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  1. Re:Daleks? I was sick of England on Daleks To Be Given 'A Rest' From Dr. Who · · Score: 1

    Some of the old quarries were very picturesque.

  2. Re:Seriously on China Alleged To Use Prisoners In Lucrative Internet Gaming · · Score: 1

    Governments in the United States rarely take prisoner rape seriously, which encourages guards to engage in bestial behavior.

  3. Re:You mean like Casino Royale on Has the Console Arms Race Stalled? · · Score: 1

    Interesting. I did enjoy "No one Lives Forever." The heroine is a secretary. But realism seemed beside the point.

  4. Re:A suggestion on Tweeter To Be Prosecuted, Twitter Now Censoring? · · Score: 1

    Wow, you sound like you're on a one man crusade against "infidelity." Bluenose!

  5. Re:Where is this going to end on Tweeter To Be Prosecuted, Twitter Now Censoring? · · Score: 1

    And if you threw something away in a rubbish bin without shredding it first, it's "public." If you use a email server that's not locked down tight, it's "public". If someone can hack into your mobile service, any messages stored there are "public."

  6. Re:Not prettier, but realer on Has the Console Arms Race Stalled? · · Score: 1

    When "Mythbusters: the Game" is produced, I hope the designers make a note of it.

    Would you prefer to play as James Bond or as an anonymous CIA desk jockey?

  7. Re:Not prettier, but realer on Has the Console Arms Race Stalled? · · Score: 1

    So, you want a gaming experience as realistic as the movies?

  8. Re:Much Broader Implications on Computer Records Hold Key In IMF Head's Sexual Assault Case · · Score: 0

    Strauss-Kahn is found to be a perv

    Er, no. He's accused of sexually assaulting someone. A court can't find much of anything without a trial.

    "We, the jury, find the defendent ???"

  9. Re:no substitute for the real thing on Ask Slashdot: DOSBox, or DOS Box? · · Score: 1

    Wine? Which build? I've had a hell of a time getting Wine to install and run "Cleopatra" on my imac..

  10. Re:Yes they do on Do Developers Really Need a Second Monitor? · · Score: 1

    A 17 inch monitor? Surely you mean "17 inch TV". Any computer that would have benefitted from an extra 64 kilobytes probably predates large "monitors." But a TV would have at least let you play BRICKOUT in color.

    Mac developers were using secondary monitors to debug their programs back in the late eighties-- if the program crashed hard, it would freeze the entire system, and any debugging windows/log screens would be inaccessible. To make up for the lack of protected memory, savvy programers would put their IDE on one screen, and their application on another.

  11. Amazon was offended, end of story on Amazon Removes Yaoi Manga Titles From Kindle Store · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Amazon's content requirements are very clear. Even if the material is not pornographic, it can still offend-- and Amazon is not obligated to explain why it has chosen to take offense.

  12. Re:Hires on Samsung Unveils New 10" Retina Display · · Score: 1

    Perhaps you should seek to understand the fear of heights in movie theaters.

  13. Re:WebGL was always a bad idea on WebGL Poses New Security Problems · · Score: 1

    Are we also supposed to write WebGL games with notepad?

    No.

  14. Re:its for the kids on Global Warming To Hinder Wi-Fi Signals, Claims UK Gov't · · Score: 1

    Cell phone towers aren't cheap. Neither is land.

  15. Re:its for the kids on Global Warming To Hinder Wi-Fi Signals, Claims UK Gov't · · Score: 2

    Optimum: Most coverage for least cost.

  16. Re:its for the kids on Global Warming To Hinder Wi-Fi Signals, Claims UK Gov't · · Score: 1

    From the report

    Climate Factor: Increase in average temperatures
    Potential Impact: Location / density of wireless masts may become sub-optimal since wireless transmission is dependent upon temperature (refractive index)
    Impact on quality of radio-frequency propagation if vegetation type changes in response to climate

    Towards the end, there's a discussion of how the wireless network on some Scottish rail lines was damaged by an Ice Storm-- which was of course, attributed to Climate Change. But the concerns over antenna density aren't specifically about 802.11.

  17. Re:its for the kids on Global Warming To Hinder Wi-Fi Signals, Claims UK Gov't · · Score: 2

    It's very simple, and not at all alarmist.

    Signal propagation depends on temperature and humidity. It is possible to design a wireless network around a minimum number of antennas by taking the current climate into account. If you do so, and if the local climate warms, the optimum network may change, and you may have problems.

    The paragraph is not trying to scare people into "Saving the Climate to Save WiFi" It's trying to warn the people who employ network engineers to have the calculations rerun, so that when the climate warms, the networks will remain fully functional.

  18. Re:If I had a car... on Battle Brews Over FBI's Warrantless GPS Tracking · · Score: 1

    and what are you doing that would warrant the FBI's eye, and what are you doing that you do not want law enforcement to know?

    Hey, we're not talking about warranted searches here. If the FBI suspects something, they should present their evidence to a magistrate, and get a proper Warrant. Otherwise, they should piss off.

  19. Re:A reasonable stance on DHS Wants Mozilla To Disable Mafiaafire Plugin, Mozilla Resists · · Score: 3, Funny

    The DHS has never done just one thing-- maybe that's why they don't do it well.

  20. Re:Graphics processor? on Startup Wants To Put 64-Cores In Your Smartphone · · Score: 1

    The CM-1 was designed by Thinking Machines Corporation, not Cray. However, the blinkinlights of a CM-5 did appear in Jurassic Park, which also featured the Cray XMP. Knowing Hollywood, they might have gotten their wires crossed.

  21. Re:a toaster oven on Startup Wants To Put 64-Cores In Your Smartphone · · Score: 1

    RTFA.

    A chip running at 1GHz with 16 cores can consume less than 1 watt of power, Olofsson said.

  22. Re:Yes but... on Startup Wants To Put 64-Cores In Your Smartphone · · Score: 1

    Just because a chip uses a Message Passing scheme does not mean that it's a Beowulf. Oh wait... it's probably close enough for slashdot.

  23. Re:a toaster oven on Startup Wants To Put 64-Cores In Your Smartphone · · Score: 2

    This article implies that the 16 core adapteva system on a chip has 40 million transistors-- slightly less than an Atom.

    The RV870 has 2.2 billion transistors, not all of which are used for the chip's 1600 stream processors.

  24. Re:a toaster oven on Startup Wants To Put 64-Cores In Your Smartphone · · Score: 1

    Totally different architecture.

  25. Re:a toaster oven on Startup Wants To Put 64-Cores In Your Smartphone · · Score: 1

    Some multicore CPUs can shut down unused cores to save power. I imagine that if such technology is not thoroughly encumbered by patents, the Epiphany might be able to do the same thing.