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  1. Re:Problematical on URL Shorteners Get Some Backup · · Score: 1

    problematicalilisticexpialidocious

  2. Re:Already using 1.6 more or less. on Google Releases the SDK For Version 1.6 of Android · · Score: 1

    I thought that cupcake was 1.5? That's what I am using now I suppose, my last update was about a month ago. Do you know anything about when the official 1.6 OS will be rolled out?

  3. Re:Unscaled photo link on Most Detailed Photos of an Atom Yet · · Score: 1

    True! Since photos are a pattern created by photons striking a surface, and in this case we talk about electrons, the thing we see here should be called an electrograph. Duh.

  4. Re:App Store Games on Apple Announces iTunes 9, "LPs," Video Camera For the iPod Nano · · Score: 1

    Also, who want to invest expensive game developer time in a gaming system where your game can be almost arbitrarily pulled from the market at any given time. Risky business.

  5. Re:Or... on Cryptographic Tools To Keep You Hidden On Facebook · · Score: 1

    I originate from the northern part of Amsterdam, where it is common behaviour to shout these things over the mobile phone or loudly discuss it with your friends, especially while in public transport. Seriously, some time ago the whole bus was informed about whether or not one of the girls should have an abortion or not. Privacy, who gives a shit anymore.

  6. Re:Move to Finland on Does Your College Or University Support Linux? · · Score: 1

    Universities in Germany are also quite Linux-friendly. Most IT websites about e.g. WiFi login info will give you the linux instructions too. If they ever get the chance to install Linux themselves, they'll use SuSE, because of its German roots. That wouldn't necessarily be my first choice ;) But I'm glad I get preinstalled linux on my workstation anyway. The good thing is that universities at this side of the ocean don't depend so much on donations from / contracts with industry. And as far as they do, the industry is more likely to be a local one and not Microsoft or Apple. Unfortunately however, lovely SAP is a local industry :p

  7. Re:Find an angel on Bootstrapping a New Technology? · · Score: 1

    Or better even, watch this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T13J-A1ATQ !

  8. Re:I really like Legos on How Hollywood Tie-Ins Saved Lego · · Score: 2, Informative

    Actually they now have some grown-up collector sets. The Eiffel tower, a Beetle. I found them in a recently-opened special Lego store in Frankfurt

  9. Re:Rubbish. Users need to learn on C64 Emulator Finally Approved For iPhone · · Score: 1

    Android proves you can do it differently. Every app comes with a list of things it needs access to, you can judge by yourself if you want that. The 'tech savy' users can select the 'install also non-market apps' option in the configuration menu and install anything they meet.

    A G1 without simlock can be bought at Amazon for 300 eur now, I bought it there, I didn't need to "root" my phone, I can install what I want.
    So, my Phone is a bit bulkier than the iPhone, but it has an actual keyboard, it can do SSH via connectbot, I use a laptop-umts sim card, so I can legally use it as a modem via Proxoid.

    I have a bit of doubt concerning privacy of the tie-in of my mobile phone behavior and my browsing behavior, but I have absolutely no regrets for skipping the iPhone and not going the Jobs way here.

    Oh, and you can swap the battery yourself.

  10. Re:The Catch on Steve Ballmer Directing "House Party 7" · · Score: 1

    I have no mod points, and you're an AC anyway, but that's a pretty good comment.

    Makes me wonder... Wasn't MS supposed to have the best marketing department ever? What happened to it?

    BTW as far as the blue screen jokes go, they're pretty old and unnecessary. Windows' main problem these days is not stability, it's about getting a f-ing clue on what people actually want from an operating system. Seems like they're steadily sailing in the wrong direction.

  11. Re:What? on UK's Oldest Computer To Be "Rebooted" · · Score: 1

    > this is a complete and when restored potentially working computer

    You just gave a very correct description of the one-year-old 1000-node cluster I am now using at work :(

  12. Re:So this on A Video Ad, In a Paper Magazine · · Score: 1

    And as a side advantage, you can drop in 15 mins late at the cinema and still be on time for the movie! In germany they even turn on the lights between the last ad and the start of the movie and sell ice. Some sort of long-standing tradition, I suppose.

    Now what is bad is commercials inbetween movies on tv. I'd really rather pay to rent a dvd then to spend twice as long watching the movie, and seeing the same commercials over and over again. I get so very tired!

  13. 2009, and still we need a bloody dongle on Classic Game Console Design Mistakes · · Score: 1

    My suggestion for the series: classic smartphone design mistakes: on the t-mobile g1, you need a humongous dongle with two mini usb slots (one for power, one for a headset), and two normal headset jacks. And with the battery life of the g1 you need to connect it to a loader as much as you can... Just search for htc yc a300 to see how ugly it is...

  14. It's 1998 again? on New From Coca-Cola ... Fizzy Milk? · · Score: 2, Informative
    This was dune by dutch dairy company melkunie in 1998. Someone even put the commercial for it online. I don't think anybody really drank it.

    There is also the swiss drink "rivella", which is whey-based, and enjoying a relatively stable but modest popularity since 1952

  15. Re:Oh BS on Open Source Facing a Difficult Battle For Cloud Relevance · · Score: 1

    I'm not even bothering to read TFA. If it's content even closely resembles the title of this topic, it cannot be anything else but bull. Probably about 99% of all current big internet services has started out as a small OSS project on as cheap servers as possible. As soon as you grow big enough, you'll do the hardware in-house. A good friend of mine started by himself two years ago and is now making his living (and paying others) out of selling python-based services on virtual servers. That is in essence what the cloud is about, and the best way to do this kind of stuff is using license-free software. No startup will even think about paying per-cpu license costs for software, let alone have the money for it. Closed source is dying, and they know it.

  16. Re:Cellphone, home phone, sip and the freebox on Desktop As a Cellphone Extension? · · Score: 1

    aren't they also the ones who offer additional tv packages with lots of anime series? Good to see that at least some companies understand the internet.

  17. Re:Geothermal is better on Wind Could Provide 100% of World Energy Needs · · Score: 1

    Don't worry, absolutely nothing can go wrong.
    I lived close by the place and went to see it, most of the old houses have cracks from top to bottom, and seen by the dated marks on the walls the cracks were still getting bigger. According to the building engineers there is no risk of collapsing yet, but it just doesn't look all too safe. And the drills made here were just small-sized testing drills.

  18. Re:Simple safety solution on Watch TV On Your Satnav · · Score: 1

    Don't worry, the ferries will be ok. But what about furries?!

  19. Re:Have become more difficult to overcome? on EU Fusion Experiment's Financial Woes Get More Concrete · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Hi feepness!

    Thanks! You've given the best description of science I've ever read. Disclaimer: I am a scientist.

    Seriously. A lot of the fancy topics are interesting because they are like a foggy mountain top, you know that there must be a mountain top, but you don't know the way, and you don't know what you will find up there, and which equipment you need to take along. This makes science different from engineering, where you at least would have a map of the mountain roads and altitudes etc.

    As far as funding issues goes: what did the giant banking bailout of 2009 brought us for the future? That has cost us a multi-multitude of the ITER project and that money just disappeared into oblivion. With the ITER, even if it wouldn't work out eventually, we'd still end up with the new technologies and materials that were developed to build it.

  20. Re:Building a website takes time on You're (Probably) Not Going To Be a Pro Blogger · · Score: 1

    The guy behind http://www.netbooknews.de/ seems to be making a living from his blog, if I remember correctly. He was one of the first to write about them, he goes to all the product introductions, and by writing in good quality he could also convince manufacturers to send him pre-production samples, etc. I tried to look up some info, apparently before he worked on a linux OS specialized for the Via EPIA line. That also means that he was probably used to not earn a lot :)

  21. Re:Satellite internet not good enough? on UK Government Announces Broadband Tax · · Score: 1

    In Germany, I get it via the mobile phone network. Exactly which century is the UK trying to even up with? It won't be like the 21th century there for a long long time, if this 2mb dsl is their plan for the future.

  22. Re:Just as a point of reference to Japan on Palm Pre Does Not Get US Tethering Either · · Score: 1

    Hmmm, in Germany I pay 20 euro for a 10 GB HDSPA connection. After 10 GB you will get isdn speeds until the next month. Granted, this is with a dedicated usb stick, not for tethering, but basically, it's the same sim-card anyway. I am thinking of getting an Android phone and use it as both a modem and a smartphone.

  23. Re:The whole thing is silly on Windows 7 Licensing a "Disaster" For XP Shops · · Score: 1

    I take it you never used Mac OS 9... Compared to that, windows ME was a user-friendly masterpiece.

  24. Re:Carriers != Manufacturers on Senators To Examine Exclusive Handset Deals · · Score: 1

    Actually, it's going even better outside the US. The more fancy phones have been first available in Asia with full functionality for a long time now. And it also works the other way, I can buy for 40 euro or smth an unlocked phone with no fancy options, but that I can use to ... phone! Cool for the consumer, but I guess most US providers are not into the "make your customers happy"-business.

  25. Re:Whats wrong with that? on Climate Change Bill Includes IP Protections · · Score: 1

    IP most likely has nothing to do with it. It reminds me of a few years ago when someone (not really clear to me who thought it out) tried to push software patents in the EU via the agricultural council. That was AFTER it had already been voted away before.