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When Computers Go Wrong 250

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday December 12, 2010 @10:41AM from the best-of-intentions dept.

Barence writes "PC Pro's Stewart Mitchell has charted the world's ten most calamitous computer cock-ups. They include the Russians' stealing software that resulted in their gas pipeline exploding, the Mars Orbiter that went missing because the programmers got their imperial and metric measurements mixed up, the Soviet early-warning system that confused the sun for a missile and almost triggered World War III, plus the Windows anti-piracy measure that resulted in millions of legitimate customers being branded software thieves."

Comment Re:perl? (Score 1) 426

by Yaleman on Friday May 28, 2010 @01:15AM (#32372318) Attached to: For Automated Testing, Better Alternatives To DOS Batch Files?

Wait. You said readable perl.

I call shenanigans.

Comment Power usage? (Score 1) 697

by Yaleman on Sunday October 25, 2009 @10:14PM (#29868523) Attached to: Low-Power Home Linux Server?

The New Mac Mini draws 14W at idle, why not get that? :) It even has a new version with dual hard drives.

Comment Re:I really like OpenSolaris (Score 1) 303

by Yaleman on Tuesday September 15, 2009 @10:25PM (#29435139) Attached to: OpenSolaris vs. Linux, For Linux Users

That's just crazy, you should be using --with-a-black-rooster-to-the-gods-of-GNU. When will you people learn?

Comment Re:Citation needed. (Score 1) 276

by Yaleman on Friday December 12, 2008 @11:30AM (#26090721) Attached to: Waste Coffee Grounds Offer New Source of Biodiesel

Well, it's bigger because there's a whole extra digit. Rendered on an 8-led display there's more lights just changing from the four to the six. Any sort of representation with actual currency it's likely to be bigger especially if it's coinage :)

Ban On Louisiana Video Game Law Now Permanent 186

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 29, 2006 @09:49PM from the your-child-wants-to-blow-stuff-up dept.

Carl Carlson writes "A Louisiana judge has issued a permanent injunction against a Louisiana law banning the sale of violent video games to minors. The law was crafted by video game dilettante Jack Thompson and took a slightly different approach to the issue of regulating video game sales. Rep. Roy Burrell (R) and Jack Thompson had research that purported to show a causative link between playing violent video games and real-world violence entered into the legislative record in an attempt to buttress the legislation's shaky credentials. In addition, the law adapted the Miller obscenity test to the realm of violent video games."

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