Comment Re:microshite (Score 1) 36
The boss will just expect that you'll work overtime for no pay to make it up....
Comment Re: This might call for some Fox News counterhacki (Score 1) 1044
The President's funding request included $1.6B in Border Security which both houses of the Congress voted for and approved after the President agreed that he'd sign the budget deal.
THEN, Coulter and Limbaugh called him out on not pushing for the wall. And even worse compared him to Obama. At that point, POTUS lost his collective shit and threw this temper tantrum.
He got what he asked for and then decided he wanted more.
Comment Re:lol he name BeauHD (Score 2) 72
The vendors already default to lowest-cost solutions which is why HTTP is what is currently used; HTTPS isn't ideal but it would be a significant improvement (except of course the certs will get left out on a web server to be stolen, because security?).
Beyond security, there are issues about proper testing (did you know that pace makers are only tested on 50+ males; what happens when you put one in a 20yo pregnant woman?) and (the lack of proper) government oversight.
See Karen Sandler (https://twitter.com/o0karen0o; https://punkrocklaywer.com/ of the Software Freedom Conservancy and the battles she's had with pace maker manufacturers trying to get access to information on the device implanted in herself. And she can tell the first hand story about being a 20+yo pregnant woman being shocked by her pace maker while exercising...
Comment Re:Makes perfect sense... (Score 1) 264
I have Comcast TV and Internet. The Cable TV box remains sealed in the box. My Inet service without Cable is $110/mo, with Cable is $80/mo. No, I did not get that confused--cheaper with more services. RCN is available 3 blocks over, and Comcast offers Inet-only for $40/mo at the same speed there.
But, hey, who needs net-neutrality? It's just holding the cable companies back! Or at least their shareholder value
Entergy Admits 2005 Tritium Leak 385
mdsolar writes "The leaking Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant was hit last week by a whistleblower allegation that a previous tritium leak had occurred. Now the parent company, Entergy, has admitted the occurrence of at least one prior leak to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. This is particularly significant for three reasons: because the leak occurred in pipes that company officials later testified under oath did not exist, because the Vermont Senate will likely soon vote to deny Entergy a needed approval to extend the power plant's license for another 20 years, and because President Obama just put taxpayers on the hook for new nuclear power plants in Georgia."
Comment Re:_Soul of a New Machine_ (Score 2, Informative) 375
It was the story of Data General's response to the VAX. DG saw the VAX as a 32 machine with 16 bit support (PDP-11 support) hanging off the side. DG wanted to extend their existing 16 bit technology naturally to 32 bits. They did it too.
DG was better technology, but the VAX was beautiful. VMS was a joy.
DG was better technology, but the VAX was beautiful. VMS was a joy.
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