shit that's insane

There's also this report on some electron-generated thermal anomaly on Saturn's moon Tethys

Removing "fallback to Gnome" mode from my desktop. From now on just XFCE.

I second this. A whole site full of "blah blah blah" nice graphics and catchy marketing terms and no clear explanation of wtf this openstack thing is and why should we, the sysadmins, care. I tried to find a working link and I ended up in Rackspace's site, downloading their openstack variation.

the public in general doesn't seem bothered by it.
And why should it. The large majority of the muslims just don't give a shit - like the large majority of the christians didn't give a shit when "Life of Brian" was released in theaters a few decades ago and the far-right protested by shutting down cinemas, burning books etc. The only way for the whole world to escape this religious stupidity that holds us back as a species is through technology and, I'm afraid, consumerism. Just load the middle east with a few million smartphones and tablets and watch them turn into the obedient "I don't give a fuck about god & associates, give me my new ipad" crowd we've all become :-P

This is probably the biggest issue for me (along with the lack of mainstream games)

not to be misunderstood here: this kid should be punished but 15 years is just madness

I definitely believe criminal activity should be punished but sending in prison a 20-year old for 15 whole fucking years and treating him as if he is a war criminal or serial killer, for simply hacking into a computer of a multi-billion-dollar company (which as it seems didn't care to invest some of it's awfully lot of money in protecting it's customer's data) , is a little too much. Especially when at the same time there are other criminals out there who roam free thanks to their financial status.

Because the companies that make the hardware are going to sell more modules :-P
I can't understand why the author is even mentioning laptops and PCs on this article. First make sure you can utilize the existing 1gbps technology, then see how to implement faster interfaces. Right now the bottleneck at home ethernet is slow hard drives and cheap "gigabit" NICs that underperform.

By inserting the trademark claim into the Facebook user agreement, the company hopes to bolster its standing in lawsuits against sites that incorporate the word 'book.'


What next? Are they going to force these sites owners to make a Facebook account and sign the new user agreement?

You should be more worried if someone uses your WiFi internet connection to do something illegal. Next moment the cops will be raiding your house, seizing all your hard drives for further examination, while you go through all the hell of the legal process attempting to prove that you are not an elephant. No thanks, if a guest wants to access my wifi he should ask for the password and take the extra 30 seconds needed to type it in.

- Excuse me Officer, can i take a photo of you in your car?

/smiles while preparing the rifle