Slashdot Mirror


User: ChunderDownunder

ChunderDownunder's activity in the archive.

Stories
0
Comments
3,381
First seen
Last seen
Profile
(view on slashdot.org)

Comments · 3,381

  1. Re:Yar har fiddle-tee-dee! on Kim Dotcom Calls Hillary Clinton an "Adversary" of Internet Freedom · · Score: 1

    They did try to interview Cap'n Johnny Sparrow but he was aboard the Black Pearl at the time, ferrying Scooby and Otis back home after Bananaby, gatekeeper of New Holland, declined to Parley.

  2. Re:Democracy on The Solution To Argentina's Banking Problems Is To Go Cashless · · Score: 1

    Sounds like Peronism in a nutshell. Cristina can do whatever she likes as long as she invokes the spirit of Evita.

    Nearby neighbours Chile and Uruguay both came out of military dictatorships at roughly the same time but don't have the same crony cult of personality.

  3. Re:Maybe people are not desperate on The Solution To Argentina's Banking Problems Is To Go Cashless · · Score: 2

    Here's a coverage map - http://opensignal.com/coverage...

    Most of the population centres, it seems.

    I wonder if they have managed to produce any *decent*, affordable Android phones out of Tierra del Fuego yet. That silly electronics tax that just hikes up the prices of international brands, so I'd be curious if they have produced quality tech competitive of what's coming out of Asia. They have the same 240V wall sockets as here in Australia - so I could use my electrical devices there but allegedly the wiring was crippled slightly different to disallow exporting Argentinian goods to Australia without regulatory oversight? Well it's all micro-usb now anyway, at least for phones...

  4. Re:For Two-Millennia Durability... on Ask Slashdot: What Is the Best Open Document Format? · · Score: 1

    Petroglyphs are more susceptible to treehuggers from Greenpeace than the weather.

  5. Re:PDF retains the layout on Ask Slashdot: What Is the Best Open Document Format? · · Score: 1
    PDF is a print format, which is fine if your audience is going to print it out on a piece of A4 paper - though I think yanks have their own standard. :)

    But they don't generally reflow. e.g. Viewing a document formatted for portrait on landscape monitor, journal articles with multiple columns, reading on a 4" smartphone are challenges for reading onscreen.

  6. Re:race to the bottom on Intel NUC5i7RYH Broadwell Mini PC With Iris Pro Graphics Tested · · Score: 1

    Sure is but if you want a small box for gaming, a 'steam machine' from various vendors will come with nvidia graphics.

  7. Re:Pass because the price point is too high on Intel NUC5i7RYH Broadwell Mini PC With Iris Pro Graphics Tested · · Score: 1
    'Whiney' or not, it's enough to be an annoyance. From the article:

    While power consumption is relatively low versus a desktop system, it is high enough to require some decent cooling. When under load, the fan in the NUC5i7RYH can get quite loud. When idling or just doing basic tasks, the system is very quiet. But under load, it is clearly audible and is noisy enough to disrupt a home theater environment, etc.

  8. Re:Pass because the price point is too high on Intel NUC5i7RYH Broadwell Mini PC With Iris Pro Graphics Tested · · Score: 1

    I bought the fanless Atom-based NUC because it was silent and cheap ($100AU for the DE3815TYKHE kit on sale).

    It's glacially slow by comparison to this model but then I didn't outlay $US500 and as you and the article state the i7 model requires a fan.

    I'm expecting/hoping for model refreshes in the fanless NUC category based around Atom X5 (Cherry Trail) and Core M.

  9. Re:Goddamn Heartbleed on 'Venom' Security Vulnerability Threatens Most Datacenters · · Score: 1

    at least heartbleed is vaguely googleable though perhaps describing a medical condition. venom not so much.

  10. Re:Open Source Branding on 'Venom' Security Vulnerability Threatens Most Datacenters · · Score: 1

    Photoshop - back last millenium, casual photographers would take their roll of film to a "photo shop" who would process the negatives and print the photos for a customer.

    Kids these days...

  11. Re:More than $100 on Examining Costs and Prices For California's High-Speed Rail Project · · Score: 1

    Yep. Lisbon to Porto does a similar trick for the Portuguese.

    Of course that would never happen in my country. Sydney to Melbourne is the fifth busiest route in the world.

  12. Re:More than $100 on Examining Costs and Prices For California's High-Speed Rail Project · · Score: 1

    Girona (Barcelona), which itself is 20 minutes busride from the airport.

    If you have time to kill, it's actually a nice Catalonian town away from the hustle and bustle of the regional capital. But some 99km away!

  13. Re:No! Faster laptops, please. on Fastest 4.5 Watt Core M 5Y71 In Asus T300 Chi Competitive With Full Core i5 CPUs · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's a tablet. They're cramming the computer into the screen. So it needs to run cool.

    Contrast that with a traditional laptop whose internal organs rest underneath the keyboard. It blows out excess heat out each side using a fan.

    If you want a noisy, fast, Core i7 laptop, don't get a convertible.

  14. Re:Is this Google's fault? on Google Can't Ignore the Android Update Problem Any Longer · · Score: 1

    I thought Intel were phasing out PowerVR, e.g. the low end X3 SoC with integrated 4G licenses the Mali GPU from ARM.

  15. Re:"The moral test of government" on Apple, IBM To Bring iPads To 5 Million Elderly Japanese · · Score: 1

    the "SJW" social justice warrior meme

    So that's what SJW stands for? Huh. The only context I've ever seen the term used has been on Slashdot, often on Apple stories, so I assumed it stood for Steve Jobs Worshipper. But now you mention it... :)

  16. Re:Now we finally know: Paul Hudak was born. on Paul Hudak, Co-creator of Haskell, Has Died · · Score: 2

    An s-expression, really?

    The man co-authored Haskell, not LISP!

  17. At this late point in the game, no government department is going to waste time and money on migrating to Windows 7 - a 5 1/2 year old OS that hasn't received a service pack in 4 years, whose "mainstream support" already ended in January.

    With that in mind, you better hope your IT department has at least been following the Windows 10 beta program, in terms of testing on a few machines. It'll be released by October in time for the Christmas gift period - leaving a slim window of opportunity to be deployed at your office by the end of March (the end of your fiscal year).

    tl;dr - you're up shit creek... :(

  18. Re:Microsoft Edge? on Internet Explorer's Successor, Project Spartan, Is Called Microsoft Edge · · Score: 1

    I thought they were dead until Slashdot reported the horror that Apple was providing users with FREE content. :)

  19. Re:Talk about creating a demand on Why Our Antiquated Power Grid Needs Battery Storage · · Score: 1

    Tariffs? The UN climate change summits are a toothless tiger at the moment. but if they got serious...

    e.g. You can have your $POLLUTER-built smartphone but the government will add 20% to the purchase price for any goods produced in any country that doesn't sign up to emissions reductions. All that cheap stuff you buy for zero postage on ebay from $POLLUTER will attract a $20 fee to pick it up from the post office. You can enter the EU but since your country of origin is $POLLUTER, you'll be charged a mandatory â500 fee at the airport. Anyone caught smuggling cheap goods from $POLLUTER will have their assets seized and jailed for 10 years.

  20. What's native? on Has the Native Vs. HTML5 Mobile Debate Changed? · · Score: 1

    I use Firefox OS, you insensitive clod. :)

    I was never a huge app user on Android anyway. Games and fart apps, yeah nah. If the latest online service that syncs to the cloud and data-mines my personal details wants my business, let them write a mobile web page!

    The lack of native apps like Skype is the main thing I might miss on my next trip, calling family via hostel wifi. But hopefully I can get my relatives to adopt firefox hello! :) I've been wondering about one of those smart fitness wristbands such as Mi Band that sync to a 'computer' via Bluetooth. I'd need then to boot Android-x86 running in a hypervisor with bluetooth pass-through.

    But for most stuff, I can't say I miss Android too much.

  21. Cromags on Stephen Hawking Has a Message For One Direction Fans · · Score: 1

    Someone warn Stephen!

  22. Re:File manager without file, edit, view.. on Debian 8 Jessie Released · · Score: 1

    Thanks for the tip. Atril seems lightning quick and uses far less memory compared with Okular on a heavily image-laden PDF.

  23. Re:Really? This is a surprise? on New Privacy Concerns About US Program That Can Track Snail Mail · · Score: 2

    Snail Mail: Tinned Escargot sent via parcel delivery.

  24. Re: Benjamin Franklin got it right on UK Police Chief: Some Tech Companies Are 'Friendly To Terrorists' · · Score: 1

    Or Airstrip One.

  25. Re:Would it matter? on Does Lack of FM Support On Phones Increase Your Chances of Dying In a Disaster? · · Score: 1

    Yes, the audio cable works as an antenna. It also works with portable, wired, speakers.

    No one listens to music while walking the dog or jogging, or have they all switched to bluetooth? Headphones are very popular with commuters who crave a reason not to strike up conversations with random travellers!

    I must buy one of those gamer headsets that cover your ears. I find bud-style earphones annoying as they inevitably fall out when the wearer inadvertently yanks at the cord.