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  1. Re: Offline? on Could 2018 Be The Year of the Linux Desktop? (gnome.org) · · Score: 1

    Linux can become the dominant virtual desktop in cloud. Access by using X2Go VPN client, running win apps thru WINE.

  2. Re: You made it, Syrians! on BBC: UK Votes To Leave The European Union (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    EU has about 28 official languages. Quess how many does US have? Not even one.

  3. Re: cash dispensing is not the business of banks on Is Old Tech Putting Banks Under Threat Of Extinction? (bbc.co.uk) · · Score: 1

    Money can be created without a bank, like this: A businessman enters a hotel and pays for a room 100$ The receptionist escorts the businessman into his room Meanwhile, the hotel accountant pays hotel's debt to the local gas station, total 100$ Gas station entrepreneur pays his debt to the local whore, total 100$ The whore pays her debt to hotel, total 100$ The businessman is not happy with his room, and he is returned the deposited 100$.

  4. Re:Or, alternately ... on Self-Driving Cars To Transform Insurance and Other Industries · · Score: 1

    Self driving cars will never show up in real life. For the the simple reason: they solve the problem which does not exist.

  5. Re: Strong public relations on NZ Customs Wants Power To Require Passwords · · Score: 1

    Next time I travel to no NZ: 1. change phone and laptop pws into "PasswrordNZ", before leaving the plane 2. exit customs: reset pws into "SksrF6458989%!#"

  6. Re:One reason on Why I Choose PostgreSQL Over MySQL/MariaDB · · Score: 1

    PostgreSQL has a long while supported Native XML extension, vs. MySQL/MariaDB limited xml shredding.

  7. Re:"pro-Russian forces in Crimea" on WikiLeaks Cables Foreshadow Russian Instigation of Ukrainian Military Action · · Score: 1

    As a Finn, I would not mind to say that to Estonians.

  8. metal air on U.S. 5X Battery Research Sets Three Paths For Replacing Lithium · · Score: 1

    If anode is is replaced with atmospheric oxygen, half of battery weight is gone. Altenatives are zinc, lithium and alumininim cathode. Zinc oxide from discharging process can be recharged without using eletricity. By means of carbothermal regeneration. ZnO is heated 1200C, carbon is feeded in the process and the result is gasified Zn. Heating can be done by using biomass, solar concentration et al. ZnO is safe, no fires in car accidents. Contrary to flammable Li an Al.

  9. Re: Of course... on Mark Shuttleworth Complains About the 'Open Source Tea Party' · · Score: 1

    2.- No wonder Linus T. keeps on cursing.

  10. Re:Yes. on Ask Slashdot: Are We Witnessing the Decline of Ubuntu? · · Score: 1

    I know 0 reasons not to use Mint. Hopefully they will persist & prosper.

  11. Re:Thats.. on Israeli Firm Makes Kilomile Claims For Electric Car Battery Tech · · Score: 1

    ZnO from Zinc-Air batteries/cells can be recovered to Zn also by carbothermal method By heating ZnO to 1200C and adding pure C in the regen. process. Heating can be done by charcoal/peat ie. by renewables. The energy efficiency of recovery is almost 30%, not including the cooling of vaporized zinc. Energy density if Zn-Air cells is better than Al

  12. WINE is not an emulator on Ask Slashdot: How Would You Fix the Linux Desktop? · · Score: 1

    It is unrealistic to assume new desktop applications in meaningful amounts for Linux. If it were possible, they should exist already. But majority of native Windows applications can be run on Linux deskto, by using WINE & Crossover. Linux GUI desktops in cloud environment is a realistic scenario.

  13. Stateless == Outlaw on Why WikiLeaks Is Worth Defending · · Score: 1

    Is this we need?

  14. Rod map on Could the US Phase Out Nuclear Power? · · Score: 1

    Sure, Germany will provide a road map - to disaster.

  15. Existential issue on Apache Declares War On Oracle Over Java · · Score: 1

    Life is too short for Java

  16. Re:Lying for what? on Obama Wants Allies To Go After WikiLeaks · · Score: 1

    Pls don't blame elite, I am one of them!