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Comment YDL 6.1 on the PS3 (Score 4, Interesting) 232

Installing YDL 6.1 on my PS3 was my first Linux experience. I ran it over composite RCA to my TV so it wasn't much to look at, but it was step one in me becoming a computer guy.

I latter put YDL 6.2 on it and that had a much easier install, as I recall.

I went without upgrading to the OtherOS firmware for a year or so, but eventually some game I wanted to play required a newer firmware so I bit the bullet and installed it. I manually removed the Linux partition before the upgrade so I can't confirm whether the tales of the system not reclaiming the Linux partition if upgraded with it still in place were true.

Still have my PS3, only replaced the original 60GB HDD a few months ago. Didn't realize at the time I bought it in January 2007 I would be getting the most capable version of the hardware... early adoption went well for once. Only real downside compared to the newer models is how loud the cooling fans are.

Comment Re:I live in Chicago, and you HAVE IT WRONG... (Score 1) 200

I would "reasonably" expect children to be present in a school zone an hour before school starts and maybe a couple of hours after school ended.

I wouldn't consider it reasonable to expect children to be present while school was in session -- I mean, they're inside being taught, right?

Exactly my complaint with these zones.

If a playground area is directly adjacent to a road, then there is an argument for enforcing the lower limit through the whole school day on that road.

Otherwise the limit should only be in place during the start and end of the school day.

Comment Re:That's why Windows 10 should have ONLY been 64- (Score 1) 125

There's no reason to limp along with 32-bit hardware in late 2015. Core 2 came out in 2006 and signalled the "fast enough" era we still live in today... anything older is just wasting electricity and time.

Schools and businesses sell off Core 2 hardware for next to nothing. Craigslist will also yield good deals.

Your mother deserves better.

Comment Re:I don't get it (Score 2) 168

Instead of having a centrally planned monopoly and trying to determine a "sufficient" budget, I would much rather have competing companies that have to raise funds by convincing skeptical investors, and then have to generate profits by pleasing their customers.

How does that differ from the pre-FDA situation? It would seem problems with that model is exactly why the FDA was created in the first place.

Comment Re:What happened = gambling + sports (Score 1) 95

The skill aspect is more about finding players who are undervaluing by the gambling site's rating system than predicting the future of the actual contests.

A small number of people rake in most of the winnings on these sites, especially since they are allowed into every betting competition on the site.

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