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  1. Re:Ubuntu, worst linux distribution name ever... on Linspire CEO Considers CNR for Ubuntu · · Score: 1

    I fail to understand if you try to be funny or if you really don't know, what you are talking about. However...

    "Ubuntu" _is_ a Zulu word. Ubuntu _was_ intended as an african Linux distribution. The essential meaning of "ubuntu" is "humannes", though that is rather simplified. It extended meaning is that "a human is a human being through other human beings". But even that is too simple. It also contains respect and concern for one's family, one's neighbors and is fundemantally inclusive, in strong contrast to the fundemantal exclusive of the western culture.

  2. Has Microsoft learned something? on Microsoft, OSI Discuss Shared Source Licenses · · Score: 1

    Now that's news. Next they'll start releasing software under the terms and conditions of the GPL. Is Microsoft finaly starting to learn?

  3. Not funny, actually on Can Asbestos Help Us Understand Nanotoxicity? · · Score: 1

    The border between blood and brain can be crossed by only very few substances. This border is the reason why so many drugs have to be take in very high doses if these drugs have to affect the brain.

    Nanoparticles, however, just jump over this border as if it were nonexistant. And don't forget that there is no known way to filter nanoparticles, eg, in air. You may be able to filter nanoparticles in a very small volume, but that's it. You cannot build an gasmask with the ability to filter out nanoparticles.