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  1. Re:Tsk... Tsk.... on Update: Raspberry Pi-Compatible Development Board Cancelled · · Score: 1

    The Raspberry Pi people used only Broadcom, because personal contacts, as Broadcom plant was in there neighbourhood. The Raspberry Pi was designed for local use, that it became an international a hit was not planned. If for example Samsung was close they maybe used a Samsung processor, if they sponsored samples.

  2. Re:i'm thinking yet another linux distro on A New Homegrown OS For China Could Arrive By October · · Score: 1

    And where you can download the Red Flag distribution ? Not on the official website, all dead links.

  3. Re:i'm thinking yet another linux distro on A New Homegrown OS For China Could Arrive By October · · Score: 1

    If it comes from "Beijing" it shall not be general accepted. China needs a real OpenSource project, but before this will happen there must change something.

  4. Re:Bribery and corruption on Munich Reverses Course, May Ditch Linux For Microsoft · · Score: 1

    Steve Ballmer made no secret of his effort derail the whole project, including personal 'advice' to local politician, discounts and moving the Micro$oft office. Seams that somebody pays back now, or is it only the please the sponsor ?

  5. Re:Four times faster than existing. on World's Fastest Camera Captures 4.4 Trillion Frames Per Second · · Score: 1

    The audio vibration in a chip bag was a nice example of high speed pictures and software using this pictures to filter out unseen movements. They work with a speed up to 6000 fps. With higher high speed we can understand / tackle hopeful vibration in constructions and machinery, as combustion engines and air planes.

  6. Re:You have n programming languages... on New NSA-Funded Code Rolls All Programming Languages Into One · · Score: 1

    The remark on Github ' Wyvern requires the Java 8 JDK ' will give a new try to get a programming languages with the best of all previous or n+2. The old languages as C are not so bad, as they still try to copy it.

  7. Re:Oh yeah it's "workaholism" on Workaholism In America Is Hurting the Economy · · Score: 1

    Are they addicted to working longer hours, or long hours at work. ? Longer present is no guaranty for more production. A healthy and stress free person can do more. In beginning 1900 in Europe industrialist as Lever Brothers and Philips Brothers start building villages to provide there workers with the housing, services and entertainment. This with the goal to get more productive workers. Long hours at work is sometimes also to show the managers 'I am always busy'

  8. Re:War of government against people? on America 'Has Become a War Zone' · · Score: 1

    It have al to do with respect. The youtube video shall show the most worse cases, but even it is less as 0.1% you can not respect this Rambo types. Problem is the other 99.9% of the police force loses respect too. Police force needs a better education, and internal clean up.

  9. Re: Not surprising. on Kids With Operators Manual Alert Bank Officials: "We Hacked Your ATM" · · Score: 1

    Why in jail ? For putting the ATM in administrator mode ? The bank CIO should be jailed as it looks there was no unique password, only the standard one.

  10. Re:Isolation on US May Prevent Chinese Hackers From Attending Def Con, Black Hat · · Score: 1

    Both are about Open Source software. Open mean also open for all. The partisans should exchange there views and software, maybe the Chinese want to inform other about there findings, as NSA always do.

  11. Re:Stay away from any database for non-technicals on Ask Slashdot: Easy-To-Use Alternative To MS Access For a Charity's Database? · · Score: 1

    And there are alternatives for Exel, both commercial and freeware. With a prepared spreadsheet with some locked headers and functions, nearly nobody can ruin them.

  12. Or go back to DOS terminal programs as PC-File+. Simple as Cardex and well proved.

  13. How to use off-line ? Looks to me not the ultimate application for a street kids project in Senegal.

  14. Correct on Microsoft Cheaper To Use Than Open Source Software, UK CIO Says · · Score: 1

    Open Source is no plug and pray software. It ask cooperation from the users for migration of specific groups as County Councils. The knowledge of the CIO and his staff or outside company. is mostly orientated on MS, as promoting open source gives no incentives. The cost of the software is mostly not an issue as MS gives discount to 95%. It are the people behind the project who gives the difference. See the City of Munich story about migration to Linux.

  15. Re:BS on Free Can Make You Bleed: the Underresourced Open Source · · Score: 1

    There business model is built on bugs. No bugs no business. A good product needs to maintenance, updates and paid upgrades.

  16. Re:Microsoft Opened Themselves Up for Lawsuits on Why Microsoft Shouldn't Patch the XP Internet Explorer Flaw · · Score: 2

    Very bad sample. For T-Ford you can still buy parts. Part makers have specification and can make new parts. For XP it is a kind of sealed blackbox.

  17. Re:Duh on Study Finds US Is an Oligarchy, Not a Democracy · · Score: 1

    Scandinavian countries, excluding Finland, are Constitutional monarchies. UK should be too. Different in most monarchies are the way the democracy for the people is implanted. It goes from 0 to 99% democracy where the monarch have abosulte power to only have power according protocol to sign the democratic made laws. Only he have not the power to refuse a law !!??!! UK with his House of Lords, which are appointed, is not that high on the ladder too.

  18. Re:Microsoft still provide support for Windows XP on Should Microsoft Be Required To Extend Support For Windows XP? · · Score: 1

    To be honest MS had given a long time ago the date that it would stop with free updates to XP and Vista and 7. That they sell it still 3 years ago for Notebooks give maybe a false impression. How many of the running computers with XP have all, by MS publicised, updates and additions, 50% ? Not think the world will stop due computers still running XP.

  19. Re:14th Amendment on U.S. Court: Chinese Search Engine's Censorship Is 'Free Speech' · · Score: 1

    For state read a state of the USA. Outside USA the laws of the local state prefers above any other. Baidu is free to use, if not agree don't use it !!

  20. Re:my thoughts on Former CIA/NSA Head: NSA Is "Infinitely" Weaker As a Result of Snowden's Leaks · · Score: 1

    After reading this article in Der Spiegel http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/the-nsa-uses-powerful-toolbox-in-effort-to-spy-on-global-networks-a-940969-3.html my thoughts are about the differences between this and Watergate. Watergate was peanuts compare this, but Mr Nixon has to resign. Who has to resign now ??

  21. Re:The leaks are to blame!? on NZ Traveler's Electronics Taken At Airport; Interest in Snowden to Blame? · · Score: 1

    The Snowden leaks are just about this practices. In curtain countries it is common practise for longer time, in name of ???

  22. Re:Remote FBI computer investigations? on Insight On FBI Hacking Ops · · Score: 1

    This means that FBI and NSA are not working together ? Iran communication is monitored by NSA .