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Comment So, Dead Reckoning? (Score 1) 65

This apparently calculates future positions based on movement direction and velocity changes from a known position, a process known as dead reckoning (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_reckoning). I see two problems with this:
- You first need to have it at a known position, and give it that position;
- Its calculation of changes in position and velocity must be perfectly accurate.
The second one is the main problem. Unless it's perfectly accurate (unlikely?), it'll need recalibration often/occasionally, and how do you do that?

Comment Re:Ah yes, because sudo has a stellar track record (Score 1) 135

"it never was asked for; it was forced on everyone without any real reason."

I blame Red Hat for that. Red Hat has far too much control over what goes in to modern Unices; perhaps we need some discussion before radical new "features" are added.

As for Lennart Poettering himself, words continue to fail me.

Comment Re:And hilarity ensues!!!! (Score 1) 669

Oh, fsck, no. Please. She still hasn't learned that she was as popular as a bout of Ebola last time, and the the only reason she won the popular vote is that she wasn't Trump.
Please, please let someone else run this time, otherwise we'll be stuck with another GOP fsckwit.

Comment Re:C Band (3.7-4.2 GHz) Satellite Interference (Score 2) 64

Mention of that frequency range is what attracted me to this article. Long, long ago (well, 30+ years) I was a satellite communications guy posted to a remote earth station, so I'm well aware of the dangers of using this band for anything but satellite comms.
Why on earth does the FCC want to do this? Or have the major users given up C-band?

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