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  1. Intel Celeron on Acer C7 Chromebooks Expand Chrome OS Market · · Score: 1

    Too bad its not an ARM chip, or i would be interested.

  2. It's not like it's costing them sales on Toshiba Pursues Copyright Claim Against Laptop Manual Site · · Score: 1

    Sure it is, as if you can fix minor isues with the service manual, you wont have to go buy a new one from them.

  3. Ok, one more company to avoid on Toshiba Pursues Copyright Claim Against Laptop Manual Site · · Score: 1

    They want to be like that, dont give them your money.

  4. Re:To elaborate on the hardware difficulties. on Why You Can't Build Your Own Smartphone: Patents · · Score: 1

    I was speaking in generalizes to the earlier statement of 'you cant just open up the c code'. And I did mention 'depending on the device' :)

    But, that said, as FPGAs get more and more powerful, you will find them in more and more places, just like the use of CLPDs have grown.

  5. Re:To elaborate on the hardware difficulties. on Why You Can't Build Your Own Smartphone: Patents · · Score: 1

    The number of people who can review it is rather smaller - as you can't open up a c file, and see a clear error or awkwardness in code that can be edited.

    No, but often times you can open up the vhdl code that was used in development, and perhaps implementation too, depending on the device.

  6. Re:Junk. on Facebook's Corona: When Hadoop MapReduce Wasn't Enough · · Score: 1

    You may not care, but the people doing datamining to find new ways to push ads at us or find the next serial killer care greatly. You know, the ones that actually pay the bills.

  7. Its relevant. on CIA Director David Petraeus Resigns, Citing Affair · · Score: 1

    Beacuse the CIA will influence technology, in the sense of spying on citizens, and perhaps laws to prevent encryption and other freedoms.

  8. Re:VMware or VirtualBox on Ask Slashdot: Which Virtual Machine Software For a Beginner? · · Score: 2

    QEMU would also be cross platform, even more so than those 2 you suggest.

  9. Re:Job Performance on CIA Director David Petraeus Resigns, Citing Affair · · Score: 0

    To me, it wouldnt be a blackmailable incident as i wouldnt care if he was 'outted'.

    I may not approve of the guy personally, but i dont have to be his 'friend' for him to do a good job.

  10. Re:first post on CIA Director David Petraeus Resigns, Citing Affair · · Score: 1

    Nice try. I beat you by milliseconds.

  11. Job Performance on CIA Director David Petraeus Resigns, Citing Affair · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That is the only thing that should be taken into consideration. As long as it was between consenting adults, an affair is between him, the 'afairee' and his family. As long as it doesn't effect one's job performance its really nobody's business.

  12. Try them all on Ask Slashdot: Which Virtual Machine Software For a Beginner? · · Score: 1

    Then decide.

  13. Re:Not built for speed?!? on Moore's Law Is Becoming Irrelevant, Says ARM's Boss · · Score: 1

    But every newer version of operating systems has more bloat than ever.

    Which is the core of the problem. We did so much more with less not all that long ago.

  14. Re:Google China on China Blocks Google.com, Gmail, Maps and More During 18th Party Congress · · Score: 1

    They are happy to tolerate authoritarianism

    Fear is a great motivator too.

  15. Just like gas prices on A Year After Thailand Flooding, Hard Drive Prices Remain High · · Score: 1

    Any excuse to raise them, but never bring them back down. Sort of like taxes work to, come to think of it.

  16. Re:COMCAST on Will Microsoft Dis-Kinect Freeloading TV Viewers? · · Score: 1

    mic capability

    I could buy that in a stretch, but i dont think the microphones were installed.

  17. Ultimately on Skype Hands Teenager's Information To Private Firm · · Score: 1

    Ultimately, its the guy in the big chair that is responsible for the actions of anyone in his company.

    We should also stop calling them skype, and call them what they are, a division Microsoft.

  18. No developers on Nokia "Suspends" Its Free Developer Program · · Score: 2

    No community, no applicators, so no product interest.

    Even Microsoft understand this now, to an extent, tho 'full' VS is still far to expensive if you ask me. You should be giving tools away for nothing, to lock people into your products.

  19. Re:Boycott them on Publisher of Free Textbooks Says It Will Now Charge For Them, Instead · · Score: 1

    If you were not a moron, you could see that information being free does not preclude you from making an income on the information.

    For a simple example: Last i heard the US Constitution content was free, but there are plenty of people selling pretty printed copies, and making careers teaching about it.

    What about people like Guido? I dont see him charging for python or its manuals but he is not exactly worried about paying his bills.

    I could go on, but i doubt you are capable of undertsanding.

  20. Re:Not home? on Some Smart Meters Broadcast Readings in the Clear · · Score: 1

    I would do that with an X10 controller in the old days.

  21. Re:This information has never been secret... on Some Smart Meters Broadcast Readings in the Clear · · Score: 1

    Except in many cases you would have to stand in someone elses yard. If someone did that in my yard id be asking WTF they were doing.

    And if i wasnt home to see it, well, there is another reason why this is silly.

  22. Not home? on Some Smart Meters Broadcast Readings in the Clear · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Or just asleep.. Or they have a low power foot print most of the time.

    Cars in the driveway and no one answering the door is a more accuarate and low-tech way to do this.

  23. BB10 looks uncertain on Microsoft-Built Smartphone Could Irritate Hardware Partners, Harm Nokia · · Score: 2, Insightful

    No, it looks quite certain... to fail.

  24. Apple's strategy on Microsoft-Built Smartphone Could Irritate Hardware Partners, Harm Nokia · · Score: 0

    Was/is to make good products. So microsoft is going to do a 180 now?

  25. Re:Its windows on Software Uses Almost 1/2 the Storage On 32GB Surface Tablet · · Score: 0

    You were saying?

    I guess you cant read. What i said was clear, moron.