Archive dump from the Galileo magnetometer patch - <AUTHOR> https://github.com/rongarret/gll-mag-patch/ <comment><USER2> I wasn't familiar with that CPU so I just returned from an RCA 1802 rabbit hole.[1]

Fascinating CPU with some neat 1970s applications (like spacecraft and the ELFs). Oh, and a member of the Radiation-Hardened Microprocessors club.

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_1802](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA_1802)

</comment><comment><USER3> Seeing 1802 and Lisp together is not something that happens very often.

 _This code was written while I was an employee of JPL in 1993. I don 't know what its copyright status is._

IANAL but I believe it would be public domain due to being a work of the US government..

[https://www.quora.com/Is-content-produced-by-U-S- government-...](https://www.quora.com/Is-content-produced-by-U-S-government- contractors-such-as-NASA-JPL-and-NREL-in-the-public-domain)

<comment><USER4> JPL is run by California Institute of Technology and the work they do is under contract to NASA, so I would be cautious about calling things that stem from there a public domain government work.

<comment><USER5> JPL (or, rather, Caltech) maintains a blanket policy that the copyright to all JPL-owned software remains with Caltech, although they do permit software (on a case-by-case basis, as approved by the tech transfer office) to be open- sourced: [https://ott.jpl.nasa.gov/software](https://ott.jpl.nasa.gov/software)

In this case, the linked software definitely isn't public domain and it's most likely not open source (since this wasn't an approved release through JPL/Caltech). Also, given that the linked software's running on a spacecraft, distributing it might be in violation of federal law (thanks to ITAR/EAR-- spacecraft and related articles are on the US Munitions List).

<comment><USER6> Correct me if I'm wrong, but does that mean Caltech gets to prevent the public release of software taxpayers have funded through NASA (unless excepted by the tech transfer dept)?

<comment><USER7> Once upon a time, before the internet and open source were a thing, leaving copyright and patents with the university was believed to be the best way to make innovation broadly available. The theory was it gave the university an incentive to publicize and license tech. Otherwise the fear was that government funded research would never be transferred to industry. This may no longer be the old or best solution but it is the system in place.</comment></comment></comment></comment></comment>


Facebook Down: Timeline Shows Nothing But A Blank Page - <AUTHOR> http://www.techfess.com/2014/04/27/facebook-down-timeline-shows-nothing-but-a-blank-page/

<comment><USER2> I am too facing the same issue. Seems like a major update is on the way.

<comment><AUTHOR> few days back whatsapp was the one who faced the outage and now its facebook....they should act something to fix the faults</comment></comment>


Hacker holds Netflix to ransom over new season of Orange Is the New Black - <AUTHOR> https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/apr/29/hacker-holds-netflix-to-ransom-over-new-season-of-orange-is-the-new-black <comment><USER2> why not just release it earlier instead of paying ransom? do people really sign up for Netflix because of one tv show which is on steady decline anyway?

<comment><USER3> >Netflix is counting on Orange Is The New Black to help it add 3.2 million subscribers from April through June.

Netflix certainly think that's the case.

<comment><USER2> i was reading that statement but still don't think it works, so they think they stop gaining customers in three months if they release one show earlier? how is the growth after releasing this tv show?</comment></comment></comment>