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  1. Re:One more bullet on proprietary drivers on Alan Cox to NVIDIA: You Can't Use DMA-BUF · · Score: 1

    See the problem arrises because Microsoft is 1 vendor. Just 1. Linux is hundreds, possibly even more

  2. Re:One more bullet on proprietary drivers on Alan Cox to NVIDIA: You Can't Use DMA-BUF · · Score: 1

    In order to sign it, you would also have to distribute it. Each distribution vendor would have their own signing keys and thus a distro-specific nvidia driver package would be needed. NVIDIA doesn't give vendors permission to distribute their binary blobs but requires users to elect to download and install them (so they can agree to te EULA when they fetch them). And they also don't want the overhead of having to build 100 packages of each driver release for each distribution flavor-of-the-month (and who could blame them for that..). Besides this overhead, it would also require NVIDIA to have the PRIVATE signing key for all those distribution vendors and they sure as hell won't agree to that.

  3. Re:How to (not) get people to use your OS... on Alan Cox to NVIDIA: You Can't Use DMA-BUF · · Score: 4, Informative

    OS X's kernel is Mach, not BSD. It's had BSD api and userland tacked on to it but it's actually Mach. It's so altered though that it doesn't really count as either but instead something new and on it's own. Android at it's core is still a linux kernel and not some mutant derivative but actual linux with linux API driving the OS services that drive the jvm that drive the apps you know.

  4. Re:They dream themselves your master. on Australian Government Censors Draft Snooping Laws · · Score: 1

    td;dr + 'whoosh'

  5. Re:Post bigotry here on US House Science Committee Member: Evolution Is a Lie From Hell · · Score: 0

    Amen

  6. Re:well, on Supreme Court Won't Hear Body-Scanner Appeal · · Score: 3

    I wonder what would happen if *everyone* refuses to go through the scanners or be patted down. See, people only have as much power over you as you let them have. The problem is that the majority of people let them have this power without a second thought

  7. Re:Kudos to Blender! on Blender Debuts Fourth Open Source Movie: Tears of Steel · · Score: 1

    No, Howard the Duck was good because he was relatable. I can't even count how often I've been on the run from a giant space scorpion thing.

  8. Re:I can only assume on The Text Message Typo That Landed a Man In Jail · · Score: -1

    Then there's the question of why he had 13 and 14 year old girls' in his blackberry.
    Then there's the question of why a 13 or 14 year old even has a phone
    This all seems a bit strange

  9. Re:Finally! on KDE Multi-Monitor Control Getting An Overhaul · · Score: 1

    What version of KDE is that? And on what distro? This is very different from what I see in kde 4.8.5 where wallpaper is always stretched across both monitors (and looks horrible in the process), the taskbar and panels are across both etc as well. It essentially becomes one big desktop with a deadzone around the smaller monitor. If I maximize a window it'll go across both monitors including the dead zone which is of course 99/100 times not what is wanted

  10. Re:It's not that hard on KDE Multi-Monitor Control Getting An Overhaul · · Score: 1

    So far from the point as to be completely irrelevant, but I still appreciate the effort, even if your motives and intent were possibly questionable

  11. Re:Finally! on KDE Multi-Monitor Control Getting An Overhaul · · Score: 2

    It's not that the monitor isn't detected and used by default, it's that it forgets the setting you specified the last time you had that monitor plugged in. Further more, the 'Multiple Display' setting item always says it doesn't detect that you are using multiple displays, even when they are listed in the monitor arrangement window. KDM also sometimes shows it's login window half on one monitor half on the other.

    Also also, if your monitors arent' the same size, a small window that appears on the smaller monitor can be off the screen because the virtual desktop is rectangular and you have no way of moving it apart from the right click menu on the toolbar - not the end of the world but very annoying all the same, just as all these quirks are

  12. Re:Finally! on KDE Multi-Monitor Control Getting An Overhaul · · Score: 2

    I know your pain, I feel it too when moving my laptop around between meetings and my desk frequently. Can't use Gnome any more, fluxbox is of course awesome but sometimes a little too minimal. KDE is great, except for this multi-monitor config issue. Sorry someone modded this 'flamebait' (seriously?)

  13. Re:LOL, American "democracy"! on Federal Judge Says No Right To Secret Ballot, OKs Barcoded Ballots · · Score: 1

    It just takes the people of this nation getting a clue then getting off their fat collective asses.

    And just like that, the dream was ended

  14. Re:reading comprehension? on Your Moral Compass Is Reversible · · Score: 5, Insightful

    All that shows is that the majority of people would rather lie than appear to be lying

  15. Re:Answer on Can Anyone Become a Programmer? · · Score: 1

    I think you guys need to review this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_design_pattern

  16. Re:Answer on Can Anyone Become a Programmer? · · Score: 1

    That's exactly why they should be teaching design patterns instead of languages....

  17. Re:Answer on Can Anyone Become a Programmer? · · Score: 2

    Oh yeah, that brings me to another point that needs to be mentioned: Those devs with ample university credentials I've encountered seem to have a REALLY hard time switching languages. It seems like they rote-learned the languages without actually comprehending the design patterns and can't reapply their knowledge to new languages - something that should come very easy to a 'good' programmer or higher. Whether this is due to their education or cognitive process, I can't say. But I would think the 'right' kind of mind would be able to do this task automatically without being trained to. I do believe anyone can get there if they desire to, but I do also believe some people have an innate advantage for getting there earlier/easier

  18. Re:Answer on Can Anyone Become a Programmer? · · Score: 2

    I'd argue that it also takes desire and motivation - something not everyone will have. It does also take a certain level of reasoning ability to become a good programmer. I've met plenty of average programmers who end up making more problems than they solve then having to fix up their naive work. They usually have ample university credentials and years of PHP or Java dev experience and seem like reasonably intelligent and rational people but for whatever reason just continually miss things that should be obvious and struggle trying to model complex objects or interactions. I guess maybe the term 'programmer' is bit ambiguous - in this context does the author mean 'code monkey' or 'architect' ?

  19. Re:Answer on Can Anyone Become a Programmer? · · Score: 2

    Typical 'cowboy' programmer. The real answer should have been 'b0' for self documenting disambiguation and clarity when working in a group project

  20. Re:Enhance! on Smooth, High Definition Video of Curiosity's Landing On Mars · · Score: 1

    Sir, you and I have very different interpretations of the meaning of 'enhance'. I found that video to be horrible. The frame interpolation was completely jarring enlarging an image and adding smoothing does not make it 'Ultra HD'. I'd say they /destroyed/ the video, not enhanced it.

  21. Re:almost clicked the link... on The Lies Disks and Their Drivers Tell · · Score: 1

    What firmware version is on that drive? Maybe I need to update mine if possible: Firmware Revision: CC98

  22. Re:almost clicked the link... on The Lies Disks and Their Drivers Tell · · Score: 1

    That is funny indeed... Wonder wtf is up with that then.
    What firmware revision is on those drives? This is what I have:
    Firmware Revision: CC98 (on all 4 of the DLs)

  23. Re:As good a time as any other on Samsung: Android's Multitouch Not As Good As Apple's · · Score: 2, Interesting
  24. Re:Whoop-dee-doo on PSVita Hacked, Native Homebrew Loader Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    I'd hardly say the PS3 is 'cheaper' hardware or very performant. It had potential but was just too limited by the reserved+disabled SPUs and the abysmal architecture. A modern mid-range and inexpensive i5/i7 cpu + kepler gpu can run rings around it in the ways that matter. 360 is nice and cheap *now* but when launched it still cost me over $1k far more than a decent gaming rig at the time. The PS2.. well I can't argue there. It was a thing of beauty under these terms

  25. Re:Whoop-dee-doo on PSVita Hacked, Native Homebrew Loader Coming Soon · · Score: 3, Informative

    XBMC