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  1. Thats one way.. on Apple and Samsung Both Get South Korea Bans · · Score: 5, Insightful

    to stop the patent wars! Ban everybody!

  2. Re:great to see a UI centered on most user needs on Cinnamon Gnome-Shell Fork Releases Version 1.2 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Agree, and he's done a great job with Cinnamon. I hope he doesn't suffer from burnout. Trying to do all that while doing the coding must be a lot of work!

  3. Re:linux for dummies on Ubuntu 12.04 To Include Head-Up Display Menus · · Score: 1
    > They don't care that linux users will move on to other distributions.

    Why other distros? An alternative desktop environment is at fingertip reach...just an apt-get away.

  4. Re:Open format? on Apple Unveils Software To Reinvent the Textbook · · Score: 1

    epub is open but the DRM used in them may not be.

  5. i'll do my own tests on Notes On Reducing Firefox's Memory Consumption · · Score: 1

    i won't be taking TomsHardware's word for it since I run Linux and they didn't even bother testing with it. but it does motivate me to perform my own checks. memory usage and sluggishness were the reasons i ditched firefox for chromium last year.

  6. One word a minute on Glimpse of Stephen Hawking's Computer · · Score: 4, Insightful
    And twitter users think they have problems with 140 characters.

    At one word a minute, you get to really think about what you are gonna say.

  7. Epub is the standard for digital books on Taking a Look At Kindle Format 8 · · Score: 4, Informative

    It makes me sad that Amazon don't support it natively.

  8. Re:There will be no GNOME 4. on GNOME 3 Wins Linux Journal's Readers' Choice Award · · Score: 2
    the answer to your questions is extensions.gnome.org

    I hated gnome shell until this site came online. Distros will fix the gnome usability issues as usual - give it some time.

  9. "and a Siri board member" on Siri Gives Apple Two Year Advantage Over Android · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Stopped reading after that

  10. Re:WebOS is staying on my TouchPad on Installing Android On an HP TouchPad · · Score: 1

    and it will continue to do so until you update webos - 3.02 came with a lot of essential performance fixes, i hated it until i updated.

  11. Re:WebOS is staying on my TouchPad on Installing Android On an HP TouchPad · · Score: 1

    Yeah, and the T&C screen didn't allow wifi connections via captive portal or enterprise-wpa with certificates. (webos does allow these once you get past the initial screen). i ended up making my android phone a wifi hotspot to get past the initial screen

  12. Re:Finally on British Schoolkids To Be Taught Computer Coding · · Score: 2

    or...just in time for one raspberry pi per child!

  13. Option to connect to an old-school TV on Details About Raspberry Pi Foundation's $25 PC · · Score: 1

    First time I've heard this mentioned. This really is the successor to the BBC Micro!
    FTA:
    "Something we didn’t realize is that Raspberry Pi not only intend to make this PC work through a HDMI and DVI connection, they also want it plugged into old analog TVs just like kids managed with in the 80s. It also means you don’t need an up-to-date display in order to start playing with this device"

  14. Here's his message to the mailing list on Scientific Linux's Troy Dawson Leaves FermiLabs For Red Hat · · Score: 3, Informative

    http://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind1108&L=scientific-linux-users&T=0&P=30820

    Hi,
    I have loved all the years that I have been a developer and architect for Scientific Linux, but it is time for me to move on. I have accepted a job offer from Red Hat to work on their new openshift project. ( https://www.redhat.com/openshift/ )
    My last day working for Fermilab, and on the Scientific Linux project will be September 2, 2011.

    Thank you to everyone who has encouraged, thanked, and helped me over the past 8 years that I have worked on Scientific Linux. I have said it before, and I'll say it now, The Scientific Linux community is one of the best communities there is.

    Troy

  15. "No ecosystem" on Android On HP TouchPad · · Score: 5, Insightful

    HP have inadvertently discovered how to create huge demand and massive customer base overnight: find the right price point and lots of publicity

  16. Re:Rollback system changes on Fedora 16 To Use Btrfs Filesystem By Default · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Snapshot takes minimal disk space compared to a backup. Plus you would need to backup the entire / tree to rollback changes made by a yum update.

  17. Rollback system changes on Fedora 16 To Use Btrfs Filesystem By Default · · Score: 2

    Does this mean we are a step closer to the possibility of snapshotting system states and rolling back to before a bunch of updates were installed?

  18. Re:No buttons, no deal on Gaming On the iPad 2 and What It Means For Apple · · Score: 2

    wouldn't a bluetooth hand-held controller remedy that problem?

  19. ARM and AMD on ARM VP To Keynote AMD Developer Conference · · Score: 5, Informative

    Speaking to EE Times during a discussion of ARM's first quarter financial results CEO Warren East said: "AMD is a successful company selling microprocessors. ARM is in the business of licensing microprocessor designs. It is perfectly natural that we should have been trying to sell microprocessor designs to AMD for about the last ten years. Hitherto we haven't been successful." East also said: "AMD has signaled they are going through a rethink of their strategy, and that must provide a heightened opportunity for ARM. They might use ARM microprocessors in the future and you've got to expect that we would be trying to persuade them of that." http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4215518/ARM-working-on-AMD-to-drop-x86

  20. Re:is this the one? on World's Worst Hacker? · · Score: 1

    he must be a friend of this guy as he traceroutes to google and declares "here you have it, 10 people are currently using google", without a hint of irony. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXmv8quf_xM

  21. Re:Looks pretty bad here. on Slashdot Launches Re-Design · · Score: 1

    plus firefox4 beta8 on ubuntu 10.04 suffers from sidebar overlap - wasn't tested very much then!

  22. Symbol Banned in Germany on Xbox Live Enforcement — No Swastika Logo · · Score: 2, Interesting

    None of the articles seem to mention that the swastika is banned in Germany. As a result, model aircraft manufacturers (Airfix, Revell, etc) don't include swastikas in their decal sheet so they can sell to the international market.

  23. Re:fud on New Class of Malware Will Steal Behavior Patterns · · Score: 1

    >The credit card companies employ a level of behavioural pattern recognition to stop large, unusual transactions on your account Unfortunately it doesn't always work out that way. My card was blocked the other day (2nd time this month) after spending £2.81 for breakfast in the self service supermarket till that i do a few times a week.

  24. Re:Yep on Dell Selling Faulty PCs · · Score: 1

    i also have the same problem with nvidia geforce fx5200 graphics cards. it's a well known issue but the company never did anything to reimburse customers affected. the capacitors split after a while, causing all sorts of misbehaviour until finally dying.

  25. Re:Fairy Tale: ARMs Race Against x86 on ARM-Based Servers Coming In 2011 · · Score: 1

    Goliath was just a big bloke. David had the God of the universe on his side.