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  1. Re:Hope... on Preload Drastically Boosts Linux Performance · · Score: 1

    time to what? when my linux system boots, its there bang click on an app and go! last time i used vista ( a friends machine ofc it might be contagious), they had to give it a while before doning anything, this tech isnt about speeding up boot, its about speeding up program launching.*

    *Ofc if you have session restore on kde this wont be true.

  2. Re:by public you mean... on Getting The Public To Listen To Good Science · · Score: 1

    well im not sure id call them more important, especially in this article as feyman was good at getting people interested in his lectures, and i don't appreciate the guy that named strangeness(i mean its a really stupid name for a property). And i did say that there are guys working on GUT/quantum, hell the otherday we got a lecture from the guy that made the particle sized IBM sign and IIRC hes American.

    p.s they couldnt of done much with dirac's discovery of antimatter :P.

  3. Re:Just do what Global Warming Advocates Do on Getting The Public To Listen To Good Science · · Score: 1

    Just for clarity Im doing quantum mechanics (hence why im taking spectra) and already passed the module covering the basics of relativity, so Im a bit beyond Newtonian physics.

    Im not talking about data analysis, or bioinformatics;
    I'm talking about the FACT, that CO2 acts as a greenhouse gas, there is no debate on that
    (it lets UV photons pass through fairly freely. When the photons are reflected at lower energies, from the surface of the earth, they are scattered back into the atmosphere)
    I'm talking about the FACT, that greenhouse gasses by definition cause global warming
    (much like a greenhouse they let light in, but then prevent heat from escaping)
    I'm talking about the FACT, that reducing greenhouse gas emissions will reduce global warming

    There is A debate on weather its the main cause of global warming, IMO (and thats all it is) it is, but that doesnt even matter as it IS causing global warming (it just may not be the largest cause).

  4. by public you mean... on Getting The Public To Listen To Good Science · · Score: 1

    America and the middle east?
    Europe, China, Japan, Australia, The Vatican

    They seam to understand global warming, evolution, pretty much everything you throw at them. ( and its a real shame because the middle east used to be full of great thinkers, hell even America produced Feynman and some quantum guys)

  5. We tried that already on Getting The Public To Listen To Good Science · · Score: 0, Troll

    but it turns out that America is producing so much CO2 that we need to explain to them about science after all before they ruin the planet.

  6. Re:Just do what Global Warming Advocates Do on Getting The Public To Listen To Good Science · · Score: 1

    I sat in a lab last week and took a spectra of CO2, the debate is over, its been dead for years, CO2 causes global warming!

    and FFS im an undergrad, there are people that have spent years looking at all the factors, and every time theyre not being paid by an oil company guess what they say?
    Increase emission of CO2 is having a realworld effect.

    The only thing that has not been proven, mainly because it cant be without setting up a 2nd earth somewhere, is that its the MAIN cause. but that doesn't even *stream of insults removed* matter. Destabilizing a natural balance and increasing temperature IS BAD, reducing CO2 emissions will prevent further destabilization.

    I don't know shit about what you do, and just because i can read about the latest developments in technology doesn't make me qualified to say jack about computers beyond what Ive done. I assume that you don't know shit about chemistry/physics, beyond what you've seen / done at school (which btw if your American doesn't bode well), i have.

    There is about as much debate on CO2 emissions being bad as creationism being science, there are just a few retarded Texans that wont accept the facts because they have too much to lose.

    To spelling/grammar nazis, i realize i cant spell + its late, but it in no way affects my ability to understand science, the same way that your l33t spelling skilz have no effect on anything other than your egos.
    p.s this is not flamebait and if anybody wants me to back stuff up with cold hard facts i can, im a science nazi i cant help but get pissed of when FUD about science comes up!

  7. On HDTV on Wii Homebrew Takes Several Leaps Forward · · Score: 2, Funny

    *the heros won, 1st time round
    *they know why theres a polar bear
    *americas next top models actually comes round your house every week
    *fox news is actually fair and balanced**

    (in order of plausibility)
    Does anybody really think the crap they watch on TV is improved by HD?

    **The only time i want to see bill Oriely in HD is in his coffin (just to be sure the idiot is actually dead)

  8. Vista to the rescue? on Is AMD Dead Yet? · · Score: 1

    Perhaps a GPU+CPU combo is what you need to get vista running well? if they can get the price right for everyday users(not gamers) then people will just associate an AMD cpu with good performance.

  9. Re:Wow the guardian is gullible (NOT) on Are Wikileaks Servers In a Nuclear Bunker? · · Score: 1

    Parent is right, plus its highly unlikely that wikileaks is running a 1 server / 1 location show. They probably have a few centers in a wikipeidia style and each center will have a few machines (a tor note, an i2p node, a squid proxy, an apache, a database server, a backup) so having a setup hosted is completly reasonable. Its also completly possible and incredible sensible that they have a backup server in the bunker, meaning that any attack wikileaks wouldn't affect the backups, unless at the same time both nuclear bunkers were breached.

    p.s since when has the guardian been bad at fact checking ive only heard of tabloids be pis poor at fact checking, ive never heard of a broadsheets (guardian especially) running an easily falsifiable story.

  10. Re:May His Next Adventure Be Twice as Fruitfull on RMS Steps Down As Emacs Maintainer · · Score: 1

    Its got a mode for that

  11. Re:News Flash! on Identical Twins Not Identical After All · · Score: 1

    well its not chaos, but it is pretty obvious that changes are going to occur as soon as cells divide, especially when stuff goes wrong.

  12. Re:Dude, WTF does this even do? on AMD Open Sources the AMD Performance Library · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    well this is all OT but its not even careful code analysis, microsoft java was just blatent copy+paste, shame on sun for not going for the kill!

  13. Re:For what reason? on Google Funds Work for Photoshop on Linux · · Score: 1

    same reason that Mark Shuttleworth set up Canonical, Google entire business was setup on and runs on Linux, they just want to give something back.

  14. Re:How about. on Airport Security Prize Announced · · Score: 1

    and what about the cleanup costs for the dogs?

    and the cleanup costs for those scared/allergic to dogs?

  15. Re:Encryption on Mozilla Opens Thunderbird Email Subsidiary · · Score: 1

    "messy" e-mail that offers or presents encryption info. surely the mess would only be in the sig and if gmail supported encryption this wouldnt be noticable, even if it didnt it still wouldnt be "messy".

    As such, I want my client to learn which addresses support it and which don't. This is a must to get started in a work environment.

    But as a client never conects to another client how could you possibly tell?
    Ive not noticed a noticable difference in speed sending signed/unsigned emails.

    You will still need to setup your keys and secure them, if you make it too easy keys will not be kept safe making signing/encryption pointless.

    OSS delivered pgp, gpg years ago, its not used because nobody cares ( kmail does everything for you but i doubt the adoption of encryption in kmail is above 10% )
    i agree that TB should come with enigmail but, installing enigmail + gpg, is nothing compared to explaining about how keys work, i suppose if you dont care if the understand that doesnt matter, but if you do that then your just getting youself encryption and it wont become widespread anyway!
  16. Re:Encryption on Mozilla Opens Thunderbird Email Subsidiary · · Score: 1

    google could quite easily allow for encryption, theyd just scan the email as you read it, the conection from mailer -> google would be made safe and on https google -> you would be too.

    as for finding out encryption capabilities isnt that what digital signing is? (because i access my mail from multiple accounts and i don't keep my key on me at all times theres no otherway to test if i can receive encryption)
    i sort of agree it should be default but it needs gpg installed so maybe its easier for Mozilla to just keep it as an extension and keep tb light?
    anyway for encryption enigmail works with no problems hopefully with tb 3 the enigmail addon will be recomended under recommended addons as will lighting or ideally both shiped with tb an on by default.

  17. Re:Instant messaging eh? on Mozilla Opens Thunderbird Email Subsidiary · · Score: 1

    hopefully mozilla wont feel the need to reinvent the wheel and will use libpurple!

  18. Re:If torture wasn't unreliable enough on Hearing Voices? Could Be the Lasers · · Score: 1

    well its not reliable enough at getting the answer's we want, this way they be told what to say in real time.
    Just a matter of time till Guantanamo tourturees are up in court now, with a guy in a suit whispering at the back of the court.

  19. Re:Far too much power on Supreme Court Won't Hear ACLU Wiretap Case · · Score: 0

    nah they have the right amount of power, its just that some idiot spent the last 8 years appointing crooks and lairs with amnesia to it. Next president should dismiss all the people bush has appointed and then fill it up with honest people (even if there honest democrats/republicans).

  20. Re:short answer on Scientology Given Direct Access To eBay Database · · Score: 1

    screw microsoft, why do they let ticket touts, run wild reselling tickets illegaly but let legitimate resale of e-meters be banned?

  21. Re:hmm on UK ISPs To Start Tracking Your Surfing To Serve You Ads · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Use tor... Sure, it is slower, but it bypasses the ISP tracking.


    However the last node in the chain can see anything you do that isn't using HTTPS/SSL, and if anything you do gives away your identity, they can figure out who you are.

    Oh, and some of them may be run by governments and criminal organizations.
  22. Re:Whats an inventor? on Inventor to Launch Pop Bottle Rocket into Space · · Score: 1

    I suppose i dint make a clear point on scientist, i was just being picky as on any given article its clear what the 'scientist' does is clear, but
    if somebody does physics they call them self physicists (actually probably *physicist )
    if somebody does chemical research they call themselves a chemist (or a organic/physical/*-chemist )
    if somebody pokes animals with sticks they call themselves a biologist ( or more likely a specific ist)
    if somebody poles humans with sticks they call themselves a doctor ( or again more likely a specific ist)

    i doubt anybody would every call themselves a scientists.

  23. Re:Cool on Fidel Castro Resigns · · Score: 1

    Don't forget an O'riely boycott, a certified way of increasing imports from your country. Maybe the new leader should get on TV piss Bill of, just to get a boycott

  24. Re:Surprised? on Gates Foundation Vs. Openness In Research · · Score: 1

    Yah, fly down to a third-world country and wave around huge wads of cash, handing it out to whomever you see.

    actually that's exactly what the boss of Norwich union (a large British bank) did, and id bet even though his money is nothing compared to bill's hes done more good already!
  25. Re:Another victory for OSS on The Limits of Quantum Computing · · Score: 1

    actually if anything linux makes it easier or should, "Linux/UNIX doesn't stop people doing really stupid, things because it might stop them doing really clever stuff too".

    The only thing that protects a user is using FOSS, this 'happends' to be common amongst Linux distributions, but end user software is so far removed from the kernel there's no reason it has to be.
    But without giving a lot of power to somebody to choose what users should/shouldn't install malware can effect all OSs easily, and no os will ever give somebody all that power