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  1. Yes, because they are in the ROM image, not the filesystem.

  2. Re:Completely converted house to LED, 3 have died. on The Great Lightbulb Conspiracy · · Score: 1

    Apart from that cap being crap, the main reason LED bulbs fail too soon is not the LED but the electronics....

  3. Roomba is a robot? on Robot Dramas: Autonomous Machines In the Limelight On Stage and In Society · · Score: 1

    I wouldn't go calling Roombas robots, they're fairly stupid... That Samsung NaviBot that's cleaning my house is far creepier, with its camera figuring out the layout of the house....

  4. Re:Hardware requirements on Meet the Diehards Who Refuse To Move On From Windows XP · · Score: 1

    We even have an expensive logic analyzer running windows2000.... guess what, it still works! Next to that there are many other machines running XP, such as scopes and telecom measurement equipment. Simple solution: keep them off the network.

  5. Reminds me of... on Continued Rise In Autism Diagnoses Puzzles Researchers, Galvanizes Advocates · · Score: 1
  6. François Englert on Physicist Peter Higgs: No University Would Employ Me Today · · Score: 1

    Congrats on 'forgetting' that Higgs shares this discovery with François Englert. Entry written by chauvinist Englishman?

  7. Personal Cloud on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Protect Your Privacy These Days? Or Do You? · · Score: 2

    My current solution is: - NAS (QNAP) at home with various apps - Exposure towards the internet is SSH, VPN and https (with self-signed certificate) The only weakness in this scheme is possible flaws in SSH, OpenVPN or SSL. Ignoring those, whatever I do remotely on my NAS is for my eyes only. Accessed through either my smartphone (n900) or debian based linux systems.

  8. Cheaper alternative ($6) on Not All USB Power Is Created Equal · · Score: 1
  9. Ami Pro on Charlie Stross: Why Microsoft Word Must Die · · Score: 1

    The sad thing is that one of the victims of Word was Ami Pro, the first WYSIWYG text editor for Windows. And it used styles (templates) they way it should. Still feel sorry for those guys. I can't even remember how many messed-up documents I took from desperate people, stripped them to bare ascii, set up the styles the way they wanted and started applying. Should have seen their eyes when the document came out of the printer.

  10. Re:Here's the real problem he has on Charlie Stross: Why Microsoft Word Must Die · · Score: 1

    I'm sorry, but many (if not most - I'm out of the pre-press business for a few years) workflows are fully PDF and importing one as source is dead easy. I bet they have more problems with Word.

  11. Glossy touchscreen? No VESA mount? on All-in-Ones Finally Grow Up, With Fast Graphics, SSDs, and CPUs · · Score: 3, Insightful

    No thanks...

  12. Re:Boeing down 7% on NYSE on 787 Dreamliner On Fire Again · · Score: 1

    OK, you win my joke of the day award (even if it's nearly 30 minutes into the next day already here). Thanks!

  13. Re:there were no signs of fire ... wrong on 787 Dreamliner On Fire Again · · Score: 1

    No it isn't... RTFA you link to: that fire started in an area below cabin, not above.

  14. Re:but my LAN security! on Free Wi-Fi: the Movement To Give Away Your Internet For the Good of Humanity · · Score: 1

    one word: VLAN

  15. Re:Are you an engineer? on Ask Slashdot: Developer Or Software Engineer? Can It Influence Your Work? · · Score: 1

    Exactly. Plus, a Software Engineer has a very broad basic knowledge because the first years in your engineering studies are common for a lot of fields, so a software engineer also has basic electronics and mechanical (amongst others) knowledge. A programmer could be anybody who had programming lessons or learned by himself. Which is why a software engineer is a lot more useful in projects which combine include software and hardware design.

  16. Re:Apple isn't anti-open source on Ask Slashdot: Hackable Portable Music Player For Helicopters? · · Score: 1

    On the other hand, Apple went into extreme efforts to encrypt the ipod so that it becomes near impossible to have it run your own firmware. Apple will allow you to write apps, as long as they agree with your app and it doesn't duplicate functionality. Try writing a replacement music player app for your ipod. Good luck.

  17. operation every two years on Researchers Push Implanted User Interfaces · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yay, looking forward to the operation every two years, to upgrade or repair.... seeing how long it takes for electronics to break these days, or how long hardware/software is supported by the manufacturer.

  18. Oh yes! on MIT Media Lab Rolls Out Folding Car · · Score: 1

    I really want a car that will be completely wet inside after being parked in the rain for some time! Seriously though, I think the folding will remove the stiffness of the frame, and as such the stability while driving and the safety in case of an accident.

  19. Re:Prior art? on IBM Snags Patent On Half-Day Off of Work Notifications · · Score: 1

    How? I don't see any way in Outlook to make it send out of office replies for every afternoon, for example....

  20. Re:The code gets larger, and yet things dissapear! on Firefox Too Big To Link On 32-bit Windows · · Score: 1

    On this old and slow XP system here at work chrome starts up in mere seconds (5), so either there is something wrong with your machine, or your OS....

  21. bye bye FF on Official "Firefox With Bing" Released · · Score: 1

    With Google now producing its own browser with a fair marketshare, I think Mozilla made a huge blunder here... I think it will be byebye FF soon, when Google cuts it off from its money. Maybe MS can fund them, but why would they? Once IE is firmly integrated into the next Win version, who's going to bother with FF?

  22. Strange outcome on Entry-Level NAS Storage Servers Compared · · Score: 1

    QNAP comes out as best in nearly all tests, yet they still recommend one of the brands that performed way worse? (disclaimer: I run a QNAPclub community forum)

  23. Blame big corporations. Really on Shady Reshipping Centers Exposed · · Score: 3

    Reshipping centers only exist because some big corporations refuse to sell their goods to the whole world, causing people to look for ways to pretend to be in the US so they can order the stuff.

  24. Another thing that's not right on Does Italian Demo Show Cold Fusion, or Snake Oil? · · Score: 1

    Somewhere on the page is a detail picture of "one of the 52 units of 27kW", out of which come a few wires that look way too thin to pass a 27kW output.

  25. Re:Anti-NAS on Ask Slashdot: Network Backup Solution Out of the Box? · · Score: 1

    Get a QNAP NAS, and your opinion will change :)