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by mariuolo 11y ago
I think I still have my old 2400bps modem lying somewhere. Still, the list left out Videotex systems that were available in Europe, like Prestel in the UK, BTX in Germany, Videotel in Italy and so on. Those were telco-supplied and allowed t
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by mariuolo 11y ago
Billions? How credible is that? Paypal itself says they have just 173 million active customer accounts ( https://www.paypal.com/webapps/mpp/about ) and they'd have every reason to inflate that number.
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by mariuolo 11y ago
I don't know what to think, years ago the Japanese defence minister talked about Godzilla invading and he was only half-joking ( http://www.japannewsreview.com/politics/politics/20071220pag... ).
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by mariuolo 11y ago
In traditional burials, something called adipocere occasionally develops. Basically body fats become saponified sealing the rest of the body from insects and bacteria, preventing a normal decay. But it doesn't happen every time, it dep
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by mariuolo 11y ago
Who the heck is that guy?
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by mariuolo 11y ago
I stand corrected.
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by mariuolo 11y ago
Alas it happens all the time. See Gary Kildall (MS-DOS originated from from his CP/M but he never saw a dime of royalty) and Phil Katz (PKZIP, note how the Zip file format uses "PK" as magic number). I've always wondered
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by mariuolo 11y ago
In a shooting war with multiple players in a relatively small region with no buffer zones this was bound to happen. And I'm worried about the consequences of a conflict, even a low-intensity one, between Russia and a NATO member.
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by mariuolo 11y ago
Seriously, what was she expecting?
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by mariuolo 11y ago
Here we go again. Is it used to inject ads like Lenovo did?
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by mariuolo 11y ago
The problem is they became interesting only decades later, when the ability to actually watch them arrived with hdtv. It's a real shame, but not many organisations are that farsighted.
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by mariuolo 11y ago
I'm not sure I get your point. How does one cut and move granite blocks with a calculator?
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by mariuolo 11y ago
What's the alternate theory?
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by mariuolo 11y ago
A security researcher obviously can't trust those devices anymore. If I were him I would sell them and buy new ones.
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by mariuolo 11y ago
I've often wondered if, other than a cultural difference (see "management by perkele"), there wasn't also a linguistic aspect to it. I mean, not being a native speaker can warp one's perception of how strong some ex
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by mariuolo 11y ago
Do I sound backward if I thought it was about Slackware?
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by mariuolo 11y ago
I think that has more to do with code hygiene. Problems are easier to spot when there are less underlying assumptions.
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by mariuolo 11y ago
Can a single modified home router actually cause disturbance to a RADAR? Or are we talking about a widespread use of such devices?
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by mariuolo 11y ago
What's wrong with cables?
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by mariuolo 11y ago
To add modern storage to some legacy device?
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by mariuolo 11y ago
Shameless perhaps would be a more suitable word for it?
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by mariuolo 11y ago
But who the heck is this James Kang?
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by mariuolo 11y ago
Gouvernement/regering translate to administration or cabinet or whatever each country designates its executive branch.
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by mariuolo 11y ago
Could it be a PR stunt?
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by mariuolo 11y ago
And do what with them? There isn't much overlap between IT and the tourism business.
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by mariuolo 11y ago
> The one EU nation that has to buy the F-35B is the UK. Because we're building a couple of supercarriers without catapults, so they've got to field STOVL planes, Also Italy and Spain, for the same reason.
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by mariuolo 11y ago
One would think that SpaceX thought through these questions before embarking on the project.
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by mariuolo 11y ago
I wonder, though, if it was alcohol that prompted him to jump in the water in the first place. He wouldn't be the first drunk who decided to do something stupid. I recall a British tourist who died in Venice after thinking it was a goo
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by mariuolo 11y ago
It's incredible how these people have grown to be detached from the common sentiment. Don't they realise how much the repeated scandals and abuses have discredited the agencies they represent?
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by mariuolo 11y ago
Are they comparable in video quality to LCD displays? What are the advantages besides being thinner? I mean, I can understand using OLED in a cellphone or a tablet, but when hanging on a wall what's the difference between 2mm and 2cm?

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