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  1. Re:Hope no. Change, not the way you wanted on James Webb Space Telescope Closer To the Axe · · Score: 1

    When Argentina defaulted it did not take out the economy of all the major powers. Also Argentina is not doing swimmingly, they are a third world country. A US default would kill the economy of many nations and put the US into third world economic status.

  2. Re:ah... on Adobe Released 64-bit Flash For Linux · · Score: 1

    Can you get to the terminals or is it really locked up?
    I sometimes have it lock the X session but I can still get to tty1, so I restart GDM when it happens.

  3. Re:I hate flash. on Adobe Released 64-bit Flash For Linux · · Score: 1

    Why can't you cross compile it?
    I build code for really wimp arm machines, a z2 and my phone, compiling natively would take years.

  4. Re:What is the cost of satellite or fixed-wireless on The Cost Of Broadband In Every Rural Home · · Score: 1

    Perhaps where you live it is very flat, but in much of the discussed area it is quite hilly. This means you might put your antenna on the top of one hill and no one will be able to get line of sight to it due to the fact that they live in another valley. Satellite might get lowend DSL speed, but the latency and usage caps are a giant drawback. It is also very expensive.

  5. Re:Please don't do this on Bruce Campbell Confirms New Evil Dead Movie · · Score: 1

    Netflix does not have the dvd for that so I have not seen it. I watched the new episodes on hulu. I had wondered if he lost the weight for that though.

  6. Re:Humanure composting on Bill Gates Looks to Reinvent the Toilet · · Score: 1

    Now you are understanding the problem.
    This is what these folks are up against. Haiti had similar issues after the earthquake. To feed themselves these people will steal the very devices giving them fresh water. It is hard to find fault with it when your children have water and are now just back to starving.

    The real solutions will require fixing the governments and the whole society. The money to do these things exists, at least at the basic level. The robber barons that run these nations are stealing it.

  7. Re:In the Red State on Texas and Taxes: Is a Server a Business Presence? · · Score: 1

    The entire middle of the country is that way. The people who vote for that party that claims to hate government intervention and spending are the same folks getting most of that government money. Every year the blue states on the coast pay federal taxes that are then given as subsidies to the people claiming to be against that sort of thing.

  8. Re:Don't worry, Apple is still evil on Apple Spin-Off Hosts Enterprise App Stores · · Score: 1

    Plenty of crappy tablets that a business could use for inventory are available at that price.

  9. Re:For some, this is actually wecomed news on Apple Spin-Off Hosts Enterprise App Stores · · Score: 1

    The company sure does have that right. The question is if the company is going to do that then why would the users want the devices at all?
    If I was a user at the company I would rather not have the company iPhone at all with those restrictions, since I would be carrying two devices.

    Unless the device is jailbroken I fail to see what having a few games would hurt. This sounds more like control for its own sake than anything else.

  10. Re:Please don't do this on Bruce Campbell Confirms New Evil Dead Movie · · Score: 1

    I just saw him in burn notice and he lost a lot of weight. So much so that the other characters commented on it during the show.

  11. Re:For some, this is actually wecomed news on Apple Spin-Off Hosts Enterprise App Stores · · Score: 1

    No, he is stating that his enterprise would limit the apps the user could install. Which made me wonder why then those users would still desire such devices. If the device would be that crippled then you have to carry around two phones.

  12. Re:Not seein' it... on Bruce Campbell Confirms New Evil Dead Movie · · Score: 1

    "My Name is Bruce" is also a really good one. Might even be as good as Bubbahotep.

  13. Re:The widely-cited "90%" is wrong. on Scientists Breeding Super Bees · · Score: 2

    Clearly people are not drinking enough Mead. Think of the Vikings!

  14. Re:Bicycles on US Wants Drivers To Test Wireless Auto Safety Tech · · Score: 1

    I never bicycle, but a distract biker is only a danger to himself vs a distracted driver who is a danger to everyone on the road.

  15. Re:Humanure composting on Bill Gates Looks to Reinvent the Toilet · · Score: 1

    What makes you think they have ready access to that stuff? Not a lot of rice hulls available in most places, leaf mold is rare in cities and coffee is too expensive for these folks.

  16. Re:For some, this is actually wecomed news on Apple Spin-Off Hosts Enterprise App Stores · · Score: 1

    What is the point of an i$thing if you can't install apps on it?
    Just using it as jewelery?

  17. Re:Don't worry, Apple is still evil on Apple Spin-Off Hosts Enterprise App Stores · · Score: 1

    That is per year. For $99 a year you can buy devices that don't require rent be paid to use your own apps on them.

  18. Re:Humanure composting on Bill Gates Looks to Reinvent the Toilet · · Score: 1

    They live in cities and often in slums. This means they don't own land to put these holes. So where are they going to dig these holes?

    How do you think people coped for the thousands of years prior to running water into every home, even in the most crowded of places?
    Often by pooping in a pot, then dumping that into the above ground sewer. No above ground sewer is available and these folks might actually be so poor they don't have a pot to piss in.

  19. Re:Reflexive /. Gates bashing in 3...2... on Bill Gates Looks to Reinvent the Toilet · · Score: 1

    I know it's somewhat cruel and elitist, but I often can't understand the dynamics of these places in Africa... if you have these millions of desperately starving children, WHY do they keep having children?? And, if "we", the outside world, keep providing food don't we realize that we're just creating an unmanageable problem? If you have 10M people that can't feed themselves, so you feel sorry and give them food, you'll just end up with 20M that can't feed themselves on the budget of 10M persons worth of food you provide... thus you must provide even more food...

    Way to misunderstand the problem. Women in these places have little to no education and often do not have control over their own lives. This means they are raped, forced to marry or have children and since many of those die they have enough to ensure some survive. If you deprived them of food the same problem would exist. The real solution is improving their lives via education and infrastructure.

  20. Re:Humanure composting on Bill Gates Looks to Reinvent the Toilet · · Score: 1

    These people do not have saw dust or a kitchen in some cases. Many parts of the world that have these problems are deforested already as that was the only fuel they had to cook with.

    Any other bright ideas?

  21. Re:Reflexive /. Gates bashing in 3...2... on Bill Gates Looks to Reinvent the Toilet · · Score: 1

    Compost toilets require COMPOST, they might not have wood shavings or other such material available. If your compost toilet had only feces those were not earthworms wriggling in it.

  22. Re:Reflexive /. Gates bashing in 3...2... on Bill Gates Looks to Reinvent the Toilet · · Score: 2

    So do what westerners did when they were poor and had no water and power. Outhouses with properly sized leach fields. I would imagine the folks who need these facilities don't own the land and so can't build such things. The people who do own the land have another place to potty.

  23. Re:Silly Gates.... on Bill Gates Looks to Reinvent the Toilet · · Score: 1

    If you put your outhouse at the proper distance and dig a reasonable leech field there is no need for a tank at all. Sure it would nice to have, but with only a shovel a workable solution could be made.

  24. Re:Reflexive /. Gates bashing in 3...2... on Bill Gates Looks to Reinvent the Toilet · · Score: 1

    No need to spin it.
    Odds are high they will do what they did with the medicine. To get the free stuff you have to agree not to infringe on patents on drugs they invest in. This means the third world nations get the choice of free drugs now and high prices later or making their own generics and growing the local economy.

  25. Re:Who do you trust? on How Increasing Cloud Reliance Affects IT Jobs · · Score: 1

    Both of them running over the same lines that one car vs telephone-pole or man with a backhoe will take out at once.