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Comment iapps (Score 1) 230

The apple app store is definately NOT net neutral and, one: why would it have to be, and two: how does it really affect the rest of the web and the net neutrality disputes out there? I'm just sayin'.
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What Kind of Cloud Computing Project Costs $32M? 158

coondoggie writes "The US Department of Energy said today it will spend $32 million on a project that will deploy a large cloud computing test bed with thousands of Intel Nehalem CPU cores and explore commercial offerings from Amazon, Microsoft and Google. Ultimately, the project, known as Magellan, will look at cloud computing as a cost-effective and energy-efficient way for scientists to accelerate discoveries in a variety of disciplines, including analysis of scientific data sets in biology, climate change and physics, the DOE stated. Magellan will explore whether cloud computing can help meet the overwhelming demand for scientific computing. Although computation is an increasingly important tool for scientific discovery, and DOE operates some of the world's most powerful supercomputers, not all research applications require such massive computing power. The number of scientists who would benefit from mid-range computing far exceeds the amount of available resources, the DEO stated."

Comment Re:Who is calling for gvoernment restrictions? (Score 1) 352

If a product is good, and suits my needs, I will buy it. Not because someone manipulated me into thinking the company that provides it is my best buddy.

i get what your saying, but try this: Just about everything you do is based on some sort of what you call moral manipulation. From birth we are molded by our parents, to make informed decisions about what to accept and what NOT to be swayed by, when in fact THAT is a manipulation in itself. Manipulation is not all of the bad flavor; we all do it in our everyday lives. Perhaps you should look at life a little more optimisticly and not think everyone is out to sell you shit you don't want.

Comment Suicide Solution? (Score 1) 421

These types of games have RATINGS. Parent should be involved in childs desision to play them (or NOT). This is an old argument that has often been taken too far. It's like Ozzy and Rob Halford being sued over songs they wrote because some clown killed themselves and their parents misplace blame!

Comment Just the Facts (Score 4, Informative) 650

WTF are you talking about? That's absolutely NOT true. All versions of MS OfficeXP and 2003 are listed on the Vista compatibility pages :

https://www.microsoft.com/windows/compatibility/Browse.aspx?type=Software&category=Business%20%26%20Home%20Office&subcategory=Office%20Suites&page=2

Perhaps you should either do some research or work for Dell.

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