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  1. Re:16GB on Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P Reviews Arrive (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    16GB is enough for me, I use KDE Connect for fast exchange of data with my computers and other Android devices.

  2. Finally on Phone Passwords Protected By 5th Amendment, Says Federal Court · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Tough for the prosecutors but this is a flash of some sense.

  3. Re:Size Matters on US Rank Drops To 55th In 4G LTE Speeds · · Score: 2

    It's got nothing to do with the size of a country.
    It does have everything to do with the population density and the populated parts (especially the coasts) of the US are no different to certain EU countries.
    The US does have vast areas that are sparsely populated were coverage is going to be expensive, such areas are less prevalent in western Europe.
    I am not sure how they calculated but am fairly sure that availability is going to add up more in the denser populated areas.

  4. Re:23% of the company on Volkswagen Could Face $18 Billion Fine Over Emission-Cheating Software · · Score: 1

    Indeed, but shares, bonds etc. were quoted in euro's since the 4th. of January 1999.

  5. Re:Fixed summary on AeroVelo Breaks Human-powered Land Speed Record · · Score: 0

    You missed the links but otherwise you are on the ball, reading the summary it was also my first thought.
    Both Canada and The Netherlands use km/h as the unit for road speed, for them mph is just a curiosity.

  6. KDE Activities on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Organize Your Virtual Desktops? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    KDE has a solution called Activities.
    You can set up a bunch of activities and assign individual windows to a particular activity.
    When you swap activity you get the associated windows.

  7. 48 hrs but on EU Court: Commuting to Customer Sites Counts as Work · · Score: 0

    Yes 48 hrs per week for day time work, you do a single hour of night time work it becomes a 40 hrs working week for that month.
    The way it's calculated differs per country but it could be something like a maximum of 1040 hrs per 6 months.,

    Probably not a surprise but the UK opted out of this and other EU workers protection regulations.

  8. Re:Fire up ubuntu on Ask Slashdot: What Windows-Only Apps Would You Most Like To See On Linux? · · Score: 1

    With that level of 'knowledge' it's just as well you are anonymous, coward.

  9. Re:Goin' to the farm on Dirty Farm Air May Ward Off Asthma In Children · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Having grown up on a farm I can vouch that farm air isn't dirty but at times it might appear to be rich to those not used to nature.
    Statistically there is an interesting correlation between the incidence of asthma and those not having been exposed to nature, this study re-enforced this relation.
    Similar relations exist between kids playing in the dirt (sand/soil) and those with less allergies.

    It's about time to further investigate such.

  10. Re: Why not start now..and take if further? on Airline Begins Weighing Passengers For 'Safety' · · Score: 1

    Strange, I've recently seen such a case on a KLM flight where a couple decided it was cheaper to have a row of three than both a business class ticket.
    A problem could be security, occupied seats need to be associated with a name and passport.

  11. Re:taskbar on KDE Plasma 5 Problem Traced To Bug In Intel Graphics Driver · · Score: 1

    You must have mistaken Win8 for Kubuntu Plasma.
    Because Plasma is in every respect a traditional DE but then with a new engine.
    That admittedly requires some tuning.

  12. There are far larger DC projects on Giving Up Alternating Current · · Score: 1

    Many EU cities now specify LED street lights and this does usually include whole streets being converted to DC.
    I've heard of some 40% efficiency gains by avoiding the usual transformers per lamppost.
    On a private scale you could start by buying electronics that run on a specific DC voltage and making a home circuit run off a solar charged battery.
    This last one is a specific requirement to have an efficient system, although a large single rectifier is better than many small ones you're still better off without any rectifiers.

  13. Re:BBC / other state broadcasters? on EU May Become a Single Digital Market of 500 Million People · · Score: 1

    Yes and No.

    Let's take a very successful British (BBC) or Danish TV show, they are sold abroad and this money helps finance the next production.
    Making all public or licence funded productions available EU wide or even globally available will cause some damage.

  14. Silly but on HP R&D Starts Enforcing a Business Casual Dress Code · · Score: 0

    At least partially silly but I do understand some of the banned items like baseball caps (or any other head wear like hoodies) as they are totally impolite to be worn indoors.
    What I miss is a ban on dark glasses while speaking with someone.
    Anyway, what I mention as unacceptable are US-only problems :)
    Which brings up the next issue, dress style is depending on the culture you are living in and may vary greatly around the globe.

  15. Re:Screws with users on Ask Slashdot: How Often Do You Update Your OS? · · Score: 1

    OK, even a Renault is more intuitive than KDE, but you get my point...

    No?

  16. But does it run Linux? on Lenovo ThinkPad W550s: Heavy, But a Battery That Lasts Nearly All Day · · Score: 1

    The question 'but does it rune Linux?' needs these days of UEFI be expanded with the question 'is it easy to install?'
    My W520 is still working very well but has been around the world and shows some scars and I'm trying to decide on a replacement.

    Maybe it is a sign of the times these questions weren't addressed in the original article...

  17. Re:Chrome Remote Destkop on Ask Slashdot: VPN Solution To Connect Mixed-Environment Households? · · Score: 1

    If you can't trust the little runt, get a different son.
    Seriously!

  18. Re:British man arrested for sale of grapefruit kni on Twitter Yanks Ads UK Activists Say Could Trigger Seizures · · Score: 1
    You are looking in the right direction, the UK is since many years enforcing a nanny state and the subject of flashing displays fits nicely.

    Yes it is horrible if you are afflicted with this sensitivity but I am really wondering why it is ONLY on UK TV that you are warned about an upcoming item with 'flash photography'.
    Is this sensitivity outside of the UK so rare as to not be a concern?

    Or do the sufferers in other countries just turn away their eyes when they notice the offending picture?

  19. Re:elephants are still pretty hairy on Checking Mammoth DNA Against Elephants Hints At How They Got Hairy · · Score: 2

    We still have a picture of that event, as to be expected from that era it's in black & white:
    http://www.independent.co.uk/i...

  20. Re:I'm surprised on Theresa May Named UK's Internet Villain of the Year · · Score: 4, Informative

    Uhh, Cameron himself said he wants to scrap the European Human Rights Act.
    http://www.independent.co.uk/n...
    This European Convention on Human Rights has nothing to do with the European Union and pre-dates it by decades. Its institutions and courts are completely separate.

    The Act covers all the rights included in the European Convention.

    These rights are: Right to life, right not to be tortured or subjected to inhumane treatment, right not to be held as a slave, right to liberty and security of the person, right to a fair trial, right not be retrospectively convicted for a crime, right to a private and family life, right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, right to freedom of expression, right to freedom of assembly and association, right to marriage, right to an effective remedy, right not to be discriminated against, the right to the peaceful enjoyment of one’s property, and the right to an education.

    The European Convention on Human Rights was the brainchild of Conservative Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.
    Its chief author was the right-wing Scottish Conservative lawyer Sir David Maxwell Fyfe.
    Churchill needs no further introduction. Maxwell Fyfe is otherwise known in history for his forensic cross-examination of Goering at the Nuremberg trials, and for declining to intervene (when Home Secretary) in the hanging of Derek Bentley in 1953.
    It is surely one of the most bizarre turns in politics that it is right-wing Conservatives who now oppose a treaty which their direct political predecessors created. There is nothing left-wing, excessively liberal, wet (or whatever) about freedom from arbitrary arrest, freedom from government expropriation of private property, the right to due legal process and all the rest of the treaty.

    Freedom from state oppression is not an exclusively, or primarily, left wing credo.

    Doing away with this 'horrible' act will in my view fit nicely with the ideas Mrs. May is voicing in the name of the Cameron government.

  21. Damn! on Face Recognition Tech Pushes Legal Boundaries · · Score: 4, Interesting

    My stupid sister and an equally stupid cousin uploaded their address book to Farcebook.
    Then I got threatening mail from said Facebook imploring me to join 'my friends' on their website, a cold day in hell indeed!
    So now after a few idiots have tagged me on their stupid 'Social' pages I'll be recognisable for every privacy invading company in the world.

    Al I can do is waiting for a EU court to cut this crap as the US side won't do anything for us 'The People'.

  22. Slashdot posters on 49 Suspected Members of Cybercriminal Group Arrested In Europe · · Score: 1

    Judging by the low number of reactions here there must have been a significant number of Slashdot regulars among these 49...

  23. Must have passed the legal dept. on HP Will Pay $100 Million To Settle Autonomy-Related Lawsuit · · Score: 1

    This decision must have passed the legal department.
    And it seems they've advised the top brass this case has no merit and they'll happily fight it.
    For a cool $100 million + in legal fees :)

    So for once HP did the smart thing.

  24. Re:Nothing wrong with proprietry software on Ubuntu Software Center Criticized For Mixing Free and Non-Free Software · · Score: 1

    Hi Shuttleworth, you forgot to log in :)
    I can see why you are afraid of Kubuntu but at least you recognised KDE is better than Unity.

  25. Re:Censorship in the US on Anti-TPP Website Being Blacklisted · · Score: 2

    Exactly!
    That's why I carefully selected my ISP and mail provider, I can choose to receive all mail, including what is spam for others.
    Now the problem is that a very large part of the world's population has selected Google (gmail) for mail and Facebook and Twitter for their information, dumb, yes but that's the present situation. (for dumb people).
    It's similar to watching Fox News and declaring you're watching the news.