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Comment controversy for the sake of controversy (Score 1) 521

If one were intentionally trying to get people to argue with each other, and to induce animosity, they just might put topics like this forward. Is that the goal of this article, and the posting of it here? I see no upside to Linux Journal publishing this article, or slashdot highlighting it. It's not news, it's flamebait.

Comment waste of tax-payer's money to answer these (Score 5, Insightful) 147

"If a machine is doing its job, reliably and without error, then common sense dictates that you just shouldn't mess with it."
"what's the government computer most in need of an upgrade?"
You've just given a great reason why some hardware is still in use, it works.
Why turn around and conclude that it needs an upgrade?

"knowing which agencies are running hardware older than I am is important"
Sure, for a very loose definition of important.
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Roland Piquepaille Dies 288

overheardinpdx writes "I'm sad to report that longtime HPC technology pundit Roland Piquepaille (rpiquepa) died this past Tuesday. Many of you may know of him through his blog, his submissions to Slashdot, and his many years of software visualization work at SGI and Cray Research. I worked with Roland 20 years ago at Cray, where we both wrote tech stories for the company newsletter. With his focus on how new technologies modify our way of life, Roland was really doing Slashdot-type reporting before there was a World Wide Web. Rest in peace, Roland. You will be missed." The notice of Roland's passing was posted on the Cray Research alumni group on Linked-In by Matthias Fouquet-Lapar. There will be a ceremony on Monday Jan. 12, at 10:30 am Paris time, at Père Lachaise.

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