Comment Re:Why does linux get this? (Score 1) 240
A sample size of one is surely not statistically significant enough to make an argument on.
US Air Force To Suffer From PS3 Update 349
tlhIngan writes "The US Air Force, having purchased PS3s for supercomputing research, is now the latest victim of Sony's removal of the Install Other OS feature. It turns out that while their PS3s don't need the firmware update, it will be impossible to replace PS3s that fail. PS3s with the Other OS feature are no longer produced since the Slim was introduced, so replacements will have to come from the existing stock of used PS3s. However, as most gamers have probably updated their PS3s, that used stock is no longer suitable for the USAF's research. In addition, smaller educational clusters using PS3s will share the same fate — unable to replace machines that die in their clusters."
In related news, Sony has been hit with two more lawsuits over this issue.
Comment Re:health insurance is like auto insurance now (Score 1) 2424
No, its called taxation. It *is* the central part of a society.
Comment Re:It is bad, wrong way to go about it (Score 2, Informative) 2044
You must go to a mechanic that regularly pokes holes in your radiator too.
Comment Re:Not just corporations (Score 2, Insightful) 1070
Yes, I'm sure that the Union's will be able to match the corporations contributions.
Actually, what will probably happen is that Unions will be made illegal after all of the government is bought and paid for.
*This* is what the second amendment is for. We apparently don't have a working democracy anymore.
Comment Restraint of Trade (Score 1) 122
With Intel's restrictions on Netbooks on their Atom platform, it looks like Prima Facie evidence of restraint of trade.
Intel is going to be knocked around quite a bit, if they don't wise up.
Comment Re:At least it was fixable. (Score 1) 611
Open and configurable has nothing to do with this. A sufficiently intelligent malware could have made things as bad as a virus on Windows. Think of a malware that infects your libc to catch certain system function calls (such as those done by the "remove instructions") and redirects them to innocuous behavior. Even on a system that provides SHA1 checksum verification of all libraries and binaries installed through the package manager, you are still susceptible to a ill-behaving fopen/fread. The only way around something like that would be to boot from a clean boot disk with a known-good libc, which is pretty similar to the only way to be sure to clean a virus off Windows.
The fact of the matter is if you have root access and you run programs without knowing what they do, you are exposed to nasty things irrespective of what OS you are running.
The fact of the matter is if you have root access and you run programs without knowing what they do, you are exposed to nasty things irrespective of what OS you are running.
Comment Re:How do the statutes apply to rented property? (Score 1) 451
Yes, you are entitled to protection against unreasonable searches or seizures in a rented hotel room. Stoner v. California set that precedent.
Comment Re:It's not about the patent, it's about the lying (Score 1) 323
It is all about making things free that didn't used to be. Devalues everything over time - creators get the message that they might as well make it free when they have a choice before someone takes that choice away from them.
Or, creators get the message that they might as well not make anything at all.
Comment Re:Let's see how long he can keep it. (Score 1) 212
a one-legged chinese hooker.
... named Irene?
No... named Eileen!
Whoosh
Were Neanderthals Devoured By Humans? 502
Hugh Pickens writes "The Guardian reports that a Neanderthal jawbone covered in cut marks similar to those left behind when flesh is stripped from deer provides crucial evidence that humans attacked Neanderthals, and sometimes killed them, bringing back their bodies to caves to eat or to use their skulls or teeth as trophies. 'For years, people have tried to hide away from the evidence of cannibalism, but I think we have to accept it took place,' says Fernando Rozzi, of Paris's Centre National de la Récherche Scientifique. According to Rozzi, a discovery at Les Rois in south-west France provides compelling support for that argument. Previous excavations revealed bones that were thought to be exclusively human. But Rozzi's team re-examined them and found one they concluded was Neanderthal." (Continued, below.)
Comment Re:Steam Objector (Score 1) 159
Try L4d before you give up on Steam. Seriously, its an amazing game.
Intel To Design PlayStation 4 GPU 288
madhatter256 writes "According to the Inquirer it looks like Intel will be designing Sony's next gen console GPU. It will most likely be an off-shoot of the Larrabee GPU architecture. It is also unknown as of yet if Intel will also take part in the CPU design of the console. Due to current economic times it was a no brainer for Sony to go with Intel. " The article also mentions rumors of ATI getting the Xbox3 GPU and, if history is any judge, the Wii2 as well.
Comment Re:You gotta be kidding me (Score 1) 243
Yes, that "Long name ... amazing results" crap is apparently a franchise or branch operation. When I was in college, the local job search using that tag was "Spokane Area Help Wanted dot com" or something similar. Long name indeed.
Now that I'm all grown up, the local job search using that same phrase is "Fargo Jobs dot com". "Fargo Jobs dot com: Long name ... amazing results!" Are you friggin' kidding me? 9 letters. Microsoft.com is just as long of a name as that.
I hesitate to think what the owners of Fargo Jobs dot com would consider a short name ... FJ.com? F.com? Just .com?
(This post is in no way an endorsement of "Fargo Jobs dot com" or its ilk ...)
Now that I'm all grown up, the local job search using that same phrase is "Fargo Jobs dot com". "Fargo Jobs dot com: Long name
I hesitate to think what the owners of Fargo Jobs dot com would consider a short name
(This post is in no way an endorsement of "Fargo Jobs dot com" or its ilk
Comment Re:Hard to read.... (Score 1) 209
you let the tom bombadil chapter stop you? sheesh...
honestly, its one of the most confusing chapters in the book, and quie frankly is quite out of place. you wouldnt be missing anything if you skipped it.
Who is Tom Bombadil?
honestly, its one of the most confusing chapters in the book, and quie frankly is quite out of place. you wouldnt be missing anything if you skipped it.
Who is Tom Bombadil?
