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  1. A link... on Ubuntu 10.10 Release Candidate Launched · · Score: 4, Informative

    to the article in a single page here

  2. Re:If you really need this... on Almost-Satnav For Cycling · · Score: 1

    You can also get yourself a Nokia cellphone, one of those with free navigation. The maps are stored on your SD card, so no data plan required (or minimal) and you don't need to carry two devices in case of an emergency.

  3. Isn't kind of obvious? on Today's Children Are Officially Potty Mouths · · Score: 1

    The more people do things, the more they think is normal, the more culturally accepted that is.

  4. Re:Immature? on Hunters Shot Down Google Fiber · · Score: 1

    Wait, so did Dick Cheney move to Oregon?

  5. Re:and... on Steve Jobs Tries To Sneak Shurikens On a Plane · · Score: 1

    he should be able to do whatever he wants to with his own property

    Like, for example, crash it into a building?

  6. Re:Atheist on The Advent of Religious Search Engines · · Score: 1
  7. Re:touchscreen keyboard? on Acer Dual-Screen, Multitouch Laptop Leaks Out · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Perhaps some people don't care about tactile response (besides I know some people that look at the keyboard every time). I'd be more interested how does the battery plays a role when this type of keyboard is idle.

  8. Re:I'd take the "leak" with a huge grain of salt on Acer Dual-Screen, Multitouch Laptop Leaks Out · · Score: 3, Insightful

    That works for Apple. Why not let other companies generate buzz?

  9. Re:failure on Hacker Teaches iPhone Forensics To Police · · Score: 1

    Actually, I think the purpose is to tell Apple users that fingerprint-catcher devices are good. They can use those to track bad people!

  10. Re:Where do they say that? on IOS 4.1 Jailbroken Already · · Score: 1

    The university I work at, showed that the first bot doing DoS was a Mac. I also have a labmate that couldn't open any application and had to clean install his MacBook. I'm involved with IT, and I know they have problems, but for some reason Apple users refuse to believe it. The guy of the MacBook literally said "Wow, this looks like windows, everything is so slow, and some windows don't even open". Go figure!

  11. Re:Where do they say that? on IOS 4.1 Jailbroken Already · · Score: 1

    I don't like it either, but since they cannot execute .exe files, I guess in theory they could be right. If customers fail to read as "We won't get the viruses from Windows, but we may get our own". I guess that's the customer's problem.

  12. Re:What could possibly go wrong. on Film Industry Hires Cyber Hitmen To Take Down Pirates · · Score: 1

    It's legal in Delaware to pass on the right (and mostly sure, it's also in UK, Hong Kong, Japan and Australia). I'd have used red lights. :)

  13. Re:I've got one for them!!! on DARPA Wants Extreme Wireless Interference Buster · · Score: 1

    Actually, I thought of X.25.

  14. Re:jamming != white noise on DARPA Wants Extreme Wireless Interference Buster · · Score: 1

    If your signal is bandlimited, you could assume the noise is white in your band of interest.But I get your point if you put for example high powered tones

    I would be also interested on the distribution of the noise, more than its spectral characteristics. Many times it's easier to remove frequency shaped noise than distribution shaped noise.

  15. Re:There are cheaper alternatives on School Swaps Math Textbooks For iPads · · Score: 1

    I guess Apple convinced them that they wouldn't be able to play pr0n on their devices, yet they would be able to watch videos.

  16. Re:Its a pilot program, an experiment, it might wo on School Swaps Math Textbooks For iPads · · Score: 1

    Sounds great, but who's going to pay for the books? Someone will still have to pay for the books if they don't pay for the iPads. Worst case scenario, they will have to pay for the iPad AND the books. Sounds brilliant, when we all know that electronic copies of the books have a somewhat similar price to the printed ones.

  17. Like I needed to know. on They Finally Found Out We Like Our Computers · · Score: 5, Funny

    Like I needed to know how to improve my relationship with machines. What I need is a map to get out of the basement and interact with real people!

  18. Re:Read closer on Tech Sector Slow To Hire · · Score: 2, Funny

    On top of that, companies are not interested on hiring IT or engineering guys, they are interested on hiring CEOs! It would be a shame all those bonuses go to waste!

  19. Re:When you can't compete, sue... on Texas Opens Inquiry Into Google Search Rankings · · Score: 1

    I don't get it. I don't see any biased result: when I google it.

    In all seriousness, their algorithm works based on how many people look for something. Sometimes I use the search bar on my Firefox to look for Google (instead of using the URL bar). In any case, I'm not very surprised by the results of this search anyways. Neither from these results although I find interesting that bing doesn't show up in their own search! Of course the latter are very similar to Yahoo's results. But even Yahoo promotes itself and Google (see the "Also try:")

  20. Re:I love iTunes! on Flawed iTunes Stands Out Among Apple's Products · · Score: 1

    If running useless services and automatically installing software are deal killers, then I'd love to hear how you justify running Windows.

    I don't know for you, but for me Services in Windows are the counterpart of Daemons in Unix OSs. The fact that an OS requires of those to manage some operations doesn't mean any application should be starting and running those at any time.

    The answer is that most people really don't care how many services are running and their Start menu is at least 3 pages long. The only people I know who go after services and such are gamers and people with a misbehaving computer.

    That's YOUR answer. The answer is that people want systems that boot fast, and run fast. Running Services or Daemons by the dozen doesn't improve any of them. So while people may actually don't care to know what services/daemons are, they actually care about the impacts on their system.

  21. Re:I love iTunes! on Flawed iTunes Stands Out Among Apple's Products · · Score: 4, Insightful

    What isn't there to like about an application that wants to update itself twice a day and requires you to agree to a new EULA each time

    ... consumes my PC resources, wants to automatically install more software than the one I asked for (Safari, Quicktime), starts at least two services on windows that cannot be voluntarily stopped, neither set to manual (or that only run when I open iTunes).

    Seriously, why people use that software!?

  22. Re:Nice on Facebook To Add Remote Logout · · Score: 1

    You should be modded up. Gmail implemented this feature long time ago.

  23. Re:It has been obvious for years. on New Silicon-Based Memory 5X Denser Than NAND Flash · · Score: 1

    Now we just need to start powering processors with glucose and that's a solved problem. Next!

  24. Re:Ditch recruiters, screen on programming skills on Skipping Traditional Recruitment, Going Straight To the Source · · Score: 1

    I see your point. But there's people that doesn't necessarily have the "ultimate" programming skills on C/C++/etc. etc. That actually bring solutions to the table, but people tend to focus on having the "most optimized" solution, that normally they skip good solutions.

  25. Re:Ditch recruiters, screen on programming skills on Skipping Traditional Recruitment, Going Straight To the Source · · Score: 2, Informative

    Well, that works well if you only want a code-monkey. There's people out there that apply to jobs different than coding, people with PhD that should do research and their qualifications are supposedly higher and specialized to sit them to write code.