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  1. Re:No notebook in my near future. on Flight of the Desktops · · Score: 1

    This is not a new concept, its called the "desktop network", only issue is you need all the devices to use IPv6 and dump the old interrupt system for devices. The idea is not impossible and all the technologies exist today to do it, what is needed is for everyone to agree to some standards. I personally cant see that happening in a rush as all the hardware makers have their own proprietary interests.

  2. Hot Rocks on Harry Reid Pushes Nevada As "Saudi Arabia of Geothermal Energy" · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Actually when it comes to Geothermal energy production you don't actually need volcanic activity at all. Another method of collecting and converting geothermal energy is the hot dry rocks (HDR) method. The advantage with HDR is that you dont have to install power converters in geologically unstable environs like in iceleand etc thus you can imagine the insurance costs are way lower.

  3. Re:damn... on USPTO Lets Amazon Patent the "Social Networking System" · · Score: 1

    technically they have, the US courts have already ruled software methods as not being patentable.

  4. Re:Knome on Ozzy Osbourne To Be Genetically Decoded · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Knome!!, so will the kde people be releasing an SDK, man I would love to code some software based on that

    User "why isnt my printer working" Kubuntu "Shut the f**k up"

    Then again nothing has will have changed

  5. The main function of the on USPTO Lets Amazon Patent the "Social Networking System" · · Score: 1

    internet is social networking in reality (the transfer of information between individuals and groups), so basically Amazon have been given a patent for the internet, wtf crack monkey at USTPO let this one pass.

  6. Re:Hypocrisy on Wikipedia To Unlock Frequently Vandalized Pages · · Score: 1

    The problem I have with Wikipedia is the information offered be it historical or just general information about a particular subject is often clouded by opinion. In some cases there is a good attempt at providing good data but there are these little land mines of opinion instead of truth that have made me avoid using the service. The only data Wikipedia will and can offer in a historical context is what the most common (not necessarily correct) opinion is on a subject is at the time.

  7. And if you on $1 Trillion In Minerals Found In Afghanistan · · Score: 4, Insightful

    think China and Russia are just going to sit on the side lines and let the USA get first pick on the mineral resources they better go put their flack jackets back on.

  8. Shotwell is beta on Ubuntu Replaces F-Spot With Shotwell · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As much as I like having one less set of libs to install I have to say shotwell is way behind F-Spot on the usability front. I would say Shotwell needs another year to mature before it gets even near what F-spot is "now". Ubuntu is a key representation of Linux on the desktop and if users have to deal with a very beta experience of shotwell I dare say it wont reflect positively on Linux as a whole (I personally prefer Digikam over F-Spot).

  9. Hmmm on Best Telephone For Datacenters? · · Score: 1

    I am a bit confused by the actual question itself as the poster doesn't define what type of telephone/s he wants to use the headset with. Does he want something that works with a mobile/pc/desk/cordless phone as there are different combinations for each setup. Me personally I use a Plantronics Voyagerpro (dual mic) with a USB dongle for my PC and my mobile. If I was looking at a PC/Desk phone rig I would go with a Plantronics Savi Office Pro WO300 or WO350.

    http://www.plantronics.com/north_america/en_US/products/office/wireless-headsets/savi-office-wo300

  10. Stupidity of Government on The Men Who Stare At Airline Passengers, Coming To the UK · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The laugh is terrorist organisations know about SPOT and train what is called "clean skins" to get past all this crap. Usually they use well educated young people and dress them in designer western clothes and train them to use mental triggers so they never look nervous or out of place. The only thing SPOT will find is some poor bastard who hates flying or is worried when he gets were ever he is going will he be on time.

  11. AI DDOS Monitoring on Prosecuting DDoS Attacks? · · Score: 1

    rather than throw lawyers at the problem (when has that ever truly fixed a problem) why isnt there some AI DOS attack management system, even more curious why does the internet allow DOS attacks in this age of multi core 64 bit cpu's (even get multi core arm or atom cpu's). You would think after 40 odd years someone would have said "you know we better fix this problem". The internet has reached a stage were it is just as important a service as power and water thus it should not be able to be pulled down by some 12 year old pissed off with the world (haven't we all been there).

  12. Re:Two sides on India Attempts To Derail ACTA · · Score: 1

    This would have worked if the BBC had not sent a reporter to India as a fake buyer and actually found they could buy fake drugs "made locally" in India.

  13. Two sides on India Attempts To Derail ACTA · · Score: 1

    There are two sides to this argument, if you ever visit Africa the place is flooded with cheap fake drugs with a 10-20% true dosage mostly coming from!!! yep you guessed it INDIA. The question for me is, is the Indian government complaining because the ATA may restrict real sales or are they using this argument as a trojon horse as they are being bribed by the fake drug industry. It is hard to say when dealing with India as corruption at the official level is so endemic.

  14. Kmail on Sneak Preview For Coming KDE SC 4.5 · · Score: 1

    Yes but will Kmail finally support html editing, you know like every decent graphical email client has since the turn of the century.

  15. I can see it now on Scientists Implant Biofuel Cells Into Rats · · Score: 1

    Dan "sheesh John you are a pig today, slow down" John "been a busy day, had to recharge my laptop and mobile phone of my Persocharger so now I am starving" Dan " heard Rachael got booked into a hospital because her glucose levels crashed when she forgot to take a mains cable on holiday for her vibrator" Both laugh

  16. Re:the lede on Black Duck Eggs and Other Secrets of Chinese Hacks · · Score: 5, Informative

    Hate to blow you out of the water but the US government does leak private details of foreign companies collected by it's national security agencies. A good example was the US government being caught red handed leaking secret wheat price bids from Canadian companies to local US suppliers collected by the NSA. So if the US is happy to stab a trading partner like Canada in the back what do you think they are doing to none aligned entities like China!

  17. Re:A word to the wise: on Ultrasound As a Male Contraceptive · · Score: 1

    wow, I can finally get to post the words Microsoft and nuts in the same sentence and not sound like I am having a rant

  18. Re:1 million on iPad Isn't "Killing" Netbook Sales, According To Paul Thurrott · · Score: 1

    The other question is how many customer who purchased the iPAD were looking at an iPhone, iPOD Touch or even laptops, I cant help but feel the iPad sales will reduce the growth numbers of Apples other products in some way. Who would buy an iPAD then soon after buy an iPOD touch, no one because one kills the other.

  19. Pfft on iPhone App Helps To Cure Vertigo · · Score: 1

    Im working on an iPhone app that cures bowel cancer, just shove said iPhone up your ass while watching Oprah and the little cancer critters will run away.

  20. Re:Advice, Dawg on How To Behave At a Software Company? · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Eat lunch by yourself so that you won't be obligated to reveal personal information.

    As a branch manager in an IT company this is bad news to me, it tells me employee in question is not a team player shown by their inability to communicate well with others. IT is about the flow of information and team work not about building walls. The best advice I can give anyone just starting a job is to not to form opinions and listen.. Also do not try and show off as this may mark you as being insecure. So on your first day take a note book and use it as this will tell your employer that you are serious about your job. Last but not least "be yourself"

  21. Backup on How Do You Handle Your Keys? · · Score: 1

    I cant believe a bunch of computer geeks cant see the obvious, yes have backups (then again geeks generally don't do backups). I have backups that are broken up sets, work, home, car, porn server. Also I have a general backup set in my main carry bag that I take to work just in case I forget my keys on the way out the door in the morning (I catch a bus as parking is a nightmare were I work so forgetting my car keys is a problem). But at the end of the day the best backup is to leave a set with your wife or girlfriend or a good mate you can ring to get you out of trouble.

  22. Re:One question on Austria Converts Phone Booths To EV Chargers · · Score: 1

    I can see it now in the tourist guides..

    Warning!! when using public phones in Austria first make sure you are not earthed, there is a high probability of brain damage.

  23. Links Links on NASA Mars Rover Spots Its Ultimate Destination · · Score: 4, Informative

    Don't you hate it when /. posts are linked to blog sites instead of the home page, anyway post your links below

    Home Page

    http://marsrover.nasa.gov/spotlight/20100430a.html

    Images

    http://marsrover.nasa.gov/gallery/press/opportunity/20100430a.html

  24. Naive to say the least on New Russian Science City Modeled On Silicon Valley · · Score: 2, Insightful

    putting a group if geeks in one spot and throwing money at it wont work, the Japanese did the same and it failed miserable. You have to have not only bright scientists but people who know how to manage and sell the ideas that are created by these people. Im an ideas man in my company but I will be the first to admit without good assistance from those around me I would have given up on many of my concepts within the first hour.

  25. This purhcase is about Apple protecting itself on Clues That Apple's Bought Another Processor Design House · · Score: 1

    I think people really need to look closer at what is in Apples products and how they relate to products sold by Apple "now". The CPU in the iPhone is an ARM Cortex cpu supplied by Samsung but guess who is the joint developer of the cpu, yep you got it Intrinsity. What Apple are doing here is making sure they can control the technology under the hood of their products no more no less. It is a good business decision and also makes sure they don't have any legal (patents) problems down the road.