktop is "just another app" (extremetech.com) 4

MrSeb writes: "Steven Sinofsky, president of Windows and Windows Live, has detailed how the tiled Metro interface and the standard Windows Desktop (with a capital D) will peacefully coincide. You will have complete control over which interface you use — and you can use both at once, if you like. Tablets (and devices missing a keyboard and mouse) will probably boot up in the Metro UI, but it isn’t clear what the default for desktop and laptop PCs will be. Implementation-wise, Sinofsky points out that the Windows Desktop will now be "just an app", in that you launch it by jabbing a tile in the tile-based Metro interface; in other words, it won't steal RAM or CPU cycles unless you actively want to use it."
China

Submission + - Foxconn to Hire 1 Million Robots (xinhuanet.com) 1

hackingbear writes: Xinhua News Agency reports that Taiwanese technology giant Foxconn will replace some of its workers with 1 million robots in three years to cut rising labor expenses and improve efficiency, said Terry Gou, founder and chairman of the company, late Friday. The robots will be used to do simple and routine work such as spraying, welding and assembling which are now mainly conducted by workers. Foxconn, the world's largest maker of computer components which assembles products for Apple, Sony and Nokia, employing 1 million (human) laborers in mainland China, is in the spotlight after a string of suicides of workers at its massive Chinese plants, which some blamed on tough working conditions. As labor regulation tighten up in China, human laborers demanding wage rise become replaceable.
Open Source

Submission + - Stealing My Free Code! (wordpress.com) 2

An anonymous reader writes: I recently found out that the company I used to work for is removing all the open source licenses (GPL and MIT) from my work and distributing it as proprietary software and taking all the credit despite the fact that they contributed nothing to it. They are even renaming it something really silly. What should I do?

Submission + - SFPD Arrests Suspect in Airbnb Rental Trashing

theodp writes: Just days after it was reported that apartment sharing startup Airbnb had raised $112MM at a $1B+ valuation from investors that included Marc Andreessen and Jeff Bezos, Airbnb user EJ's blog entry on the ransacking of her apartment by Airbnb renters went viral, creating a PR nightmare that's turning into a war of words. CNET reports San Francisco police have confirmed that a 19-year-old woman has been arrested in the case, booked on possession of stolen property, methamphetamine, fraud charges, and an outstanding warrant. Since it seems doubtful that this news will convince EJ to endorse the service, perhaps Airbnb investor Bezos could list the spare rooms in his Seattle mansion, LA mansion, NYC penthouse, and Texas ranch houses with the service to show his support. Security pros might want to keep an eye on the Airbnb job site, although even the best of security is no match for a nightmare guest, as the Sofitel New York hotel can attest to.

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