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  1. Re:Kubuntu 15.04 on KDE Plasma 5 Becomes the Default Desktop of OpenSUSE Tumbleweed · · Score: 1

    I too am using Kubuntu 15.04, it works but it doesn't work well. Lots of missing features and buggy (yes I do report bugs). Everyday I consider "upgrading" back to Kubuntu 14.04 just to get back the features that are missing in Plasma 5.

  2. Re:Secure Boot won't catch on on UEFI Secure Boot and Linux: Where Things Stand · · Score: 1

    I agree with you 100%

  3. discredit online drug sales to protect profits for on Online Pharmacy Pioneer Arrested In Florida · · Score: 1

    I cannot say for sure if he is guilty or not, but it is known that the drug companies and American drug retailers despised those internet pharmacies and those who ran them. I somehow suspect there are alterior motives for this action.

    The FDA (although they wont admit it), have been pressured by the drug companies to discredit the internet pharmacy industry for years, all for protecting the over-priced medication sales within the USA.

  4. Re:64 bit? on Skype 4.0 For Linux Now Available · · Score: 1

    Strange - I installed the 64-bit version this morning, no dependency errors, and it runs fine. I'm on Kubuntu 12.04 64-bit.

  5. Less is more? on Aero Glass UI No More On Windows 8 · · Score: 1

    I guess they are buying into the less is more mentality?
    I'm not sure they are going about this in a smart way, it's like their promoting Windows as a plain old boring operating system. People like shiny good looking software and gadgets, if they had to choose between a slick eye-catching GUI or a bland, flat, no-bling GUI - which do you think people will buy?

  6. typical on US Unhappy With Australians Storing Data On Australian Shores · · Score: 1

    The USA isn't happy unless it has control over; copyrights, patents, oil, and I guess the attitude of other country to do it's own thing, even if it's within the law.

  7. Re:If one thing, I would say the number is low on US Survey Shows Piracy Common and Accepted · · Score: 1

    I would like to know if there is anyone under the age of 65 that hasn't copied some sort of media, be it music, TV shows, movies, even magazine articles. I seem to remember reading about how sheet music would be copied by hand, and publishers way back before photocopying, were concerned about it then.

  8. Photoshopped... on How Photoshopped Is That Picture? · · Score: 1

    But, but, Adobe doesn't want us to us the word Photoshopped, according to their guidelines

    www.adobe.com/misc/pdfs/TM_GuideforThirdPartiesFinalPrint.pdf

  9. hmmm... on Muslim Medical Students Boycott Darwin Lectures · · Score: 1

    I know I don't want a doctor who is so closed minded as to not even attend a class on evolution. These radical rednecks are real displays of just how insane one can become when trying to conform to some arbitrary religious belief system.

  10. Everyday it's another MS Android story on Microsoft Wants $15 Per Android Smartphone · · Score: 1

    This situation is absolute insanity. MS isn't making any friends by doing this. What I hope is for all these manufacturers to give MS a collective F*#K YOU, and file all sorts of lawsuits and cancel any agreements they have, and avoid using any of their products.

  11. This is absolute insanity on Another Android Device Maker Signs Patent Agreement With Microsoft · · Score: 1

    It's like a big bully outside the lunchroom and these companies are the bullied nerds. These companies clearly feel it's just cheaper to pay the bully (MS) their lunch money than to honestly fight it. If only the law makers realized what a disaster software patents would become, and how it doesn't protect innovation and becomes a huge expense to companies and individuals, I'm sure they would have did it differently.

  12. Too bad on WikiLeaks Under Denial of Service Attack · · Score: 1

    Too damn bad for the US government. If they were truly acting in a respectable and honest manner, this "leak" wouldn't be such a big deal. If you act in such a way that you have to keep secrets - even from your own citizens which you are representing then, and these "leaks" will ruin relationships with fellow countries, that that to me says that this is a government not worth supporting or being in power.

  13. Simple Answer on Does A Company Deserve the Same Privacy Rights As You? · · Score: 1

    NO. I don't care what any lawyer or judge says, Corporations are not people or real citizens of any country and therefore don't get the same rights as real people.

  14. AMD is great on AMD One-Ups Intel With Cheap Desktop Chips · · Score: 1

    I've been using AMD for about 4 years now, and recently purchased a new desktop, and decided that AMD is just was the way to go. Intel products (are great) but expensive, and as the frugal type of guy I am, I just can't justify the extra cost for Intel products.

  15. too funny on RIAA Says LimeWire Owes $1.5 Trillion · · Score: 1

    Is this an April fools day joke? Seriously that amount is outrageous. How anyone can take them (RIAA) seriously is just crazy.

  16. Re:What happens if on Canada's Largest Cities Seeing the End of the Phone Book · · Score: 1

    You'll have to call 411. But honestly how often does the power go out, and at the same time you have to call some unknown number? I know that I haven't experienced a power outage in many years. And what about cell phones, perhaps those will still be working during the power outage and you can look up the number online on it.

  17. End of privacy? on Ofcom Unveils Anti-Piracy Policy For UK ISPs · · Score: 1

    I'd like to know how these ISP's are going to know exactly what data being transfered is infringing copyright, without serious invasion of privacy? For any other communication such as putting a wiretap on someones phone, it's up to the police to get warrants to do this info gathering.

    Even if someone is suspected of copyright infringement, does it make it ok for some private company to invade your privacy without first getting authorization from a judge? Don't even argue that it's the ISP's system so they have a right to look into your data transfers, otherwise it would set a precedent that will allow the post office to open all your mail, couriers such as FedEx and UPS to open and inspect your packages, and the phone companies to listen in on all your calls.

    It's as if the internet has gone from the "wild west" to a soon to be "police state"

  18. Why bother even having a website then? on UK Newspaper Websites To Become Nearly Invisible · · Score: 1

    Suddenly those papers' websites aren't going to get much traffic, advertisers are either going to leave or demand cheaper rates. This is a bonus to other news sites that still have free content, with more traffic they could potentially earn more money from advertisers.

    For a guy who is obviously smart, he sure has no idea to cope with the Internet. I suppose you can't teach an old dog new tricks. He's living proof.

  19. Canada.. on China Rejects US Piracy Claims As "Groundless" · · Score: 1

    Just more propaganda of the US Corporations and Government trying force our government to adopt US style laws. These figures are pulled out of their asses - there is no hard proof of anything.

  20. Isn't the only reason on iPad Is Destroying Netbook Sales · · Score: 1

    Don't most netbooks now come with the crappy Windows 7 Starter? It also seems they are more expensive then ever. You can just buy a low end regular laptop for just a bit more money. There are far more reasons than simply just the iPad.

  21. trust? on Security Firm Reveals Microsoft's "Silent" Patches · · Score: 1

    So basically if you can't trust MS with be truthful and upfront about security updates, what can you trust them with?

  22. Re:Don't jump the gun blaming Win7 on Win7 Can Delete All System Restore Points On Reboot · · Score: 1

    "Whatever the problem is, it's hard to believe it's Windows' fault."
    Are you serious? Oh right, I forgot that all things that go wrong with Windows nowadays is someone else's fault - the user is stupid, it was a virus, shitty 3rd party applications, bad hardware, etc. etc.

  23. Thankfully never approved in Canada.... on Amazon 1-Click Patent Survives Almost Unscathed · · Score: 1

    It's nice to know that not all ridiculous patents are accepted everywhere.

    http://www.techvibes.com/blog/amazon-one-click-patent-application-refused-in-canada

  24. Is anyone really surprised here? on Anti-Piracy Windows 7 Update Phones Home Quarterly · · Score: 1

    The fact is most people will bitch and complain, but you'll never do anything about it. You'll continue to use and buy their products - which to them means that you are OK with how they treat you.

  25. This excuse for invasion of privacy.... on FBI Pushing For 2-Year Retention of Web Traffic Logs · · Score: 1

    is getting really old and worn out. Why doesn't the FBI just be strait up with the people, and just say they want to have as much info on every American as possible - they need not use the child porn card anymore. This would be the biggest invasion of privacy ever - if it were enacted. The potential for abuse and theft of this info would be enormous, and I'm sure it would also have a price tag in the billions.