Re: Cower before me, or there's more where that came from
True, but then base 20 is just the obese offspring of base 10, so where's the fun in that?
"Base 20 - the Kim Jong-un of base systems. ..'
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Loved one just died? Pah, that's nothing
New NASA theory: Moon radiation drops so HULK RIP MOON LIKE SHIRT
We're four years away from digitising England's courts – report
Feds look left and right for support – and see everyone backing Apple
Brits unveil 'revolutionary' hydrogen-powered car
Uber is bombarding us with painfully probing subpoenas, cries Lyft
SpaceShipTwo ready to slip the surly bonds of Earth for Virgin Galactic
Two storage startups walk into a bar. One gulps investor funds, one sips gently
IBM Watson offers $5m for an AI to save the world
The paperless office? Don’t talk sheet
Friday 19th February 2016 12:23 GMT
Re: Paperless office - about as likely as the paperless loo.
It CAN be done, including the toilets:
http://www.dutchdailynews.com/dutch-office-of-the-future-with-a-ban-on-toilet-paper/
(Also: on his new profile pic Dabbsy looks a bit like he is in a restroom that is paperless, but not supposed to be.)
T-Mobile US triples profit, adds two million customers
Locky ransomware is spreading like the clap
China wants to bring home moon rocks in moon vacuum
US Dept of Defense to shift 4 million devices onto Windows 10
Permies sitting pretty as fifth of contractors see rates cut
China 'evacuates' 9,000 around monster radio 'scope
Thursday 18th February 2016 21:16 GMT
To give an idea of the scale of the beast, Li whipped out his improbable units calculator and declared that "if you fill it with wine, every one of the world's seven billion people could get a share of about five bottles".
El Reg should
1 include this in their units page
2 give Mr. Li some sort of reward or citation
All-American Apple challenges US gov call for iOS 'backdoor'
Yahoo! axes! websites! you've! never! heard! of! and! lays! off! staff!
Azure lost some virtual machine backups for eleven hours
Public enemies: Azure, Amazon, Google, Oracle, OpenStack, SoftLayer will murder private IT
Thursday 18th February 2016 10:10 GMT
Re: Centralisation/decentralisation Insourcing/outsourcing
More a nuisance (if you're lucky) than a meltdown - still, this is the sort of thing that will happen from time to time:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/02/18/azure_lost_some_virtual_machine_backups_for_eleven_hours/
Cue PHB: "We must prevent that sort of thing! I know - let's back up all our cloud stuff on premise!"
Tuesday 16th February 2016 22:01 GMT
Re: Centralisation/decentralisation Insourcing/outsourcing
Pretty much this.
Also, sooner or later a bit farm is bound to crash, big time, the equivalent of a Tchernobyl meltdown. Or at least a "The hell! Goddamn machines, anyway! That's not supposed to happen!" event. Every system can fail, and some of them will fail, no matter what.
BTW, there is a word in German for cyclical fads: Schweinezyklus. Says it all, really.
What would happen if Earth fell into a black hole?
Voyager 1 now 20 BEEEELLION KMs from the Sun
New Monopoly version features an Automatic Teller Machine
Wi-Fi banana all grown up, now a suit-wearing enterprise wall slab
Uh-oh, no mo' dough to 'slow-mo' GoGo: American Airlines aims ammo at Wi-Fi pros
Project Loon ready for Sri Lanka test
Tandy 102 proto-laptop still alive and beeping after 30 years, complete with AA batteries
Dell all-hands staff letter says EMC takeover funds are in the bag
Apple must help Feds unlock San Bernardino killer's iPhone – judge
Wednesday 17th February 2016 07:07 GMT
A bit of everything, I suppose. Test case for the legal side / setting a precedent. Test case for the technical side. Test case for 'can we make Apple play ball?' Unwillingness to disclose full abilities (and yes, this works both ways) of TLAs involved. Getting maybe data that is admittable in court (but that's rather a front than a reason - the perps are dead and so are their private phones. Sure, it's nice to have all the data to wrap things up and have a file without any loose ends, but it's not like a conviction hangs on this).
Backdoors are bad, Euro security wonks ENISA tell governments
Idiot e-tailers falling for fake patch that exploits year-old Magento hole
Facebook tells Viz to f**k right off
Follow ESA's intercontinental ballistic missile launch live today
Volvo offloads IT biz to HCL, then outsources own IT to.... HCL
Ah, that new 'baby' mainframe smell: IBM shows off z13s
EMC's hardware 'quantum leap' is more of a brisk catchup stroll
$30m stands between you and the contract to run all .org domains
Quotemehappy? No, I'm furious: Insurance site loses customer details
Big Brother's pet unicorn Palantir closes the Kimono
Tuesday 16th February 2016 14:58 GMT
Re: Portent of things to come?
Yes. Only it's not to come, it's already happening. Very much like outsourcing military operations to mercenaries like Blackwater (I know, I know - they've changed their name).
Less accountability, plausible deniability, network for future, good paying jobs. From some points of view this is win-win-win.
India's ‘Facebook ruling’ is another nail in the coffin of the MNO model
Tuesday 16th February 2016 06:59 GMT
Re: If only.
...you'd read the contract before signing it.
Every utility contract is like that. Usually it's a fixed standing charge combined with a variable charge based on consumption. Networks cost money to maintain. Water networks are relatively high maintainance due to hygienic standards that have to be met. That water from the tap enters your body - you wouldn't want, say, cholera with that.
Higher US Fed interest rates will hit startups over the head
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