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  1. time scale and prior information density on IBM Says New Software Will Help Predict Natural Disasters · · Score: 1

    If they can predict a volcano eruption let us say 40 minutes in advance, why not?! Like weather it is probably a matter of time scale and prior information density.

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    "dyslectic people seem to be stupid and now it is a proven fact that they realy are. haha. learn to read losers."
    From http://www.knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/Dyslectic/

  2. command line tools on In the Face of Android, Why Should Nokia Stick With MeeGo? · · Score: 1

    "My first question is; how many people will be running command line tools on their phone?"

    Count me in, cowboy! That is one! :)

    "Second the code must run on an ARM so must be written for an ARM. Can I easily port my Android or iOS app to MeeGoo? I doubt that very much."

    But, we can't count on you?!

  3. This is exactly what I want from Slashdot, too on Astonishing Speedup In Solving Linear SDD Systems · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I mean the article "In Florida, a Cell Phone Network With No Need For a Spectrum License"...

    What is that?! Not news for nerds... Possibly news for techies.

  4. the right to be scared on Linux 2.6.36 Released · · Score: 1

    Accroding to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TILE64 the Tilera CTO and co-founder is Anant Agarwal. According to http://www.csail.mit.edu/user/723 he is from Madras, India.

    Imagine all Indian computer gurus moving back to India, backed by the wealth of Tata (www.tata.com) or the like.

    Do you think China and other high focus companies have the right to be scared?

    Yet, before then, show me the benchmarks

  5. Boeing 747 as a youth hostel on Boeing 747 Recycled Into a Private Residence · · Score: 1
  6. OpenOffice on Android mobile phones on Why Microsoft Is So Scared of OpenOffice · · Score: 4, Interesting
    The OpenOffice market share is not bad at all: http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Market_Share_Analysis

    And, Ballmer has the right to be concerned about the 300 million pc market is eaten by both Apple and Linux:

    "I think depending on how you look at it, Apple has probably increased its market share over the last year or so by a point or more. And a point of market share on a number that's about 300 million is interesting. It's an interesting amount of market share, while not necessarily being as dramatic as people would think, but we're very focused in on both Apple as a competitor, and Linux as a competitor."

    and

    I assume we're going to see Android-based, Linux-based laptops, in addition to phones. We'll see Google more as a competitor in the desktop operating system business than we ever have before. The seams between what's a phone operating system and a PC operating system will change, and so we have ramped the investment in the client operating system.

    And, OpenOffice runs on Android mobile phones: http://www.alwaysonpc.com/aboutOpenOffice.php. That is something for Microsoft to be sleepless about.

    OpenOffice on Android mobile phones. Mmmmmm. Sweet.

  7. Understandable move on Oracle Asks OpenOffice Community Members To Leave · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Understandable move from Oracle. Anyone finding out that their wife/husband/life partner is having a side affair would ask them to move out.

    It is really really sad, but I am not so sure about the ethical steps from Oracle's side up to this point. What made these guys create LibreOffice in the first place and why doesn't Oracle answer to that more constructively? Does LibreOffice really have the momentum already to withstand this move or is Oracle using the early stage?

    At this stage we are not in a win-win situation, and things may get worse than the frustrated name calling of a bitter drama-queen feud.

  8. Does it run Linux? on FSF Announces Hardware Endorsement Criteria · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Does it run Linux? ;)

    Seriously, that must have been one the first choices they thought of, even if they probably thought of it as GNU/Linux.

    No, I haven't read the article, yet. :)

  9. They should've asked the Chinese straight away on Feds Discover 1,000 More Government Data Centers · · Score: 3, Funny

    They should've asked the Chinese straight away. They would have known.

  10. ten or on Microsoft Patents GPU-Accelerated Video Encoding · · Score: 1

    So, you mean that if I take 11 cylinders instead of 10 or 12, I could get a patent on a new car trunk, just because of that? Or, if I would get patent on 3 CPU word processing, or 4 CPU word processing or double butt *%&#+/@, whatever...

  11. Have a look at R on Grad Student Looking To Contribute To Open Source · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Have a look at R, http://www.r-project.org/, which is math related.

    Their developers page is at http://developer.r-project.org/

    The R Project has again participated in the Google Summer of Code during 2010 http://www.r-project.org/soc10/index.html which had several projects in C++

    I think R could be nice as it combines a high level approach with the lower level of C++.

    They also have forum at http://groups.google.com/group/gsoc-r/topics

  12. Hmmm, wasn't Montgolfier the first? on Nobel Prize in Physics For Discovery of Graphene · · Score: 1

    Hmmm, wasn't Montgolfier the first?

  13. Overperforming busy bodies on One Man's Fight Against Forum Spam · · Score: 1

    Overperforming busy bodies? How does he get them?

  14. Hope this was what the attack US has warned about on Anonymous Knocks Out Ministry of Sound Website · · Score: 2, Funny

    Hope this was what the terrorist attack US warned about yesterday. It seemed pretty restricted then.

  15. Does it run on Linux? on Stuxnet Worm Claimed To Be Devastating In Iran · · Score: 1

    Does it run on Linux? For once a relevant question... ;)

  16. "Bushehr" named in reference to the Bush era? on Stuxnet Infects 30,000 Industrial Computers In Iran · · Score: 0

    "new nuclear reactor in Bushehr" named in reference to the Bush era?

    While Bush Sr had it, Bush Jr was the worst president for a century.

  17. You got my vote. on NASA Creates an Alien's Eye View of Solar System · · Score: 1

    You got my vote, as you beat me to that remark.

  18. One motive - the Swedish artillery system 'Archer' on WikiLeaks Founder 'Free To Leave Sweden' · · Score: 1

    Here is one of many motives - the Swedish artillery system 'Archer'

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbrEBMVEDU4

    .

  19. Nokia also uses ARM 11 on Dual-Core CPU Opens Door To 1080p On Smartphones · · Score: 1

    "Apple, which is generally believed to have the most capable processor in the market today"

    Huh? I thought Apple used the same processor, ARM 11, as Nokia.

  20. 120 only ?! Too few reviewers! on Stanford's Authoritative Alternative To Wikipedia · · Score: 1

    120 only ?! That is far too few reviewers!

    That is less than one per academic topic.

    No wonder that Wikipedia will remain relevant.

  21. Moses on Hawking Picks Physics Over God For Big Bang · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "Well who created the all-mighty then?" That was an easy question. Moses created "the almight" about 1000 BC. He invented the single god, aka "all-mighty", inspired by the single god of a pharao a few centuries earlier (who btw was Nefertitis husband). Before that the hebrews were polytheistic like most other in Egypt. The big question is how Pharaoh had receieved the idea of a single god. Possibly he in turn was inspired by the zoroastrians, a monotheistic religion which had been created several centuries before him. It is not stranger than that.

  22. He may be breaking the law on Hawking Picks Physics Over God For Big Bang · · Score: 4, Funny

    He may be breaking the laws of physics, in Louisiana

  23. Nice! on Gecko Inspired Robot Climbs Walls at Stanford · · Score: 1

    Yeah, both of these are nice!

    Did you see this - http://hardware.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1769820&cid=33406858

    IOW, /. ad infinitum :)

  24. Bored by science imitates nature on Gecko Inspired Robot Climbs Walls at Stanford · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I'm getting bored to tears by all these "science imitates nature" articles. Since childhood I must have read about the velcro background a hundred times. Will I have to put up with yet another dozen gecko geek articles over the next few years?

  25. Re:Mmm on AMD Details Upcoming Bulldozer Architecture · · Score: 1