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  1. Evacuate immediatly on Ask Slashdot: Radiation Detection For Tokyo Resident? · · Score: 1

    57 microSv/hr hotspot in Kashiwa.

    I heard there some empty flats in Ramsar and Guarapari.

  2. He is busy on Jobs Wanted To Destroy Android · · Score: 1
  3. But, but ... on Steve Jobs Dead At 56 · · Score: 1

    ... he only wanted to test the new product.

  4. Re:New Google Strategy on Oracle Thinks Google Owes $6.1 Billion In Damages · · Score: 1

    So sure about that?

    Who knows, Sun might have survived if Google had paid royalties.

  5. Re:There's a difference... on Mac Malware Evolves - No Install Password Required · · Score: 2

    Oh, wait a tick, that hasn't been true for nearly FIVE years now since on Vista and 7 both run IE under low rights mode something even Linux doesn't have.

    sudo -u $browseruser /usr/bin/firefox
    Just create a seperate user for browsing if you dont want the browser messing around with your files. Sure, requires configuring sudoers, but not exactly rocket science.

  6. Re:OSX "Yawn" on AppleCare Reps Told To Skirt Malware Questions · · Score: 1

    To be fair, I have never had any malware with OSX and I'm certain I will not..

    Welcome to relevant market share.

    We Linux guys got the problems long enough, i also had to reinstall a VM because i forgot to change a default password.

    You think XServe is dead because it was better?

  7. Obvious answer on Ask Slashdot: Best Small-Footprint Modern Browser? · · Score: 4, Informative

    is of course Lynx.

    Aside from that Opera should require at lot less resources.

  8. Just wait on Microsoft Shows Off Radical New UI, Could Be Used In Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    And now, "bubbles"?

    till the bubble bursts.

    I hear thats what allways happens sooner or later.

  9. Whats the big deal? on World's Plant Life Far Less Diverse Than Thought · · Score: 4, Insightful

    As far as i can tell as a non-american is that Fox News is a pretty lowly news outlet.

    However that doesnt automaticly mean the story cant be true.

    Just start assuming the opposite. "There are no duplicates within the millions of plants discovered." In a database of that size, with manually made entries for well over a 100 years, highly unlikely.

    So, without further knowledge, one can only speculate about the percentage of duplicate entries.

  10. No need to cross fingers on Intel's Atom To Ship In Over 35 Tablets Next Year · · Score: 1

    Ubuntu is doing a lot of work on multitouch right now... I'm keeping my fingers crossed that at least some of these could have reasonably open drivers for their hardware.

    The WeTab runs a modified version of MeeGo, but runs Ubuntu just as well. All the drivers work (including the Crystal HD decoder card). The hardware is pretty much identical to the ExoPC, so that should run Ubuntu just as well.

  11. YOU .. HAVE .. NO .. IDEA on W3C Says IE9 Is Currently the Most HTML5 Compatible Browser · · Score: 1

    I think most mail clients are 100% IMAP ... compatible.

    You have no idea.

    I'm still waiting for an xkcd comic like this..
    picture: Mountain View Zoo truck
    picture: Ape escapes from van, gets chased
    picture: Ape flees into Googleplex
    picture: Ape sitting on front of pc, typing
    picture: Zoo employees enter room, monkey flees
    picture: Zoo employees look at screen, say "Oh no! Not again!"
    picture: Screen closeup:

    Network Working Group Ma. Dape
    Request for Comments: 7518 Google Inc.
    Updates: 3501 May 2011

    IMAP Extension for recursive URL rewriting schemata using advanced heuristic implication

    Note: If you dont "get it", count yourself lucky.

  12. Absolutely fucking stupid example on NASA To Auction Automated Code Generation Patents · · Score: 1

    Do you want people with official looking badges handcuffing you?

  13. Voter impotence? on From Apple To Xbox, Tech Companies Lean Left · · Score: 1

    It's not voter apathy. It's voter impotence.

    Unable to satisfy your vote?
    Buy vi@gra from can@d1an pharmarcy!

  14. Re:But what created the law of gravity? on Hawking Picks Physics Over God For Big Bang · · Score: 1

    The news about Hawking's upcoming book challenges this argument, but unfortunately the article doesn't give details on why Hawking believes that the law of gravity proves that something can be created from nothing. If that can be proven (and I doubt it really can) then we can no longer prove that God exists with the above argument, and we are left with only faith.

    Something appearing out of nothing?
    Happens all the time, Pair production due to Quantum fluctuation.
    Negating the thought with the time limit brought by the Uncertainty principle is impossible as the is no way of knowing if time even exists outside the boundaries of our universe.

  15. Re:And the first ones out of the gate will be easy on Your Smartphone Is Safer Than Your PC — For Now · · Score: 1

    *cough* sure*cough*
    Less threats, sure. But far from completely secure.

  16. Re:"Safe" on .Net On Android Is Safe, Says Microsoft · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    and Android is already one of the most popular phone operating systems

    Americans, huhu, you get it? You aint the world.
    Android vs iOS seems neat.
    Symbian only has 2% in the US but 40+% worldwide, so you may notice that this little proxy battle isnt concerning all to many people outside the US.
    But well, Intel is american as well, so you might eventually get decent linux smartphones in the long run.

    Sorry, but the US seems to be applying for third world nation status in mobile tech.

    Time to burn some karma i guess.

  17. Re:Physical limits vs. technological limits on Kepler Spacecraft Finds System With Multiple Planets Transiting the Star · · Score: 1

    You know, not even half a year ago i read many comments from people claiming that traveling downwind faster than the wind was impossible using just the wind. Even from a lot of people with physics or engineering knowledge.

    The idea that we have good understanding of the laws of the universe is laughable, even though many people believe it. Same mistake every generation has made.

    There are many possible ways to break causality, ranging from additional dimensions to bending space time. Getting from A to B a lot faster than light is very well possible without moving faster than light.

  18. Re:IMO: Great on 'Retro Programming' Teaches Using 1980s Machines · · Score: 2, Informative

    (why should you rewrite a framework everytime you start a new application)

    Lots of frameworks are corsets. Looks nice, but only hinders when you want to get the job done.

  19. "Re:Does that make sense ?" Yes! on 'Retro Programming' Teaches Using 1980s Machines · · Score: 1

    Just one thing.
    How the fuck do you expect to learn something about the CPU if it's hidden beneath 20 abstraction layers?
    DOS sure had its advantages.

  20. Not this again on Six Reasons Why Flash Isn't Going Away · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Ever looked at the sources?
    Its mainly the Jake2 code. And switching from Java to HTML5 caused like what? A 90% performance drop?

  21. You know on First 3-D IMAX Porn Movie Made In Hong Kong · · Score: 1

    why dogs lick their genitals? Because they can.

  22. 40 year old software? on Microsoft Losing Big To Apple On Campus · · Score: 1

    Ok, i dare you to name one such piece of software.
    Im sure you wont get any such software running, with all the library changes (or are you talking about "hello world"?)

  23. Smartphone, legacy term, now obsolete on Android Outsells iPhone In Last 6 Months · · Score: 1

    Originally, like 7-10 years ago,
    a smart phone was considered a phone with a fully functional operating system that could be accessed a developer.
    If the SDK provides access to (parts of) the file-system, screen and network its a smartphone.
    Nowadays the term "smartphone" is just as meaningless as e.g. "next gen console".

  24. Actually its over 100% on Android Outsells iPhone In Last 6 Months · · Score: 1

    The market saturation for mobile phones (in general, not smartphones) is higher than 100% in most developed countries.
    Partly due to the fact of having a phone for business and one for private uses, partly due to the fact that quite a few people have more than one phone (getting a new phone every 2 years on contract doesnt destroy the old one).

  25. Re:Already #1 in the US market on Android Outsells iPhone In Last 6 Months · · Score: 1

    That was exactly my point and Windows vs. Mac is a good example.

    Right, its a good example.
    And the reason there is a lot more software for the PC ... is?

    This would be significant if it was a 'Droid X outsells iPhone' headline.

    Wrong.
    And right.
    Depends on the perspective.
    From the perspective of the hardware maker you are right.
    From the perspective of the software developer you are wrong, how many _compatible_ devices is the big question.

    Which brings me to a really weird question...
    Why do so many people develop for the iPhone?
    Even desktop linux has a higher installed base than the iPhone..