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  1. Re:Rise of Linux on Details Emerge About Spark Linux-Based Tablet · · Score: 1

    I see this very often around here, but people don't seem to know that large parts of the OS on those phones are closed binary blobs - mainly the drivers, and parts of the UI and the bundled apps. Not exactly an open phone, I'm afraid.

  2. Re:mp3? Acrobat! on JavaScript Decoder Plays MP3s Without Flash · · Score: 0

    It actually exists: PDF JS is a Javascript-based PDF decoder in development.

  3. Re:Blah. on Can Egypt's Telecom Giants Be Sued In the US? · · Score: 0

    Serbia did this several times to Bill Clinton! You can see how effective that was.

  4. Re:Just dump your data into the hole on Replacing Traditional Storage, Databases With In-Memory Analytics · · Score: 0

    Just... wow... goatse in 2011? Are you a time traveler from 1999?

  5. apg can help on Passwords That Are Simple — and Safe(?) · · Score: 0

    http://www.adel.nursat.kz/apg/Automated Password Generator can generate very nice, pronouncable, but still pretty secure passwords. Add a few punctuation characters, and you have a strong password that is fairly easy to remember.

    An example of the output:

    me@host:~$ apg

    Please enter some random data (only first 8 are significant)
    (eg. your old password):>
    Bachmebjij8 (Bach-meb-jij-EIGHT)
    7Knipwoi (SEVEN-Knip-woi)
    gruemUnrod2 (gruem-Un-rod-TWO)
    MaHiopt1 (Ma-Hi-opt-ONE)
    RidHynEbr8Or (Rid-Hyn-Ebr-EIGHT-Or)
    AfnoHoorfid9 (Af-no-Hoorf-id-NINE)

  6. Re:Maybe he'll make Chrome OS useful! on ChromeOS Zero Released · · Score: 0

    Woooosh! That was the sound of the joke flying above your head at the speed of sound!

  7. Re:no worries on Malaysia Seeking to Copyright Food? · · Score: 0

    As a Serbian I can assure you there are lots of Feta products that are really declared as Feta.

    For example: http://www.mlekara.co.rs/downloads/grekos-oglas%20mama.jpg

  8. Re:Finally on NVIDIA Launches Five New Mobile GPUs · · Score: 0

    This is your lucky day!

  9. Red eyes!! on DIY 18-ft.-High Robotic Exoskeleton · · Score: 4, Funny

    It has red eyes! It means it's a decepticon! RUN FOR YOU LIVES!!!!!!!!!

  10. Chandler? on Microsoft Rebrands Live Search As "Bing" · · Score: 0

    Did they name it after Chandler "not gay" Bing? :D

  11. Re:Tarnished reputation on Google Considers Taking Beta Tag Off Gmail · · Score: 0

    We will not make mayor changes to the service

    I'm sure Rudy Guliani will be most pleased.

  12. Re:eye candy on Is It Windows 7, Or KDE 4? · · Score: 0

    Have you heard about the 'Snapping Windows' plugin for Compiz? You can have that instead of Wobbly Windows and have them snap to each other and the screen edges.

  13. Slashdotted - Google cache link on Web Rescues Un-Aired Super Bowl Ads · · Score: 0
  14. Re:A new portmanteau... on Do Twitter Phishing Scams Herald the End of Microblogs? · · Score: 0

    Titfishing... mmmmm...

  15. Re:Any othetr industry?? neve happened? on Logitech Makes 1 Billionth Mouse · · Score: 0

    Cigarettes? Tampons?

    I bet there are gazillions of other examples. Strange how short-sighted this statement is.

  16. Finally! on Bittorrent To Cause Internet Meltdown · · Score: 2, Funny

    Finally, I'll have a legitimate reason to slack off and not do my job...

    On the other hand, how am I going to procastinate without the internet?

  17. Better than certain countries on The State of UK Broadband — Not So Fast · · Score: 0

    Well it's still a lot better than certain countries, for instance Serbia, where the FASTEST broadband connection you can get is only 2Mbit ADSL with an uplink of 196kbps.

    They are probably worried about piracy, hence the weak uplink, but for about $70 a month one would expect a decent connection in a country that is supposedly heading for the EU in a few years...

  18. Re:Holy hell on Economic Crisis Will Eliminate Open Source · · Score: 0

    My personal website doesn't have any banner, I have to pay for hosting from my own pockets (and I haven't updated the damn thing in months either).

    Maddox, is that you?

  19. Re:Direct Youtube Link on Microsoft Causes Internal Family Strife · · Score: 0

    Yes, then just plug in a site of another Microsoft competitor, namely Google... Sir, I salute you!

  20. Re:What's the big deal with PC compatibility ? on Space Cube – the World's Smallest Linux PC · · Score: 0

    Development.

    You can take any linux-compatible desktop machine, you go and develop the application that controls the spaceship or something, and you don't need an emulator because you can test it right on your development machine.

    Then when it's ready, you just move the application over to the 'cube' and it's off you go.

    It's much simpler than developing for and emulator or similar, you don't need to jump that many hoops before deployment.

  21. Not ready. on Intel Releases USB 3.0 Controller Interface Spec · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am personally waiting for USB 3.11 for Workgroups to come out before upgrading.

  22. Re:I love OSS and make money on Windows on XP Deathwatch, T Minus 2 Weeks · · Score: 1

    You can run any software that is written for Windows and it will work! That's what makes Windows wonderful. Yeah, except when you can't. :)
  23. Watch out for the small boy... on How To Spot E-Vote Tampering? · · Score: 1

    named Micah, touching and caressing the voting machine, while empathically closing his eyes...

  24. Re:No more hacking, but... on Gartner Analysts Warn That Windows Is Collapsing · · Score: 1

    How would they do that without the administrator password?

  25. Re:The chose the standard language on Adobe Photoshop CS4 Will Be 64-Bit For Windows Only · · Score: 1

    20 years in C++? It was standardized 10 years ago... I wouldn't think it was that heavily used before that.