Comment Re:What was it? (Score 5, Informative) 451
He just wanted to "blow away" the competition
Comment Re:Local exploit? (Score 2) 176
Asumming that by local they mean shell access, init 1 would disconnect you from ssh.
Comment Re:UEFI (Score 2) 137
But Linux distros already support UEFI, it could slow adoption of signed boot or whatever it's called.
Comment Re:Good. (Score 1) 354
We need more accountability for cops. A cop has the potential to do a lot more harm than a crooked member of congress. Your elected official can't burst into your house with guns drawn. Your neighborhood cop can.
Preferably, either directly elected cops or an elected board that oversees the police departments. Because in most places the only thing checking your neighborhood cop is.... another cop. Imagine if we had the same thing with politicians with no outside checks.
You mean an elected sherrif?
Comment Re:Not really surprised. (Score 1) 237
Come on, my Pentium E3000 with Radeon 5550 and 4GB of ram seems to work nicely with it. So it's probably the NVidia drivers or something.
Comment Re:Sun Shade (Score 1) 186
An 80% tint is just insanely dark—darker than the darkest I've ever seen on any building—that's like pimpmobile window tinting dark. Now if you have an electric car and you want your windows darkly tinted, then maybe, though I suspect an 80% tint is illegal in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Not that you care when you're driving along in your tricked-out electric pimpmobile, but.... No, wait....
Perfect for when I open my stripclub.
Comment Sorry but no. (Score 1) 196
I like to buy my iPad knock offs from local dealers.
NSA Makes Contribution To Apache Hadoop Project 102
An anonymous reader writes "The National Security Agency has submitted a new database, Accumulo, to the Apache Foundation for incubation. Accumulo is based on the original BigTable paper with some extensions such as the ability to provide cell-level security. It appears there are some hurdles that must be cleared concerning copyright before the project could be accepted."
Comment Re: Up to a metre per day. (Score 1) 113
There are parts of the world where seasons are less of an impact in plant growth, especially within the tropics.
Comment Re:Before the flames begin... (Score 1) 334
Out of those 13,000, I closed about 5,000 because the reporters hadn't replied after a certain period of time. It was a cleanup, not proper triage. If we had a quick response time, we probably wouldn't have gotten to 13,000. And unfortunately, without fixing the process, we will be at 13,000 again.
Well don't you think that if even the reporters didn't care about the followup to their bugs it means that either:
- They didn't care anymore
- The bug was "fixed" in a sense since they didn't experienced it anymore
Submission + - Will the Space Station be Abandoned in November? (discovery.com)
astroengine writes: "In the wake of the Russian Progress vehicle crash shortly after launch on Aug. 24, a chain of events has been set into motion that could result in the decision not to fly astronauts into orbit. If this happens, the ISS will be temporarily mothballed before the end of the year to avoid landing astronauts during the harsh Kazakh winter."
Submission + - Low Cost DIY Cell Network Runs on Solar (shareable.net)
Shareable writes: "Berkeley professor develops low cost, low power cell base station featuring easy, off-the grid deployment with solar or wind power; local services autonomous from national carriers; and an impressive portfolio of voice & data services (not just GSM). It's designed to connect rural areas in the developing world, but could have wider application like disaster recovery."
Comment First Tux (Score 1) 1
This thing actually eats tux.
Comment Re:Good old selfishness (Score 2, Insightful) 797
Except that old cars will keep lowering in numbers just by the fact that parts become more scarce as well as rust eating away the car, so unless you are very dedicated to keep your old car running you'll eventually want to have a newer car and save the hassle.
