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Comment Re:RIP (Score 1) 1613

While I'm not a fan of Apple's business practices, Steve made a lot of advances in technology. RIP.

You mean advances in design.. the technology innovations weren't his, he just took them to the next level of usability. Something which I aspire to somewhat in my own line of work. So I didn't appreciate a lot of the things Apple did and don't own the toys (because that's what they are), but I don't deny what they did to the field of personal computing.

RIP Jobs.. enter greedy corporate bastards carving Apple's carcass into their own personal empires.

Comment Re:Putyour money were your mouth is! (Score 1) 178

Seems like a strawman technique to me though. "Hey everyone, the movie pirates were liars - they didn't buy this terrible movie after downloading it for free off Bittorent!" If it was a half decent movie, I would most likely download it and buy it if I liked it... but a horror movie titled Tunnel? Not interested in even the free version.

I think you're right, with that name they should've tagged it as a porn movie.

Comment Not-a-troll (Score 1) 901

I think this proves what my personal experience is.. that there's a lot of good in Linux for the end-user, especially in Ubuntu. But there are SERIOUS gaps in drivers & usability sometimes. It's a better effort from a community than I thought possible some years ago, but amount of work to keep all drivers up-to-date is just too much. Windows wins by virtue of all companies automatically developing drivers for it.. so whenever some driver doesnt work, it's the vendor, not M$ that gets the blame. But with linux driver handling is so integrated into the system most users (like my wife) just go "linux sucks" when something doesnt work. This is just my opinion and doesnt need to be followed by posts asking "So what exactly doesnt work?" and "You're wrong, all you need to do is configure doohickey1 by using nageesh3.8, which you can get with the command...."

Comment Re:TCO Fud (Score 1) 465

While you're probably a troll, i'll take your bait:

Not every church has this problem, because not every church expects celibacy from their priests. For example: Lutheran (protestant) clergy are allowed to marry, thus have no need to get their rocks off prison style.

Comment Re:TCO Fud (Score 1) 465

Come on, Bill gates more popular than the pope, Total Cost of ownership bullshit... I agree this is news for nerds but, is it stuff that matters? No.

I can see Bill being more popular than the pope, atleast he just screws his mainly adult customers, while the catholics are known for their penchant for the underage demographic.

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Research Suggests E-Readers Are "Too Easy" To Read 185

New research suggests that the clear screens and easily read fonts of e-readers makes your brain "lazy." According to Neuroscience blogger Jonah Lehrer, using electronic books like the Kindle and Sony Reader makes you less likely to remember what you have read because the devices are so easy on the eyes. From the article: "Rather than making things clearer, e-readers and computers prevent us from absorbing information because their crisp screens and fonts tell our subconscious that the words they convey are not important, it is claimed. In contrast, handwriting and fonts that are more challenging to read signal to the brain that the content of the message is important and worth remembering, experts say."
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Linux Kernel Exploit Busily Rooting 64-Bit Machines 488

An anonymous reader writes "Running 64-bit Linux? Haven't updated yet? You're probably being rooted as I type this. CVE-2010-3081, this week's second high-profile local root exploit in the Linux kernel, is compromising machines left and right. Almost all 64-bit machines are affected, and 'Ac1db1tch3z' (classy) published code to let any local user get a root shell. Ac1db1tch3z's exploit is more malicious than usual because it leaves a backdoor behind for itself to exploit later even if the hole is patched. Luckily, there's a tool you can run to see if you've already been exploited, courtesy of security company Ksplice, which beat most of the Linux vendors with a 'rebootless' version of the patch."

Comment Re:Not a mistake? (Score 1) 454

Perhaps the problem isn't in the part of the justice system which proceeded with the charges based on the statements of those women.

Perhaps the problem is with the western justice system that by and large allows false rape charges to be leveled without fear of real repercussions. As this is a crime that usually ruins the reputation of the man (and yes, it's always a man that's the accused) even when the accusations prove false, why should there not be a serious consequence for leveling charges that can be later proven as lies?

Maybe the false accuser should receive the punishment for the crime for which she tried to accuse someone of (that is, if the accusation can be proven false). You'd see a lot less women going "I'll scream rape if you don't let me cut in front of you in the line".

Comment Mattel Intellivision (Score 1) 492

Intellivision is a console I was forced to buy "in the flesh" because it just can't be emulated properly. And i'm not talking about the software, for which there is several emulators.. i'm talking about the controller. The baby packs:

16 directional control disc
0-9 numpad with Enter/Clear buttons
Plus a few "non-specific" buttons

Also considering how the controller is used, with overlays on the numpad, it just makes it that much harder to have anywhere close to the same feel or layout on PC joysticks or any Mouse+KB combination.

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