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  1. Re:Without open source drivers, not for me on Nvidia Unveils Powerful New RTX 2070 and 2080 Graphics Cards (polygon.com) · · Score: 1

    And the gaming portion still works fine under Linux for the 400 series with nVidia's proprietary drivers. I refuse to say "fuck you nvidia".

  2. an excellent video about passwords on The Psychological Reasons Behind Risky Password Practices (helpnetsecurity.com) · · Score: 1
  3. Re:Technically it can't be a UFO on NASA Feed 'Goes Down As Horseshoe UFO Appears On ISS Live Cam' (mirror.co.uk) · · Score: 2

    Define flying.

  4. Re:Time for a game of russian roulette ^ 2 on Fake Bomb Detector, Blamed For Hundreds of Deaths, Is Still In Use · · Score: 1

    Whoever bought that crap should go to prison too. Quite embarrassing for US military to go for this kind of hoax.
    Holy shit - these idiots have nuclear weapons and shit!

  5. Re:Great for nvidia but, on Gaming On Linux With Newest AMD Catalyst Driver Remains Slow · · Score: 1

    Like who uses Linux anyhow? People who don't like Windows. People who don't have windows installed. People who do other stuff on Linux and don't want to reboot to play end reboot again to do work...

  6. Re:If Xorg would fix... on Steam On Linux Now Has Over a Thousand Games Available · · Score: 1
    I've been playing Steam games quite happily withith an nVidia card, using the proprietary driver. I haven't experienced this bug. It's definitely accelerated. (GF GT 430, Linux Mint).

    I even recently ordered me a GTS 750 card - expecting to get rid of occasional slowdowns (eg. when a huge horde of zombies attack) and allowing me to play any linux game on the market.

  7. Re:Homosexuality on Russia Says Drivers Must Not Have "Sex Disorders" To Get License · · Score: 1

    Some scientists have suggested that, in ancient times, homosexuals were beneficial to society, because they took care of orphans. (sorry can't find a reference now. i read that in a science magazine years ago)

  8. Re:Gaming on linux on AMD Catalyst Linux Driver Catching Up To and Beating Windows · · Score: 1

    The number of commercial games that run natively on linux may still suck, but generally Linux is an OK gaming OS, if you have good driver for your graphics. Proprietary nVidia drivers are quite good, and I'm glad if AMD drivers will be good too. In last few years Radeon proprietary radeon drivers have had trouble installing, and had some problems even if you do. So my advice has been buy nVidia if you want to game on Linux and install the proprietary drivers. If you want all open source, get a radeon but don't expect it to run games smoothly. Let's see what I have for Linux on steam: Half Life 2, Portal, Star Conflict, Dead- Island. They all run well on my machine AMD FX.6300, nVidia GT 430. See if I must upgrade my graphics card for Bioshock Infinite, that should get Linux binaries soon (which I already bought on christmast sale for 7€).

  9. Why shouldn't ISP's appeal to EU Court of Justice or European Court of Human Rights?
    CJEU stated that the directive "interferes in a particularly serious manner with the fundamental rights to respect for private life and to the protection of personal data".
    One could understand that any similar local laws or practices should be void/illegal in the EU, and in violation of European Convention on Human Rights.

  10. 46% other reasons on Here's Why Apple Rejected Your iOS App · · Score: 2

    Including stuff that didn't meet their "moral" standards, stuff they want no competitors on and stuff they just don't like...

  11. Re:Seemed pretty obvious this was the case on Apple Denies Systems Breach In Photo Leak · · Score: 1

    How do I know this tool doesn't collect passwords that people try, which could then be used to break into people's accounts?

  12. Re:If the Grand Ayatollah's against it.... on Grand Ayatollah Says High Speed Internet Is "Against Moral Standards" · · Score: 1

    Whatever, Iron Maiden says it's 666. That's good enough for me.

  13. Re:Android is linux on Run Netflix On OpenSUSE · · Score: 2

    Saying that Android is Linux is like saying that Ubuntu is Linux. Linux is actually just the kernel, which they both use.

  14. Re:Obligatory on Opus — the Codec To End All Codecs · · Score: 1

    PowerAmp plays practically everything. I wouldn't be surprised if it soon supported this Opus thing too.

  15. Re:Turf Wars ... limo vs cabs on NYC Taxi Commission Nixes Cab-Hailing Apps · · Score: 1

    Basically a cabbie in new york, according to regulations, HAS to stop for anybody that hails them.

    That has to mean if the taxi is free, so that you can't discriminate people, like "That dude looks like a hobo, so I'm ignoring him, I'm looking for someone who looks rich.".

    You can also "call a cab", then a taxi driver somewhere hopefully nearby will put on his meter and come to pick you up. Surely he doesn't have to stop for anybody hailing. (Otherwise it would be more like call and pray taxi service).

    There's no difference between calling and mobile-app-hailing, except the way the order comes through.
    The central depends on people calling taxis to make money. They don't like people being able to bypass them.

  16. good for who? on Federal Patents Judge Thinks Software Patents Are Good · · Score: 1

    It's not really the judge's job to say if a law is good or bad. He's job is to know the law and judge according to it.
    If he is a "patent judge", the more patents, the more arguments about patents and the more work for him, and he can make more money. So software patents age good - for him.

  17. Re:Not exactly.... on SOPA and PIPA So Far · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The blackouts and other campaigns are are raising awareness of SOPA. Slashdot is used by nerds who already know about SOPA, and mostly already oppose it.

  18. Finland on A Quarter of the EU Has Never Used the Web · · Score: 1

    In Finland banks have practically forced people to use Internet for paying bills, by making payment at the desk ridiculously expensive and reducing the number of payment machines. The 8% of Finns that have never used the internet must be old people that are wealthy enough to pay 6€ per bill. Learning even basic usage is a big effort if you haven't touched a computer before, people growing up with computers and other gadgets have no idea how hard it can be.
    That's why R-Kioski (chain that makes most of it's money selling tobacco, candy, magazines and lottery tickets) has started a service where paying a bill costs "only" 3 euros.
    Oh, internet access is not a "right" in Finland. There has only been talking about that every household should be capable of having a broadband access for a reasonable price, with government support if needed, but there has been no real action yet. For people living in cities there is no problem, but in the countryside many farmers can't get a broadband, or are struggling with a 3G connection that works sometimes.
    Though most of Finland is covered with 3G networks, ensued by Finns need to go to a shore of one of Finland's 187888 lakes every chance they get. People expect their UMTS modem to work in their summer cottage, 100 paying customers by a lake makes you build a station for them. But if you are a lone farmer with no lakes near, who's gonna care for you? In current economic situation propably nobody.

  19. Re:GPU drivers on NVIDIA Releases Source To CUDA Compiler · · Score: 1

    For most people it is all the same if a driver is open source or not as long as it works and you get it for free.
    As I appreciate AMD opening up some of their secrets. The open source Radeon driver is a lot better than it was on ATI times. However, the closed driver still gives you double the fps on games, the bad news that it works so badly. Messes up the screen and stuff.
    I recently bought a new nVidia based card, partly because I was fed up with the proprietary Radeon driver not working. Gave up trying to install it on Fedora 16 or Mint 12.
    GeForce is the only choice if you want fast graphics for Linux right now.

  20. Re:It's not just GNOME 3. on GNOME Shell Extensions Are Live · · Score: 2

    It's good that someone forked Gnome 2 into Mate, however Gnome 3 should have been the fork, because it's more of a new product rather than upgrade of the old.
    Usually when you upgrade you get something similar, but with new features. Now you'll lose features if you upgrade. But I will not join Gnome 3 bashers. It's not "dumbed down" as some folks claim, It's an early version of the new DE.
    When Mate fork is finished it will be just like Gnome 2 was, and Gnome 3 will get more customisability while it develops, things will be good again.

  21. Re:only going to get worse... on Smart Meters Wreaking Havoc With Home Electronics · · Score: 1
    I remember how it used to be. When the reader guy made his first round and you weren't home, you had a note: "I was here to read a meter, but you weren't home, please be home at this other time, or call to arrange a better reading time". The reader guy came once a year, and the monthly bill was based on an assumption how much you are using. Once a year there was a correcting bill that got payments up to date with the actual consumption. Of course electric and water companies had their own reader people.
    Now I get a monthly bill based on the actual consumption and I don't have to let anyone in.

    So what's the security risk? Someone finding out how much power I'm using?

  22. Re:Definitely a change of viewpoints on Ballmer: We're Lucky Microsoft Didn't Buy Yahoo · · Score: 2

    I've been stalking this girl for 10 years, in order to kill her and take her market share. I finally got her on a date. She told me to fuck myself.

  23. Re:Yahoo? on Ballmer: We're Lucky Microsoft Didn't Buy Yahoo · · Score: 1

    I honestly don't get why anybody would still use Yahoo.

    Flickr.

  24. Re:LD50? on Can the Hottest Peppers In the World Kill You? · · Score: 1

    I mean 150g (of habanero could be lethal)

  25. Re:LD50? on Can the Hottest Peppers In the World Kill You? · · Score: 1

    (wikipedia knows everything, right?) If scoville rating of Pure capsaicin if be 15M, and habanero is up to 350k, about 15 grams of habanero may be a lethal doze. These http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-QVQLbwtHA chicks are risking their lives!