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  1. I'm running Window 10 Mob Preview on my Lumia 530 on Android M's Official Name Is Marshmallow · · Score: 1

    How many Android users will be running Marshmallow?

  2. Re:The Quiet Earth on Tiny Black Holes Could Trigger Collapse of Universe—Except That They Don't · · Score: 1

    Yep it was, good times.

  3. Re:Limited data plans on Windows 10 Home Updates To Be Automatic and Mandatory · · Score: 1

    Updates can be set to only download over unmetered connections.

  4. Re:This can only be a good thing on Iran Has Signed a Nuclear Accord · · Score: 1

    That said, if Iran is serious in its claim that it doesn't want nuclear weapons and only wants peaceful nuclear technology, it should sign and ratify the various nuclear test ban treaties.

    Are you joking? Iran signed those treaties years ago!

  5. Re:not interested...unless. on Windows 10 Will Be Free To Users Who Test It · · Score: 2

    Dunno what your problem was - I've been running Windows 10 via KVM and VirtualBox since 10041. Works well with the KVM virtio drivers.

  6. Re:Seriously? on Crowdfunded, Solar-powered Spacecraft Goes Silent · · Score: 0

    Yeah, sounds like microsoft

    Seriously? did you read the summary? which states its a linux platform?

  7. Re:New competition on Singapore's Prime Minister Shares His C++ Sudoku Solver Code · · Score: 1

    At least he's doing something practical, unlike the idiot we have here in Oz.

        http://www.smh.com.au/content/...

  8. Cordova and Xamarin on Visual Studio 2015 Can Target Linux; Android Apps Anywhere Chrome Can Run · · Score: 1

    I'm installing VS 2015 CTP as I type, the cross platform mobile options in the installer are Apache Cordova *and* Xamarin. It shall be interesting to see how it works out in practice.

  9. Re:Java killer on Visual Studio 2015 Can Target Linux; Android Apps Anywhere Chrome Can Run · · Score: 1

    I've used C# Java and Delphi extensively for years now, I'd say C# the language, bears a lot more similarities to Java than Delphi.

  10. Thanks for the reminder on Australia Passes Mandatory Data Retention Law · · Score: 2

    I activated my VPN after seeing the headline, I keep forgetting to do that.

    I should trial configuring it on my router.

  11. Re:New Zealand? on Draconian Australian Research Law Hits Scientists · · Score: 1

    Really tempting, have been considering it.

  12. Re:My LED bulb didn't last! on New Crop of LED Filament Bulbs Look Almost Exactly Like Incandescents · · Score: 1

    I wonder if its a problem with the power supply quality - some houses get bad power spikes

  13. Re:I'm mad at him on Cody Wilson Wants To Help You Make a Gun · · Score: 0

    Nothing funnier - and sadder than the libtards who imagine the government quakes in fear of them using their guns to overthrow it.

  14. Could be a good move on Firefox To Mandate Extension Signing · · Score: 1

    You place a lot of trust in extensions. This won't exactly stop malcious code, but it will provide a level of accountability.

    And it does not seem all that different from the requirement to sign packages for distro repositores, and we all accept that.

  15. Small Business - WebRoot on Ask Slashdot: Best Anti-Virus Software In 2015? Free Or Paid? · · Score: 1

    If you are running a small business AD environment, especially if its virtualised, we've had a good experience with webroot. Pushing it out via group policy, easy to manage and track centrally via its webconsole and doesn't kill your shared network storage.

    Plays nice with other virus checkers to, we also use malware bytes free for random scans of desktops.

  16. Re:Here come the certificate flaw deniers....... on New Destover Malware Signed By Stolen Sony Certificate · · Score: 3, Informative

    I work for a small company that signs its code - pretty much required if you want to install in any enterprise these days.

    Its a certificate chain - we purchase a cert from a provider such as Verisign. They request basic proof of identity - business registration, contact number etc. They create a cert for us signed by them. Their cert is signed by Microsoft.

    We sign our app with our cert - anyone accessing the binary signed by us can verify it hasn't been alterated and our cert was signed by Verisign, which was signed by Microsoft.

    Note that all this provides is proof that the exe was created by us. It in no way guareentees that we aren't distributing our own malware etc. But what it does provide is a way of tracing a exe back to the signer.

  17. Re:Interesting... on UNSW Has Collected an Estimated $100,000 In Piracy Fines Since 2008 · · Score: 2

    Do they get fined just a little bit more for having the luxury of being fined in Australia?

    Funny *and* insightful

    Wish the mod system could do that.

  18. Re:Eclipse is doomed! on Visual Studio 2015 Supports CLANG and Android (Emulator Included) · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately true. Gimmie NetBeans for Java Dev any day.

  19. Re:Eclipse is doomed! on Visual Studio 2015 Supports CLANG and Android (Emulator Included) · · Score: 1

    It is not recommened to run eclipse form the repos, that way lies endless grief, hassle and wierd plugin incompatibilities.

    Best to download the official binaries.

  20. Re:'Bout time on 32 Cities Want To Challenge Big Telecom, Build Their Own Gigabit Networks · · Score: 1

    No, the telcoms infrastructure is privately owned in Australia, mainly telstra, with crap HFC from Optus. I'd like to saw we have 3rd world broadband with 1st world pricing, but in reality a lot of third world countries have much better broadband and our picing is some of the most expensive in the world.

    You might be thinking of our energy grid, which in most states is publically owned, with private companies reselling it. Thats been a resounduing success with record profits for the shareholders and power bills increasing by 200% in several years.

    Tasmania is notable in that it is the only state where power bills have gone down, after it started depriviastising its power generation.

  21. Re:Does anyone still use Gnome? on KDE Releases Plasma 5.1 · · Score: 1

    Tthe icons in the goddam taskbar won't stay put! You can't keep track of the ordering to find them because the layout keeps changing! Annoying as hell and more, because I absolutely can't use it like that. And they refuse to fix it! All they have to do is make it work dead simply, like Gnome 2 always worked; like Mate works. But they have this fucking oh-so-intelligent sorting algorithm that keeps flipping around the layout. Ugh, just ugh.

    Undone by the simple refusal to fix one critical misfeature.

    Have you tried the icon only task bar? It doesn't swap icons around for me.

  22. What's wrong with American drivers? on Washington DC To Return To Automatic Metro Trains · · Score: 1

    Americans.

    Had to be said :)

  23. Myst and Riven on The Growing Illusion of Single Player Gaming · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Those were games designed only for single player, where you relished your loneliness. Beautiful visuals, sound effects and music, intriguing/infuriating puzzles. GOG have them DRM free.

    I say single player, but the wife and I played them together.

    I got Riven working via wine on my MythBox with a Wii controller so I could play it on my 42 inch plasma with 5.1 sound. Awesome experience.

  24. Re:Not just Reno on If Tesla Can Run Its Gigafactory On 100% Renewables, Why Can't Others? · · Score: 2

    Yes, back when Solar was still hot in Australia, a 3kwH system would set you back $8000-$12,000 and that was with heavy subsidies.

    They're going dirt cheap now because of installers trying to offload stock.

    I have a 1.5KwH system in Brisbane, wish I could justify a 3KwH system, but without the FIT it doesn't add up now.

    If we had cheap overnight storage of power I'd go offgrid.

  25. Re:Yeah right.. on BBC: ISPs Should Assume VPN Users Are Pirates · · Score: 1

    I have a permanent vpn gateway between my home and work - I must be some sort of super pirate,