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  1. It will be interesting to see how good these chips on Russia Wants To Replace US Computer Chips With Local Processors · · Score: 1

    It will be interesting to see how good these chips are. Potentially they could provide a cheap alternative for datacentres

  2. Re:Can someone translate the summary into English? on TrueCrypt Author Claims That Forking Is Impossible · · Score: 1

    So far as I can tell he claims that it would be impossible to re-license it under an OSS license and allow Matthew Green to use the trademark.

    probably true =- but why not just do what fedora did with "RealCrypt" - fork it and change the name?

  3. Re:Check your privilege on Yahoo's Diversity Record Is Almost As Bad As Google's · · Score: 2

    As a multi-ethnic interracial black Asian American gender fluid bisexual animal rights activist, in a relationship with a Somali Swede albino agendered homosexual with autism, I find it unacceptable that our particular cases are always ignored when talking about those matters.

    You weren't ignored, you were included in the two+ races.

  4. Re:Oh, the humanity! on Yahoo's Diversity Record Is Almost As Bad As Google's · · Score: 1

    As a white male, I am flagellating myself mercilessly to atone for my race's crimes.

    You'r human. I hope you give yourself a good flogging for a few more too

  5. You could argue that whites are under-represented on Yahoo's Diversity Record Is Almost As Bad As Google's · · Score: 2

    Given that 39% of the US personnel are Asian and only 4.9% of the population, whites are under-represented. Of course this shows how silly the claim that the "diversity is flawed" are - the number of employees reflect the number of qualified applicants

  6. Re:Unisys's on Unisys Phasing Out Decades-Old Mainframe Processor For x86 · · Score: 1

    Unisys's

    Not Unisys'

    Yes but hypothetically Multisys'

  7. Surprise on Google Fiber Is Officially Making Its Way To Portland · · Score: 1

    Google Fiber Is Officially Making Its Way To Portland

    They'll be pleased and surprised in Dorset by this.

  8. Don't forget on EU's Top Court May Define Obesity As a Disability · · Score: 1

    If the judges decide it is a disability then employers could face new obligations. Employers might in future have a duty to create reserved car parking spaces for obese staff, or adjust the office furniture for them, she said."

    Don't forget the super-large portion of chips they require in the canteen too.

  9. What? on Egyptian Blogger Sentenced to 15 Years For Organizing Protest · · Score: 2, Insightful

    that briefly ended 60 years of autocratic rule

    Haven't we learned from Syria and Iraq that autocratic rule is better than Muslim rule. During the brief Islamic rule of Egypt non-Muslims were killed, raped, burned out of homes and places of worship. Yes, they are a bit hard on this blogger - but lets not forget what the movement he supported stood for.

  10. Re:So ask big companies to stop wasting public IPs on Latin America Exhausts IPv4 Addresses · · Score: 2

    Does every cellphone, toilet, refrigerator, atm, medical device, desktop terminal, etc etc etc really need a public IP address?

    How else do you expect the NSA to track them?

  11. Re:On behalf of all network specialists, on Latin America Exhausts IPv4 Addresses · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We warned you years ago this would happen! But no-one ever listens.

    mañana

  12. Re:aka on Toyota Investigating Hovercars · · Score: 1

    I'm not sure why a person would want a hovercraft for general use. It's way more efficient to just have car that rolls on wheels. Lifting the entire car off the ground with a cushion of air is terribly inefficient. Not that there aren't any uses at all, but as a general purpose vehicle on public roadways, it seems like a terrible idea.

    Only for the niche that small hovercraft already fill - smoothly covering various reasonably flat terrains (marsh, road, water, sand, scrub-land, etc)

  13. Re:Wind chill on a space suit? on There's No Wind Chill On Mars · · Score: 5, Informative

    Wind chill works because of evaporation on the skin, right? I don't think anyone is going to be walking around on Mars outside a biosphere, in a T-shirt. If you're wearing a space suit, wind chill is totally irrelevant or am I missing something?

    Only partially - its also the continual replenishment of cold air against the skin. You don't sweat when you'r really cold.

  14. Re:Limits of incremental change or other constrain on Study: Male Facial Development Evolved To Take Punches · · Score: 5, Funny

    I realize that you evolve with the genome you have, not the genome you might want or wish to have at a later time;

    Say that again and I'll punch you ;-) ........ or should that be [;=))]

  15. Re:laws of physics Yes, laws of your state, No on Replicating the NSA's Gadgets Using Open Source · · Score: 1

    Yes, but anything messing with a cell phone is illegal unless you are above the law (law enforcement, Government etc.)

    Not your own cellphone for proof of concept surely?

  16. Re:Maybe forr once they really have to keep it sec on UK Seeks To Hold Terrorism Trial In Secret · · Score: 0

    That's the obvious alternative. When you have Muslim scum who are willing to go to any lengths to kill non-muslims and undermine freedom and democracy you have to do something.

    So you want to stop them undermining freedom and democracy by undermining freedom and democracy?

    Seems legit.

    Only for the terrorists - who don't believe in it anyway

  17. Re:And the funny thin is... on Google Has Received Over 41,000 Requests To "Forget" Personal Information · · Score: 1

    No one is asking Bing (or any other searchengine) to remove their names from the index.

    This whole thing is SO useless and will be forgotten itself in a few months.

    I wonder how many requests for removal come from Microsoft ..... and involve chair throwing

  18. Re:Maybe forr once they really have to keep it sec on UK Seeks To Hold Terrorism Trial In Secret · · Score: 0

    And it's quite better than to have these "potential terrorists" brought to court than to have then killed^H^H^H^H^H^Hhave an accident during their arrest.

    That's the obvious alternative. When you have Muslim scum who are willing to go to any lengths to kill non-muslims and undermine freedom and democracy you have to do something.

  19. Re:Right - I've just read the headline on $10k Reward For Info On Anyone Who Points a Laser At Planes Goes Nationwide · · Score: 1

    2 years without Chrisq's racist rants, sounds like heaven.

    Its lucky that you weren't around during WWII. You would have been insisting that complaining about Hitler and the Nazis was racist and "anti German"

  20. Right - I've just read the headline on $10k Reward For Info On Anyone Who Points a Laser At Planes Goes Nationwide · · Score: 0

    Right - I've just read the headline. I'm going out with my laser pointer, and since I live under a flight path 10k$ here we come!

  21. Re:They've been doing this for a year on Netflix Ditches Silverlight For HTML5 On Macs · · Score: 1

    lol people willingly use ChromeOS?

    I have a chromebook that I use for checking email, slashdot, etc. if I'm travelling light.

  22. They've been doing this for a year on Netflix Ditches Silverlight For HTML5 On Macs · · Score: 3, Interesting

    They've been doing this for a year on Chrome OS

  23. Re:This is so 1990s on Linux Mint 17 'Qiana' Released · · Score: 1

    I wonder how the port of OpenShot to Windows and Mac is coming along. They raised $45,000 in a Kickstarter last year for that purpose.

    Since its Qt based I would have thought that a port would be relatively easy

  24. Re:This is so 1990s on Linux Mint 17 'Qiana' Released · · Score: 1

    Given there's nothing in Linux that's Linux-only which I can't find an equivalent for in Windows, I end up staying with Windows because it supports everything including the edge cases, whereas Linux doesn't

    There are a few - I haven't found anything as easy for simple video editing as OpenShot for example. Admittedley this is a niche program for people who want to edit and caption and use a few preset "fades" but don't need to learn to use a full-featured video suite.

  25. Re:This is so 1990s on Linux Mint 17 'Qiana' Released · · Score: 1

    Mint is the number 1 distro according to Distrowatch. So imagine the possibility that someone else does care.

    An according to users, cinnamon is "number two".