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  1. They don't actually make any money. The managed to get a military contract last year. Prior to that their revenue was £70K

  2. Re:IMHO solaris has a really bad userland on The Best, Worst, and Ugliest OSes of the Decade · · Score: 1

    Vista was tolerable with SP1, albeit way to slow (I'm talking on a 2.0Ghz Core 2 Duo with 2GB memory).

    XP, on the same machine, not surprisingly, was a *LOT* faster

    7, on that machine, is between the two, but close enough to XP that I don't mind using it.

    [citation needed]

  3. compression on Scientists Offer New Way to Read Online Text · · Score: 1

    Block text may not be the optimal layout for readability but it certainly better for use of space. Is the cost of reduced readability worth it for the space compression achieved? I personally highlight bits while I'm reading, it helps me focus and read quickly anyway. I suppose it will be useful in advertising...

  4. Re:What happened to Mono? on Introduction to Linden Scripting Language · · Score: 2, Informative
  5. Re:Mr Graham needs to travel more... on Why Startups Condense in America · · Score: 1

    "yet there have been very few successful UK startups" I'd argue that there are plenty, I've applied for jobs at many. There may not be any on the scale of Google but there are certainly plenty of successful startups.

  6. Re:Great! on SCEA President Hypes PS3 Shelf Life Over 360 · · Score: 1

    Thats a great plan - until microsoft decide to do the same thing with the Xbox360

  7. Re:You are confused on ARM Offers First Clockless Processor Core · · Score: 1

    Maybe you could make a program that automatically converts a program made in such a language into a chip design ? There are some that exist. For example: http://comjnl.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstr act/45/1/2

  8. Re:Well done ;) on VR Treatment for Lazy Eye · · Score: 1

    More like typical /. there's shed loads of peer reviewed papers!

  9. skeptical and lazy on VR Treatment for Lazy Eye · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'd stay skeptical of such a claim until there is a peer-reviewed paper out. Perhaps you should look for one! A good place to start is here: http://www.virart.nott.ac.uk/ibit/

  10. Re:'Clock' speeds on Magnetic Computing Takes a Step Forward · · Score: 1

    It doesnt matter if its clocked or not, you can implement synchronous or asynchronous components using the same technology.

  11. Fan-boys go away... on Valve's Gabe Newell Speaks on Console Development · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The PS3 architecture is quite odd...

    Its a fact that, n parallel processors is less efficient than one n-times-faster processor. And Sony does have some quite none standard C++ extensions compared to microsofts use of OpenMP.

  12. Re:MSR != MS on Bram Cohen's Response to Microsoft's Avalanche · · Score: 1

    Mod that man up!

  13. Re:why? on Miguel de Icaza Explains How To "Get" Mono · · Score: 1

    RTFA .NET is a collection of things. .NET framework is a virtual machine. It runs compiled byte codes. C# is a language which is part of .NET