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  1. Use encrypted archives? on Web-Based Private File Storage? · · Score: 1

    Make a tar, zip, w/e archive of the stuff you want to backup, encrypt it and upload it to the cloud, eg. dropbox. Make sure sure that it's bigger than the free 2GB, so when you die and stop paying the storage fee, they'll delete your account. Was that so hard, or did I overlook something?

  2. Re:Civ V almost here. on 400 Turns of Civilization V · · Score: 3, Funny

    Of course you have to play it with your "wife", at least until they develop a hands-free computer interface.

  3. Re:Better be running OSS on Scaling To a Million Cores and Beyond · · Score: 5, Funny

    This 1-million core machine better be running open source software and not proprietary software.

    Yeah, especially if their software is licensed on a per-core basis.

  4. Re:Not interesting. It's a consumer-grade processo on A Close Look At Apple's A4 Chip · · Score: 0

    I agree, and admit that I put it unnecessarily sensationalist. I'm certainly not claiming that Apple will be producing chips for enterprise servers anytime soon. However, I do believe that we will never see an Apple product equipped with an Intel Atom. Further, I wouldn't say that the iPhone is without "business cred".
    Anyway, I also vaguely remember that when Apple switched their computers from PowerPC to Intel, they said something about being pragmatic about processor choices, and that the day when they switch from Intel to another manufacturer's processors might come fairly soon. So, who knows, maybe another 5-10 years down the road we will see powerbooks based on Apple processors...

  5. Re:Not interesting. It's a consumer-grade processo on A Close Look At Apple's A4 Chip · · Score: 0

    What makes it interesting is indeed only that it's made by apple. However, if you have a look at these market cap numbers, you may see why this could have some significant implications:
    Apple
    Intel

  6. Re:Doesnt sound very profitable. on 178 Arrested In US/EU Credit Card Cloning Ops · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Nah, that's lesson number two.
    Number one is: Don't underestimate the other guy's greed.
    The latter lesson may also have played a role in them only netting 25M, tough.

  7. Re:1.5 Trillion?! on RIAA Says LimeWire Owes $1.5 Trillion · · Score: 0

    Since AFAIK their only source of revenue is their deluxe gnutella client, I'd be really surprised, if lime wire LLC didn't go belly-up only due to the costs of the trial when RIAA chooses to sue for their 1.5T in damages.

  8. Why is the hacking claim questionable? on China Explains Internet Situation In Whitepaper · · Score: 0

    he paper also claims some questionable superlatives such as 'China is one of the countries suffering most from hacking.'

    Considering the substantial number of spectacular hacks that originated from China, and the fact that the Chinese have the second largest (or only soon?) Internet population, I don't see why this claim is questionable.

  9. have implant?? on Scientists Implant Biofuel Cells Into Rats · · Score: 0

    scientists from Joseph Fourier University in France have successfully implant biofuel cells into rats

    Son, I'm disappoint.

  10. Won't eat us any time soon. on Cannibal Galaxy the Biggest In the Near Universe · · Score: 0

    Guess as long as it's more than 1B light years away, there's not much risk of us getting eaten with some fava beans and a nice glass of chianti.

  11. Re:Statistical significance on 10-Year Cell Phone / Cancer Study Is Inconclusive · · Score: 0
    It seems there was no control group. From TFA:

    Experts who studied almost 13,000 cell phone users over 10 years

    And

    It analysed data from interviews with 2,708 people with a type of brain cancer called glioma and 2,409 with another type called meningioma, plus around 7,500 people with no cancer.

    Those controls would be hard to find these days, anyway.

    Although I have to say I'm no cancer expert, more than 5000 cancers in 13,000 interviewees sounds darn high.

  12. Re:Bluetooth on Asus Planning Netbook With Slot-In Mobile Phone · · Score: 0

    There is also USB tether, but I can appreciate something like this. Very clean and modern.

    Have you seen the phones? They look like feature phones circa 1999.

  13. Re:Yet another nail in the coffin of vegetarianism on Quantum Entanglement and Photosynthesis · · Score: 0

    Anybody know of a meat-based replacement for a plant-friendly person such as myself?

    KFC has you covered.

  14. Re:Erm, is this really usefull? on Google Android Interface For the Chevy Volt · · Score: 0

    Anyhows, good to see some other uses of the Android OS, though I could have thought of better ones.

    Considering the notoriety of Android's fragmentation, I'm pretty sure you can find loads of "other uses" for that OS, out there.

  15. Call me... on Google Android Interface For the Chevy Volt · · Score: 0

    when the first chip-tuning app hits the android app store.

  16. Re:Then why not C? on Exam Board Deletes C and PHP From CompSci A-Levels · · Score: 0

    Computer science courses at that level primarily ought to teach about classic data structures and algorithms, not about the housekeeping (management of registers, stack, etc.) involved in assembly language and to some much lesser extent in C.
    So yeah, I think their decision makes sense.

  17. Re:Does this work on Slashdot? on Twitter Bug Lets Users Force Others To Follow Them · · Score: 0

    Yup, this is definitely the last time I doubt the omnipotence of /.
    Gonna get banned if I do it again, anyway.

  18. Re:Does this work on Slashdot? on Twitter Bug Lets Users Force Others To Follow Them · · Score: 2, Funny

    This board does not have Super Cow Powers.

  19. Great business opportunity on 3rd-Grader Busted For Jolly Rancher Possession · · Score: 2, Funny

    1. Smuggle low-quality candy into school or produce it on school premises
    2. Sell it for a ridiculous price
    (no ???)
    3. Profit

    Isn't prohibition wonderful!

  20. Liquid blades? Sounds familiar... on Liquid Blade Brings Immersion Cooling To Blade Servers · · Score: 1

    Mafia rap + enterprise computing = Samir?

  21. Re:Human retinas on Is the 4th Yellow Pixel of Sharp Quattron Hype? · · Score: 1

    Too bad the question wasn't whether RGBY in general makes sense, but whether having a yellow pixel with RGB input is sensible.

  22. Re:USB 3.0? on When SSD and USB 3.0 Come Together · · Score: 1

    Well, let's see USB 3.0 is fundamentally different from USB 2.0, its specs were passed in Nov. of 2008, and the first devices appeared on the market in early 2010. At the time Intel hands the specs over to the manufacturers, they likely are going to have working chips that are at least sufficient for storage tasks, and IMO that's what counts since where else do you need the bandwidth of USB 3.0? Keyboard I/O? I think not.

  23. Re:USB 3.0? on When SSD and USB 3.0 Come Together · · Score: 1

    Light Peak devices are 6 years away (at best)

    Where did you get that from?!
    According to this, Light Peak will be available to manufacturers by the end of this year.

  24. Re:USB 3.0? on When SSD and USB 3.0 Come Together · · Score: 1

    Nah, seems apple played a major role in the development of light peak, hence it's unlikely that it will be "enterprisy". But then again, FireWire was also mostly an Apple thing and never took off...

  25. Re:850 meters??? on Beaver Dam Visible From Space · · Score: 1

    But the Chinese are strange looking communists, and they don't even speak English, so we cannot really promote their stuff, can we? Besides, their stuff is likely going to fall apart in a few years anyway, due to inferior quality.
    No, Hoover dam sounds so much better, so much more American, so much more entitled to be the world leading dam.