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  1. Re:These are secrets? on Apple Is Giving Away Its Secrets By Litigating · · Score: 1

    The current management at Nokia is plenty competent - they just have ..*puts on tinfoil hat*.. a slightly different target than one might expect.

  2. Re:A good reason to go independent on Is Your Neighbor a Democrat? There's an App For That · · Score: 4, Funny

    So, republican, Texan or both ...

  3. Re:They Know Best on Apple Support Allowed Hackers Access To User's iCloud Account · · Score: 5, Funny

    I prefer the solution at webex - I have a weblink, that opens to a page showing my current password in cleartext.... ...others should really implement this, seeing how userfriendly it is!

  4. Re:How about tri-ligual, quad-ligual ? on Bilingual Kids Show More Creativity · · Score: 2

    Kids of multilingual parents are adversely affected, if the parents do not stick to a single language when communicating with their children.

    Example: I'm effectively bilingual (DK, EN_UK), and made the mistake of using two language with my kids (EE and DK). The children's mother is Estonian, so the outcome is that the kids are crap at Danish, are not good enough at Estonian.
    Meanwhile, the big girl is learning English from me and her mother use of it when we talk - this is becoming an additional language for her, through natural processes.

    So, if you have children, and speak more than 1 language, make sure you choose just 1 to use with your kids directly. You can choose different language than your partner, and you can use a 3rd language between the parents.

  5. Re:I'll believe it on Oculus Rift Virtual Reality Headset Blows Past Kickstarter Goal · · Score: 1

    Also, if I have to go buy a console first, no sale.

    I think there is a console on Kickstarter too, so you can doubly invest in things that aren't guaranteed to move forward!

  6. Re:Speed of light on Speed of Sound Is Too Slow For the Olympics · · Score: 4, Funny

    I suggest electrical stimuli - 240v should suffice

  7. Re:I'm feeling gypped on Peter Jackson Announces Third Hobbit Movie · · Score: 1

    Lets see ..

    The Fellowship of The Ring: 539 pages
    The Two Towers: 439 pages
    The Return of the king : 378 pages
    Unfinished Tales: 531 pages
    The Silmarillion: 366 pages
    Book of Lost Tales I: 279 pages
    Book of Lost Tales 2: 340 pages
    The Lays of Beleriand: 435 pages
    Shaping of Middleearth: 410 pages
    Lost Road and other writings: 374 pages
    The Children of Hurin: 259 pages
    The Hobbit: ... uhm.. Wait ... I guess I don't have that one ... strange..

    Anyways, there is material enough for 3 movies, if taking everything into account in The Hobbit and LoTR appendixes and notes spread across other books.

  8. Re:Honest question on The Nuclear Approach To Climate Change · · Score: 1

    It's a question of calculating the total emissions for each type of energy source, and it's not an easy process.

    While I support the merit of evaluating energy sources on metrics such as emission, it can lead to the flawed notion that we need to look for a single, perfect energy source.

    Instead, we need to look for multiple energy sources, at least for the time being. Solar in some regions, wind in other. Wave-energy in Scotland, and BS-power in Washington and Pyongyang.

  9. Re:Easier headline... on Being Honest In Exit Interviews Is Pointless · · Score: 1

    Easier headline: exit interviews are pointless.

    Say no to the exit-interview - what are they going to do, fire you?

    --
    Taxation is legalized theft, no more, no less.

    I kinda feel sorry for you, that you feel that way.

  10. Re:God Bless America! on EFF Challenges National Security Letter · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thank you, mon ami. I'll have you know that last weekend, we celebrated Bastille Day by eating French Toast.

    Thought that was from Germany

    French Fries

    Those are dutch-belgian..

    French Dip roast beef sandwiches

    ...invented in Los Angeles

    French Bread baguette

    That just seems redundant!

    But you got pretty close, so points for now being Canadian!

  11. Re:It makes the same "no First World" mistake as N on MeeGo Startup Jolla Signs Phone Deal · · Score: 1

    Not understanding your comment about the N9 - only place I know of anyone having bought it is the USA; What was the mistake you're refering to?

  12. Re:Enough with the gimmicks. on Hollywood Acts Warily At Comic-Con · · Score: 1

    really? So lining the theater with with whatever to create the equivalent of a faraday-cage (I saw something elsewhere, showing a "wallpaper" that blocked radio-waves) is actually illegal? Also if you put up big signs telling people to not enter in case they need emergency phone-service and noone are able to reach the doors out?

    hmm.. Was actually liking the idea of building an RF shielded home, just for the heck of it.

  13. Re:Vale Linux on Valve Continues Recruiting Top Linux Talent · · Score: 1

    I have a mac - Dual Core, 2Ghz, nVidia graphics and an SSD is not enough to run the Steam Client itself*; Really don't want to know what it takes to run their wine-ports of Steam Games on Linux

    *: It is slow and for-all-purposes-useless.

  14. Re:Geek points for the unique interface solution on Controlling Linux Using an Android Phone As Mouse, Keyboard, and Gamepad · · Score: 1

    Kate

  15. Re:Why IE9 did well on Firefox Notably Improved In Tom's Hardware's Latest Browser Showdown · · Score: 1

    They looked at the RAM usage for the process/image, instead of the difference in free+cache RAM between not running and running? Flaw process is flawed.

  16. Re:who gives a fuck on Firefox Notably Improved In Tom's Hardware's Latest Browser Showdown · · Score: 1

    Seems TitsUp.com is a premium domain that is for sale ... could be nice name for computer-repair shop (ahem..), but not for 10K USD.

  17. Re:Blizzard distributes patches via Bittorrent on BitTorrent Usage Increases In Europe, Following the Pirate Bay Blockade · · Score: 2

    Last I looked, you called them "Spain"

  18. Re:Blizzard distributes patches via Bittorrent on BitTorrent Usage Increases In Europe, Following the Pirate Bay Blockade · · Score: 1

    Oblig. Grease quote: "Yeah, what are you suppose to do with them the rest of the 23 hours and 45 minutes of the day? "

  19. Re:Trouble in paradise on First iOS Malware Discovered In Apple's App Store · · Score: 1

    That could be the coolest app - one that, for a short while, controls attack-drones during raids. You can then say you helped attack some al-kaida tourist camp, and only for 15.99 for 6 minutes of drone-control!

  20. Re:It's briefly touched upon in TFA on Sea Level Rise Can't Be Stopped · · Score: 1

    at 1m, Holland disappeared - what you got against them?

    Note: I'm not convinced the map is correct. Part of the flood-map seem optimistic compared to what I expect based on local knowledge.

  21. Re:Jesus, stop being pathetic! on Linux Users Banned From Diablo III Servers · · Score: 1

    So, just like in Linux? :)

    *ducks and hides*

  22. Re:Now to understand what it means on Supreme Court: Affordable Care Act Is Constitutional · · Score: 1

    "Obamacare" has a provision that forces insurance companies to spend at least 85% of their premiums on providing health care and limiting overhead to 15%.

    Does this also extend to any "extras" or "optionals" that the insurance companies may think up outside of basic coverage? Or, are they able to offer just the basics at a low rate, and have all relevant extras at a higher cost with added profit to them?

  23. Re:it's obvious on Faulty Patch Freezes Millions of UK Bank Accounts · · Score: 1

    Unless SNCB changed their rules recently, you're allowed to buy the ticket on the train as long as you advice the conductor at the time of boarding. I've taken to use this approach as a matter of expediency, since there is usually issues with the Metros/Busses (MIVB/STIB are incompetent beyond belief), and I cannot leave any earlier due to the opening hours of my child's creche.

    Purchasing on board the train may be a bit more expensive, but if you explain why (ticketing not possible, expedient), you should be able to avoid the surcharge.

  24. Re:Summary of Previous Discussion on Nvidia Engineer Asks How the Company Can Improve Linux Support · · Score: 1

    This is the part I don't understand:

    Why is Linux unable to provide a stable API, at least over a given period?

    Linux 3.x has been released. Why could it not have a set of API/ABI calls that are guaranteed to be stable for the duration of the v3.x kernel?
    Example
        SomeFunction() - Default function, does something, but not 100% guaranteed to behave the same way always.
        SomeFunction_v3() - Largely same function, but guaranteed stable for Linux v3.x

    Manufacturers like nVidia can utilize the _v3() calls if they prefer, and state that they support/require Linux v3.x kernels. A user then knows to stick with Linux v3.x until a new API and new drivers are released.
    nVidia et al can also choose to have a build that uses the regular calls, so users on a different kernel can at least try to get the drivers working on a pre-release. Such a build would likely not be fully supported, but being available would mean that tinkering/deviating is possible.

    As for Linux having to maintain the stable calls, this might be an advantage, not just in terms of getting more/stabler drivers. It should force some discipline into the kernel-developers, that at least in the past has been missing (I don't mess with kernels any longer, but around 2.4/2.6 there were some shitty kernels released occasionally.) Naturally, the Kernel would need a "Non-Free" option to enable any ABI to be used by binary blobs - RMS compliance and all that.
    Note: It might also be possible to get ATI/AMD/nVidia/BroadComm etc to help with developing the stable interfaces, if they can see that this is in their interest. Would help to get them into the kernel and tinkering.

    Overall, I think it is a win/win situation if a time-limited API/ABI can be available for those manufacturers, who refuse/cannot participate directly in kernel development, and one Linus and Friends should reconsider.

    Note: I can appreciate the fear that if further support for Binary Blobs is added, manufacturers would simply skip on developing drivers inside the kernel. Only solution, that I can see, is to set up a team to help facilitate proper driver-development, which could make in-kernel development cheaper for the HW companies, than doing Binary Blobs on their own.

  25. Re:Ugh, this makes me mad. on Nvidia Engineer Asks How the Company Can Improve Linux Support · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I would think that the Nouveau project would prefer to keep nVidia people/developers out of the source - they cannot risk there being any "polution" of intellectual property.
    Lawyers should first classify what the company can divulge (and their answer: Nothing), before anyone from nVidia even thinks about looking at the Nouveau source.