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  1. Re:Stylus on Nvidia Unveils Its Own 7" Tegra Note Tablet · · Score: 1

    I have a Nexus 7. On nexus 7 it is painful to read books and academic paper at least for my 40 yo eyes. I previously had a 8.9" tablet and it was quite ok.

    On 10" W510 tablet things are ideal but it is a bit heavy and carrying it around is less comfortable (it is like you always have a book with you).

  2. Re:Pay cash !!!! on NSA Spies On International Payments · · Score: 1

    - Cash may change several hands before returning to ATM.
    - You may receive some of that cash from someone and not from ATM.
    - The list of the things you obtained cannot easily be tracked back to you.

  3. Re:Oh Yes We Can on Intel Shows 14nm Broadwell Consuming 30% Less Power Than 22nm Haswell · · Score: 1

    Still it makes sense that a 14nm circuit use 30% lower power than a 22nm (I guess even a bit more than that would make sense).

  4. Re:Compare to a netbook on Intel's Haswell Chips Pushing Windows RT Into Oblivion · · Score: 1

    You use it as a tablet on the Go (mostly with touch enabled software) but you have the option to run older apps when you are at home or office with bluetooth mouse and keyboard. That's exactly what I do with my Iconia W510.

    I have an android phone, a nexus 7 and a W510. W510 is way better than Nexus in my opinion. Android sometimes makes me crazy doing simple things. With W510 I connect to my PC (via file sharing), copy a buggy program, edit it and ftp to the server in 2 minutes. On Android that same task would take 5-10 minutes.

  5. Re:Now.. on Intel's Haswell Chips Pushing Windows RT Into Oblivion · · Score: 1

    Whatever it is consumers have win. ARM, Android and Windows RT put enough pressure on Intel to force them optimize their CPUs for lower power consumption.

  6. Re:AMD is dying on AMD Reveals Roadmap For ARM and X86 SoCs · · Score: 1

    AMD does not own a fab anymore. It is just another priority customer of global foundry. It is sad that they are in the path of vanishing (if they cannot reinvent themselves in another market). They cannot compete with a company 50 times bigger than themselves forever.

    If it wasn't for ARM we would now have no option other than Intel. I think every attempt to create competition even if it is a futile Windows RT (but open for native programming) is good for consumers.

  7. Re:Sounds promising on Syrian Gov't Agrees To Russian Chem-Weapon Turnover Plan · · Score: 1

    I did not see rebels die. There were all kids and women and civilian.

  8. Re:The relationship between Google and Uncle Sam on Google Speeding Up New Encryption Project After Latest Snowden Leaks · · Score: 2

    The process of creating keys, encrypting and public key distribution is so difficult for public that not even 1% of my contacts have it.

    We need really easy methods and software in order to make this happen. I am using this Firefox (and Chrome) plugin called Mailvelope. But even that one is difficult to understand for most people.

    Besides, I think Gmail and others could possibly add a field to accounts where we could put our public key and it would be sent on the email header (if we assume! they really want to help). But I won't trust them on the encryption itself and I'll do it myself (possibly outside the browser).

  9. Re:Short memories on Jonathon Fletcher: The Forgotten Father of the Search Engine · · Score: 1

    If I remember correctly they had a directory (which was fee based and free) and a separate crawler. For the crawler you just needed to enter a seed URL while for the directory you were required to enter more information.

  10. Re:Short memories on Jonathon Fletcher: The Forgotten Father of the Search Engine · · Score: 2

    and the minus sign. It almost never works for me when I need to remove useless links from the results.

  11. Re:holy shit on US Mounted 231 Offensive Cyber-operations In 2011, Runs Worldwide Botnet · · Score: 1

    But even the photos and videos you take deliberately can be used to gather intelligence from you and they may contain totally private information.

  12. Re:holy shit on US Mounted 231 Offensive Cyber-operations In 2011, Runs Worldwide Botnet · · Score: 1

    I was thinking about it too. If you can produce some product you may even be able to earn some cash and produce enough electricity for non-connected essential electronics.

    I still can do my scientific studies and research (the old way), can write books, design electronics circuits and even software (with the condition that it does not require me to be connected) even though I am not connected and that should earn me some money (my PhD field is computer science unfortunately).

    And yes, aircon was not even available a few decades ago and people could still live.

    I still should think about different aspects of it though.

  13. you seem to be full from paranoia of being safe ad having privacy...

  14. Re:We the people on US Mounted 231 Offensive Cyber-operations In 2011, Runs Worldwide Botnet · · Score: 2

    As a non-American, every bit of this information makes me puke. Specially since last night when your president unilaterally and illegally announced another war on another middle eastern country, even the word USA makes me feel bad.

  15. Re:It may be a coincidence on US Mounted 231 Offensive Cyber-operations In 2011, Runs Worldwide Botnet · · Score: 1

    I suggest using totally disconnected computers for the purpose. You can even use Windows XP and Word if you like but make sure no network device is attached.

    Perhaps even close USB and remove DVD drives (use a second internal hard drive for backups) and print whenever needed.

    How is that plan?

  16. Re:holy shit on US Mounted 231 Offensive Cyber-operations In 2011, Runs Worldwide Botnet · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Then you shouldn't take and store photos and videos (obviously using and on your computer). You shouldn't use phone (since it has a microphone and possibly camera).. You shouldn't use Windows, ... and Android, ...oh and Linux and almost every connected device and software.

    Basically it is a frightening fact that we can hardly run from ubiquitous surveillance since the whole connected electronics devices can be used for spying on us. Unless you leave in a farm, do not have communication devices and spend cash only. But I doubt even that would be enough.

    Can we have Orwell's 1984 instead?

  17. Re:Not just Win8 on German Government Warns Windows 8 Is an Unacceptable Security Risk · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Are you ignorant yourself? We are talking about Windows 8 (a desktop and recently tablet OS). Linux desktop has less than %1 market share.

    If it was a better product , users would prefer it with its free price. I have used Linux for 15 years (on servers) but I cannot bear it on desktop.

  18. Re:Fantasists on Dentist Wants To Clone John Lennon Using DNA Extracted From Lennon's Tooth · · Score: 3, Informative

    Or perhaps even brain traits be a bit different and therefore this new person comes up with different set of capabilities. Besides different education and society will form his personality.

    Eventually you will have almost similar physics but very different outcomes. Smallest differences in two systems will chain and combine during the run time and produce totally different results.

  19. Re:Two years to go on Forrester: NSA Spying Could Cost Cloud $180B, But Probably Won't · · Score: 1

    Neither. An email service hosted in a data center in my own country by a local company.

    For my company I will use my own dedicated server in a local data center.

  20. Re:Only relevant line on Google Blocks YouTube App On Windows Phone (Again) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    However Microsoft isn't allowing Google to write the Windows Phone app.

    Who said that?

  21. Re:Betteridge's law of headlines on Could Humanity Really Build 'Elysium'? · · Score: 1

    Perhaps we cannot build the Elysium in the space but it is definitely possible to build (and perhaps is already built) on earth.

    Just look into a few very rich countries and a few very poor ones. Everyone in the poor countries wishes to go to those rich ones (by boats which are sometimes drown or possibly targeted by those rich countries). Just see how Australia for example handles those people. They now send them to another poor country to keep them away from Australia.

    On a side note, just 40 years ago who thought 1984 story would materialize? And we now have something much frightening than George Orwell's visions. Who knows what is and what is not possible in 140 years. I am sure we will see much much worse things than those atrocities of Elysium in this time span.

  22. Re:Links? on After Lavabit Shut-Down, Dotcom's Mega Promises Secure Mail · · Score: 1

    You cannot access the links because Dotcom's privacy policy has been applied to them and that does not allow you.

  23. Re:Anything you say online... on New Zealand Court Orders Facebook Disclosure To Employer · · Score: 5, Insightful

    She is the one filing a complaint.

    http://www.howtolaw.co.nz/bring-a-wrongful-dismissal-claim-against-your-employer-xidp392272.html
    http://www.era.govt.nz/

    Are you serious?

    She is just seeking reinstatement. They sacked her from her job claiming she has abused sick leave. The proof is on the employer and it should not require the person's privacy to be ruined for that.

  24. Re:Wait on MS: Windows Phone 8 Wi-Fi Vulnerable, Cannot Be Patched · · Score: 2

    Don't take the fun out of it please :) !

  25. Re:Why can't it be patched? on MS: Windows Phone 8 Wi-Fi Vulnerable, Cannot Be Patched · · Score: 1

    Perhaps it means to change the configuration on "genuine access points" in a way that clients are not required to set vulnerable settings on their phone.