Comment Documentation (Score 1) 224
I used to have a hard copy of General Electric's BASIC and FORTRAN manuals, until a weasel (who claimed to be a preacher!) stole them.
I felt a little better when was busted for stealing TVs.
Comment Re:Good ... (Score 1) 1073
Rather, the Constitution lays out the rights that the citizens give the government.
Comment Personal time (Score 1) 480
It helps to have a job you love and are committed to.
The biggest issue that I have found is that I need to be vigilant to keep my work out of my personal time.
Comment Good administrators (Score 2) 220
We are down to one part-time sysadmin, and she does a terrific job. I've seen lousy sysadmins, and know well to appreciate a good one.
Now if only management appreciated her as well!
Comment MS Hearts - network version (Score 1) 145
Whatever happened to the network version of Hearts that used to be included with Windows?
eBay Urges Rethink On EU Plan's "Brick and Mortar" Vendor Requirement 139
mernil writes with this snippet from Reuters: "According to a draft regulation drawn up by the European Commission and seen by Reuters, suppliers may be allowed to require that distributors have a 'brick-and-mortar' shop before they can sell online. The proposed rules would replace existing guidelines exempting companies from strict EU competition rules under certain circumstances. Those rules expire at the end of May."
The Perfect Way To Slice a Pizza 282
iamapizza writes "New Scientist reports on the quest of two math boffins for the perfect way to slice a pizza. It's an interesting and in-depth article; 'The problem that bothered them was this. Suppose the harried waiter cuts the pizza off-center, but with all the edge-to-edge cuts crossing at a single point, and with the same angle between adjacent cuts. The off-center cuts mean the slices will not all be the same size, so if two people take turns to take neighboring slices, will they get equal shares by the time they have gone right round the pizza — and if not, who will get more?' This is useful, of course, if you're familiar with the concept of 'sharing' a pizza."
Comment Re:Human-level AI (Score 1) 903
You're plooking too hard, you're plooking too hard, you're plooking too hard on meeeeeee
What To Do With Old USB Keys, Low-Capacity Hard Drives? 546
MessedRocker writes "I have at least a few USB flash drives around that I haven't needed since I got my 16GB flash drive, a 40GB external hard drive which I haven't needed since I upgraded to 500GB, and a couple of SATA hard drives I have pulled out of laptops which are either as large or smaller than the one I have in my laptop now. Furthermore, I don't really know anyone who needs any hard drives or flash drives. What should I do with my small, obsolete storage devices?"
Virus Infection Hits UK's Ministry of Defense, Including Warships 290
Retrovirus writes with a link to a Register story which says that the UK's "Ministry of Defence confirmed today that it has suffered virus infections which have shut down 'a small number' of MoD systems, most notably including admin networks aboard Royal Navy warships."
Comment Re:It is all of those things, but (Score 2, Informative) 340
It wasn't even the shock wave that caused Challenger to disintegrate, it was the sudden deviation from its course while under Max-Q. Trying to separate quickly from the stack would have been just as bad.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Challenger_disaster
Submission + - Pre-Installed Linux tops Dell customer requests
dhart writes: "Within only a few days of opening a new customer feedback website, Dell has discovered the feature most requested (by a wide margin!) as an option on all new Dell PCs: Pre-installed Linux. I believe they'll have a harder time now with the tired old mantra "there's no customer demand for Linux"."
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