Comment Re:Fuck secure boot. (Score 1) 274
Please join us on coreboot.org. We especially need more laptops.
Comment Re:Even if this was true... (Score 1) 1009
Ok. But there aren't very many AAA open source games. How do we go about changing that?
Comment Re:Even if this was true... (Score 1) 1009
Games still tend to be locked to Windows (annoying, I know), so here's hoping AMD stays alive long enough for Valve to port Steam Linux to ARM.
Comment Re:Wtf? (Score 1) 179
I'm a technical person. To quote you: "I'm not really that bothered" that someone like you doesn't believe that I am.
Why should I have to ask Microsoft for permission to create my linux distro? You are pretty ignorant to think that this is not important.
Why should I have to ask Microsoft for permission to create my linux distro? You are pretty ignorant to think that this is not important.
Comment Re:I can say this (Score 1) 488
What Linux distro do you prefer?
Not trying to flame here, just would love another data point.
Not trying to flame here, just would love another data point.
Comment So, this is just the semiaccurate.com one? (Score 1, Offtopic) 488
After I read the summary and all the links, they could have just put up http://semiaccurate.com/2012/11/14/microsoft-has-failed/ and a period!
The Empire In Decline? 488
An anonymous reader writes "Pundits continue to weigh in on Steve Sinofsky's sudden exit from Microsoft (as executive head of Windows Division, he oversaw the development and release of Windows 7 and 8). SemiAccurate's Charlie Demerjian sees Microsoft headed for a steep decline, with their habit of creating walled gardens deliberately incompatible with competitors' platforms finally catching up to them. Few PC users are upgrading to Windows 8 with its unwanted Touch UI, sales of the Surface tablet are disappointing, and few are buying Windows Phones. On the Sinofsky front, Microsoft watcher Mary Jo Foley is willing to take the Redmond insiders' word that the departure was more about Sinofsky's communication style and deficiencies as a team player than on unfavorable market prospects for Windows 8 and Surface. Meanwhile, anonymous blogger Mini-Microsoft had suspiciously little to say."
Comment Re:Really a company-wide email? (Score 2) 312
You say that like it's funny, but their Bay Area office had an explicit "no Linux installs allowed" policy. Maybe they've changed that now (I got sick of it and left), but developing iOS was a nightmare.
And you wonder why the commands are so brutal...it's nearly impossible to write them.
And you wonder why the commands are so brutal...it's nearly impossible to write them.
Comment Re:Encoded string (Score 3, Informative) 287
Ok, never mind about the AOAKN: http://www.ciphermysteries.com/2012/11/02/dead-pigeon-sparks-ww2-cipher-mystery
And decryption efforts are being coordinated here: http://en.reddit.com/r/cryptography/comments/12jipi/ww2_pigeon_carried_an_encrypted_text_here_it_is/.
(Thanks, by the way, for the info about all WWII German spies in the UK.)
And decryption efforts are being coordinated here: http://en.reddit.com/r/cryptography/comments/12jipi/ww2_pigeon_carried_an_encrypted_text_here_it_is/.
(Thanks, by the way, for the info about all WWII German spies in the UK.)
Comment Re:Encoded string (Score 2) 287
http://www.bletchleypark.org/news/docview.rhtm/675670 says the red capsule attached to the pigeon is an Allied capsule, so if the code is German the message is from a German spy.
It's more likely the code is British. It has "AOAKN" twice - once at the start and once at the end, and from the digraph frequency (below), "AO" "FN" and "AK" stand out. I think that rules out any Enigma-based codes (e.g. the British TypeX), as well as the US SIGABA - the AOAKN would not be repeated at the beginning and end. I haven't found a description of BAMS yet.
Digraph frequency:
2 AR
2 DJ
2 GH
2 JR
2 ME
2 RZ
2 UA
2 OA, 2 AK, 2 KN (this is AOAKN twice)
3 AO
3 FN
It's more likely the code is British. It has "AOAKN" twice - once at the start and once at the end, and from the digraph frequency (below), "AO" "FN" and "AK" stand out. I think that rules out any Enigma-based codes (e.g. the British TypeX), as well as the US SIGABA - the AOAKN would not be repeated at the beginning and end. I haven't found a description of BAMS yet.
Digraph frequency:
2 AR
2 DJ
2 GH
2 JR
2 ME
2 RZ
2 UA
2 OA, 2 AK, 2 KN (this is AOAKN twice)
3 AO
3 FN
Comment Re:Encoded string (Score 1) 287
If it is either of these ciphers, that means it was a message encoded using a German encryption scheme.
I think that means the message was from a German spy in England or for a British spy in Axis territory. (And the pigeon's number on the band was an "unregistered" number.) Either way, it should be a very interesting message.
I think that means the message was from a German spy in England or for a British spy in Axis territory. (And the pigeon's number on the band was an "unregistered" number.) Either way, it should be a very interesting message.
Comment Re:A little (Score 1) 232
Can I ask --
What good books? I'm always looking for good recommendations!
What good books? I'm always looking for good recommendations!
Comment Re:Already prepared. (Score 1) 232
Just out of curiosity: have you ever wanted to go sneak a power cable to the repeater and surreptitiously charge the battery? :-)
Comment Re:And this is why (Score 1) 946
That's funny... I recall the judge cleared that all up. What kind of stretched strawman are you trying for here?
The kernel devs already have a legally tested copyright to the Linux kernel source. This is NVidia trying to license their API and failing. Why defend them? Oh and it's rich for you to call Alan Cox a hypocrite while you incorrectly tell him what his chosen license means.
The kernel devs already have a legally tested copyright to the Linux kernel source. This is NVidia trying to license their API and failing. Why defend them? Oh and it's rich for you to call Alan Cox a hypocrite while you incorrectly tell him what his chosen license means.
Comment Re:Two sides (Score 1) 292
A little homework is all you need.
The low-grade radioactive byproducts have short half-lives. They still need to be held on-site for the time it takes to reach a safe level of radioactivity.
The same stuff that is radioactive for millenia is the same stuff that is useful to new generation reactors, so ship that off-site.
The low-grade radioactive byproducts have short half-lives. They still need to be held on-site for the time it takes to reach a safe level of radioactivity.
The same stuff that is radioactive for millenia is the same stuff that is useful to new generation reactors, so ship that off-site.
