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  1. Re:We will get quantum computing... on 'Blind' Quantum Computing Proposed For the Cloud · · Score: 1

    And the rise of the Linux quantum desktop and five years later the Hurd.

  2. Re:How do we... on Apple Sues Samsung In Germany Again · · Score: 1

    um apple has pulled the same kind of bs as samsong.

    iOS is a cisco router operating system that apple stole the name of.

    iphone name is stolen from again cisco, it was VoIP phone they were making

    integrating an apps store into a desktop operating system aka "Mac app store", that has been a feature of ubuntu Linux for years.

    wimpi interface for which they sued M$ for years ago they stole from Xerox.

  3. Re:But wait. on Geek Tool: Slashdot Video of Award Winning 3D Printer From CES · · Score: 1

    oh really? just wait legos will be pirated very quickly i know that if i had a 3d printer i sure would print them. you could also print plastic versions of Erector Set pieces, those were my favourite toys as a kid. and they would be very easily printed and pirated on these devices.

  4. Re:Not going to work... on Qualcomm Wants a Piece of the PC Market · · Score: 1

    Hell you forgot all of the labors of "make install". But seriously not everything is portable even thought that is the point of higher level languages. Also win8 arm won't run treditional desktop apps iirc only mettro is allowed. At the least then you may have to rewrite the Gui. Also win32 and directX probably won't be the same in the arm version just like the xbox version is different. it would be minnor but that is still 20+ years of legacy software to rebuild/write/debug and hell looking at last monthes code may leave me wondering what the hell I was doing.

  5. Re:Excellent news! on Raspberry Pi Has Gone To Manufacturing · · Score: 1

    ||since tens of you askig...
    |tens of people! Wow, that's like... the whole world!

    Could not tens of people be a typo for tons,
    Also he could mean tens. What's so bad about that. we speak of dozens of people but dozens are not really that good of a number in the geeks mind it should be metric, thus tens.

  6. Re:DECtalk on Glimpse of Stephen Hawking's Computer · · Score: 1

    no they roam boxes containing bombs with radio isotope triggers.

  7. Re:I don't think so. on Data Hogs: the Monsters Carriers Created · · Score: 1

    Simple solution would b4 the phone to switch to trusted wifi when available that could be pushed to the phone via overthrow air software update and most people would never notice. But on the other hand they should not have sold a service that they could bot provide. And since they did they need to put up (build better/more infrastructure) and shutup (don't gripe about problems that you greed is the source of.)

  8. Re:Samsung, Sony, and Toshiba? on Thumbdrive-Sized Streaming Media Players Coming Soon · · Score: 1

    i do that quiet often, but in my case it is not because of browser of choice but because i can watch hulu for free, and i find it the easiest way to watch .avi's

  9. just a question, on Transformer Prime To Get ICS On January 12, Boot Unlocker Coming · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why is it that they will not let you access their service on a rooted phone/tablet but I can use their service on a Pc which I have admin access to and in the case of browser based delivery such as hulu or netflix I have the source code of the browser through which they send their content that they think they must protect so dearly. What is the deal? I am far more likely to pirate on a Pc then I am on the phone by far.

  10. Re:You're right... they should on Why Politicians Should Never Make Laws About Technology · · Score: 1

    I'm good with that.

  11. Re:Buffet uses loopholes to pay less taxes on Edison Would Have Loved New Light Bulb Law, Says His Great-Grandson · · Score: 1

    And I suppose you don't file for the biggest return and take advantage of every tax break you can while fileling yourself. Just because he is morally opposed to it does not mean he should not take advantage of it. If the govetment for example where to give a tax break to everyone with a foriegn car I would think it was wrong but that would not stop me from claiming it. Because if I did not claim it it would just go into someone else's wallet. Would I vote against it yes but I would take advantage of it while it is in place all the same. And don't you dare accuse me of being a 1%er because I can barely make payments my collage tuition and I drive a car older than I am that has been declared totaled all of which. Is paid for by odd jobs seeings as I can not find work in my area. But I don't blame the rich for having money they worked for it or their ansestors did. That is the whole point of this country you are free to do what want and to make the most of your self. Besides it is the rich who employ everyone else. People for example get irritate when they here about the extravagant mannsions the insanely rich build. But how many people do they employ? The construction worker get a job the contractors get jobs. Then there is the producers of the materials producers get paid the support workers get paid by everyone else none of whomever would be paid if the rich did not have their money. It is called the trickle down affect. And if you complain that they hoard all of there money no that is wrong to. It is put in the bank where they loan it to you so that you can buy your homes and cars so quit your bitching your just envious.

  12. Re:Hmmmmm.... on Ask Slashdot: Best Android Tablet For Travel? · · Score: 1

    Top of technology? Where is the 3d screen, the full sd support, hdmi out if that is missing it dose not seem to be top to me if that all is missing.

  13. Re:Yay! on Did Microsoft Make Google Pay Triple Rate To Mozilla? · · Score: 1

    I believe thwart would be "boot to gecko" not web to gecko. Just saying.

      http://hacks.mozilla.org/2011/07/announcing-boot-to-gecko-b2g-booting-to-the-web/

  14. Re:Why? on A Right To Bear Virtual Arms? · · Score: 1

    Virtual arms seems to me to be more along the lines of penatration testing tools or viruses or other hacking/cracking tools.

  15. Re:you may want to have raid 5 or 6 on Ask Slashdot: Best Kit For a Home Media Server? · · Score: 1

    That's right raid is silly for home heck so is back up drives just upload everything to the pirate bay and you will have it backed up to thousands of other drives where it can be downloaded at your convince at at a later date. Torrents the redundancy of raid and the security of off site back ups all in one easy to use format.

  16. Re:I use mythtv on Ask Slashdot: Best Kit For a Home Media Server? · · Score: 1

    Android emulator/Sdk is about it if you dot want a windows box or vm (or hackintosh) when it comes to netflix -(not counting embedded)

  17. Re:you haven't looked at the MKV spec on Ask Slashdot: Best Kit For a Home Media Server? · · Score: 2

    Knowing a thing or to about genetics not much short of string theory makes Dna look simple

  18. Re:File System on Ask Slashdot: Best Kit For a Home Media Server? · · Score: 1

    Yes but it isn't commonly deployed in home it is usually it is regulated to comersial and enterprise datacenters not home media/file servers but I suppose that is only a mater of scale. So then for fun you could try haiku

  19. Re:File System on Ask Slashdot: Best Kit For a Home Media Server? · · Score: 1

    Depending on how adventurious you are you could go with open solaris if you like zfs.

  20. not only on USTR Publishes Rogue Sites List · · Score: 1

    i have gone to pirate bay to download torrents of free/open source software, also i download "steal this film" which was only distributed via bit torrent. there primary use may be to break copyright but it is not its only use

  21. Re:I don't care any more on Linux Mint Developer Forks Gnome 3 · · Score: 1

    windows has cost? i thought pirate bay was free?

  22. Re:Why we might possibly care on Intel Demos Phone and Tablet In New Mobile Chip Push · · Score: 1

    no but just because it is written in a higher level language does not make it portable, despite that being the original intent of thing like c and java as well as many other languages

  23. Re:Firefox Plugin on Coders Develop Ways To Defeat SOPA Censorship · · Score: 1

    so download them now while they are leagle save a copy to back up for latter use, simple.

  24. Re:Why we might possibly care on Intel Demos Phone and Tablet In New Mobile Chip Push · · Score: 3, Insightful

    it is not that they are going to run the desktop software unaltered but they can recycle most of the code and simply rewrite the gui rather than rewrite from scratch

  25. just in time on Hard Drive Prices Slide As Thai Flood Aftermath Subsides · · Score: 2, Insightful

    hmmn seems conveniently timed to be more expensive while people are buying Christmas presents and they go back to regular pricing after the Xmas shopping rush, no there is no taking advantage disaster at all here to price gouge the consumer