* Posts by Destroy All Monsters

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Google ordered to censor 'torrent', 'megaupload' and more words

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Devil

Ventre-saint gris!!

Mon le care-o-meter didn't budge.

Ah!! Flibustiers et gentilhommes de fortune! Regardez donc cette vague torrentielle plurimédiatique nouvellement libérée de ces droits d'auteurs. Par la barbe de Jean Lafitte!!

Oracle scales back plans for Java 8

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Re: "You can always use Clojure"

> 2012

> Jerks around with bare metal languages and is proud of this.

> Doesn't not about -Xincgc option either

MFW

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Childcatcher

Re: 8 already ?

There is stuff out there which won't work with Java 7...

Apache Camel, Imma looking at you.

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Holmes

"Groovy grab my Code...."

And you can spice it up by injecting Groovy into moderately large subtrees of the codebase. Try it.

You lose a lot of compile time checks and things become slower at runtime (you have to think of objects as mutable bags of methods and properties rather than as instances of nodes in a class hierarchy). But the feeling is the one one gets when one goes from the detailed sigma+index notation to the freewheeling Einstein summation convention in Tensor calculus. YES!

I would like to see that modularization though. That should really have been in there from the beginning. Well, we have OSGi for now.

And then: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_JVM_languages

Hubble spots ancient spiral galaxy that SHOULD NOT EXIST

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Alien

Re: Cool!

Random shit going down.

It "shouldn't exist" if everything went along a deterministic path. But random evolution yields the odd galaxy out.

P.S.

"The vast majority of old galaxies look like train wrecks.”

YOUNG galaxies. YOUNG!!! FFS!!!

And for people interested in Dark Matter and Viewtiful Slideware:

http://www.itp.uzh.ch/events/darkattack/programme.html

Psst, UK software devs: Up for a Cyber Security Challenge?

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Paris Hilton

That bong sure is packing good stuff.

“Security instincts will be just as important as technical skills, as candidates prove they can effectively research and anticipate requirements for security at the same rapid rate at which software is developing."

Seriously, "instincts"? Anticipate requirements at a rapid rate? Might was well read the entrails of a PFY ritually sacrificed in the server room.

Mathematicians may make good use of instincts. But sniffing out relationships and similarities between mathematical structures is rather different than making sure there is magic informatics putty covering all the seams of the box with the family silver in it.

Kiwi judge steps aside from Dotcom extradition hearings

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Devil

Amerifags told!

There will probably soon be charming ladies from [unnamed country] making allegations of sexual misconduct and molestation. Ruff noises will emerge from beltway offices and extradition hearings will begin.

Olympic Security cock-up was down to that DARN software

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Unhappy

Re: that is the *real* issue: not really employing people

You actually "maximize shareholder value" by navigating the sweet spot providing "good enough service for a correct price".

Unless you have political connections. Then you can go for "bad service for high price".

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Joke

Re: Dedication

"I was phoned up on holiday..."

...but I couldn't help as they want to speak to Mr. Wolf.

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Re: Unpredictable natural hazard

I'm throwing my votes at you but nothing is happening!

McDonalds staff 'rough up' prof with home-made techno-spectacles

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Devil

I see the staff at McDonalds are fully unionized

Violence towards the customer? Sure. Then they get fired, get on government dripfeed and are back at the next "manifestation" throwing stones randomly into shops to "show the rich actionnaires what's what". Then they complain that shops are closing and demand government intervention to put a stop to this unpatriotic exploitation of the proletarian masses.

New 'Madi' cyber-espionage campaign targets Iran AND Israel

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Coat

Re: Persian strings in the code

A whole rug would be too obvious.

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Big Brother

"Iran's controversial nuclear program"

I hate this low-key crap and lying.

Controversial how?

It's not "controversial". It doesn't exist. But it fills Israel's politicians' need to have a constant paranoid wank because - how else can you have hardcore apartheid while keeping the civvies in line? And it fills Israel's "partner's" politicians' need to cowtow to AIPAC for money and favors - as well their childish need to show "thoughness" on tri-colored stages for clowns and old, sick men.

Cockfighting Reg hack cursed with cancer

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Big Brother

That slope is slippery. Ouch!

CONSIDERING THAT

"People that are indifferent to other people's suffering are psychopaths. If you are indifferent to the suffering of living creatures then I'd say you're suffering the same malady - which seems to be common among a lot of reg readers."

THIS GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED THAT

There shall be put into operation by the Ministry Of Reeducation a mission whose purpose shall be to reeducate the reg readers as to their proper place in nature. Drones will be sent off to capture or dispatch members of this fellowship forthwith.

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Me gusta!

E-Cat pitching cold fusion to Australians

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Greens don't know about neutron bursts in their kitchen.

Or that, if this actually worked, the removal of the last impediment to full-scale industrialization would transform the whole of Earth overnight into a glittering BALL OF MEGATECH WITH DEAD PANDAS EVERYWHERE!

GM to slash vast outsourced IT empire

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A Grand Mott?

"We got several billion from the taxpayer! I suggest we use them!"

"Don't be too proud of this governmental terror you have created! GM’s pension obligations remain a concern. The shortfall has increased to $24.5 billion from $21.4 billion a year ago. How are we going to reduce the outlays to our suppliers?"

"Fear will keep the suppliers in line. Fear of insourcing!"

US sets up underground dark matter detector

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Holmes

Re: self contradictory

> how sure are we that those neutrino events previously recorded were not in fact WIMPs as well?

Good statistics and good calculation, I would think. Have a gander: http://arxiv.org/abs/1107.1295

> I won't even get into

This is good because...

1) Dark matter is needed to explain Galaxy cluster clumping and Galactic rotations

2) Doppler shift is written Doppler shift

3) Cosmological redshift is not technically Doppler shift

4) Variances in the fine structure constant would be clear as f*ck. Indeed, the possibility of very small variances caused a ruckus back in 2000 or so, but nothing conclusive was seen.

5) Tired light theory was tired when the Hubble Telescope wasn't even up

Any questions?

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Also, Reg, if you have time

I suppose this is "Stanford", not "Sanford"

And using Xenon is a well-established practice:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XENON_Dark_Matter_Search_Experiment

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Re: self contradictory

Neutrinos are not dangerous .... yet! MUAHAHA!

http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9908017

"High energy muon colliders, such as the TeV-scale conceptual designs now being considered, are found to produce enough high energy neutrinos to constitute a potentially serious off-site radiation hazard in the neighbourhood of the accelerator site. A general characterization of this radiation hazard is given, followed by an order-of-magnitude calculation for the off-site annual radiation dose and a discussion of accelerator design and site selection strategies to minimize the radiation hazard. "

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Re: really?

Your medication, sir!

Tablets, copycats and Weird Al Yankovic

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Hipster fa**ots!!

What's wrong with Weird Al?

Have some 1999s goodness when a Pentium was hot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpMvS1Q1sos

'Extreme' solar storm speeding straight towards Earth

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Re: I'm surprised the Drudge Report...

Kill it with Coronal Mass Ejections!

US county named 'area of outstanding natural stupidity'

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Traditionally, I kill people using an old rotary dial phone.

Furthermore...

"As of April 2008, the British government added swords with a curved blade of 50 cm (20 in.) or over in length ("the length of the blade shall be the straight line distance from the top of the handle to the tip of the blade") to the Offensive Weapons Order. This ban was a response to reports that Samurai swords were used in more than 80 attacks and 4 killings over the 4 preceding years. Those who violate the ban would be jailed up to six months and charged a fine of £5,000."

Politicians in action.

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Devil

Re: The last tale...

"...is yet another reason why firearms safety lessons should be compulsory in US schools,"

Going whole hog would be advisable at this point but there are some problems:

1) Anti-guns advocates up in arms

2) Lawyers rubbing hands

I think it would prove impossible to actually fire the things. That will have to be left to the discretion of the parents. Maybe one could implement a voucher system to allow kids to attend local firing ranges...

On the other hand, handling and disassembly/assembly of mechanically interesting military and civilian boomsticks under supervision? That would be fun. One could get Colt to sponsor it.

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"So what was your objection again?"

WTF man? WTF?

Apple rejoins EPEAT green tech cert program

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Re: DOD?

Have some Agent Orange for this movie citation!

US deploys robot submarine armada against Iranian mines

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Big Brother

Police?

More like the ranting moustachioed corporal threatening to hoover up a few neighbours. This time the guy in charge is black and is pushed on by the dudes who pretend to have been enslaved by a Pharaoh. History is bizarre.

Microsoft to announce new Office version on Monday

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Holmes

Re: I like Ribbon

> monitoring the reactions of both new and experienced users to the revised interface.

But do they keep or throw away the stuff that causes reactions similar to the one I lately had with certain shrimps sourced from a greek "restaurant"?

Security fail for Apple as hacker cracks iOS in-app purchasing

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Hah!

If you think that security researchers get sued because of "douchebags like that", be advised: They get sued because shutting someone up is easier than admitting fault and fixing things. "Irreparable harm to the company's ring muscle and the president's golden balls etc. etc."

Metro, that ribbon, shared mailboxes: Has Microsoft lost the plot?

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Holmes

Re: struggling

Unfortunately, antitrust is like antiporn. There is *always* a case to answer, and whether it is vigorously pursued or not and morally defendable or not depends wholly on the current political atmosphere.

Better rely on choice by consumer's wallets. And to make that possible, loosen the Neverending Intellectual Property Fecal Matter Delivery Express.

Christians get God-optimized 'Edifi' Android fondleslab

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Re: war crimes....

War crimes? No problemo!

After Joshua died, the Israelites asked the LORD, "Which tribe should attack the Canaanites first?" The LORD answered, "Judah, for I have given them victory over the land." The leaders of Judah said to their relatives from the tribe of Simeon, "Join with us to fight against the Canaanites living in the territory allotted to us. Then we will help you conquer your territory." So the men of Simeon went with Judah. When the men of Judah attacked, the LORD gave them victory over the Canaanites and Perizzites, and they killed ten thousand enemy warriors at the town of Bezek. While at Bezek they encountered King Adoni-bezek and fought against him, and the Canaanites and Perizzites were defeated. Adoni-bezek escaped, but the Israelites soon captured him and cut off his thumbs and big toes. Adoni-bezek said, "I once had seventy kings with thumbs and big toes cut off, eating scraps from under my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them." They took him to Jerusalem, and he died there. The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem and captured it, killing all its people and setting the city on fire. (Judges 1:1-8 NLT)

Oatmealer rubs Operation Bear Love cash in troll's face

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I had to re-read this thrice to understand who did what to whom. Am I getting old?

Google sued over mobile Chrome by patent firm

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Derpy companies with "business plans" based on toilet-had ideas

Yes, that will up the economy. Please go on.

Religious wars brewing in ICANN gTLD expansion

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FALLACY DETECTED! THESE AIN'T ARGUMENTS AGAINST INTELLIGENT DESIGN!!!1

That actually just means that God is working in government. Anything goes as long as he can leave office early. Someone else will have to pay. And if it doesn't work out, increase the budget, then try again.

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Re: If you don't like looking at porn, then DON'T LOOK AT PORN.

> If you don't like looking at grannies being beaten up, don't look at it.

Höhöhö JDX, you think porn is somehow like beating up grannies?

Back to Jesus Camp with you and STAY there, mmmokay?

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Re: Hmm.

> Won't somebody think of the children

I though that abuse scandal in the "Church" (can't remember which one though) had been put behind us?

Microsoft hires hippy to lecture resellers on being nice to the world

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Re: Pray tell

It's from Alissa Sinowjewna Rosenbaum's (aka. "Ayn Rand") "FOR THE NEW INTELLECTUAL". She goes at everything with a steam hammer and a rivet gun (as she is wont to do) and despises Kant and Zen Buddhism but there is some good stuff in there.

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Goddammit! We have not built universal turing machines to then segue into "unbounded awareness"!

"An animal has no critical faculty; he has no control over the function of his brain and no power to question its content. To an animal, whatever strikes his awareness is an absolute that corresponds to reality—or rather, it is a distinction he is incapable of making: reality, to him, is whatever he senses or feels. And this is the Witch Doctor’s epistemological ideal, the mode of consciousness he strives to induce in himself. To the Witch Doctor, emotions are tools of cognition, and wishes take precedence over facts. He seeks to escape the risks of a quest for knowledge by obliterating the distinction between consciousness and reality, between the perceiver and the perceived, hoping that an automatic certainty and an infallible knowledge of

the universe will be granted to him by the blind, unfocused stare of his eyes turned inward, contemplating the sensations, the feelings, the urgings, the muggy associational twistings projected by the rudderless mechanism of his undirected consciousness. Whatever his mechanism produces is an absolute not to be questioned; and whenever it clashes with reality, it is reality that he ignores.

Since the clash is constant, the Witch Doctor’s solution is to believe that what he perceives is another, “higher” reality—where his wishes are omnipotent, where contradictions are possible and A is non-A, where his assertions, which are false on earth, become true and acquire the status of a “superior” truth which he perceives by means of a special faculty denied to other, “inferior,” beings. The only validation of his consciousness he can obtain on earth is the belief and the obedience of others, when they accept his “truth” as superior to their own perception of reality. While Attila extorts their obedience by means of a club, the Witch Doctor obtains it by means of a much more powerful weapon: he pre-empts the field of morality."

Microsoft promises resellers bumper 2013 with total line-up refresh

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WTF?

A Land War in Asia

"For the very first time, every single product in our portfolio is getting refreshed and relaunched in a 12 month cycle - that's unprecedented. It's the largest release cycle in our history and the energy and the momentum from that is unbelievable."

All the alarm bells are ringing.

Microsoft tightens squeeze on TechNet parasites

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Re: Shooting themselves in the foot ?

> Doesn't feel right.

I think the proper way to say this "Feels bad, man!"

Can neighbours grab your sensitive package, asks Post Office

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Re: Obvious problem.

I do think Nigey and Mike Judge happen to live on the same floor.

IBM database strategy chief on DB2: Devs are people too

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> Big Data is even more of a nose bleed.

I hear that in Japan, extreme sexual excitement is depicted by nosebleeds. So here?

Smartphone-wielding Obamaniacs trounce Romney in poll

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Apparently you have to choose between the noose and the needle!

You have to choose between a economic illiterate lying narcissistic dirtbag whoring for That Country on the Mediterranean, promising more wars, expanding state and continuous national-sozialisation and kicking the can of serious problems down the road and a GOPer who wants to put Bolton into a position of responsibility.

In a normal world, their bodies would be discovered one morning having had regrettable accidents.

Microsoft to lob out Windows Server 2012 by September

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Re: Microsoft "birthing the client server era"?

It means everything old is new again, the world turns, old wine in new bottles, the big lie and tech skills and background knowledge shall never meet with marketing pushes.

How to screw LIBOR and alienate people

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Re: Interesting

Previously, when the Moon was a green, lush planet teeming with life and intellectual activity, the Lunar Central Bank was situated exactly where Tycho Crater is now.

Then the "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Mooney" went to the printers...

Salesforce goes titsup, causes CRM outages worldwide

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Is this like celebrities being hit by end-of-life events?

With the cloud, I mean ... hosted services ... lots of people notice and lots of people are affected at the same time.

If it happens to Unknown Company, we never hear about it. But it's bound to happen anyway.

Is the Higgs boson an imposter?

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Nah...

Expect a flurry of these papers in the next weeks and months trying to explain / fit-in / morph the Higgs into String Theory / Minimal Suppersymmetry / Some Idea that May Be True Or Not. Theorists are gonna theorize and experimentalists are gonna think hard about how to find the exact properties of this new particle.

Indeed, the idea that "The Higgs" is actually a "condensate" of two top quarks glues by a new force (similar to what happens with electrons in Cooper pairs, I think) is not new.

> It’s only a few days since some writers were proclaiming the “end of physics”.

Mommy! There are retards in my morning paper!

CSC bundles NHS IT fiasco staff out the door

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Writing off 1.5 billion...

How do you write off that kind of fleshwound and still keep breathing?

There was an article in the June issue of IEEE Computer about the the abysmal failure of the FBI to renew its informatics infrastructure (it's good reading but not worth the 31 bucks that the IEEE demands, so leech it off somebody who has it). The author (an FBI insider and clear believer in the state) says:

- because of their enormous complexity, large IT programs rarely succeed

- large government contractors, "IT cartels" as former Obama administrator CIO Vivek Kundra called them, are usually only out for the money

- program managers have a tendency to put a rosy spin on projects even when they are clearly in trouble

He then goes on to describe dangerous behaviour by FBI project management. One cannot disagree with (1) and (3) but (2) only makes sense to a state employee who receives his paycheck independently of performance.

Welcome, friend, to Metroland

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Re: What is this crap?

Don't you mean a Racter example?