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  1. PowerPC is not Intel. on IBM's Eight-Core, 4-GHz Power7 Chip · · Score: -1

    These typically give much better computing efficiency than Intel based processors. That gives you two options, install more cores or pay less for HVAC and electricity.

  2. Yes it will run GNU/Linux. on IBM's Eight-Core, 4-GHz Power7 Chip · · Score: -1

    What I'd like to know is how long it will be before I get a laptop or PDA that uses this or one that lasts 8 times longer than current versions.

  3. Re:But for the Grace of God, Go I. on Usenet Blocking Intensifies · · Score: -1, Troll

    Bulldozing slums does not prevent crime, it is a crime. Yet it happens more frequently than you think. The "undesirables" are made that much more desperate and ready to commit crime. Look at California, where people who can't find affordable housing are trying to get buy with trailers and mobile homes but just get run from neighborhood to neighborhood. That is what happens when we treat each other like vermin.

  4. Nothing New. on Memristor Based RAM Could Be Out By 2009 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Make Memtest a grub boot option and use it before you travel or put your computer someplace others can get it. Security like that is a bore. I'm going to enjoy better sleep/wake.

    A fun question is if cheap ram can help save M$. If the 4GB Vista "sweet spot" is any guide, Windows 7 will require 16 GB. Cheaper faster memory might actually get there but processor and network speed is likely to catch up to Vista at the same time God makes a rock so heavy he can't lift it.

  5. Re:Whew, your telcos are safe. on Senate Passes Telecom Immunity Bill · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Le American is a good example of the power of US press and propaganda. If your particular country does not have someone in favor of wars of aggression that harm your business interests, just wait a few years.

    This is a dark day for everyone. The Bush administration and the next will use this immunity to identify and crush political opposition. This will embolden them to more conquest and oppression, which will result in more of the same. Beware.

  6. Re:Ignorance. Bruce needs to work harder. on KDE 4.1 Beta 2 – Two Steps Forward, One Step Back? · · Score: -1, Troll

    What a crock of loony bullshit and flamebait. I've pointed to KDE documents that explain the problems in KDE 4.0 and remind people that 3.5 is still the default in reasonable distributions. KDE is free software and it's developers are happy to talk about their code's shortfalls as well as its advantages. The source code is available to everone to judge for themselves so developer comments are usually accurate. Do you have anything useful to say about that or are you too blinded by hatred to have a useful conversation?

    Except for his ignorance and position (fuck pulpit as you trolls call it) this has nothing to do with Byfield. It has even less to do with Twitter and other people you hate or are paid to smear.

    By the way, thanks for raising the visibility of my post. Who needs sock puppets when there are idiots like you around? You should not let your personal hatred get in the way of your job like that. You might be paid to harass twitter and everyone you think is twitter but your primary job is to bury him. The usual AC or -1 account replies would have served the purpose of harassment without raising the visibility of an obviously insightful post. You could just be demonstrating your ability to moderate, but it's more likely that you are stupid and self defeating in that uniquely M$ way.

  7. Ignorance. Bruce needs to work harder. on KDE 4.1 Beta 2 – Two Steps Forward, One Step Back? · · Score: -1, Troll

    Why listen to a "pundit" when you can go to the source where the issues are dealt with. Yes, eventually you get to something useful like this to sort the FUD out. Basically, KDE 4.0 is not "ready". Though it is more flexible and has all of the old features and more, not all of those features have been exposed yet. This is not a big deal because reasonable distributions still ship with the still excellent KDE 3.5 applications. Bruce needs to do more research before he spouts off like that.

  8. The number on Microsoft Denies Call-in 'Save XP' Petition · · Score: -1, Troll

    1 900 FUCK YOU. Have your credit card ready, the cost is $50/hour.

    Who knows, it might work. Chances are they will give you back XP without DRM if you simply refuse to buy Vista or Windows 7. By then, of course, you won't care because people who start using GNU/Linux or OSX or any thing other than Windows never go back to Windows.

    I've read that the "support" lines have been jammed since the introduction of Vista, so that part is not so unusual.

  9. No. on Bill Gates's Last Speech · · Score: -1

    80% of his time will now be spent trolling Slashdot. Why not? Would you live like he lives if you had billions of dollars? The poor man is on some sick power trip.

  10. better in color on Bill Gates: Windows 95 Was 'A High Point' · · Score: -1

    rotten.com mugshot from mugshots.org It's not offtopic, he looks stoned out of his mind but we will never know because the records mysteriously vanished.

  11. Some notable dirty tricks. on $4 Million In Fines For Linking To Infringing Files · · Score: 0, Informative

    If the past is any guide, shutting down alternate channels of distribution is what this is all about. Here are some dirty tricks MediaDefender and their paymasters have pulled in the past:

    The MPAA is desperate because it knows it will follow the RIAA's decline soon. They can't match the diversity of free networks and will do what they can to disrupt them. People can and will make music and movies to entertain themselves without copyright protection if they are allowed to share their works.

  12. Re:Hype! on Line Forms At Apple's Always-Open Manhattan Cube · · Score: -1, Troll

    Ouch! Don't remind him of the Cairo/Longhorn decades.

  13. talking about trolls on Line Forms At Apple's Always-Open Manhattan Cube · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Did you really say the devil wrote the Koran? That's rather inflammatory and trollish, don't you think?

  14. good computers on Line Forms At Apple's Always-Open Manhattan Cube · · Score: -1, Troll

    They could be buying computers worth purchasing. The hysteria seems to be inside the store.

  15. It's like advertising. on Cisco CSO Says Antivirus Money "Completely Wasted" · · Score: 0

    The problem is that you will never know. Every company on Earth would love to cut their advertising budget by half, but they can never be sure which half is actually effective. In the AV world, you can never really know if your ass has been saved. If you cut your AV budget it's possible that only half your ass will be saved. Most half assed things are like this really - you can spend and spend and never see the benefit.

    Yes, that was sarcasm.

  16. Weee, dreams are fun. on Microsoft Office 2007 to Support ODF - But Not OOXML · · Score: -1, Troll

    Embrace (where we are now) --> OOXML has failed.
    Extend (aka 'break') --> People will just get Open Office.
    Extinguish (where we'll end up) --> only works when there are no other options. Their OS goes next.

    Reality sucks for non free software vendors right now. They can't compete with free.

  17. You can't win for losing. on 66% Apple Market Share For Sales of High-End PCs · · Score: 2, Interesting

    You have one of two cases and I don't think you like the one you already chose:

    1. The hardware identical, so people are paying the premium for software that works.
    2. The hardware is different and that's what people are paying for.

    Both of these are losers for Windows fanboys, but the first is closer to true and th worst. The fact is that people are paying twice as much for Macs and the only difference is software and marginally better hardware. There are "premium" Wintel laptops but they are sitting on the shelf because people are buying twice as many premium Apples. The real bummer for those other hardware makers is that they have produced far more laptops than Apple can and must be piling up big losses while Apple is having trouble metting demand.

    You joke about it but you have nothing but insults.

  18. WinMac Fanboy Haiku Ceremony. on 66% Apple Market Share For Sales of High-End PCs · · Score: -1

    PC sells at twice price
    gay store must be to blame
    Vista bury Mac.

    The ceremony traditionally ends with the host asking, "Just tell me it's not a Mac." The guest responds, "Yes, it's a Mac." The host then throws chairs and chants something about "Developers, developers, developers."

  19. Thought crime is prevented. on China's All-Seeing Eye · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    No opposition is possible. This is the purpose. If you fail to see that, deployment won't make sense to you.

  20. Most Worthless Ask Slashdot Ever. on Anti-Keylogging Recommendations? · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It's a domestic dispute that no one wants to get into. The obvious solution, to own your computer with free software, is not an option. All that's left is to delve into the cesspool of Winblows "solutions" and other inappropriate technical answers to an environment of broken trust.

  21. Funny, but it misses the point. on Microsoft Decides To Take On Linux On Low-Cost PCs · · Score: -1

    What sucks for everyone is that vendors have all agreed to limit UMPC performance and features. It eliminates middle ground laptops that the market really wants - something like OLPC with better hardware. One of these babies with a touch screen and free software multitouch would wipe out M$ tablet PCs and it's really where the market should be heading. This is blatant and harmful collusion that should be busted wide open by the EU and US antitrust people.

  22. Flying Chair Alarm. on A Guardian Angel In Your Cell Phone · · Score: -1, Troll

    Will Steve Balmer proximity trigger a dangerous person alarm? Will that make him angry? Will he let his kids have one?

    Relax, the thing will never be built. There are too many delimas for it to ever get out of a Microsoft lab (here's looking at a six year Vista development time) but it's too evil for anyone else to make.

  23. free software distributes the effort. on FBI Says Military Had Counterfeit Cisco Routers · · Score: -1

    If they were using free software they would not have to depend on Cisco being secure because they would have a pool of contributors, each of which should match identically regardless of hardware used. The sad fact of the matter is that DARPA showed that the current non free checks were not good enough - Cisco themselves were unable to tell the malicious parts from the "good" parts. Using free software would increase the effort any enemy must expend by the number of contributors who can compile the code, essentially to an impossible effort level.

  24. CD and book collections. on Have You Changed Your Opinion On eBook Readers? · · Score: 0

    Thanks to archive.org and the creative commons, I now have a larger collection of free music than non free. This is nice because it gives me something I can share with my friends.

    My book collection, alas, is still all dead tree. There are a few interesting titles from project gutenberg and others but there's no equivalent of the easy to rip CD format for books. This is a shame because books are often more important than entertainment. No bread no books, no books no bread or entertainment.

  25. Flash site, very funny. on What a Botnet Looks Like · · Score: 5, Funny

    To get a good look at a botnet they say, "You need to upgrade your Flash Player". How true!