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  1. Re:Transcript on Eben Moglen Calls To Free the Cloud · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I guess that Tor or Freenet are two of the things that would be run on these. Then there's your mail which you don't let Google read, there is social networking secure with PGP (and so is your mail) - so under your control. The main thing is it all runs 24/7, comes pretty much preconfigured, and as said, is more convenient than a dumb router. Then there is telephony which I ommitted - who gives you encryption for your calls? Well now you can. There is also absolutely no reason why one should pay so much for a simple thing as sending an SMS. Your own web server if you want, torrent, versioning system I don't know... You've got CPU time to spare so BOINC perhaps.
    In short, you have a simple to use server of your own and don't need to use loads of third party web services anymore. It's you and perhaps your friends - the *real* trusted computing. Think of your own application for this. Federated things are a way to go, lest we want to loose our freedom.

  2. Umm... spellchecker? on Sentence Spacing — 1 Space or 2? · · Score: 1

    Next question, please.

  3. Re:Good on South Korea Deploys Killer Robot In DMZ · · Score: 1

    Where's the source then? I hope you don't make up your facts.

  4. Re:Good on South Korea Deploys Killer Robot In DMZ · · Score: 1

    Ok, but please post a link of your "mostly by water" source.

  5. Lights on Antidepressants In the Water Are Making Shrimp Suicidal · · Score: 1

    ...pretty

  6. Re:Good on South Korea Deploys Killer Robot In DMZ · · Score: 1

    When did I imply this was an insight?

    Is DMZ the only border with mines? Because we all know of escapees via China (I don't know if you do). So if they manage to do it there... you never know.

    "Cool killer robots" is still a nonsense. But the fact alone is to be expected in a cold war.

  7. Re:Good on South Korea Deploys Killer Robot In DMZ · · Score: 1

    If you were truly insightful as your mods say, you'd think about an occasional North Korean disedant that's trying to escape the oppressive regime that's perhaps making his life hell in say... worst gulags on the face of the earth. If you think truly that this is going to be a robot vs robot war, that's sad.

  8. The low point of the IT industry on BlackBerry Tablet Confirmed, Supports Flash · · Score: 1

    Hardware acceleration specifically for Flash.

  9. Re:2250/song!? on RIAA's Tenenbaum Verdict Cut From $675k To $67.5k · · Score: 1

    Thanks. Funny how it now sounds like it makes sense, even though it is simply common sense that the verdict is unjust if the infringer is say, a single parent, and the other side is rich beyond merit.

    In any case, it's a complicated matter. We need radical new thinking, perhaps even from bottom up rather than trying to change stuff as they are now. "New tech which is misunderstood" is not so new anymore, and the ancient laws are just patched to "work". Despite both, the solution doesn't appear near. But it's necessary to think before acting. "Starving artist" may not apply to Hollywood or some music industries, but it does to many others - especially in fields unaccounted for (graphics design, books, etc.).

  10. Re:And this... on Hack Exposes Pirate Bay User Data · · Score: 1

    1=Movies
    2=Movies
    3=Pictures
    3=Games
    5=Movies
    6=Movies

    great classification

  11. 2250/song!? on RIAA's Tenenbaum Verdict Cut From $675k To $67.5k · · Score: 1

    You mean the same amount? How is that possible? If I were just a tad more paranoid, I'd say the "industry" had influenced the decision by illegal means and left us a visible warning telling us they can and do so.
    Or perhaps there's another explanation? Did anyone RTfA?

  12. Re:When you open up the floodgates... on Survey Says To UK — Repeal Laws of Thermodynamics · · Score: 1

    Exactly what I wanted to say: They are given a real opportunity to be involved in politics, and give their input regarding laws, and instead they are making a mockery of it - as it would be said in dark corners of the internet: simply for the "lulz".

  13. Ok back down just a sec on IBM Makes Firefox Its Corporate Browser · · Score: 1

    I'm a strong supporter of web standards (a real one, unlike Steve). But this?

    I hope this means that if IBM can't navigate a vendor's site with Firefox, they'll just look elsewhere.

    The fact that a company employed wrong web designers/programmers doesn't mean it's not good in what *it* does (save if what they do are websites, of course).

  14. Uhm on MS Design Lets You Put Batteries In Any Way You Want · · Score: 1

    Microsoft has announced something we'll all benefit from. The company's patented design

    It seems someone doesn't know how patents work. Or thinks "everyone" is Apple/Microsoft/Nokia and their consumers.

  15. Every day I love you on Google To Add Pay To Cover a Tax For Gays · · Score: 1

    less and less

  16. Re:Shattered on Knuth Plans 'Earthshaking Announcement' Wednesday · · Score: 1

    Well Slashdot, not he, blew it out of proportions. As for me, if there what you say was true it'd be great news.

  17. I knew it on 36-Hour Lemmings Port Gets Sony Cease and Desist · · Score: 1

    *shakes head*
    It's time for some law changing.

  18. Re:Web can scar you. on SCOTUS Nominee Kagan On Free Speech Issues · · Score: 1

    No, but it should stop porn being distributed to them. That's what it does in RL, so it should do it on the Web two. And no, going to such a website isn't like buying a magazine at the local stand. It's much easier, like passing by and seeing it. .xxx domain is a step in a good direction.

  19. Web can scar you. on SCOTUS Nominee Kagan On Free Speech Issues · · Score: 1

    I've seen way too many things online that I shouldn't have. It's because Internet is like the world in every sense, only everything is at most a block away. If you're inquisitive, or just live long enough in this city, you're bound to get to know its dark alleys. And they're pretty darned scary.
    These things should be regulated. Obscene material isn't sold to kids in RL, so it shouldn't be available to them online so easily as it is today. There should be clear warnings about content, and illegal stuff should be taken off. You may not have seen all that I have, so keep that in mind. And no, there is no chance in hell I'm giving you links (yes it's that easy).
    I am a bit concerned for the implications of this however: Will these supposedly coming laws be precedents to more restrictive Internet otherwise? I hope not. But this has gone far enough. There needs to be a fine balance between free speech and moral. Not one that benefits the government, but one that benefits people - sure.

  20. ROFLMAO on BP Robot Seriously Hampers Oil Spill Containment · · Score: 2, Insightful

    We will all die!

  21. Re:Oops on Sending Data In Bursts of SMS Messages · · Score: 1

    Custom made for "rural areas".

  22. How about no? on Intel Porting Android To x86 For Netbooks and Tablets · · Score: 1

    Android is (almost!) free and that's cool and all. But see, I don't really want to run such OS on a PC.
    Give me my standard library, and C. Then I can build whatever I need.

  23. Re:Slashdot is getting to be the wayback machine on One Step Closer to Star Wars Holograms · · Score: 1

    I've seen this video at least a year ago on YT.
    If I had any points left, I'd mod you up. But you know better than to care about that. The points model is supposed to filter out bad messages, and deliver good ones - but often fails.

  24. WANT: print server, storage, P2P daemon,etc on Cheap ADSL Holds Up 802.11n Router Design · · Score: 1

    I also want a Web Server. Decentralization for the win!

    There are increasing number of processors for these uses with low energy consumption, we're becoming skilled in embeded tech and there are many tools for the job, we know about microkernels for some time now. So there shouldn't be any overheating, compatibility problems, crashing or dropping connections.
    And there should be services which don't go offline when I power down my PC - I shouldn't have to leave it running just so that I don't stop a torrent, can receive my personal e-mail, or so that I can run my personal website. Nor should I pay a lot of money for a server.

    As long as the software is free, I say go for it!

  25. Depravity on Utah Attorney General Tweets Execution Order · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    is the word for it.