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  1. Re:Hahahahahahahaha Muahaha on The Amazon Rainforest Wants Its TLD Back From Amazon.com · · Score: 1

    So, you propose ICANN be ran by a single individual!

  2. Re:ubuntu is spamware on Shuttleworth Calls Ubuntu Performance Art, Calls Out Critics · · Score: 1

    And how is that?

  3. Re:Dumbest idea, ever on Apple To Launch Largest Stock Repurchasing Plan In History · · Score: 1

    I presume you are talking about an xScale-powered palmtop of some sort? You didn't bother to mention a model number.

    Don't remember the model numbers honestly, I also had a few iPaqs overtime. I do remember playing a self compiled version of glfrontier (m68k asm converted to c code and wrapped inside an OpenGL interface) that made use of OpenGL APIs that were executed by the GPU (if you made it execute via software rendering only, it was quite terrible).

    You could only even stand by for maybe 36 hours with the stock pack.

    Okay?

    Also, the software stack was beyond miserable in every way (volatile storage!) and the only replacement was OpenEmbedded-based Linux with a pocket Qt or GTK environment running X and with pretty much no free memory.

    I never ran Linux on any of my iPaqs, I suspect stuff like the GPS would have never worked on it.

  4. Re:Dumbest idea, ever on Apple To Launch Largest Stock Repurchasing Plan In History · · Score: 1

    Before iPad, no tablet shipped with full colour, 3d capable GPU, motion sensor, GPS, compass and 10 hour battery life in a single device, that weighed less than anything of comparable size. To say it was merely branding successful is kinda... well.. flat out lying?

    My old HP iPaq running Windows Mobile did?

  5. Re:Dumbest idea, ever on Apple To Launch Largest Stock Repurchasing Plan In History · · Score: 1

    I can with my normal holding position, but of course steve jobs said that's not right.

    You're holding it wrong!

  6. Re:Dumbest idea, ever on Apple To Launch Largest Stock Repurchasing Plan In History · · Score: 1

    2. The iPhone is the right width for the human hand. Any larger and you need two hands to use it. It's a phone, not a tablet.

    So what you're saying is, my hand isn't human?

    On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog.

  7. Re:Some other relevant stories on Crowdsourcing Failed In Boston Bombing Aftermath · · Score: 1

    To be fair, Americans aren't even allowed Kinder Surprise, it's no wonder that a pistol wielding person sets off alarms.

  8. Re:Yup. on The Eternal Mainframe · · Score: 1

    Not too many months ago, the UK decided they would *not* put things on the Cloud

    I don't believe you.

  9. Re:linode or similar on Ask Slashdot: Service-Heavy FOSS Hosting? · · Score: 1

    I was going to switch to Linode last month when I was having problems with my existing VPS provider, but their website was down. Then later that month I heard their administration interface suffered vulnerabilities to cold fusion exploits etc.

  10. Re:Nothing new on Some Windows XP Users Can't Afford To Upgrade · · Score: 1

    Which company/(ies) still sells hardware and the software for systems 10 years ago? 20 years ago?

    Off the top of my head, Oracle, IBM and Siemens.

  11. Re:Wrong platform on Some Windows XP Users Can't Afford To Upgrade · · Score: 1

    Heck, in this circumstance Linux is worse than Microsoft - we all know what response you get from the OpenSource community if your app gets broken by some upgrade - "Just recompile it".

    I have no idea what you're talking about. I'm used to a different response when it comes to usermode/userspace applications breaking due to Linux changes.

  12. Re:Wrong platform on Some Windows XP Users Can't Afford To Upgrade · · Score: 1

    Please tell me about the unstable usermode application APIs you are referring to.

  13. Re:Specialty Software on Some Windows XP Users Can't Afford To Upgrade · · Score: 1

    but when I did look any lossy compression would be thrown out without debate.

    I don't know if you were aware, but most JPEG encoder libraries let you turn off optimization/compression, change pixel sampling to 1x1 etc. These can produce 'perfect' JPEGs that hold no differences to the bitmap source they were sampled from. Of course, they aren't very space efficient once you have done this.

  14. Re:check my ID ... on Rep. Mike Rogers Dismisses CISPA Opponents "14 Year Old Tweeter On the Internet" · · Score: 1

    check my ID ...

    No! We currently value your privacy too much to check. We have determined you are 14 based off guess work since we don't want to violate your privacy.

    This is why you need this bill!

  15. Re:You're using it wrong on Oracle Fixes 42 Security Vulnerabilities In Java · · Score: 1

    Or learn to use Java properly on the client side, which means stop using it as a browser plugin.

    So, how do I use the virtual machine remote management interface that is only available in java on a webpage?

  16. Re:Hurr durr Bitcoin on Bitfloor Indefinitely Suspends Bitcoin Trading · · Score: 1

    It's just as good as the USD right guise? GUISE???

    Nope, the US government didn't bail them out. :(

  17. Re:Maybe it'll end up being costing the customer l on British Regulator Investigated Over Low 4G Auction Revenue · · Score: 1

    Three barely works where I live.

    Three works fairly well wherever I go within the United Kingdom (and I do travel frequently). Coverage map looks like it supports the majority of the UK too.

    I don't know ANYONE who uses it.

    I know a few.

    No, I'm not in London.

    Neither am I.

  18. Re: Policy on British Regulator Investigated Over Low 4G Auction Revenue · · Score: 1

    Actually, the government forced them to open their networks to other providers.

  19. Re:Ofcom did exactly what they were told on British Regulator Investigated Over Low 4G Auction Revenue · · Score: 1

    I hadn't really noticed since I'm always on 3g everywhere, rarely do I end up transitioning to 2g because 3g is unavailable.

  20. Re:Maybe it'll end up being costing the customer l on British Regulator Investigated Over Low 4G Auction Revenue · · Score: 5, Informative

    250MB per month is often considered generous.

    I have no idea what UK you live in, I'm with Three and have been for numerous years. I pay 25GBP (comparable to broadband costs and that's not even adding line rental costs etc from landline to it!) a month for unlimited Internet with tethering (along with a bunch of other things like 3000 minutes, texts etc). If your memory fails you, Three was that network that has only 3g towers (they rent 2g from other providers). They were the ones that provided free, unlimited options to all users on their network, including Skype, Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger etc.

    Yet, it's only available in 10 cities (not mine), costs a minimum of £50 per month and the monthly bandwidth allowance can be used up in a matter of minutes if you actually use it.

    Maybe you should switch to Three? They stated they have no intention of charging extra for 4G either. In other words, the existing cheap plan coverage, covers 4G as well.

  21. Re:Conversion on Is Bitcoin Mining a Real-World Environmental Problem? · · Score: 1

    how exactly is it a fake currency?

    Some people call bitcoin a 'virtual currency', as I recall, one of the definitions of virtual was: Not physically existing as such but made by software to appear to do so.

  22. Re:Until they hit the max number of bitcoins on Is Bitcoin Mining a Real-World Environmental Problem? · · Score: 1

    The difference is that there will be a limited total amount of bitcoins compared to the unlimited amount of dollars (or euros) that the government can print whenever it wants.

    I thought the US government couldn't create US dollars, only the US federal reserve which is not part of the US government?

    Or did I miss understand this article?

  23. Re:Get Partners then Figure it Out on Ask Slashdot: Building a Web App Scalable To Hundreds of Thousand of Users? · · Score: 1

    Following your example of using Mongo, I am interested in hearing how you counter the arguments in this article and why Mongo is a better fit for any task, please.

  24. Re:One suggestion... on Ask Slashdot: Building a Web App Scalable To Hundreds of Thousand of Users? · · Score: 1

    Regarding your recommendation of mongodb, I am interested in hearing how you counter the arguments in this article and why the other solutions are worse.

  25. Re:Node.JS + MongoDB + Geolocation DNS on Ask Slashdot: Building a Web App Scalable To Hundreds of Thousand of Users? · · Score: 1

    MongoDB is designed for clustering and replication of various types of Data.

    I am interested in hearing how you counter the arguments in this article please.