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Comment Re:Congestion & old nets = little benefit (Score 1) 125

802.11ac isn't out yet but I have little hope of it really helping. I live in an apartment building I can already see 50+ routers on 2.4 & 10+ ON 5GH.

I just don't see that much of a benefit unless the congestion avoidance is really better than 102.11n.

You are probably right. I think this invention will be of more help: http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/12/10/23/1946248/increasing-wireless-network-speed-by-1000-by-replacing-packets-with-algebra It works basically "repair data" in RAR archives for WiFi networks, so distorted/damaged packets can be recovered even if their checksums don't match.

Comment Re:Thank you (Score 5, Informative) 139

I am Polish and actually, it is only our Prime Minister which is trying to manipulate the public into thinking that acta will not be ratified.

Most of us is pretty sure that it is only a suspension, not complete stop. Polish government has a long history of lying and manipulating us, so they are waiting for the protests to chill out and will push ACTA at other time.

We are now in the process of collecting signatures for a referendum, so we can kill ACTA once and for all. If that will not be enough, it may even be neccessary to remove the government.
Privacy

Submission + - Mr. Smith wants to watch you...all of you (slashgear.com) 2

ads49 writes: Apparently this Lamar guy just doesn't know when to quit. He's now pushing a law that forces ISP's to record your search history, credit card usage, and IP addresses you've been assigned for the last 18 months. So now when you are eventually suspected of something, they already have plenty of "proof" against you. Gotta love that forward thinking. http://www.slashgear.com/sopa-sponsor-has-another-internet-bill-that-records-you-247-20210264/

Comment Re:Counterattack. (Score 1) 495

Exactly.
It is important to realize that these guys will never ever stop unless we stop them first.

So we should actively find & destroy all politicans, corporations and organizations which create laws like these. When they get their asses kicked, they won't have such stupid ideas anymore.

Comment Re:MS Taking Aggressive Steps Against MALWARE On A (Score 5, Insightful) 675

Sir, you are either paid propagandist, or you have no idea what you are talking about.
The security we (Linux users) always wanted was supposed to be on software level, not on hardware level.

Doing anything like this on hardware level is definately anti-competitive.

Comment Re:Still a grind (Score 1) 276

As a casual gamer, I can confidently state that MMORPG's are not for casual players but only for hardcore gamers willing to spend large quantities of time and money. I have yet to encounter and MMORPG that doesn't feel like endless grinding within the first hour of play.

Actually, there is one. Vendetta Online does not require a lot of grinding. Being good is 75-90% skill, and only 10-25% gear. A veteran player can very easily kick ass of a newbie who has the best gear avaiable. In VO, it only takes 1-3 weeks of play to grind up to playable levels, so you can fight with the best. However Vendetta a big disadvantage comparing to WOW or other MMOs: it is boring, there isn't much happening there really.

Comment Re:Fundementally flawed (Score 1) 601

I completely agree with most of people here - bitcoin is flawed concept and a complete failure.

Therefore, everybody who wants to get rid of this heavy burden of having Bitcoins can send them to this address 16w7nVnj8mZoaoPxiQP3pAWiStSJo8DUqy so I will recycle them harmlessly.
Don't let the Bitcoin issue burden you ! I will fix your problem in no time.
Censorship

Submission + - Ask Slashdot: Do we, geeks realize our power ? (osnews.com) 3

TheBlackMan writes: I think we all agree, that the Internet is probably one of the most amazing & important inventions of mankind and that it has turned upside down the way humanity sees the world.
But after recent[1] events[2] , it should be now clear what are the intentions of world's largest governments towards freedom of the Internet.

This got me into thinking. After all it is us, geeks who started all of it. All the amazing power which computer era brought is in our hands. We are the ones who created every one of the modern communication technologies. It was geeks, not politicians who created WWW, Google, Facebook, IRC and only geeks can really comprehend it use it effeciently. We also have all the means needed to work and make decisions together effeciently — fast communication, control of all of the major network hubs, ease of organization virtual/real meetings using social networks. Also, unlike "common folk", most of us is fully aware what is currently happening in the topic of internet freedom and we usually have similiar viewpoints in this matter.

So, strictly theoretically speaking, what could happen if all of us who control the web would just refuse to follow orders and resist simultaneously ? Computer era and Internet and are both children of us, geeks. When it will come to it, can we really be forced to hurt or kill our children quietly ?

Firefox

Submission + - Mozilla MemShrink Set to fix Firefox Memory (internetnews.com) 3

darthcamaro writes: If you're like a lot of Firefox 4 users out there, you've probably noticed that Firefox has a serious memory problem — it uses alot more than it really should. At long last, Mozilla developers are finally set to take this issue seriously with a dedicated team called MemShrink that are focused on the problem.

"It's pretty clear by now that this is a much bigger problem than any one person can likely tackle," Mozilla Developer, Johnny Stenback said.


Power

Submission + - First solar power plant that works at night (dailymail.co.uk)

surveyork writes: The world's first commercial Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant that generates power at night has recently been commissioned.

"The Gemasolar Power Plant near Seville in southern Spain consists of an incredible 2,650 panels spread across 185 hectares of rural land.

The mirrors — known as heliostats — focus 95 per cent of the sun's radiation onto a giant receiver at the centre of the plant.

Heat of up to 900C is used to warm molten salt tanks, which create steam to power the £260million station's turbines.

But, unlike all other solar power stations, the heat stored in these tanks can be released for up to 15 hours overnight, or during periods without sunlight."

Company website: http://www.torresolenergy.com/TORRESOL/gemasolar-plant/en

Promo video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN-8DMZLpyI

Comment Re:fad (Score 1) 517

Since bitcoins can be destroyed through abandonment, I predict that bitcoins will become impossible to continue for a long term basis.

Completely untrue. Since the protocol allows extreme divisability (even 100+ digits), whole network could run even or 1 BTC (1 unit of currency). So even if you destroy 99% bitcoins in existence, the market still will do fine.

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