Comment Re:Range of electric vehicles? (Score 3, Funny) 161
No, but you missed an important part of the story, I'll let you find the mistake yourself.
Hint: You're about one half of a large rotating thing wrong.
Comment Re:Not a bug (Score 1) 830
I disagree. "Writing software properly" apparently means taking on a huge burden for simple operations.
And the point is, it's a burden you can't avoid, and never could
The magical fairy god mother file system that handles everyting for you doesn't exist, and never did.
If you want database like data integrity, use a database, and take the performance hit.
Comment Re:Bull (Score 1) 830
[...] do what application developers actually want. fsync here asks for something entirely different and imposes a stupefying performance penalty.
Do you realise that what you want is equivalent to having the FS do the fsync for you? If it is "stupefyingly slow" when you do the fsync, why should the fsync that the FS does be any faster?
Monsanto's Harvest of Fear 517
Cognitive Dissident writes "Intellectual property thuggery is not restricted to the IT and entertainment industries. The May 2008 edition of Vanity Fair carries a major feature article on the mafiaa-like tactics of Monsanto in its pursuit of total domination of various facets of agribusiness. First in GM seeds with its 'Roundup Ready' crops designed to sell more of its Roundup herbicide, and more recently in milk production with rBGH designed to squeeze more milk out of individual cows, Monsanto has been resorting to increasingly over-the-top tactics to prevent what it sees as infringement or misrepresentation of its biotechnology. As with other forms of IP tyranny, the point is not really to help the public but to consolidate corporate power. Quotes: 'Some compare Monsanto's hard-line approach to Microsoft's zealous efforts to protect its software from pirates. At least with Microsoft the buyer of a program can use it over and over again. But farmers who buy Monsanto's seeds can't even do that.' and '"I don't know of a company that chooses to sue its own customer base," says Joseph Mendelson, of the Center for Food Safety. "It's a very bizarre business strategy." But it's one that Monsanto manages to get away with, because increasingly it's the dominant vendor in town.' Sound familiar?"
Comment Re:how is this different from Progress ? (Score 2, Informative) 343
One big difference is that Progress needs guidance beacons on the ISS, DART is supposed to be self-contained, able to dock using only it's own sensors.
Military Secrets for Sale on Stolen USB Drives 225
nTrfAce writes "Per a BBC Article, "US forces in Afghanistan are checking reports that stolen computer hardware containing military secrets is being sold at a market beside a big US base.
Shopkeepers at a market next to Bagram base, outside Kabul, have been selling memory drives stolen from the facility, the Los Angeles Times newspaper says.""
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