Comment Linux sucks (Score 1) 311
Yes, Linux sucks, sometimes a lot. It also has some really good stuff.
The problem is that some people realise that linux sucks just after Linus realizes. That's sad.
Comment High prices will stay (Score 1) 1
I think the high prices will stay for a long time.
I believe that last year's low prices will not be reached until 2014.
The problem is that no seller will sell at low prices if it can sell at high ones. And the floodings is a very good excuse fot this.
Also I'm really disappointed that the SSD prices aren't going down.
Submission + - Fission power back on NASA's agenda (nature.com) 1
ananyo writes: A report released on 1 February by the US National Research Council has ranked nuclear power and propulsion came high on the list of priorities for NASA’s space-technology division.
Other technologies were ranked higher. But the committee said that small fission reactors could revolutionize the exploration of the Solar System by both humans and robots. Reactors could support long-lasting experiments on the surface of planets and power missions to the outer Solar System, where the Sun is too distant to provide much power for even the most efficient solar panels. And once human space exploration gets going, nuclear propulsion systems may be essential for multi-year trips to the asteroids or Mars. With twice the efficiency of chemical rockets, reactors could push astronauts not just farther, but also faster than ever before — which could help to reduce explorers' exposure to space radiation.
Other technologies were ranked higher. But the committee said that small fission reactors could revolutionize the exploration of the Solar System by both humans and robots. Reactors could support long-lasting experiments on the surface of planets and power missions to the outer Solar System, where the Sun is too distant to provide much power for even the most efficient solar panels. And once human space exploration gets going, nuclear propulsion systems may be essential for multi-year trips to the asteroids or Mars. With twice the efficiency of chemical rockets, reactors could push astronauts not just farther, but also faster than ever before — which could help to reduce explorers' exposure to space radiation.
Submission + - Battery Fabric Clothes Could Charge Gadgets (techweekeurope.co.uk)
judgecorp writes: "Researchers have produced flexible batteries resembling artificial leather, that can be woven into clothes. Applications could include t-shirts that charge your phone, or defibrillate you when you have a heart attack."
Submission + - HDD Pricewatch: How the Thai Floods Have Affected Prices (techspot.com) 1
jjslash writes: The hard disk drive supply chain was hit hard late last year when a series of floods struck Thailand. The Asian country accounts for about a quarter of the world's hard drive production, but thousands of factories had to close shop for weeks as facilities were under water, in what is considered the world's fourth costliest natural disaster according to World Bank estimates. That's on top of the human cost of over 800 lives. TechSpot has monitored a number of mobile and desktop HDDs to get a better overview of how the situation has developed in the last three months.
Comment Re:Not unless it changes a whole lot (Score 1) 591
1) Want a word processor? All the common linux distros install an excellent one by default. Windows? Bzzzt. You're on your own. Gotta buy something.
2) Spreadsheet? Same thing.
3) Presentation authoring? Same thing.
4) PDF reading? Linux comes with evince and others. On Windows you have to download Acrobat.
5) Halfway decent text editor? Linux comes with excellent ones. On Windows you have to hunt one down.
6) CD and DVD burning? Linux comes with it. Windows may include a crude one now; it never used to, when I didn't know any better than to use Windows.
7) Any scanner I ever tried Just Worked out of the box on linux. On Windows you have to install special driver software. Some of them are no longer supported at all on recent versions of Windows, but work fine on linux. The same for a lot of other hardware (sound, chipsets, add-on cards, etc).
8) Anything else you want to do. A myriad of apps are a click away in the Add/Remove software menu on linux. Oh, and they're all free too. On Windows, every one has to be tracked down individually, and usually purchased.
I agree.
No so easy is to setup your new printer.
Recently I was buying a wifi usb dongle. In the shop, there were several, I bought the only one with linux support. It costed about 80% more than others. I plugged it and it didn't work. It worked after 2 hours compiling software, and I actualy had to have internet to be able to gather all of the requilred dependacies.
Linux hardware support is just teriible. I had numerous problems with things that stopped working, with a new kernel versions -- Card readers, bluethouth dongles, video cards. And other things, just don't work on older kernels...
Linux has to be better. Otherwise it will remain to be just a nurdy OS.
Comment Let's face it. (Score 1) 594
C just does not have strings. NUL terminated strings is just a hack and a good one.
The real problem is that many people suck at coding, and worse, many code without a proper and thorough understanding of what they do.
There are no bad tools. There are misused ones.
Comment Re:no offline play = no sale (Score 1) 384
If !A -> B Therefore A -> !B
get your maths right. from !A -> B you can only infer !B -> A
This is still woring!
!A -> B == A | (!A &&B)
Comment Re:Ah, Avatar... (Score 1) 132
IMO games should be fun. If 3D brings fun -- why not?
Comment Re:Lots of good work now going to waste. (Score 1) 165
I think this is the single most disappointing announcement Google has ever done.
I totally agree. I think this is the end of "good" Google.
Comment Re:Abomination (Score 1) 136
The fact that the PDF was even able to be opened in older software is astounding.
I'm sorry, but my first experience with the PDF file format was exactly the opposite. I was trying to open a PDF document with adobe acrobat v. 3 or 4, and the only thing I've got was "Cannot open the file, use newer version of the program" - or something similar
Comment Re:It always seemed bloated... (Score 1) 646
Firefox & Mozilla were never light.
Comment Re:I think you're doing it wrong.. (Score 1) 389
class C++98:public C++, public ShootYourselfInTheLegWithACannon{};
Comment Re:I think you're doing it wrong.. (Score 1) 389
While I agree that C++ is a double edged sword, and an idiot can mess up everithing, you don't have to be genius, you don't need to use multiple inheritance, nor polymorphism, nor anything else to create a good & safe code.
Comment Re:Why is Verbosity Bad? (Score 1) 491
Example: a[i++] += b[j++]
One usualy writes
*a++ += *b++;
