Comment First steps? (Score 2) 86
It would seem to me that getting to Mars (or even the Moon) might be a better objective first.
Comment government unable to keep up with the times... (Score 1) 78
This is just another classic example of how the federal government is unable to keep systems up to date. Any org that cared would've at least had someone add a few more dimms or...wait...
Submission + - Mars Rover is 10 years old (msn.com)
An anonymous reader writes: NASA's Opportunity rover landed on Mars the night of Jan. 24, 2004 PST (just after midnight EST on Jan. 25), three weeks after its twin, Spirit, touched down. Spirit stopped operating in 2010, but Opportunity is still going strong, helping scientists better understand the Red Planet's wetter, warmer past.
Comment App that tastes bad? (Score 1) 311
I can forget keeping it from my baby. He's already too good at grabbing it when I least expect it. What's really needed is an app to keep my 10 month old from teething on it. There's also that disturbing trend of throwing things that doesn't boad well for electronic's in general.
Half of GitHub Code Unsafe To Use (If You Want Open Source) 218
WebMink writes "GitHub is a great open source hosting site, right? Wrong. There's no requirement that projects on GitHub provide any copyright license, let alone an open source one, so roughly half the projects on GitHub are "all rights reserved" — meaning you could well be violating copyright if you make any use of the code in them. And GitHub management seem just fine with this state of affairs, saying picking a license is too hard for ordinary developers. But if you're not going to give anyone permission to use your code, why post it on GitHub in the first place?"
Comment I first contacted energizer (Score 1) 260
What's sadder is that I originally contacted energizer last year and was told
"Thank you for your input. Your email has been forwarded to our software team for review."
Energizer doesn't mention that part;) After auto responses and no updates I finally gave up and sent it to CERT instead.
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