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Comment Re:I have always said (Score 4, Insightful) 371

by GrodinTierce on Wednesday May 09, 2007 @08:15PM (#19060661) Attached to: Lucas To Make New Live Action Star Wars Films

I would have to emphatically disagree. I've always thought that the Thrawn trilogy was some of the best Star Wars writing out there, and it would have made a great conclusion to Lucas's original idea of a trilogy of trilogies if it had been done back in the 80s or 90s when it was still possible to use the original actors.

Why Apple Should Acquire AMD 340

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday May 02, 2007 @09:23AM from the what-else-do-you-do-with-mad-ipod-money dept.

slashdotLIKES writes "CoolTechZone.com columnist Gundeep Hora has a new column up that discusses why Apple should acquire AMD and how both companies would be a good fit for each other. From the article, "After private equity groups, let's look at a more strategic acquisition. For that, Apple is the best bet. Yes, I know it sounds way too radical to be taken seriously. However, Apple could drop Intel altogether and adopt AMD for its Macintosh PCs. Sure, the transition is going to take sometime, and it would probably make Apple announce a brand new line of PCs. However, it will be well worth it. We know Steve Jobs is ruthless when it comes to making interesting deals with powerful companies. This makes AMD a perfect match. Obviously Intel isn't going to be too delighted, but other companies don't bother Jobs. We all know he's the type of executive who crafts deals on his own terms. If Intel wants to be associated with Apple, then they won't really have much of a choice."

The Pirate Bay Is Back Online 934

Posted by timothy on Saturday June 03, 2006 @08:37AM from the have-those-responsible-been-sacked? dept.

Many readers have submitted news that The Pirate Bay is back online, operating for now as "The Police Bay." Writes one anonymous submitter: "Pirate Bay got new hardware, moved the servers abroad and used recent backups. So the only bad side-effect of this police raid is that hundreds of clients of the ISP PRQ still have not got their servers back from the police. When the police did the raid on Wednesday, they took Pirate Bay from Bankgirot's secure server room. Then they also took all the servers in PRQ colocation facility STH3, effectively disabling a lot of small companies. The connection between PRQ and TPB? - Same owners, nothing more, this is beginning to become a huge scandal in Sweden with coverage on TV and all newspapers 4 days in a row."

Comment Re:speakeasy for both (Score 1) 688

by Polymorph2000 on Thursday June 01, 2006 @11:40PM (#15451101) Attached to: ISPs Offer Faster Speeds, Why Don't We Get Them?

I've tested them with Comcast and they accurately measure the advertised bandwidth of my connection(during low usage hours).

Plus, flash is a lesser evil than java, which all the other online bandwidth tests require. All you need to really measure bandwidth is ssh and server access.

Copyright Study Group Seeks Comments 45

Posted by Hemos on Monday April 03, 2006 @11:00AM from the single-copyright-group-likes-walks-on-beach-romantic-ip-discussion dept.

jeh0bu writes "The Section 108 Study Group, a group of copyright experts, has been meeting to discuss Section 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law. It is focusing on preservation of websites and access to digital copies of library materials. Representatives of Internet Archive, including Brewster Kahle, went to the group's public roundtable sessions in March. Google did not register to attend the roundtable sessions even though the findings of the Section 108 Study Group may impact Google's Library Project. The Section 108 Study Group seeks written comments through April 17, 2006, according to this Federal Register notice."

Journal Journal: Test

Journal by GrodinTierce on Sunday April 20, 2003 @10:38PM

I can fly behan is very paranoid because abba has made her so.

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