benjamin264 - Slashdot User

Comment Admission (Score 1) 719

by benjamin264 on Friday May 10, 2013 @08:39PM (#43691141) Attached to: IRS Admits Targeting Conservative Groups During 2012 Election

What I find encouraging is that they at least admitted it... That has to stave off draconian law for a little bit longer, right?

Comment Re:Let's see this "database"... (Score 2, Interesting) 98

by benjamin264 on Sunday December 16, 2007 @04:41AM (#21715306) Attached to: Amazon Offers Paid Web Database Service

At least Amazon is now saying 'Amazon SimpleDB is designed to store relatively small amounts of data and is optimized for fast data access and flexibility in how that data is expressed.' Because at first read it sounds like they are trying to get rid of the need for RDBMSes and DBAs, as I whined about here.

Feed Chimps ... the Mighty Hunters? (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed on Friday February 23, 2007 @02:12PM

For the first time, researchers observe a chimpanzee fashion a spear from a branch then use it to kill prey. Is this an anomaly, or are chimps really that smart? By the Associated Press.

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