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Comment Re:thats nice (Score 1) 381

Dang, I had the same idea... now the price is gonna shoot up overnight as all the slashdotters rush to fill their basements with tellurium!
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While tellurium is likely to increase in value slightly over the next decade or so, this is not the makings of a "gold rush". To be quite honest, this isn't even really news, considering that First Solar has been using tellurium in their solar panels for 4 years now.

Ohh sure... make a post refuting the value of tellurium so that you can go out and horde it cheaper.

I'm on to your schemes mister!

Comment Re:Sad (Score 1) 175

Why?

The OS is a tool to get the job done.
Without knowing anything about you, I am willing to put money of the fact that this guy using windows has accomplished more than you have with your "h4x0r!1" OS.

Comment Re:a PC actually wrote this article (Score 4, Insightful) 551

That is under the assumption that workers use every single second on the job to be productive.
You and I both know that isn't true.

So a minute to boot up a computer, is not actually a minute lost. It can easily be made up later in the day if it is really that needed. (ex. Worker browses one less minute of /. in order to finish his job. THE HORROR!)

Comment Re:Offered his brain for further scientific study (Score 2, Interesting) 120

In the article it stated that all the while he had a sense that he was helping something important. His sub conscious was still in tact, and was probably what made him so interesting. He could be taught to do things, without knowing it.
So sub consciously he knew he was helping. So when asked to consent to giving his brain up, it was probably that sub conscious that gave him the feeling to say "Yes, I'll do that."

Comment Re:No football!!! Bring on the Hockey! (Score 1) 178

You of course won't agree with me on this, most likely because you don't have a full understanding of the game.

Fighting actually keeps the game safe.

Yes, I said that. Fighting keeps the players safe.
The amount of damage you can inflict on someone with fisticuffs is minimal. Compare that to a nasty hit which can very easily permanently disable someone.

So a hockey team will have their little skilled guys, and then one or two enforcers out there. The other team knows if they do something cheap- usually a bad check -to any opposing players they will get their face punched a bit. No one likes getting punched (except Tyler Durden). This helps keep it self, a sort of forced sportsmanship if you will. The game suspension penalty makes it so players just don't randomly get into fights. I would wager 90% of the fights that happen are for a specific purpose.

Bash fighting all that you will, but actual hockey fans understand it. They also don't watch the games for fighting; in fact games with a lot of fights are usually the worst ones to watch. How many fights do you see in the playoffs? There is a reason those games are the best to watch, they contain the best hockey.

Comment Re:let it collapse (Score 1) 146

Wouldn't something such as the federal minimum wage help alleviate some of these problems? Then these companies that already pay their workers the minimum have to choose between hiring their own, and having a government supply. Personally I would hire people myself as I imagine firing a person that the government hands to you as labor would be quite tough.
This however brings up another problem. What happens when your company gets handed someone who won't work. Someone who just shows up and collects a paycheck. A lot of people on unemployment are these type of people. They will apply to random jobs which they know they cannot get, just so they can check the box saying they are looking for a job. I imagine they will do the same when they get to their Govt. handed job.
NASA

Space Shuttle Secrets Stolen For China 473

Ponca City, We Love You writes "The Department of Justice has announced the indictment of former Boeing engineer Dongfan Chung on charges of economic espionage in the theft of company trade secrets relating to the Space Shuttle, the C-17 military transport aircraft, and the Delta IV rocket. Chung is a native of China and a naturalized US citizen. According to the indictment, Chinese aviation industry representatives began sending Chung 'tasking' letters as early as 1979. Over the years, the letters directed Chung to collect specific technological information, including data related to the Space Shuttle and various military and civilian aircraft. Chung allegedly responded in one letter indicating a desire to contribute to the 'motherland,' the DOJ said. It was not immediately clear how much, if any, damage the alleged espionage did to US national security but DOJ officials said the cases reflect the determination of the Chinese government to penetrate US intelligence and obtain vital national defense secrets. 'Today's prosecution demonstrates that foreign spying remains a serious threat in the post-Cold War world,' said Kenneth L. Wainstein, Assistant Attorney General for National Security"
Security

Encryption Could Make You More Vulnerable 126

narramissic writes "It sounds like a headline straight out of The Onion, but security researchers from IBM Internet Security Systems, Juniper, nCipher and elsewhere are warning that the use of data encryption could make organizations vulnerable to new risks and threats. There is potential for 'A new class of DoS attack,' says Richard Moulds, nCipher's product strategy EVP. 'If you can go in and revoke a key and then demand a ransom, it's a fantastic way of attacking a business.'"

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