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  1. Re:Well duh on HP Quietly Installs System-Slowing Spyware On Its PCs, Users Say (computerworld.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Used to be true before windows 10. What actually happens in windows 10 is Windows Update will detect your computer is from shitvendor and install their shitware all over automatically. There is no escape.

  2. Re:Well, let's see how Google fixes this on Serious Linux Kernel Vulnerability Patched (threatpost.com) · · Score: 1

    HTC Desire 310 kernel version appears to be 3.4.5. There's nothing to fix.

  3. Re:awkward! on Samsung Finds, Fixes Bug In Linux Trim Code · · Score: 1

    Windows can't trigger the bug because it doesn't use that feature.

  4. HDMI is just glorified DVI-D. There is no special HDMI mode.

  5. Re:If anyone wondered what to use the Q for on XBMC Ported To Android · · Score: 1

    I think you meant 20-30Mbit/s. 10/100 ethernet is plenty for HD video.

  6. Re:why phase out DVI? on VGA and DVI Ports To Be Phased Out Over Next 5 Years · · Score: 3, Informative

    Audio data is superimposed in a vertical blanking interval of video data. It's hilarious really.

  7. Re:why phase out DVI? on VGA and DVI Ports To Be Phased Out Over Next 5 Years · · Score: 1

    Perhaps because the connector is inconveniently large. How exactly doesn't HDMI work every time without fail? It's the same signal, no?

  8. Re:Misleading summary on Lennart Poettering: BSD Isn't Relevant Anymore · · Score: 1

    As for systemd, I still am not sure what to make of it - it seems very advanced, there are definite benefits, but somehow it seems to be doing too much for a single application...

    So it's exactly like pulseaudio then! I think I'm seeing a pattern here.

  9. Re:Holding back? on Lennart Poettering: BSD Isn't Relevant Anymore · · Score: 1

    While ALSA doesn't seem to currently allow defining defaults with the names it gives to each device (very disappointing I know) you can already force a driver to allocate a specific number for the device by giving index=whatever to the driver module. This way at least they don't jump around at every boot. Unless of course you have two devices using the same exact driver in which case it'll still be a mess.

    Obviously this being linux there is no gui magic to do it for you.

  10. Re:More cost effective to buy law makers on Apple Ordered To Pay $8M For Playlist Patents · · Score: 1

    You mean to just let anyone compete against you without being able to intimidate and/or sue them in to submission? Hell no! These trolls are but a minor irritation considering the huge barrier to entry patents provide.

  11. This is why we can't have nice things on MPEG Continues With Royalty-free MPEG Video Codec Plans · · Score: 2

    Even if no one comes forward with a patent this seems to be turning out to be a somewhat effective fud campaign.

  12. Warning label is in order on Plastic Chemical BPA Declared Toxic In Canada · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Do not eat the bottle.

  13. Re:Why does linux get this? on Adobe Releases New 64-Bit Flash Plugin For Linux · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Since PAE doesn't work too well in windows (releases meant for desktops at least) you'd expect more interest in switching to 64bit to get more than ~3.5GB usable memory. I guess people who install linux are more likely to experiment with new things to begin with so 64bit adoption is relatively high even if it doesn't really give so obvious benefits.