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Comment Re:So any guesses... (Score 1) 105

by Ark Ku Mon (#26738817) Attached to: DC CTO Vivek Kundra Named To Top Federal IT Job

No. He was sent to the senate on Dec 11th.

No, it wasn't. December 11th was when Obama announced that he would be nominating Daschle, that wasn't when the nomination was submitted. It was submitted on the 20th of January and the official records back me up. From: http://thomas.loc.gov/home/nomis.html

Nomination: PN64-03-111 Date Received: January 20, 2009 (111st Congress) Nominee: Thomas Andrew Daschle, of South Dakota, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. Referred to: Senate Finance Legislative Actions Committee Action: January 08, 2009 - Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Floor Action: January 20, 2009 - Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Finance. Organization: Department of Health and Human Services Control Number: 111PN0006403

Make sure to read the bolded sections.

Comment Re:good luck with that (Score 3, Informative) 254

by Ark Ku Mon (#26738597) Attached to: CNN Uses P2P Video & Adds Terrible EULA

Yes. The US Legal system believes that they are valid.

Actually the US case law is inconsistent and have only ruled on the validity specific EULAs not about them in general. There have been cases where EULAs have been ruled enforceable and valid and others to the contrary. So your statement is actually misleading.

I know its "common knowledge" on slashdot that they aren't valid, but find one US case that says they aren't valid. There are many that say they are...

In this case, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that a EULA disclaimer waiving all express and implied warranties, printed on the outside of the box, was not binding.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Step-Saver_Data_Systems,_Inc._v._Wyse_Technology

Also Rich, Mass Market Software and the Shrinkwrap License (23 Colo. Law 1321.17)

So, there you go. And, yes, there are cases where particular EULA has been held up by a court, but contrary to your claim there has been no case law that has ever ruled on EULAs in general in such a definitive manner as you have claim.

Comment Re:So any guesses... (Score 1) 105

by Ark Ku Mon (#26736605) Attached to: DC CTO Vivek Kundra Named To Top Federal IT Job
But his nomination was submitted to the Senate on the 20th of last month which was AFTER both of those nominees had their scandals come up. Don't you think they would have been smart enough to do some double checking after that point so as to avoid another huge embarrassment? It would seem that if two tax cheats make it through the original vetting process, that I'd be mulling back over the ones I'm about to send out no matter how well I thought they were the first time around.

Comment Re:Anyone know more info about this guy (Score 2, Informative) 105

by Ark Ku Mon (#26736417) Attached to: DC CTO Vivek Kundra Named To Top Federal IT Job

Daschle was not appointed last week.

Well of course not as his official nomination was only submitted to the Senate back on the 20th of January, but that was not what I was talking about when I said "last week".

Obama picked him in Dec. That would be BEFORE Geither's and richardson's debacle.

And his tax scandal just came out 6 days ago on the 30th of last month which would be LAST WEEK just as I said... I know you think you got some big gotcha on me, but you really didn't.

Comment Re:Anyone know more info about this guy (Score 1) 105

by Ark Ku Mon (#26736221) Attached to: DC CTO Vivek Kundra Named To Top Federal IT Job

1. After Richardson and Geither were caught with pant's down, Obama's ppl started hard core vetting EVERYONE. The other 2 were suggested before either Richardson or Geither debacles.

You said this before but it's false. See recent and speedy withdrawal of the appointment of Tom Daschle for not paying all of his taxes. That was only last week.
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Hugh Pickens writes "Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is going back to work as chief scientist at Fusion-io, a start-up company that tweaks computers to let them tap vast amounts of storage at very quick rates. In the early days of Apple, Wozniak stood out as one of Silicon Valley's most creative engineers, demonstrating a knack for elegant computer designs that made efficient use of components and combined many features into a cohesive package and Wozniak will do similar work at Fusion-io, although this time with larger server computers and storage systems rather than PCs. 'I have a pretty quiet life, and I like to watch technology evolve,' says Wozniak. 'In this case, I like the people and the product, and said I would like some greater involvement.'"
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Scientists Create Compound With a Single Element 163

Posted by samzenpus from the a-bit-of-a-hermit dept.
rocketman768 writes "An international team of researchers including scientists at the Carnegie Institution has discovered a new chemical compound that consists of a single element: boron. Chemical compounds are conventionally defined as substances consist of two or more elements, but the researchers found that at high pressure and temperature pure boron can assume two distinct forms that bond together to create a novel 'compound' called boron boride."

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