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Tiny Tim writes:
Stupidity strikes! A data recovery company has revealed the dumbest data disasters it's confronted this year — including rotting bananas, smelly socks and a university professor's foolhardy application of WD-40...
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Plum Root writes:
Fibre is no stranger to the sewer. But the UK's Victorian drainage infrastructure is turning out to be an effective home for fibre optics too (as seen here). Laying cables down there is faster and cheaper apparently. And "there are no blockage issues" either. Bonus.
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illeism writes:
Ars Technica has a good piece on Valve's about face on multithread and multicore application in programming.
FTA — "...we were treated to an unveiling of the company's new programming strategy, which has been completely realigned around supporting multiple CPU cores. Valve is planning on more than just supporting them. It wants to make the absolute maximum use of the extra power to deliver more than just extra frames per second, but also a more immersive gaming experience."
