Indeed the sun does have the main impact on the 'usability' of some bits of the radio spectrum, as do seasons, the time of day, locations, receiver interference, (man made or natural) but there's plenty of other factors too. My main worrys are (as far as the sun and our electrical systems are concerned are) Satellites, as more and more, formerly terrestrial communications are now becoming space based, these are likely going to be the first items to ' cook ' - yes i know they can 'harden' them, but the systems that civilization depends upon, rely's upon them, and as far as i am concerned, no reason is good enough for critical systems to internet-linked. lets talk system redundancy vs. single points of failure. I will just say i think the mass media's reporting of these 'The sky is falling' type of stories are disingenuous, apocryphal, or just plain lazy reporting, at best. - it seems to be that there is a all too-ready market, and indeed an increase in 'doomsday' type reporting in recent years, what with terrorists 'round every corner, global warming, asteroids, alien invasions, bird flu, aids, sars, whooping cough, boils, etc and FUD being spread like manure on a windy day, you get the picture...

oops , i didn't mean to post that anonymously ..it was me. thought i was logged in LOL /Randy

Lennart Poettering isn't relevant anymore .. nice chap though he seems to be, in interviews i've heard, lock him in a room. please.

surely he meant Linux audio isn't relevant anymore ?

if it runs Windows i wouldn't be too scared ,,

they are, er, tripping.

Yes .. yet more proof, if it were needed, that the UK and its ' total control vortex ' is creeping into operation, good old Orwell style. sure, big business and media interests are dictating policy, but thats nothing new here in the UK, but likely far more sinister, is the fact that this is likely another tool in the arsenal of many, which could potentially be re-interpreted and then used to quell freedoms.. i know Hollywood and 'music' companies want to protect their cash cow, but this seems like thin end of (another) nasty wedge heading our way. the 'glory days' of the internet have passed folks, make hay while the sun shines, the web will just ultimately become a corporate outlet and information gathering excersize .. some cynics may well say its well underway already ..

what a joke .. the whole point of being a muso is playing with other musicians. i guess rookie guitarists may enjoy it tho. thank goodness there's no bass version, coz we're too busy workin with drummers instead of dreaming of adoration while dressed in spandex . LOL

all i say is .... Prove it.
it *may* also taste of toffee cheezecake ...

if anyone wants to limit free speech and put obstacles in the way of internet use, leave it to the Orwellian UK government, as the British people sleepwalk into even more darkness.

Have they done this to try and appease the mass Youtube crashes many Linux and some Mac owners are having ?

i can just hear it now 'So, lets add in more 'features' instead of making it an option " well, maybe not, but i would think nowadays security should be paramount, and *then* arrange a nice UI, surely ? but hey, what do i know, not much. Sadly i'm seeing some unpleasant design ideas creeping into my open source world.. like every Gnome desktop using the largely crap pulseaudio, or my fave KDE assuming you're some sort of calender watching office droid needing PIM Akonadi or Nepomuk - we don't all live in the same world. MAKE THIS CRAP AN OPTION !! message ends .... :)

See how they hate the internets, those politician cats,.. if the 'man' ever invents a time machine, you'd think they'd like go back in time and un-invent it or something. reminds me of a story of a Doctor who invented something once, and it grew big and powerful and tried to destroy him... just a fairy story though huh .. Peace And Love Man ... :)

damn sure i wouldn't BUY another Windows OS as soon as i bought a new computer, i have a couple of clean OEM discs and just use the serial glued to the new toy, if you can get a couple of clean OEMs it certainly makes the whole affair a tidier one. Still think most folks would be more than happier with a Distro like Linux Mint, PCLinuxOS or Mepis, ones that come with codecs & flash .. then they can do their Farmville or whatever it is. my customers really like it :)

Thurott is indeed a foul, foul troll, he's said some quite ridiculous things about Linux because he's a Microsoft shill, bought and paid for, indeed they bought his site. Not liking linux is fine, its not interesting or indeed any of my busines what OS anybody runs. but to spew forth his obviously ill-informed or mistaken 'opinions' for his paymasters, is purely lazy thinking, and disingenuous. he should stay playing his Xbox and cashing the check methinks.