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  1. Re:No Android or IOS client? on Version 2.0 Released For Open Skype Alternative Jitsi · · Score: 1

    Most people who make video calls.
    The rest uses special clients tailored for video chat which are usually tied to a manufacturer and extremely expensive.

  2. Re:A Parrot AR Drone? on Drone Comes Within 200 Feet of Airliner Over New York · · Score: 1

    A Parrot AR drone always stays within wifi range of its operator, and has an altimeter to ensure it never goes higher than 350 feet.

  3. Remote desktop or VNC work fine on Ask Slashdot: How Best To Set Up a Parent's PC? · · Score: 1

    Remote desktop or VNC solutions work fine, why don't you do just that?
    Just make sure the software is enabled and the router is properly set up to allow incoming connections on the right port.

  4. Re:That's why Qt is awesome on Developers May Be Getting 50% of Their Documentation From Stack Overflow · · Score: 1

    Who needs docs?
    Real men just look at the code.

  5. Re:A hard time keeping on the forefront? on Why Can't Intel Kill x86? · · Score: 1

    I can live with that.

  6. Re:A hard time keeping on the forefront? on Why Can't Intel Kill x86? · · Score: 1

    What about latency?

  7. Re:exactly on Why Can't Intel Kill x86? · · Score: 1

    It looks like the real problem was allocation of bit space to each feature.

  8. Re:A hard time keeping on the forefront? on Why Can't Intel Kill x86? · · Score: 1

    The market is getting diversified, and that's good. But in the case of people still using x86 for, it's not software that's preventing them from moving to ARM, it's just that the x86 offerings were better for their needs.

    Wine does not emulate x86. It's a free software re-implementation of the Windows API on top of Linux and X.

  9. Re:A hard time keeping on the forefront? on Why Can't Intel Kill x86? · · Score: 1

    Their GPU technology is getting there.

  10. Re:A hard time keeping on the forefront? on Why Can't Intel Kill x86? · · Score: 1

    I'm not convinced history will repeat itself with that one.

  11. Re:exactly on Why Can't Intel Kill x86? · · Score: 1

    I don't see how they're bad designs.
    It goes well with the goal of moving some of the work done by the silicium to be done by the compiler instead, allowing to make more effective use of the transistors available.

    ARM also has predication, by the way, and so do some x86 processors, such as the Intel MIC.

  12. Re:A hard time keeping on the forefront? on Why Can't Intel Kill x86? · · Score: 2

    Intel has successfully demonstrated several times that they can beat their competitors at whatever they're best at.
    The only thing they haven't beaten yet is AMD's interconnect technology.

  13. Re:A hard time keeping on the forefront? on Why Can't Intel Kill x86? · · Score: 1

    It might be "ugly", but it works, and it works very well, very fast, and is making a lot of money.
    Don't try to fix something if it ain't broken.

  14. Re:exactly on Why Can't Intel Kill x86? · · Score: 1

    What were the bad design choices in Itanium?

  15. Re:A hard time keeping on the forefront? on Why Can't Intel Kill x86? · · Score: 1

    Because not everyone is casuals.
    Some people actually benefit, be it personally or professionally, from the additional performance.

  16. A hard time keeping on the forefront? on Why Can't Intel Kill x86? · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Intel is still the major manufacturer of laptop, desktop, workstation and server chips...
    What if they're not the main provider for cheap toys? It's mostly a matter of price anyway. Whatever they do, Intel chips will always cost significantly more than ARM chips due to their business model.

  17. Interesting technology, needs PR on 0install Reaches 2.0 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The technology is interesting. It's fully decentralized, works even on Windows, offers Mac-style drag and drop images, uses a full SAT solver for dependency resolution...

    What it needs is better marketing.

  18. Re:big deal on Gamer Rewrites Valve's Steam Installer For Debian · · Score: 2

    You should always use testing on your desktop, laptop or workstation, especially if you work in IT.
    stable is for production environments.

  19. Re:big deal on Gamer Rewrites Valve's Steam Installer For Debian · · Score: 2

    Isn't it the other way around?
    Debian is what you use when you want to actually use the system, since, unlike Ubuntu, it actually has up-to-date and reliable packages.

    The only advantage of Ubuntu is packaging restricted drivers better. Ubuntu also packages some weird desktop experiences (such as Unity), if you're into that sort of thing.

  20. Re:options? on Embedded Developers Prefer Linux, Love Android · · Score: 1

    NetBSD, FreeBSD...

  21. Re:Real price is 70 EUR on The Raspberry Pi Turns One · · Score: 0

    You need a case, an AC, an SD card, and eventually cables in addition to the board.
    Sure, you could use one AC for several units, but then you cannot power several units at the same time, rendering the whole concept of having several of them useless.

    Also I got it wrong, the SD card with the OS is actually 16 EUR.

  22. Real price is 70 EUR on The Raspberry Pi Turns One · · Score: 0

    I wanted to buy one, so I looked at it on their store.
    The real price is 70 EUR including shipping. Apparently they charge 13 EUR just for a SD card pre-loaded with the OS.

  23. Only shitty games on Steam For Linux: A Respectable Showing · · Score: -1, Troll

    Still no decent games though, only random indie stuff. It's probably good for them; since there is nothing good to buy, people buy the indie stuff that no one would have bought otherwise.

  24. Re:So on Play Wii, Become a Better Surgeon · · Score: 4, Funny

    They were probably playing Trauma Center...

  25. Re:Can't agree on Is Code.org Too Soulless To Make an Impact? · · Score: 1

    Looks like what they need to learn is English then.