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  1. Beside the point. It's not right for people to be able to analyse when I fart and patent that.

    I can find any number of silly things and patent them. When I feel down and you can deduce that based on 5 questions, why should I be able to patent that ?

  2. Cool on First Alpha of Public Sector Linux Deployment System · · Score: 2

    This kind of stuff makes it easy to set up a whole company infrastructure quickly

  3. Re:Anything... on Ask Slashdot: Choosing a Laptop To Support Physics Research? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I disagree. From the question, you'll see she wants to do development work, and also run other compute intensive tasks (data analysis and simulations).
    In my opinion, "anything" is not the right choice then. Go with at least a decent (4 core) i5 processor, or an i7.

  4. Re:I didn't see any mention of efficiency. on Linux Controls a Gasoline Engine With Machine Learning · · Score: 2

    As much fuel as possible ? Hardly.
    The conclusion says "the broader objective of this new modeling approach is to enable a new class of cycle-to-cycle predictive control strategies that could potentially bring HCCI’s low engine-out NOx and high fuel efficiency to production feasible gasoline engines."

  5. Re:OSS as a tool to lower MS prices on Microsoft Funded Study Cinches 10yr Deal · · Score: 1

    *Of course* OSS was used as a tool to lower prices MS prices.

    Face it: if you were about to spend lots of money, and the vendor in question had a public argument with others about the price and use of its product, why would you not try this out ?

    It's common knowledge amongst corporate buyers that the software vendor's sales people use any and all means to grab your money. After all, all the salesperson has is talk : the product he sells doesn't cost his employer more than a few $.
    Microsoft can send a single box to a 50,000 person company as well as to a 1,000 person company - the price for the vendor is "per company" not "per seat". But they'll pay a different price for that box. Ask yourself why. Remember that on top of the license fee, they'll pay a lot of $$ for support (which does depend on the amount of seats).

    In the end, the licensing you pay depends on how good a negociator you are, and how good a salesperson the vendor has.

    So once again - if you're buying and you want to do a good job, you'll use all the tools you can get your hands on. The OSS community is just one of them.

  6. Experiences with Nokia induction loop? on Build Your Own Bluetooth Hearing Aid · · Score: 1

    My mother in law has a hearing problem too. I've been thinking about buying her a Nokia GSM phone and the induction loop device that'll talk to the T option of her hearing aid.
    Does anyone have experience with that? Her hearing disability is very high.
    Thanks.

  7. Re:To The Future on Brazilian Rocket Explodes on Launch Pad · · Score: 1

    Here in Europe we are lead to believe that we are
    the market leader for commercial sattelite launches.
    I believe ArianeSpace is the company that does all this.

    The US and Russia are the only nations with realistic
    *manned* space programs.

    To launch sattelites, usually no humans are sent up.

  8. Facts please on Napster Users Being Arrested In Belgium · · Score: 1

    The record industry is chasing heavy Napster users, especially those who illegally make copyrighted material available. The record industry turning in 100 of these to justice in Belgium. The secretary of justice has replied by saying that legal action against users has the lowest priority. So in my opinion the record industry is just making a marketing campaign and warning the public against illegal use.