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  1. Re: The bit is mightier than then sword on Iran Allegedly Hit By Computer Virus More Violent Than Stuxnet (timesofisrael.com) · · Score: 1

    The virus is so powerful, it even hacked Chuck Norris :o

  2. Only 20 GB left on The Raid-Proof Hosting Technology Behind 'The Pirate Bay' · · Score: 0

    ... because 640 GB is enough for anybody :)

  3. Re:what now? on Elo Chess Rating System Topped By Proposed Replacements · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually he was born Él Árpád Imre but changed his name to a more Americanized Arpad Emrick Elo.

  4. Re:Wtf is xxx? on ICANN Approves .xxx Suffix For Porn Websites · · Score: 1

    Your suggestions fail to make sense for the following reasons: 1) xxx is language-independent unlike your suggestions which are in English. 2) Something might be of sexual nature and deemed unsuitable for kids without being pornographic, hence ".porn" does not make sense. 3) Something might be targeted to adults, or else censored for adults (eg involving violence) and not be of sexual nature, hence ".adult" would be far too broad a term for what they are trying to achieve. 4) Something might be of sexual nature without involving sex, hence ".sex" might be confusing. 5) Regarding different cultures, I strongly believe that the meaning of a word lies strictly in its use. Once the Internet starts using .xxx, cultures will adapt and it will be universally understood as so.

  5. Re:Opinionated Article is Confusing on Why Google Needs To Pull the Plug On Chrome OS · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Where's the super-like button? So many people use a PC *JUST* for browsing. They don't even need Google docs or printing or the like. They just want a browser. And currently they have to pay for more expensive hardware that can do all the extra background processing and support so many other features that they don't need or want to use, and are occasionally confusing to them. These same people will have a faster, cheaper experience.

  6. Re:Another feature Android will steal, no doubt! on Multitasking In For iPhone 4.0? · · Score: 1

    I hope you're joking, because Android already has multitasking. It's more of a case of it working vice versa.

  7. Re:Slimline desktop on Low-Power Home Linux Server? · · Score: 1

    Oh, and it supports Wake-On-LAN.

  8. Slimline desktop on Low-Power Home Linux Server? · · Score: 1

    Try looking for an old slimline desktop PC from eBay. Some have very low specs. I personally bought 12 of these when I found them at a real bargain price. The model I have is IBM Netvista A40p, I bought them for around $35 each (including shipping from Germany) and they have 1GHz and 256MB RAM. I guess when saving is what you want, buying new hardware kind of defies the point. These do the trick, and their usage is low (when I did some tests I saw around 25W usage).

  9. Re:No, Clearly a Horrible Anti-Fair Use Ruling on Judge Rules Against RealDVD · · Score: 1

    I wonder if posting source code is considered illegal as well... may be a way of working around the law.

  10. Re:No, Clearly a Horrible Anti-Fair Use Ruling on Judge Rules Against RealDVD · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Or perhaps record labels and software companies should be forced by law to send replacement CDs/DVDs for free if you mail them a scratched disc with a self-addressed envelope. Of course, this has its cons though, such as a very good replica fooling the company that the disc is original, and they would send an original one back.

  11. Re:Caizen is actually spelt with a K on KDE 4.3 Released · · Score: 1

    Probably due to copyright / trademark issues with Kaizen Games.

  12. Re:Fast way to shut down! on Windows 7 RTM Reviewed & Benchmarked · · Score: 1

    Fastest Windows to shut down was Windows ME, closely followed by Windows 98. This basically involved a blue screen appearing before you even click on the start button, after which you press either the power button (to shutdown) or the reset button to reboot.

  13. Re:42mpg - that is rubbish fuel consumption on US To Require That New Cars Get 42 MPG By 2016 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Only problem is that the US gallon is about 83% of the Imperial gallon. 42 US mpg is equivalent to 50.4 mpg in the UK.

  14. Too bad on US To Require That New Cars Get 42 MPG By 2016 · · Score: 1

    Too bad that the world will end in 2012 :)

  15. What is the point of the META tag? on Adblock Plus Maker Proposes Change To Help Sites · · Score: 1

    Adblock Plus will then check the browsing history to see whether the user frequents this site (this could be specified for example as "visited the site on three days of the last week") and then display a notification

    What is the point of having the META tag then? Why are they discriminating between users who have a meta tag and those who don't? Will web developers have to stay wondering whether increasing the size of their HTML is going to reap enough benefits? Can't they just do the same thing for ALL sites, irrelevant of the META tag or not? It's pretty obvious that if someone puts up ads on their website, they want people to view them and be interested in them.

  16. Not only at NASA... on How an Intern Stole NASA's Moon Rocks · · Score: 1

    In 2004, thieves did the same thing in Malta, and stole a $5M Moon Rock

    "The problem the thieves have is what to do with it," Joseph Richard Gutheinz, a retired NASA agent who helped recover the Honduras rock, wrote in an e-mail to The Associated Press. "They can try to sell it to private collectors or if they're sufficiently dumb, at an auction house."

  17. Re:Umm ... who cares about the OS? on South Carolina To Give 1 Laptop Per School Child · · Score: 1

    The next generation of people from a US state to be familiar with and at ease with using Linux would go a long way to accepting Linux as a serious desktop contender.

    It's not going to change the world, mind you, but it's yet another step towards demonopolisation of OSes :)

  18. I can already imagine it... on South Carolina To Give 1 Laptop Per School Child · · Score: 1, Insightful

    "Hey mom, could you give me a hand updating my kernel please?" On an equally serious note, will they be disallowed to use WINE until they're of legal age?

  19. Re:Guesstimates? on The Problem With Estimating Linux Desktop Market Share · · Score: 1

    I'm mainly a MS user myself. I do use Linux occasionally, but I end up using Windows. Why? Because I can't play the games I want to play on Linux. I don't hate Microsoft as much as I hate being forced to use Windows if I want to play games. I want the situation to be fair -- if it is, Linux would improve, and Microsoft will do an extra effort to improve Windows to stop the loss of market share -- end result is a win situation for general public.

  20. Re:Guesstimates? on The Problem With Estimating Linux Desktop Market Share · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How about this? The EU decides that it wants to stop the monopoly of Windows for PC gaming and defines that game developers would need to follow certain criteria which would allow the games to be played on different OSes. This would be the ultimate blow to Microsoft, as gaming is one of the biggest (if not the biggest) excuse people give as to why they won't migrate from Windows to Linux. Such an influx of users would also mean that there are more 'hands on deck' to improve the Linux experience.

  21. My childhood wonder on Can the New Digital Readers Save the Newspapers? · · Score: 1

    I remember in my childhood around 20 years ago wondering if and when this will happen. My estimates at the time were just about right (I estimated this to be happening big in about 5 or 6 years' time). Yes, it works, up until people start adding new features to it and it becomes bloated.

  22. Re:Windows lock-in? on Norway Trying Out Laptops For High School Exams · · Score: 1

    BSOD anyone? :)