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  1. Re:EUgle? on Google Should Be Broken Up, Say European MPs · · Score: 1

    Now go to google.com and type 'advertise online' and it will all become clear.

  2. Re:Mind tricks on CERN May Not Have Discovered Higgs Boson After All · · Score: 1

    Somebody mod this man up!

    Made my morning here :)

  3. Re:Other particles on CERN May Not Have Discovered Higgs Boson After All · · Score: 1

    OK, that's unfair, but "techni-quarks" which could make up dark matter? William of Ockham is going to need to set up a factory in Shenzhen at this point.

    Dark matter is dark, so probably not, cause they are made in technicolor.

    (Yes, my assumption is as valid to their statement, as theirs is to higgs theory :)

  4. Re:Is this a troll about systemd or is this real n on Systemd Adding Its Own Console To Linux Systems · · Score: 2

    Wake me up in few years. It's still too early to adopt SystemD.

    I mean, the damn stuff looks like it's in alpha, what with lacking basic stuff like it's own filesystems and network drivers.
    When it gets to the point where it can update the CPU's microcode, I may look into it. :) :D

  5. Re:Not just today: Yesterday too on Not Just Netflix: Google Challenges Canada's Power To Regulate Online Video · · Score: 1

    That was my point. Without google, its obvious. With google, its changed

    Switching from Google to (for example) Microsoft services will hurt more Google, than everybody else.

  6. From the article on Mobile Processor Showdown · · Score: 1

    "Turion 64 test system consumed a third again more power than the Pentium M system at 100% CPU load".

    I guess there is always a price to be paid for more performance.

  7. progress on UK MPs Approve Compulsory ID Cards · · Score: 1

    Not to get into this whole flame war about pros and cons of One-Card-That-Does-It-All, but these kinds of things are only to be expected. If the technology can do it, people will start thinking about it, even people who have the legislative power. GB wants to have the one card, France wants to somewhat legalize P2P, it's called progress, it has good and bad sides, get used to it.

  8. good sales strategy on Polite Cell Phones · · Score: 2, Funny

    monitoring sound light levels to determine if the owner is a movie theater

    Ok, I'm confused enough, now, where can I buy this cellphone from?

  9. Re:brain == computer on MIT Researchers Explore How Rats Think · · Score: 1
  10. Re:Tomorrow's Headline on MIT Researchers Explore How Rats Think · · Score: 2, Funny

    42

  11. Re:Move over CS grads on MIT Researchers Explore How Rats Think · · Score: 1

    If a rat knows the difference between a Stack and a Queue, you better start updating your resume.

    "to iterate is rat, to recurse is divine", or maybe it should be: "to iterate is rat, to recurse human"

  12. interesting... on MIT Researchers Explore How Rats Think · · Score: 1

    If this idea proves true in people, it could have many implications for human learning. It suggests that those idle times, perhaps spent gazing into space, are actually crucial for our brains to replay, and learn from, recent experiences.
    Are dreams there only to help the learning process? Is there something more to them?

  13. maybe... on Gene Found That May Affect IQ in Males · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe they have actually found the male-dumbness gene?

  14. In other news... on Gene Found That May Affect IQ in Males · · Score: 2, Funny

    Company looking for a web designer with the proper IQ gene to design a website compatible with firefox, some javascript knowledge also required.

  15. related info on Zone Alarm Vs 180 Solutions: Zango hooks? · · Score: 3, Informative
  16. It has to be said... on Why Can't Microsoft Just Patch Everything? · · Score: 1

    Why Can't Microsoft Just Patch Everything?
    42

  17. Re:Good ole' 2002 on Why Can't Microsoft Just Patch Everything? · · Score: 1

    My apologies then, I didn't know this was the case.

  18. patenting obvious ideas... on Blackberry Maker Facing Infringement Case In U.K. · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The company is asking a London court to invalidate a British patent held by Luxembourg-based Inpro Licensing Sarl... ...The patent is for a simple idea, which we say is either anticipated or obvious," RIM's lawyer, Antony Watson, told the High Court yesterday at the start of a five-day hearing.
    1. Can a company asks for a patent invalidation so then it can go ahead and sell it's own implementation of it?
    2. Aren't all patents for a 'obvious' ideas once one reads them?

  19. Re:Good ole' 2002 on Why Can't Microsoft Just Patch Everything? · · Score: 2, Funny

    no, I didn't mean that ;)

  20. Good ole' 2002 on Why Can't Microsoft Just Patch Everything? · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Here's one from the article flagged: "Less critical" from 2002: SA7127 Check out the first paragraph of this 'less critical' item's description.

    By the way, when I read a statement like this one:
    If smaller software companies can patch all of their bugs serious or minor, why can't Microsoft just patch all of their vulnerabilities with their massive army of programmers and massive budget?
    I start thinking there ought to be some kind of credibility (karma) system for anyone giving public opinions. You know, give the article '-1', give the guy 'Terrible Karma'. Make all his subsequent articles dissapear for you, or even better, replace the article with a 'joke of the day', you know, to dilute the real news a bit.

  21. online vs offline advertising on 2005 The Turning Point For Online Ads · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Can anyone give any real-life examples of offline vs online advertising profits? What costs more? What pay's off more? Which one is better targeted?

  22. Re:People working together... on Pictures by Hive Mind · · Score: 1

    ...what percentage of them are trolls?
    Well, the average for slashdot is 1.24%

  23. 1:1 on A Continued Look at Linux vs Windows · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Lets count the differences outlined in the article:
    1. apply security and recommended patches on a simulated monthly release basis;
    Is there anything out there equivalent to windows update? Windows wins this one

    2. upgrade the e-commerce application with new functionality at the end of each simulated quarter (i.e. change it to meet changing business requirements); and,
    This shouldn't be discussed under 'linux vs windows', this is more the case of 'linux software vs windows software'

    3. upgrade the core OS from SuSe 8.0 to 9.0 and from Windows 2000 server to Windows 2003/XP server at the end of the simulated year.
    This would be the comparison of genkernel and the rest of the beasts in the pack with "Files and Settings transfer wiZZard" :). Linux wins this one.

    Seems to me that the whole article boils down to 1:1

  24. Re:overhead on Firefox 3D Canvas FPS Engine · · Score: 3, Insightful

    would it be as portable as it is now?

  25. Regardless... on The Google Caste System · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Regardless of who's in charge, their portfolio is quite impressive.