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Finally, I saw this in a book about future space travel etc. that was printed a couple of decades ago.
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It sounded familiar to me as well. I might seem a little alarmist, but the notion of a satellite broadcasting microwaves onto my head sounds a little unpleasant.
I imagine those kind of details have been worked out, and the chance is small that Nero could get a hold of it along with some red matter to blow up our planet.
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What happens when a bug causes the satellite to send a thousand times the energy?
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People get a really great tan? That's the part that I really don't get. We've never been all that good at predicting the downside of any large projects like this.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: People get a really great tan?
Nope! The polar ice caps melt and we end up drowning.
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We see so much emotional discussion about software process, design practices and the like. Many of these arguments are impossible to resolve because the software industry lacks the ability to measure some of the basic elements of the effectiveness of software development. In particular we have no way of reasonably measuring productivity. How long is a function?
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10 years old, and still holds true.
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Microsoft offered a temporary promotion for its Surface Pro tablet earlier this month that was set to end Thursday, but now it looks like the new price point will be permanent. Hurry and buy now! Supplies are limited (to a few million)
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I guess the next one must be on its way; I'll wait. 
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These carefully crafted elements are built to misdirect and confuse. "Oh! what a tangled web we weave When first we practice to deceive!"
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All life on Earth could be alien life. "Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom!"
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Only the males. The females are from Venus, everyone knows that.
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Except me, I'm from Krypton.
Wout
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Everybody knows that. Once we were living on Mars and after we destroyed the eco system and finished all of its resources we moved to Earth. Venus you are next. Watch out !
Microsoft ... the only place where VARIANT_TRUE != true
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The top Linux developers are getting older and The Linux Foundation is addressing the issue. Brother, can you spare a penguin?
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Methinks they'll need to re-write the kernel in Ruby to attract the youngsters.
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Steve Ballmer is looking for a new job. 
Wout
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He once said "Linux is a cancer".
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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How could I walk past and leave that comment unanswered?
He also said the Surface RT was doing well.. 'nuf said!
"Science adjusts its views based on what's observed. Faith is the denial of observation, so that belief can be preserved." - Tim Minchin
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I think he's one of those people that was in the right place at the right time. Nuf said.
We can’t stop here, this is bat country - Hunter S Thompson RIP
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The way Linus acts like an unrepentant raging elephanter and responding to criticism by insisting that being an elephanter is part of his Finish manliness I don't see it changing. Noone wants to work with a jerk. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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The Linux community will turn into a civil war when Linus quits/dies.
I'd rather be phishing!
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I think you might be right. It's an old story: powerful, megalomaniac, controlling founder moves on without a well-accepted successor. Competition to be the new powerful, megalomaniac controller sets in, with hilarious (not) consequences.
It's played out in companies, countries, and - dare I say - religions in the past.
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A team of European scientists has grown parts of a human brain in tissue culture from stem cells. Their work could help scientists understand the origins of schizophrenia or autism and lead to drugs to treat them, said Juergen Knoblich, deputy scientific director at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and one of the paper's co-authors. Too early to queue up for a transplant?
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