User: dp_wiz

computers, television sets and cell phones

On: Intel Says Brain Implants Could Control Computers By 2020

...so they can be used to operate computers, television sets and cell phones

In my 2020es? duh!

DMCA to the rescue!

On: How To Stop Businesses Storing SSNs Indefinitely?

Copyright your SSN and sue them to the ground.

Oblig.

On: South Korea Deploys Cloned Drug-Sniffing Dogs

I for one welcome our new drug-sniffing overlords!

Obl. "Singularity Sky" quote

On: Could We Beam Broadband Internet Into Iran?

Entertain us

Backdoors in your Windows is not enough?

On: ZigBee Pro, the New Home Automation Standard?

Try those new backdoors in your back doors!

Security metrics

On: Europe Funds Secure Operating System Research

aims to be more reliable and secure than either Linux or Windows

Why not both?

- How it goes?
- We can't yet beat Linux security so we should market as "more secure than Windows".
- Okay. Compile, ship.

Re:Piracy != Lost Sales

On: Independent Dev Reports Over 80% Piracy Rate On DRM-Free Game

Maybe it is time for them to start counting pirating as "failed conversion" too? Not buying after playing is just this - game is not good enough.

So what?

On: Stretching Before Exercising Weakens Muscles

Weakens muscles? Good for us! Every RPG player knows that it's easier to train a lower stats.

In ex-Soviet Russia....

On: Project Turns GPS Phones Into Traffic Reporters

There already such service operating for years. Local search (initially. now... you know..) service engine providing users with downloadable map app which can optionally use device's GPS to submit data and view traffic density based on that.

Re:Ummm it's called a sunburn

On: Seeing With Your Skin?

Sight would be a different interpretation of pain, with color being different degrees of pain.

It's also reflected in common language as "It's pain to see ....".

Re:Largely because

On: The Future of XML

We tax human work but not machine work. It's a huge tax avoidance system.

Ever heard of "Microsoft Tax" ?

Re:So make the change easier for them

On: Torvalds On Desktop Linux's Slow Uptake

ReactOS & misc. interface skins for XFCE, Gnome and KDE.

If you want deeper things than window frames, MSFT will sue your ass for UI plagiarism.

A picture worth a thousand words

On: 'Safe Ebola' Created for Research

Old news, btw.

Re:I kinda doubt it

On: Neuro-Reckoning May Reduce MMOG Time Lag

That reminds me about tachyon duel stuff..

2009 - kilometer of linux desktop!

On: Time Dimension To Become Space-like

It's oficial.

Re:What distro are they going to use?

On: Linux To Be Installed In Every Russian School

There are 3 competing distros for this project:
  * ASP Linux (RH clone)
  * ALTLinux and
  * RedHat itself

Just another bell...

On: What Vista SP1 Means To You

..to run `update-manger` and check for new ubuntu release.

Re:Maybe it failed for bureaucratic reasons?

On: Birmingham Drops Open Source Initiative

Let's not forget that most governments have unionized employees

So, that's the deal? Just ionize them!

Uninterruptible Internet Supply ?

On: Communicating Even When the Network Is Down

...to provide internet for my home cluster...

Thank you!

On: New Robot Can Sense Damage, Compensate

I would read your comments as daily /. digest...

Google's spreadsheets

On: Managing Money With Linux Apps

Cross-platform, worldwide accessible and familiar. Works for me.

Re:I've been doing "WAMP" for years...

On: Microsoft Partners With Zend

And now Microsoft offers you a "WIMP" stack.

"minus the human sacrifice"

On: Slashback: ICANN, OLPC, Agile, Yahoo, BayStar

That's the problem. It is actually a same case like in "Mozilla VS Debian". They should do sacrifices (approve patches) too for a permission to conduct a Super-Ultimate Lazer Lightshow (use firefox brand).

Re:Answer is

On: Do Big Screens Make Employees More Productive?

Please write text with a larger font. It is very difficult to locate it on this 45" panel...

Re:Dark corners?

On: Google Code Search Reveals Dark Corners

A whole play-field for MS lawyers...