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  1. Re:Slashdot now stealing content on Is a Wireless Data Center Possible? · · Score: 1

    Catcha!

  2. Two to three mistakes in half a sebtence on Is a Wireless Data Center Possible? · · Score: 0

    A team of researchers from Microsoft...

    Microsoft designing new datacenter technologies? What if the results are similar to Windows 95 or Vista?
    Microsoft doing research? Weren't they just "ruling" the market?
    "Team" means a group of individuals joining the efforts in order to achieve a goal otherwise unreachable by each single person. I am not sure whether Microsoft can accommodate such a thing.

  3. No way! on Is a Wireless Data Center Possible? · · Score: 3, Funny

    The overall amount of radiating energy involved would make a datacenter technician ... medium well.

  4. That's a real nonsense on Thousands of Muslims Protest 'Age of Mockery' At Google's London Headquarters · · Score: 2

    In Rome act like Romans (tm).
    In UK you have to follow UK laws, just like you have to follow Moroccan laws while in Morocco.
    It doesn't depend upon your nationality or beliefs, or anything else. It depends on your current location.
    If you dislike the UK laws, then you are allowed to move to another country.
    If you cannot move, then you have to undergo the situation, as long as it's compliant with the local laws.
    If you don't like all this, then remember that almost anything you'll see in the so-called "western countries" are modeled like this.
    Glad to let you know.

  5. Re:Really? on The Surprising Truth About Internet Censorship In the Middle East · · Score: 1

    Well, mine was (meant to be) irony.
    The real point is the heavily intentional confusion between "religion" and "church" in the general sense of religion community (sorry, there's no suitable Wikipedia article for it).
    While the first one is actually philosophy, the second one is mankind in practice. So, getting rid of churches is very likely a good thing, getting rid of philosophy could not.

  6. Really? on The Surprising Truth About Internet Censorship In the Middle East · · Score: 1

    [censorship] may have more to do with politics and technology than with religion

    There are only a few country where politics rule! Almost all of the world is ruled by religion!

  7. Re:EFF is stretching it on EFF To Ask Judge To Rule That Universal Abused the DMCA · · Score: 2

    People really need to start taking responsibility for their own actions and stop using children and the "awww, cmon...." mentality as defense for their lack of judgement

    Awww ... Cmon!

  8. Unbelievable! on EFF To Ask Judge To Rule That Universal Abused the DMCA · · Score: 1

    Thanks the Almighty I live in Europe. So far.

  9. Re:Unluckily it cannot be sold to EU on FSF Certifies First Device in "Respects Your Freedom" Program · · Score: 1

    ... and this is why in the USA you can have nice things that got broken at the 91st day. It's a matter of tradeoffs. Coolness vs rights.

  10. No way to avoid it! on Canadian Spying Case Proves Floppy Drive Isn't Dead Yet · · Score: 1

    Almost all ways to peruse digital documents involve a copy to be done somewhere. That copy can be somehow defended against unwanted accesses. But if I am allowed to make a copy-of-the-copy, then security is gone: there's no way to defend the second level copy any more. It doesn't matter whether it's text, a picture, a map, a formula, an MP3 or a digital movie.

  11. Unluckily it cannot be sold to EU on FSF Certifies First Device in "Respects Your Freedom" Program · · Score: 1

    Because it has only 90 days of warranty, against the 2 years mandatory in EU.
    Remember, the "AO-100" is still a printer, just like any (normal) printer. Apple knows it very well, now.
    The iPhone is like any other phone as far as the warranty is concerned.

  12. In just three words on Can Google Base Ads On E-mails Sent To Gmail Accounts? · · Score: 0

    YES THEY CAN!
    Maybe they should not, or they might not. But surely they can.
    It's a matter or power and grammar.

  13. Decentralized Social Networking is just the start! on Decentralized Social Networking — Why It Could Work · · Score: 1

    Multimedia Decentralized Social Networking will be the real next step.
    And scientists are already planning for the "3D Mobile Multimedia Decentralized Social Networking".

  14. This is why on 15 Years of Stuff That Matters · · Score: 3, Funny

    Many websites have come and gone over that time

    In Dot we trust!

  15. Re:... and now let's imagine the fix on Apple Acknowledges iPhone 5 Camera Flaw · · Score: 1

    Feasibility: 10, Speed: 4, Effectiveness: 10, Side Effects: 0

    And, by the way, next iPhone will rather be iPhone 5s

  16. Re:I.e. it's 'BAD' on Apple Acknowledges iPhone 5 Camera Flaw · · Score: 1

    while intelligence does.

  17. ... and now let's imagine the fix on Apple Acknowledges iPhone 5 Camera Flaw · · Score: 1

    1. Change the firmware to detect and fix the purple flare.
    Feasibility: 10, Speed: 10, Effectiveness: 9, Side effects: 6

    2. Recall the unit to fix/replace the sapphire glass (not lens).
    Feasibility: 4, Speed: 4, Effectiveness: 10, Side effects: 0

    3. Ship (yet another) phone sleeve/case with the proper optics to tackle the flare.
    Feasibility: 7, Speed 7, Effectiveness: 7, Side effects: 7

    4. Do nothing. Yet implement a few more "camera special fx" to exploit the flare.
    Feasibility: 4, Speed: 10, Effectiveness: 10, Side effects: 10

    Your bets, please.

  18. One stupid question on Apple Acknowledges iPhone 5 Camera Flaw · · Score: 2

    Haven't Apple make any test, before putting the iP5 on the shelves?

  19. Bacteria than creates gold (from lead?) on Super Bacteria Create Gold · · Score: 1

    can also ignite nuclear reactions!
    To create gold, to really CREATE gold, we need to either split heavier atoms in gold + bybroducts or to "melt" lighter atoms in heavier ones.
    I fear we've been doing research in the wrong directions!
    Or may be those bacteria can concentrate gold because of their metabolism ...

  20. Mandatory post on Obama Blocks Chinese Wind Farms In Oregon Over National Security · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    dotSlash: it's little endian, you insensitive binary clod!

  21. Re:Thorium? on RockBox + Refurbished MP3 Players = Crowdsourced Audio Capture · · Score: 1

    Probably Th-232.

    More likely it's Th-231, its half-life is way shorter ( 1 month) and it beta-decays.

  22. Thorium? on RockBox + Refurbished MP3 Players = Crowdsourced Audio Capture · · Score: 1

    The most massively multi-track event was a thorium conference

    About a specific isotope, or was it more generic?

  23. And the real link is ... on The Whirlydoodle Project Makes Fun, Spinning Things (Video) · · Score: 1
  24. Re:It's very likely I'm stupid on The Whirlydoodle Project Makes Fun, Spinning Things (Video) · · Score: 1

    This message has been sent as ripples into the electromagnetic field.

    So you are the one sending the ripples, stop it now, I am getting sea sick!

    Magnetic sea sick, you mean!

  25. Re:To be stored where? on ASIC Seeks Power To Read Your Emails · · Score: 1

    OK, it's 15 PB per year which is doable for storage of raw audio data.
    Then you need the mandatory meta-data the intelligence will need, like phone numbers, equipment ID (IMEI), cell ID, times and dates ...
    How do you think those petabytes will be searched?
    Doing a backup or two will bring some more hassle.

    Yes, you are right. It's doable. Defintely stupid, but doable.